Charlestown
Laid out and erected as a town by Act of Assembly in 1742 “there being as yet no such place settled at, or near the head of Chesapeake Bay.” George Washington records many visits to Charlestown in his diary. He lodged here August 10, 1795 and September 9, 1795.
Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and Bladen Street, on the right when traveling east on Market Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
