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From: "Carol Hart Stone" <>
Subject: Re: [LDR] Re: Somerset Town
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:11:27 -0400
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This came to me in error
Carol Stone



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Subject: [LDR] Re: Somerset Town


> In a message dated 6/30/2004 6:02:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
> > I noticed the discussion in Lower-Delmarva Roots regarding Somerset
Town.
> > I spoke to Neil Keddie, while volunteering at the Nabb Center last
> > Thursday, citing Clayton Torrence "Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of
> > Maryland", 1966 edition.
> >
>
> Actually, the discussion introduced by Dick Carter was about Baltimore
Town,
> which was not among the town sites thoroughly discussed by Torrence. It
may be
> we'll never know exactly the location of Baltimore Town.
>
> I think Neil at some point in the Baltimore Town thread inadvertently let
a
> "Somerset Town" slip out of his fingers. Yes, everyone interested should
read
> Torrence's long discourse on the town locations. Torrence often picks up
> material from other sources that helps to understand what the land records
are
> telling us. It's interesting that so few of the original Town sites took
root and
> flowered.
>
> As I said a couple of weeks ago, I find little references in the land
records
> here and there to several "phantom" towns that are even less well
understood
> or remembered. Someday I'll probably spend some time and create a map
showing
> the approximate location (as best I can infer) and dates of existence of
all
> of these. Some sites can probably be backed into with use of, for example,
> Judical records that mention things like licenses for ordinaries (taverns)
in ways
> that can be related to the mentions of platted Town lots. And the tobacco
> warehouse material and the many descriptions of the road networks,
landings, etc.
> also help reconstruct the economic trading paths. A lot can be done like
this
> with a good tract map in hand. There's probably a Master's Thesis topic
(or
> better) in here for somebody.
>
> John Lyon
>
>
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