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1798 Letter From CharlesOgle to "Mr. James Brindley, near, Wilmington" Letter Written From Famous " Mount Welcome ," Maryland John Adams is Currently Second U.S. President They're Coming to Get Me -- If I Lose Bail, I'm Going to Jail ! -- -- NO RESERVE -- -- James Brindley (1745-1820) was born in England , and his father Joseph was the brother of the celebrated English canal engineer, James Brindley (1716-1772) . He was the first of six children: James , Matthew, Elizabeth, Susannah, Sarah , and Mary. After apparently apprenticing under his famous uncle -- known today in Great Britain as the " Father of English Canals " -- young James sailed to colonial America in 1774 , settling in Wilmington, Delaware , where he married his wife Elizabeth in 1779. He would eventually build, advise or consult on the following canal projects: Maryland's Potomac Canal , Virginia's James River Project , Little Falls and Great Falls canals, Pennsylvania's Conewago, Tulpehocken (Swatara Route) , and Swatara canals, South Carolina's Santee Canal , and the Susquehanna Canal in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Brindley knew and associated with future U.S. President George Washington (who worked as a surveyor and engineer), and Washington mentions Brindley by name in a letter. Washington wrote "... Mr. James Brindley , nephew of the celebrated person of the same name...possesses I presume, more practical knowledge of Cuts & Locks for the improvement of inland navigation, than any man amongst us..." According to a Delaware historical account, Washington had coffee in the Brindley home in Wilmington the morning of the Battle of the Brandywine which occured on September 11, 1777 . Washington suffered a defeat, and two weeks later the British marched into Philadelphia . Historical records detail Brindley's sympathy with the colonists (against his homeland which he'd left just three years earlier) , and in 1778 he took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity , and eventually became a Second Lieutenant in Capt. John Garrett's Militia. Brindley became a wealthy and prominent citizen of Delaware and was actively working right up until his death in 1820 at age 75. Although he never achieved the international celebrity of his more famous English uncle, his valuable contributions to early American transportation helped to build America and improve early American commerce in the first decades of its existence. Charles Ogle -- the writer of this letter, was the husband of Elizabeth Harrison Hall . Elizabeth was the daughter of Elihu Hall and Catherine Orrick, and she and husband Charles lived at Mount Welcome . Among Elizabeth's brothers were Harrison and Washington Hall , both well known in their own right. Mount Welcome, Maryland was the enormous homestead of the famous Hall family of Maryland. It was on the east side of the Susquehanna River , about a mile above the mouth of the Octoraro. It would later extend all the way down to the mouth. Elizabeth's father, Elihu, had fought in the Revolutionary War , and Mount Welcome sheltered many American patriots. It also was once the scene of a ball given for Marquis de Lafayette -- a wealthy French citizen who came to America to fight in the Revolutionary War and became a general. Befriending George Washington , Lafayette was with him at Valley Forge . Lafayette was wounded during the Battle of the Brandywine -- this famous in Brindley Family history, since Washington had coffee at the Brindley home in Wilmington the morning of the Brandywine battle. Less is known about Charles than his prominent wife. He either died before she did, or they were divorced, since she later married a man with the surname "Gordon." However, they did have one daughter, Catherine Hall Ogle . While I haven't taken the time to make the connection, I believe Charles is related to early Maryland governor Benjamin Ogle . Item Description -- Please Read CAREFULLY! This is an ori...
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