On this day 250 years ago, William Fitzhugh of Calvert County was appointed Commissary General of Maryland by the Royal Governor of the colony. Fitzhugh was a close friend of George Washington, and like Washington, chose the Patriot side in the Revolution. He continued in office as Commissary General after the Patriots effectively took control of the Maryland government in 1774, and later served in the Maryland state legislature.

Source: https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000662/html/am662–39.html

Note to readers: I am not an objective historian and make no apologies that I consider the Patriots to be the good guys (even if some them did some terrible things) and the British and the Loyalists to be the bad guys (even though I recognize that many of them were honorable people) of this history. I write this blog to celebrate the achievements and sacrifices of the Patriots as they overthrew British rule and created the independent United States of America.