Headnote

Chestertown, Md., Kent co. On the W. side of Chester River, 30 miles above its mouth. 54 miles N. E. from Annapolis. A branch of the Maryland University is located here, called Washington College. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)

CHESTERTOWN, c. h., p. v., Seat of justice of Kent co., Md., 54 ms, N. E. of Annapolis; from W. 94 ms. Watered by Chester river. (Fanning's, 1853)

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Kent County, MD

Chestertown, Maryland (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Chestertown, Md., Kent co. On the W. side of Chester River, 30 miles above its mouth. 54 miles N. E. from Annapolis. A branch of the Maryland University is located here, called Washington College.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 327.
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New York Herald, "The Late Meeting of Maryland Slaveholders," July 23, 1858
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