Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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Ellicott (Elias)
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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Mischievous Ellicott boys, the store and electricity
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In the 19th century, a few people, including Ben Franklin, experimented with electricity for science or entertainment. Joseph Priestly wro...
Sunday, October 22, 2023
John J. Audubon and the Ellicotts
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Four brothers, the grandsons of one of the Ellicott founders (Andrew), supported Audubon (1785-1851) by being subscribers for his first...
Monday, May 4, 2020
Granite Quarry at Ellicott’s Patapsco Mills 1815
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Benjamin Brown wrote that he leased the early quarry at Ellicott's mills and his announcement/advertisement was picked up by a London ...
Monday, February 26, 2018
The Maryland Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of poor negroes and others unlawfully held in bondage
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Elias Ellicott, one son of Ellicott City founder Andrew Ellicott, was a founding member and on the 'acting committee' of the Maryla...
Monday, February 27, 2017
Benjamin Banneker's almanac and the Ellicotts
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George Ellicott, his brother Elias Ellicott and their cousin Major Andrew Ellicott each helped to get Banneker's first almanac publish...
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