Would you be surprised to learn that the founder of Quakerism, George Fox, preached at a meeting held on a plantation in Anne Arundel County in October of 1671? This isn’t the only unique event described in this article about the “Old Quaker Burying Ground” by J. Reaney Kelly published in the “Maryland Historical Magazine” in 1960 (vol. 55, no. 4). Discover which two leaders of Maryland and Pennsylvania met on the same spot 10 years later by clicking on the "Maryland Historical Magazine Article" tab in our bio link. Image: George Fox, 1624–1690, facsimile of portrait drawn on stone by Thomas Fairland, c.1914. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., loc.gov/item/2004671905 #GeorgeFox #Quakerism #Maryland #MarylandHistory #MDHistory #MarylandHistoricalMagazine #AnneArundelCounty #17thCentury #QuakerHistory #ColonialHistory #ColonialMaryland