Betty’s Cove Meetinghouse
Near this spot, about 1665, Quaker settlers built the Betty’s Cove Meetinghouse, at this intersection, known as “The Pincushion,” they established a school, adding one of the first public libraries in America in 1676, George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, visited Betty’s Cove twice in 1672, when there were “so many boats upon the river it was almost like the Thames,” as Quakers came to meeting.
Marker is at the intersection of St. Michaels Road (Maryland Route 33) and Unionville Road (Maryland Route 370), on the right when traveling west on St. Michaels Road.
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