The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . U-1 m^. ^. 2 *^ ^ ^ ;C C ^ ^ O J wc (lOl) THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY A8TOR, LENOX Leonard Calvert, first governor of Maryland, 1634-1647, was born in 1606, the second son of George, firstLord Baltimore, and brother of Cecil, second baron andfirst proprietary. A year after his fathers death, he sailedfrom Cowes with two ships and 200 settlers, arriving earlyIn 1634. Calverts men landed on the point made by thec
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . U-1 m^. ^. 2 *^ ^ ^ ;C C ^ ^ O J wc (lOl) THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY A8TOR, LENOX Leonard Calvert, first governor of Maryland, 1634-1647, was born in 1606, the second son of George, firstLord Baltimore, and brother of Cecil, second baron andfirst proprietary. A year after his fathers death, he sailedfrom Cowes with two ships and 200 settlers, arriving earlyIn 1634. Calverts men landed on the point made by thecoming together of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay andthe Potomac River, and occupied an abandoned Indianvillage which they called St. Marys, making a palllzadoof 120 yards square with four flankes. Here they mountedone piece of ordnance and six murderers. Their relationswith the Indians were friendly, but Captain Claibornestrading station on Kent Island, east of the present Annap-olis and south of Baltimore, soon raised question of juris-diction, and in a naval engagement Claibornes mensurrendered. Claiborne and his followers continued tointrigue, and in February, 1638, Calvert set fort
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