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  • ...n called the 'first suffragette,' Margaret removed to the Northern Neck of Virginia in the 1650s and established yet another large and thriving plantation, cal
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  • ...k of the [[Potomac River]]. While Piscataway fortunes declined as Maryland colony grew and prospered, the Piscataway continue to be leaders among the tribal ...ys' later name of '''Conoy''' with the Kanawha Indians of present-day West Virginia, while other evidence suggests that the Piscataway migrated from the Easter
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  • ...yland history. They were financial supporters of Lord Baltimore's overseas colony, and all of the gentry on board the [[Ark]] and [[Dove]] were from families ...sed into service, and for two years Governor Calvert, after returning from Virginia, conducted the business of government from the fort (Smolek et al).
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  • ...original 2,000-acre land grant. In many regards, the early history of the colony is the history of St. Mary's County, and the Jesuit Manor played a prominen .... The formation of manors was to be an important step in the growth of the colony, and the manors would serve as a central institution in the life of the pro
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