The Wilderness
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"The Wilderness" Part of present house, a lower wing, built c. 1700. Home of Daniel Martin and his son Nicholas, who was Captain in 38th Batallion of Maryland militia during Revolutionary War and died here in 1808. Nicholas Martin's son Daniel, elected Governor of Maryland in 1829 and again in 1831, added larger portion of the house c. 1810.
Maryland Bicentennial Commission and Maryland Historical Society
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