Mr. Howard's correspondence about the cannon that came on the Ark and Dove

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Mr. Howard's correspondence about the cannon that came on the Ark and Dove

Entry/Object ID

2026.002.0023

Scope and Content

14 letters ; 8 1/2" x 11" Mr. Howard, a chemist, was very interested in the cannon that came on the Ark and Dove. He did lots of research and corresponded with the Society of Jesus and the St. Mary's County Historical Society. Eventually, he located a gun in the mud of Trinity Creek off Smith's Creek where it had been used as a boundary marker. The Historical Society, the Society of Jesus, Mr. Howard, and the local National Guard company cooperated to raise the gun and preserve it. No date Note from Mr. Howard's daughter about the material she was sending the Society Transcription of a document in the Jesuit Archives at Woodstock about the placement of cannon as boundary markers between St. Inigoes Manor and Smith/Gough properties Transcription of a letter from Father Carbery presenting a cannon to Mr. Calvert March 10, 1958 Letter from Mr. Howard to Father McDermott at Georgetown with some information about the cannons and asking Father for suggestions on further research. The letter is incomplete--no signature March 24, 1958 Letter from Father McDermott to Mr. Howard enclosing copies of material from the Georgetown Archives April 1, 1958 Thank you note from Mr. Howard to Father McDermott sometime after May 12, 1958 p. 2 of a letter from Mr. Howard probably to St. Mary's County Historical Society May 23, 1958 Letter from Mr. Howard to Charles Fenwick that may have included the text of an article for the Chronicles and discussing the project generally September 22, 1958 Letter from Hughes Spalding of Atlanta, Georgia to Father Bunn, President of Georgetown University enclosing Howard's Chronicles article August 3, 1959 Letter from Father Daley to Edwin Beitzell re the cannon August 7, 1959 Letter from Father Daley giving the Society permission to exhume the cannon if they will place a permanent boundary marker in the cannon's place August 10, 1959 Letter from Mr. Beitzell to Charles Fenwick urging prompt action on the cannon August 25, 1959 Letter from Mr. Fenwick appointing a committee to unearth the cannon August 25, 1959 Letter from Mr. Fenwick to Father Daley telling him about the committee and thanking Father for arranging the transaction August 27, 1959 Letter from Father Daley to Mr. Fenwick with further instructions August 31, 1959 Letter from L. L. Cobb to Mr. Howard offering to arrange for a crane for cannon removal September 22, 1959 Letter from L. L. Cobb to Mr. Howard about the details of excavating the cannon May 1960 Washington Star and Washington Post article about the discovery of the cannon in St. Mary's May 5, 1960 St. Mary's Beacon article about the recovery of the cannon

Collection

Miscellaneous Documents Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1958 - 1960

Location

Container

Miscellaneous Documents Box 1

Shelf

Rack 17, Shelf 3

Rack

Rack 17

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Beitzell, Edwin Warfield (1905-1984)

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Callaghan, James

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Carberry, Joseph

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Carberry, Thomas

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Coad, J. Edwin (Joseph Edwin) 1825-1911

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Cobb, Lawrence L.

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Daley, John M.

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Fenwick, Charles Edward (1910-1993)

Person or Organization

Gough, Peter

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Howard, Frank L.

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Langley, Ignatius V.

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McDermott, Eric

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Repetti, William C.

Person or Organization

Smith, Thomas

Person or Organization

Spalding, Hughes

Person or Organization

Tarlton, George