Terra Mariae¶
Maryland Bloodlines¶
Calvert¶
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore (Proprietor & Investor)Born: 8 Aug. 1605, in England; (1st) son of George Calvert, Knt., 1st Lord Baltimore, by his (1st) wife Anne Mynne.Married: Anne d/o Thomas Arundell, 1st Lord Arundell, of Wardour Castle, Wilts.Issue: Yes.Provincial offices: Propietor (1634-1675)Religious affiliation: Catholic.Died: 30 Nov. 1675, at Muswell Hill, Middx., EnglandGeorge Calvert, Esquire (passenger)Born: 1613, in England; (3rd) son of George Calvert, Knt., 1st Lord Baltimore, by his (1st) wife Anne Mynne.Issue: No.Religious affiliation: Catholic.Died: 1634, in Maryland.Governor Leonard Calvert, Esquire (Governor, Investor, and passenger)Born: 1606 in England; (2nd) son of George Calvert, Knt., 1st Lord Baltimore, by his wife Anne Mynne.Issue: Yes.Provincial offices: Lieutenant-General and Governor (1634-1647)Religious affiliation: Catholic.Died: 9 June 1647.
The 6th Baron of Baltimore
In 1769 my Lord was travelling with eight women, a physician, and two negroes, whom he called his “corregidores”, who were entrusted with the discipline of his little seraglio. With the aid of his physician he conducted odd experiments on his houris: he fed the plump ones only acid foods and the thin ones milk and broth. He arrived at Vienna with the train I have described; when the chief of police requested him to declare which of the eight ladies was his wife, he replied that he was an Englishman; and that when he was called upon to give an account of his sexual arrangements, if he could nto settle the matter with his fists, it was his practice to set out instantly on his travels again.
Maryland Masonry¶
Freemasonry traces its roots to the Middle Ages. It is from associations of stone masons, who built the magnificent cathedrals, castles, and monasteries of Europe that the fraternity started. These groups, eventually, began to accept members who were not actual working masons. At that time they adopted the term “Accepted” Masons, and Freemasonry was born.
Here in Maryland, The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland was formed in 1787. Today, one hundred local lodges are located throughout the state in cities and towns both large and small.
The Orient of Maryland consists of seven Valleys, each with its own officers. The Valley of Baltimore and the Valley of Cumberland have all four Bodies. The Valleys of Salisbury and Frederick have three Bodies - Lodge of Perfection, a Chapter of Rose Croix, and a Council of Kadosh. The Valleys of Southern Maryland and Susquehanna each have two bodies - a Lodge of Perfection, and a Chapter of Rose Croix. The Valley of Charles County has a Lodge of Perfection. For those Valleys which do not have a Chapter of Rose Croix, Council of Kadosh and/or a Consistory, the membership of these Valleys are members of the Valley of Baltimore’s Chapter of Rose Croix, Council of Kadosh and/or Consistory.
Scottish Rite Masonry began in Cumberland on November 13, 1899, with the first meeting of Meredith Lodge of Perfection No. 3. On October 20, 1955, the Supreme Council changed Meredith Lodge, Kedron Chapter Knights Rose Croix, and Potomac Council Knights Kadosh to Cumberland, Cumberland Lodge of Perfection, Cumberland Chapter Knights Rose Croix, and Cumberland Council Knights Kadosh, respectively.
Maryland History¶
Intelligence Operations¶
Of particular interest is the mysterious 1953 death of Frank Olson, an Army chemist and aerosols specialist for the Special Operations Division (SOD) of the Army’s Chemical Corps, the CIA’s military partner in behavior control research. Officially ruled a suicide, Olson’s death from a 10-story fall in New York City came 10 days after Gottlieb and TSS staff spiked his cocktail with LSD during a CIA-SOD work retreat at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland. The drugging was later determined to have contributed to his death, but many, including members of his family, have questioned the conclusion that Olson—who was sharing a room with Lashbrook that night—threw himself out the window of the Statler Hotel.
Frank Olson specialized in the airborne delivery of disease. He had been working in the field ever since 1943, when he came to Fort Detrick as one of the original military officers in the U.S. biological warfare program. Before the end of the war, he developed a painful ulcer condition that led him to seek a medical discharge from the uniformed military, but he had stayed on as a civilian. He joined SOD when it started in 1950. Obviously good at what he did, Olson served for several months as acting chief of SOD in 1952-53 but asked to be relieved when the added stress caused his ulcer to flare up. He happily returned to his lesser post as a branch chief, where he had fewer administrative duties and could spend more time in the laboratory. A lover of practical jokes, Olson was very popular among his many friends. He was an outgoing man, but, like most of his generation, he kept his inner feelings to himself. His great passion was his family, and he spent most of his spare time playing with his three kids and helping around the house. He had met his wife while they both studied at the University of Wisconsin.
Olson attended all the sessions and apparently did everything expected of him during the first two days at the lodge. After dinner on Thursday, November 19, 1953—the same day that a Washington Post editorial decried the use of dogs in chemical experiments—Olson shared a drink of Cointreau with all but two of the men present. (One had a heart condition; the other, a reformed alcoholic, did not drink.) Unbeknownst to the SOD men, Sid Gottlieb had decided to spike the liqueur with LSD.