Montesquieu,
Charles de Secondat, Baron de.
The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French of M.
De Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, by Mr. Nugent. The Second Edition corrected
improved. Volume Two only.
Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vaillant in the Strand.
MDCCLII (1752). xvi,(1)-483,(3),(48) pages. 8 inches. Full leather. Extremities
rubbed, light foxing. (Volume 2 Only). Signed on the front end page: “Thos. J. Stone /Leonardtown / St. Mary’s Co.
/ Md” also other manuscript
signatures in ink in manuscript hand on the title page: “Ty Tabbs – Bought at
the sale of the property of the late George
Campbell” & signature in ink” “Daniel
Wolstenholme” - - -
Association
Copy:
Daniel Wolstenholme (signature on title page); George Campbell (heir to Wolstenholme’s
estate); Ty Tabbs (bought book at sale of Campbell’s property); Thomas J. Stone
(received book from mothers’ family).
Historical
Notes:
Daniel
Wolstenholme (?-1795). Born: probably in England. Immigrated: probably by
1750, from England. Resided: in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, by 1750-ca.
1763; Lower St.
Mary's Hundred, St. Mary's County, ca. 1763-1795. Social Status: Esquire circa
1757. Occupational Profile: merchant; factor for Hanbury and Co., London merchants,
probably by 1750-1775; kept store in Annapolis, by 1750-1762; planter. Public
Career. Legislative Service: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1765-1766,
1768-1770 Other Provincial Offices: supply agent, appointed under the act of
1756; appointed by Governor Sharpe to treat with the Cherokee Indians at Ft. Frederick,
1757; collector of North Potomac, 1760-1775. Local Offices: churchwarden, St.
Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County, 1754-1755; clerk, St. Mary's County, gave
bond 1770. Stands on Public/Private Issues: a Loyalist, Wolstenholme in 1775
refused to sign the Association of Freemen of Maryland. In July 1776 he applied
to the Committee of Observation of St. Mary's County for permission to leave
for England. A passport was issued. A few weeks later, however, the Council of
Safety passed a general order that prevented anyone from leaving the province.
In October Wolstenholme went to Philadelphia hoping to obtain passage to
England. He did not succeed and returned home. In 1781, when he inquired of
Jeremiah Jordan, a judge of the St. Mary's County Court, whether he was a
hostage or a prisoner, Jordan replied that he was a prisoner. Wolstenholme
resigned himself to his fate, and in 1783 applied to the British Loyalist
Claims Commission for compensation of financial losses suffered during the
Revolution. Wealth During Lifetime. Personal Property: 25 slaves, 1790; assessed
value £716.11.8, including 26 slaves and 59 oz. plate, 1793; assessed value
£716.11.8, including 33 slaves and 59 oz. plate, 1794. Annual Income: In a schedule
of losses which he submitted to the British Loyalist Claims Commission in 1783,
Wolstenholme estimated his annual income as £150.0.0-£200.0.0 sterling per
annum as agent for Hanbury & Co., by 1750-1775, and £300.0.0 sterling per
annum as profit from his office as collector of North Potomac (out of which he
paid an assistant and a clerk), 1760-1775. Land at First Election: 200 acres in
St. Mary's County; a house and lot in Annapolis; half interest in a windmill
and lots in Annapolis (all acquired by purchase); and an estate in Lancaster
County, England (acreage and manner of acquisition unknown). Wealth at Death:
Will probated on October 22, 1795, in St. Mary's County. Personal Property at
Death: assessed value £717.0.0, including 26 slaves and 59 oz. plate, 1796, plus
personal property in England, value unknown. Land: 310 acres in St. Mary's
County, a half interest in a windmill and lots in Annapolis, and an estate in
England. Wolstenholme's heirs were his wife and his godson, George Campbell, son of Andrew Campbell
of St. Mary's County.
* Mr. Hacker's, Merchant, in Williamsburg." (Virginia Gazette,
June 1, 1739) In 1746, he was "late storekeeper for Daniel Wolstenholme, Williamsburg." (Ibid, 4 September,
1746) In 1745, Cosby was bookkeeper for Daniel Wolstenholme. (York County
Records, Judgments & Orders 1746-1752, p 135.) Wolstenholme later was
Collector of Customs on the Potomac (1776). He married Mary Pasteur, daughter
of Jean Pasteur. - Alexander Craig House Historical Report, Block 17 Building 5
Lot 55. Originally entitled: "Alexander Craig House" by Mary A.
Stephenson. 1956. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library Research Report
Series – 1341. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library. Williamsburg, Virginia.
1990.
* Dr. Thomas
Jefferson Stone (1810-1869) was son of Dr. Joseph Stone (1784-1836) and
Harriett Tabbs. Dr. Thomas Jefferson Stone married Louisa Frances Ford,
daughter of Lewis Ford and his second wife, Symphrosa Hill. Dr. Joseph Stone
(1784-1836) was son of Dr. Joseph Stone and Ruth Mattingly (daughter of Clement
Mattingly); Harriett Tabbs was daughter of Dr. Barton Tabbs (1757-1818) and
Sarah Bond.; Dr. Barton Tabbs (1757-1818) was son of Reverend Moses Tabbs, an
Episcopal minister in St. Mary's Co., Maryland.
*1882 Mrs. Louisa F. Stone, widow applied to the
Committee on War Claims for services rendered by Dr. Thomas J. Stone to the Fifth U. S. Cavalry stationed at
Leonardtown. Maryland in 1863.
* Leonardtown
is a town in and the county seat of St. Mary's County, Maryland.
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