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  2. History of Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    Another "Baltimore" existed on the Bush River as early as 1674. That first county seat of Baltimore County is known today as "Old Baltimore". It was located on the Bush River on land that in 1773 became part of Harford County. In 1674, the General Assembly passed "An Act for erecting a Court-house and Prison in each County within this Province."

  3. Baltimore County, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The site of the courthouse, jail and county seat for Baltimore County was evidently "Old Baltimore" near the Bush River on land that in 1773 became part of Harford County. The exact location of Old Baltimore is Chilbury Point on the north side of the Bush River owned by the Garrison of the present-day Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), a U.S. Army ...

  4. Old East Baltimore Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Old East Baltimore Historic District is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a mainly residential area of Baltimore City that grew up northward from the original mid-18th century settlement east of the Jones Falls , known as Jones Town, or Old Town.

  5. Province of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Maryland [1] was an English and later British colony in North America from 1634 [2] until 1776, when the province was one of the Thirteen Colonies that joined in supporting the American Revolution against Great Britain. In 1781, Maryland was the 13th signatory to the Articles of Confederation.

  6. List of the oldest buildings in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore, Maryland. Spye Park: White Plains, Maryland: 1767 Residence Ringgold-Pearce House: Chestertown, Maryland: 1767 Residence St. John's Episcopal Church: Fort Washington, Maryland: 1767 Religious Located in the Broad Creek Historic District. The building is the 4th iteration of the church since the ...

  7. Middle Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Middle Colonies were the religiously diverse part of the British Empire, with a high degree of tolerance. The Penn family were Quakers , and the colony became a favorite destination for that group as well as German Lutherans , German Reformed and numerous small sects such as Mennonites , Amish and Moravian , not to mention Scotch Irish ...

  8. Timeline of Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    Henry Schenck Tanner (1841), "Baltimore", A geographical, historical and statistical view of the central or middle United States, Philadelphia: H. Tanner, Jr., OCLC 1525712, OL 24649753M J. Thomas Scharf (1874), The chronicles of Baltimore: being a complete history of "Baltimore town" and Baltimore city from the earliest period to the present ...

  9. Colonial South and the Chesapeake - Wikipedia

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    Most large population centers in colonial America were located in New England or the Middle Colonies. In the Chesapeake Bay area cities included only Baltimore, Maryland, and Richmond, Virginia. Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia. served as major seaports for the Southern colonies in their trade with Europe, Africa, and the ...