. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. ntown. It springs from Richard Harwood, 34 THE HAMMOND, OR HARWOOD, HOUSE of Hookers Purchase, Anne Arundel County, Mary-land, who was the son of Thomas, of Streatley, Berk-shire County, England. Richard, son of this Richard,married Anne Watkins, born 1737, and had nine sonsand two daughters, among whom were Colonel Richard,of South River battalion, who married MargaretHall; and Thomas, first Treasurer of the WesternShore of Maryland, under the Council of Safety of1776. The son of Colonel Richard, of South Riverbattalion, was Henry Hall Harwood, wh
. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. ntown. It springs from Richard Harwood, 34 THE HAMMOND, OR HARWOOD, HOUSE of Hookers Purchase, Anne Arundel County, Mary-land, who was the son of Thomas, of Streatley, Berk-shire County, England. Richard, son of this Richard,married Anne Watkins, born 1737, and had nine sonsand two daughters, among whom were Colonel Richard,of South River battalion, who married MargaretHall; and Thomas, first Treasurer of the WesternShore of Maryland, under the Council of Safety of1776. The son of Colonel Richard, of South Riverbattalion, was Henry Hall Harwood, who marriedElizabeth Lloyd, and purchased the Chase the Harwood name has been closely associated withtwo of Marylands most beautiful colonial , Treasurer of the Western Shore of Maryland,had a son, Richard, who married a Miss Callahan, andbecame the father of William Harwood, who marriedHester Ann Lockerman and thus comes into thischapter. THE PACA HOUSE ANNAPOLIS. MARYLANDPACA—SCHAAF—NETH—BLAND—KENNEDY—SWANN. ROBABLY none of the old home-steads of Annapolis is more fa-miliar to the general public thanthe Paca House, of late yearsused as a hotel. A superb ex-ample of solid, tasteful colonialbuilding, it stands on PrinceGeorge Street, south of Maryland Avenue and half acity block away from the old Major Dorsey home,which was built well before the beginning of theeighteenth century. Across an open space at the rearmay be seen the back of the Hammond House and theroof of the Chase Home for the aged. Next door isthe Brice mansion. The Paca House was built in 1763 by William Paca,ardent stirrer in the revolutionary turmoil and signerof the Declaration. It is of the conventional type ofa Maryland colonial home of elegance in that it con-sists of a central building with wings; and its generalaspect is that of simplicity, dignity, and mass. It isexceedingly large, being only rivalled in size by itsneighbors, the Brice and Chase Houses. The brickworkis g
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