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Mt. Calvert:
A town was established at Mount Calvert in 1684 and when Prince George's County was organized in 1696, it became the country seat. It was named Charles town after Charles Calvert, Third Lord Baltimore, and was a thriving place with a court house, Episcopalian church, several houses, inns and stores. In 1721, the county seat was moved to the more centrally located town of Upper Marlborough and Charles Town declined. Mt. Calvert House was built around 1790 as a plantation home for Upper Marlborough merchant John Brown. From 1835-1858, a veteran of the War of 1812, Lt. John Brookes of the 34th US Infantry, owned Mt. Calvert.
On August 22, 1814, at Mount Calvert, British Admiral Cockburn dispatched a contingent of marines to join Major Ross' men at Upper Marlboro for the march to Washington DC.
A British rear guard occupied Mt. Calvert until the return of the troops. After British forces moved on, Mount Calvert served as a US Navy marshaling area for materials salvaged from the scuttled flotilla. The USS Asp was stationed at Mt. Calvert for the salvage operations during September and October of 1814. |