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Built 1824-1829 this former 13-5/8 mile long lock canal connected the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, nearby Chesapeake City was the canal's western terminus and steadily grew in the mid to late 19th century serving canal traffic.
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Frenchtown, one mile west of this marker, was an important link in the north-south travel route during the 18th and 19th centuries. As a depot, it was burned by the British under Admiral Cockburn on April 29, 1813.
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Built c. 1810-1820 by James Sewall. He was Clerk of Cecil County Court 1805-1841; Brigade Major of Maryland Militia and a Commander at nearby Fort Defiance in War of 1812; one of founders of Trinity Episcopal Church, Elkton in 1832.
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Part of Friendship Tract and home of Robert Alexander, delegate to the Provincial Convention of 1774 and to the Continental Convention of 1776. On August 25, 1777, he was host to Washington here and three days later offered allegiance to British G…
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Lafayette embarked his troops March 8, 1781 to capture Benedict Arnold. Returned April 9, began overland march to Virginia April 12, 1781.Washington and Rochambeau with their combined forces stopped Sept. 6-7, 1781 on way to Yorktown.
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Home of Henry Hollingsworth, merchant, legislator and colonel of Elk Battalion of Militia in Revolutionary Way as Commissary for the Eastern Shore. He obtained supplies for the Americans and French allies embarking near here in 1781 on voyage down…
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