1814 March 30 – Cloudy day with a few Showers but more mild, Wind S.E. ~ Went to Town, return’d to dinner – Busy preparing Trench to Plant Thorns on South and West sides of Orchard – Wind S. & mild, clear’d up at Sunsett, very beautifully~ Went to Town and return’d to dine with Mr. Nicols, met Doct. Troup there.
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, March 30, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
29 – Cool raw day Wind N.E. went to Town return’d to Dinner – Sow’d 1 1/2 bushels of Clover Seed on ground sown yesterday in Oats –
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, March 29, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
28th Very fine day, went to Town, return’d to Dinner – Sow’d 18 bushels of Oats on about 10 Acres of Meadow at Furley
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, March 28, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
27 March Sunday – A shower of Rain at sunrise, but afterwards an uncommonly fine Spring day and very Warm, the Thermometer as high as 75 in a Shade. Din’d at home without company, aferwards drove to Furley & Fortune – Wm. R. Smith & Jno. Merryman call’d
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, March 27, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
On March 27, 1814, William Smith, a local politician and merchant who represented Maryland at the Continental Congress, died at home in Baltimore. Born in 1728 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Smith moved to Baltimore Town in 1761. At the start of the American Revolution, Smith joined the Baltimore Committee of Observation and, in 1777, became a member of the Continental Congress. In 1789, he took office as the first representative of Maryland’s 4th Congressional District to the First United States Congress at Federal Hall in New York City.
