Susquehanna Marker Erected by Boy Scout Troup 1789 of Lexington Park, Maryland, 1976

THF249639 / Susquehanna Marker Erected by Boy Scout Troup 1789 of Lexington Park, Maryland, 1976

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1976

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2147

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.063 in
Width: 5 in

Keywords	United States, Maryland, St. Mary's (county) Photographic prints Photographs Dedications (Ceremonies) Historic sites Historical markers Original sites Susquehanna Plantation Boy Scouts of America

Artifact
Susquehanna Plantation
Henry Carroll owned this Maryland house on the Patuxent River in the decades before and after the Civil War. Its form -- one room deep with porches -- invited cooling breezes in the warm, humid climate. In 1860, the Carrolls raised tobacco and wheat on their 700-acre plantation. Seventy-five enslaved African Americans provided the skill and labor that supported the Carroll family's comfortable life.