Chestertown and Kent County (MD) (Postcard History Series)

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Chestertown, the seat of Kent County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is positioned at the Chester River. Once a center of trade with Great Britain and the West Indies, the town founded in 1706 now boasts grand houses built by wealthy merchants. The town could also be home to Washington

College, which was once founded in 1782 with the assistance of George Washington, making it the 10th-oldest college within the country. Chestertown residents, proud of their heritage, hold their very own tea party celebration every year in remembrance of the 1774 citizens who boarded the brigantine William Geddes and tossed its cargo overboard to protest the British tea tax. This volume is meant to be its own celebration of Chestertown and Kent County’s wealthy history.

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