Partridge Hall
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ODragon
N 39° 36.439 W 075° 49.882
18S E 428629 N 4384504
Built C. 1760
Waymark Code: WM5G0M
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2009
Views: 16
Built C. 1760
Home of Henry Hollingsworth, merchant, legislator and colonel of Elk battalion of militia in Revolutionary War. As commissary for the eastern shore, he obtained supplies for the Americans and French allies embarking near here in 1781 on voyage down Elk river and Chesapeake Bay to Virginia. Where they engaged the British under Cornwallis. Hollingsworth and other patriots had pledged their fortunes to supply cattle, flour and boats for the armies of Washington, LaFayette and Rochambeau.
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County (required): Cecil County
Location (required): Next to Americal Legion Post
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