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A 1,000-acre proprietary grant is made to Henry Darnall with intendent proprietary privileges bestowed on its owner. One of thirteen manor grants made in Charles County between 1642 and 1680, there is no evidence that it ever functioned as such. |
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| 1666/00/00 |
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Henry Darnall conveys a 1,000 acres, of which this property was a part, by assignment to Nathaniel Truman, a Calvert County justice. |
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| 1677/00/00 |
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Nathaniel Truman dies and Truman's Place passes in ownership to his brother Thomas, who sells it tn the same year to James Nutwell. |
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| 1679/00/00 |
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James Nutwell, an illiterate merchant-planter of modest means, sells 500 acres of Truman's Place to a neighboring merchant, Richard Charlett, in two deeds recorded in 1679 and 1681. |
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| 1700/00/00 |
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The 500-acre balance of Truman's Place remains in the possession of James Nutwell, and then his son, James Jr, until 1700 when the latter sells it to Ignatius Craycroft. |
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| 1735/00/00 |
Charles Carroll of Annapolis |
Trustee |
Charles Craycroft, son and heir of Ignatius, mortgages 500 acres, together with a contiguous tract of 100 acres called The Denyal, to Charles Carroll Esq of Annapolis, administrator of the estate of Daniel Carroll of Duddington Manor. |
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| 1750/00/00 |
Daniel Carroll of Duddington |
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After Charles Craycroft defaults on his loan to Carroll the property becomes part of the Daniel Carroll estate until 1759. |
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| 1759/00/00 |
Richard Gardiner, planter |
Owner |
The Daniel Carroll estate sells 500 acres of Truman's Place and 160 acres of Nutwell's Branch to Richard Gardiner for 372.17.10 pounds sterling. |
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| 1770/00/00 |
Richard Gardiner, planter |
Architect |
The earlier brick structure from which the existing house will evolve is built by Richard Gardiner between 1759, when he purchased the property and his death in 1782. |
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| 1782/00/00 |
Charles Gardiner |
Owner |
Richard Gardiner bequeaths to his son, Charles, "all my plantation on which my dwelling house stands," comprised of parts of Truman's Place, Alien's Grove and Alien's Addition. |
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| 1782/07/13 |
Richard Gardiner, planter |
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Richard Gardiner dies at Tudor Hall. His will provides each of his 5 sons with land (all contiguous tracts) and money to be used to construct a dwelling or to make improvements. Moses, a negro carpenter, assist in constructing these buildings. |
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| 1783/00/00 |
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Truman's Place: 2 good dwelling houses, orchards, valued at 600 lbs, 160 acres of Nutwell's Branch with 1 old dwelling and a tobacco house valued at 120 lbs, and 363 acres Inclosure with 1 good dwelling and a tobacco house valued at 363 lbs sterling |
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| 1805/00/00 |
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Charles Gardiner dies intestate between 1805 and 1810. |
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| 1810/00/00 |
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Joseph A Gardiner, in right of his wife, Harriet, the eldest daughter and heir of Charles Gardiner, petitions the Charles County court for a division of the land among Charles Gardiner's four children, three of whom are under 15 years of age. |
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| 1831/00/00 |
John Francis Gardiner |
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John F Gardiner dies. He bequeathed the land he purchased of Joseph Alexius Gardiner and wife Harriet, being part of Truman's Place and part of Alien's Addition where my dwelling house stands to his son, Thomas I Gardiner. |
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| 1836/00/00 |
Thomas I Gardiner |
Architect |
Thomas I Gardiner nearly doubles the size of the property left to him by his father, his own dwelling plantation, by buying an additional part of the original Richard Gardiner estate bordering it on the northwest side. |
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| 1850/00/00 |
Thomas I Gardiner |
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The masonry of the current house incorporates the brick shell of the c 1770 dwelling. The Flemish bond brickwork of the earlier structure contrasts with the common bond masonry used in raising the two parts of the original house to their present height. |
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| 1876/00/00 |
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Thomas I Gardiner dies intestate at Truman's Place, leaving as heirs a brother and a sister, and the children of a sister who predeceased him. |
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| 1878/00/00 |
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Heirs petition the county court for distribution of the estate. Half of Truman's Place, 288-acres with the dwelling and nearly all of the other buildings, valued at $5,885, is assigned to sisters Margaret H, Anna and Catherine Gardiner. |
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| 1938/00/00 |
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Margaret H Gardiner's heirs sell Truman's Place, then known as "Tudor Hall" to Harry Currier. |
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| 1940/00/00 |
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By the late-1930s, the interior of Truman's Place is in extremely poor condition and is remodeled, 1938-1946. The C19 center hall plan remains essentially unaltered, but the structural framing, as well as the woodwork and other finishes are contemporary. |
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