Chapter XIII

MARYLAND'S VICISSITUDES. Maryland after the death of Oliver Cromwell 131 Fuller and Fendall 132 The duty on tobacco 133 Fendall's plot 134 Temporary overthrow of Baltimore's authority 135 Superficial resemblance to the action of Virginia 136 Profound difference in the situations 137viii Collapse of Fendall's rebellion 138 Arrival of the Quakers 138, 139 The Swedes and Dutch on the Delaware River 139 Augustine Herman 140 He makes a map of Maryland and is rewarded by the grant of Bohemia Manor 141 How the Labadists took refuge in Bohemia Manor 142, 143 How the Duke of York took possession of all the Delaware settlements 143 And granted New Jersey to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret 144 Which resulted in the bringing of William Penn upon the scene 144 Charter of Pennsylvania 145 Boundaries between Penn and Baltimore 145, 146 Old manors in Maryland 146 Life on the manors 147 The court leet and court baron 148 Changes wrought by slavery 148, 149 A fierce spirit of liberty combined with ingrained respect for law 149 Cecilius Calvert and his son Charles 150 Sources of discontent in Maryland 150 A pleasant little family party 151 Conflict between the Council and the Burgesses 151, 152 Burgesses claim to be a House of Commons, but the Council will not admit it 152 How Rev. Charles Nichollet was fined for preaching politics 153 The Cessation Act of 1666 153 Acts concerning the relief of Quakers and the appointment of sheriffs 153, 154 Restriction of suffrage in 1670 154, 155 Death of Cecilius, Lord Baltimore 155 Rebellion of Davis and Pate, 1676; their execution 156 How George Talbot, lord of Susquehanna Manor, slew a revenue collector and was carried to Virginia for trial 157 How his wife took him from jail, and how he was kept hidden until a pardon was secured 158 "A Complaint from Heaven with a Hue and Cry" 159 The anti-Catholic panic of 1689 159 Causes of the panic 160 How John Coode overthrew the palatinate government 161 But did not thereby bring the millennium 162ix How Nicholson removed the capital from St. Mary's to Annapolis 162, 163 Unpopularity of the establishment of the Church of England 163 Episcopal parsons 164 Exemption of Protestant dissenters from civil disabilities 165 Seymour reprimands the Catholic priests 166 Cruel laws against Catholics 167 Crown requisitions 168 Benedict Calvert, fourth Lord Baltimore, becomes a Protestant and the palatinate is revived 168, 169 Change in the political situation 170 Charles Carroll entertains a plan for a migration to the Mississippi Valley 171 How the seeds of revolution were planted in Maryland 171 End of the palatinate 172, 173