The First Commander Of Kent Island - Softcover

Sebastian Ferris Streeter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461713292 ISBN 13: 9780461713299

Publisher: HardPress, 1867

Synopsis

The First Commander Of Kent Island by Sebastian Ferris Streeter. This historical tract recounts the early colonial struggle over Kent Island in the Chesapeake Bay during the 1630s, tracing the rise of George Evelin and the conflict between Claiborne’s Virginia enterprise and Lord Baltimore’s Maryland proprietary government. Evelin arrives on Kent Island as a broker for Clobery & Company, but soon asserts authority, seizes Company property, and seeks Maryland’s jurisdiction. The narrative details his manipulation of indentured servants, his neglect of the settlement’s needs, and his efforts to persuade Kent Islanders to submit to Maryland, while Claiborne’s supporters resist. Calvert ultimately leads an armed expedition in 1637, and Evelin is installed as commander under Maryland’s commission, with a local council and a proto-legal system. The tract describes the assembly, the English laws debated in St. Mary’s, and a series of warrants, arrests, and trials that culminate in the attainder of Claiborne and the consolidation of Kent Island under Maryland. The work ends with Evelin’s departure from the province and Kent Island’s integration into Maryland's jurisdiction. It offers a detailed documentary account of early colonial geopolitics and the fate of a border settlement.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1867
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461713292
• ISBN 13: 9780461713299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56