Patapsco River (Md.)

The Patapsco River is formed about twenty miles west of Baltimore, flowing about sixty-five miles southeast to the Chesapeake Bay. On 6 May 1775, while traveling to Philadelphia to attend the second Continental Congress, GW paid 14s. for both a guide to Baltimore and ferriage at the Patapsco River (see Ledger B, 193). 

State: 

Maryland

Country: 

United States

Place Type: 

River/Creek/Stream

Citation

Citation: 

The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.

Rotunda URL: 

http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/GEWN-02-10-02-0277

Founders URL: 

http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-10-02-0277

All Related Documents:

Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.193