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Nottingham:
The community of Nottingham was established when the General Assembly of the Province of Maryland passed the "Act for the Advancement of Trade and Erecting Ports and Towns" in 1706 and 1707 in order to establish commercial centers along the rivers in Maryland. In 1747, Nottingham was designated as a tobacco inspection site and the town began to grow. Between 1791 and 1801, more than 8,340 hogsheads of tobacco where [sic] exported through the port at Nottingham.
In 1814, Nottingham was in its heyday. There was several non-residential buildings, including the warehouses, several stores, a post office, blacksmith shop, and a couple of inns.
Nottingham was the site of several American and British occupations during the summer of 1814.
Before the British march on Washington, on June 16, 1814, a British raiding party had attempted to land at Nottingham but had been repelled by an artillery unit.
Commodore Joshua Barney and the US Chesapeake Bay Flotilla anchored at Nottingham several times during July and August of 1814.
The British, under the command of Major General Ross, camped at Nottingham on the night of August 21, 1814, while 30?40 [sic] barges from Admiral Cockburn's fleet anchored offshore to protect the encampment.
Major Ross expressed his reluctance to continue with the march on Washington to Admiral Cockburn while they were at Nottingham (he did not want to stray too far from the safety of the ships), however, he was overruled by Cockburn.
Nottingham was the site of the British rear guard camp from August 21 to August 29th.
British vessels anchored here on August 27-29 to take on wounded and artillery from the Washington campaign as well as supplies.
Two merchant vessels belonging to Nottingham merchant Captain Edward Griffin were reportedly sunk by the British during the occupation of the town. |