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hill, called Jessup's Cut. In late 1834, the railroad crews rioted and the violence spread west to the tavern. Several outbuildings were damaged. The local
Maryland militia was called out to restore order. By the late spring of 1835, construction was complete, the tracks had all been laid and the B&O company started running trains to Washington. The B&O Washington line spelled doom for the stage companies operating along the Baltimore-Washington Turnpike. Conveniently, there was a fire at the tavern during July 1835. Just as conveniently, contemporary newspaper accounts of the fire related that a stage coach had stopped during the fire and the passengers were available to help evacuate Merrill's property from the tavern. The fire enabled Merrill to get out of his lease.
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will dated March 18, 1755, Ann Brown had inherited 300 acres (120 ha) from her father. The land was a part of a tract known as Brown's
Purchase. On the Brown's Purchase tract, at the junction of the north–south and east–west roads, was William and Ann Spurrier's dwelling. In August 1771, Spurrier was given a license to keep an inn or ordinary.
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Calvert had married Thomas W. Morris in 1823. In the late 1830s, the family lived at the Waterloo property during warmer weather while Thomas Morris was effecting repairs to make the old tavern building suitable as a year-round residence. The Morris family was living full-time at Waterloo by
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across the
Patapsco River near Elk Ridge Landing as part of the railroad's route to Washington City. By 1834, the viaduct was nearing completion, and the railroad was laying the railroad tracks to Washington. One operation was just east of the Waterloo Tavern where crews were cutting a pass through a
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George
Calvert became the president of the new Baltimore - Washington Turnpike Company, charted in 1812. In constructing the new turnpike, the road was rerouted further west, just south of the tavern so as not to distance it from passing traffic. Rosalie Calvert also bought 505 acres (204 ha) of
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In 1783, William
Spurrier was compensated 13 pounds by the government. Elements of the French Army, on the way back from the victory over the British at Yorktown in 1781, camped near the tavern. Spurrier probably provided lodging and/or food and beverages to some of the French officers. In the 1780s,
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Washington City as the federal capital, stage coach traffic on the Baltimore-Washington road was growing. In October 1816, Rosalie Calvert wrote to her father, living in Belgium, a status report on the prospering tavern. Business was so good Rosalie had planned to build a new
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Caroline died in 1842. Her father had died in 1838 and left his entire estate to his two sons. Thomas Morris made efforts to determine which of the
Calvert properties were actually a part of George Calvert's estate and which belonged to Rosalie's father's (Henri Stier's) estate, to try determine if
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Spurrier family had leased the property to Henry McCoy on a seven-year lease before putting the property up for auction. As the lease holder, McCoy had naming rights. The tavern was known as McCoy's until 1818. In 1814, McCoy became postmaster of McCoy's post office, the first post office along
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July 10, 1852, indenture in the Howard County land records. With this indenture George H. Calvert transferred the
Waterloo properties to Caroline's children to enable them to sell the holdings. The indenture contains a summary of the ownership of the property dating back to the time of William and
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Spurrier's Tavern 'Waterloo' – In 1771 William Spurrier opened a tavern at the intersection of the main routes linking Baltimore, Washington and Annapolis. Now US 1 and MD 175. As Traffic increased it served as the first horse changing station for stages southbound from Baltimore; by 1811 the
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In 1818, Henry McCoy's lease expired and Rosalie Calvert selected Jeremiah Merrill as the next lease holder. On various contemporary maps, the tavern was labeled Waterloo, Merrill's Wateroo and Merrill's. Calvert and her family were pro-English and considered the British to be the saviors of their
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William Spurrier was from what is now western Howard County where his father Thomas Spurrier owned two properties, Spurrier's Lot and Grime's Venture. Thomas Spurrier sold Spurrier's Lot and Grimes Venture to his sons Joseph and Richard in 1788. About 1760, William Spurrier married Ann Brown. By a
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Spurrier's Tavern – Thomas Spurrier's stood at nearby crossroads connecting two important overland routes in colonial days (now U.S. 1 and MD. 175.) George Washington stopped here at least 25 times between 1789 and 1798. His diary noted July 18, 1795: "Dined and lodged at Spurrier's where my
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historical markers. At least three such markers have been posted along these roads. The text of the markers has changed slightly over the years, adding some detail and removing notice of its being the place where George Washington's horse died. Washington mentioned Spurrier's several times in his
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stables offered lodging for 80 horses. After 1815 owner Rosalie Siers Calvert of Riversdale, a Belgian native, renamed the tavern 'Waterloo' to celebrate Napoleons defeat. In 1835 A fire and competition from the new railroad put an end to the tavern. But the local area is still known by the name.
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his wife, Caroline, had an interest in any other properties that were not part of her father's estate. Ultimately, through a lawsuit, in 1846, Thomas Morris was able to obtain an additional $ 11,000+ for the devalued state of the tavern property but little else from George Calvert's estate.
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Thomas Morris died at the property in 1852. After their uncle George H. Calvert transferred control of the Waterloo properties to the four surviving children of Caroline and Thomas Morris, they sold the properties in three transactions in 1852 and 1853. By 1852, the holdings were 400 acres
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brick stable, two houses for the coachmen's families and a cook house to replace an old rotten one. She also planned stabling for an additional 40 horses. The lease holder also had the obligation to provide oats for the horses. There were a few hundred acres available to grow the oats.
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Riversdale House holds copies of letters between Thomas Morris and Charles Stier, Rosalie's brother, from 1839 to 1842. These letters show that Tomas Morris tried to obtain information about the holdings of Henri Stier's estate. Riverdale Historical Society, Riverdale Park,
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home country, Belgium. The family estates were near the site of the Battle of Waterloo. Calvert named the tavern Waterloo. She named another property she bought with her father's money Waterloo as well. Rosalie Calvert died in 1821. An 1827 lithograph by
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in 1799. Circumstances forced her Stier relations to return to Belgium and Rosalie Calvert's father left Riversdale to her along with funds to invest for her children. The Spurrier's tavern property was earmarked for Rosalie's oldest child, Caroline.
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The tavern, though not destroyed, was no longer a viable business enterprise. In January 1836, George Calvert dumped the Waterloo property on his daughter. The property was transferred to Caroline Calvert Morris with her brother
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Spurrier had financial problems and in June 1788, to protect his assets, conveyed much of his personal property, including Brown's Purchase and the tavern to his son John. In November 1788, William went bankrupt.
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Spurrier's Tavern Stood On This Site – George Washington stopped here at least twenty five times between 1789 and 1798. On July 18, 1795, his diary says: "Dined and lodged at Spurrier's where my sick horse
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1839. By the early 1840s, Thomas Morris had changed the name of the property to Glenthorne. The name did not stick and the property was known as Waterloo in the land records after Thomas Morris died.
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William Spurrier died in January 1801. John Spurrier died in 1810. The Maryland Chancery Court ordered the tavern property and other lands to be sold to settle John Spurrier's estate.
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In 1917, the state of Maryland bought parts of two former farms adjoining the Baltimore and Washington boulevard at Waterloo, totaling 530 acres (210 ha), for the use of the
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shows the inn as a tall two-story 3-bay wide structure with front porch, lantern, and sign servicing stagecoaches. It had individual rooms and hot baths for travelers.
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the north–south road in what is now Howard County. The post office was closed in 1815 and reopened in the tavern in 1819 as Waterloo, remaining open until 1836.
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