Letter from Marian Steuart on Kent Island Heritage Society letterhead, sending G. E. Valley Jr. a picture of William Clayton Ringgold's home on the Love Point road from Mildred Schoch's book Of History and Houses, with news of Stevensville's nomination to the National Register of Historic Places; and GEV's note on where he filed her material.

[Notebook p. 68. Faint pencil at top, date stamp AUG 4 1986; then date stamp AUG 17 1986.] [pencil, faint:] County Seats in Md: Cecil - Elkton; Kent - Chestertown; Queen Anne's - Centreville. (from Scharf [?] p 777 (in Ringgold book))

(The material Marian Steuart sent is in a folder "John H. Cummins" which is in the Cummins FILE.)

[Notebook p. 69. Handwritten letter from Marian Steuart to GEV on Kent Island Heritage Society letterhead, pasted in, with her return-address label. GEV's note: "rec'd 9 Aug 86".] [Label:] MRS L L STEUART, RT 3 BOX 67, STEVENSVILLE MD 21666 [Letterhead:] THE KENT ISLAND HERITAGE SOCIETY, INC. (seal 1631-1975), Stevensville, Maryland 21666

August 6, 1986

Dear Mr Valley: I am sending you the picture of the William Clayton Ringgold's home - on the Love Point road. This was taken from the book "Of History and Houses - a Kent Island Heritage" by Mildred Schoch. Mrs Schoch died three years ago. She also wrote a history of Ringgolds in the United States. She was my Cousin.

This is the home my Grandmother visited during the Rev. war to visit her Cousin Clayton - a southern sympathiser.

I have been involved in getting Stevensville on the National Register of Historic Places. It has passed the Maryland Historic Trust and the Governors Council and is now on its way to Washington for final review. We should know by the end of September.

I will try to send you more information on the Cummins if possible.

Sincerely, Marian Steuart