Potomac landings . IK^S^i ^^ POTOMAC LANDINGS 89 hundreds of little plantations whose names surviveonly in the county records, in old wills and deeds andsuits-at-law. They are full of character, some descrip-tive of the owner, some descriptive of his experiment,some descriptive of his appreciation of his place. Someindicate natural characteristics, locations in relation tothe water or other geographical features. Amusingas some may be, looked at through the dim spectrumof the vanished past, others are sadly suggestive offutile hopes and snaring follies. The following names of places are a few
Potomac landings . IK^S^i ^^ POTOMAC LANDINGS 89 hundreds of little plantations whose names surviveonly in the county records, in old wills and deeds andsuits-at-law. They are full of character, some descrip-tive of the owner, some descriptive of his experiment,some descriptive of his appreciation of his place. Someindicate natural characteristics, locations in relation tothe water or other geographical features. Amusingas some may be, looked at through the dim spectrumof the vanished past, others are sadly suggestive offutile hopes and snaring follies. The following names of places are a few gleaned fromold Maryland records of the three tidewater Potomaccounties: Dockers Delight, Subtills Rest, Daily De-sire, Hepbournes Choice, Internment (there is a Res-urrection Manor not far away on the Patuxent),Governors Gust, Yaylors Chance, Bachelors Rest,Hoggs Neck, Tattershalls Gift, Clear Doute, FoxesDen, ^Vhite Acre, Long Neck, New Bottle, HeartsDesire, Outlet, Meeting Forever, Stanhopes Neglect,Beaver Dam,
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