On this day 250 years ago, residents in southern Frederick County. Maryland gathered at Hungerford Tavern to adopt resolutions pledging to break off all commerce with Great Britain in support of Boston. This site is in present-day Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. The Moderator of the meeting was Henry Griffith, and he and Dr. Thomas Sprigg Wootton, Nathan Magruder, Evan Thomas, Richard Brooke, Richard Thomas, Zadok Magruder, Dr. William Baker, Thomas Cramphin, Jr., and Allen Bowie were elected to attend a general meeting in Annapolis to prepare the Colony’s response to the Intolerable Acts.

Thomas Sprigg Wootton would serve in the Maryland legislature during the Revolution. Henry Griffith, Nathan Magruder, Zadok Magruder, Richard Brooke, Allen Bowie and William Baker would all serve as officers in the Maryland Militia or the Continental Army in the War.

Sources: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=66403; https://boundarystones.weta.org/2013/07/25/lost-history-hungerfords-tavern