by his father-in-law, Henry Darnall, who operated Lord
Baltimore's land office. Darnall himself had been richly rewarded
over the years with eighteen thousand acres of Maryland land.26

Charles Carroll the Settler showed vision in his selection
of the parcel he bought from Todd. Over the next century it was
to become a shipping and manufacturing center.  But in the short
term the holding produced little, if any, return on the
investment. In 1711 Carroll did manage to sell thirty-one acres
to Jonathan Hanson, who built a strong dam across the falls and
put up a substantial mill which came to be called Hanson's Im-
provement.  Other than Hanson the only inhabitant on the lands on
the west bank appears to have been Carroll's overseer, John
Flemming, who, further to the west, lived on and cultivated a
quarter section of tobacco until about 1718.27 The location of
Hanson's Improvement and Flemming's homestead are indicated on
Figure 3.

Carroll the Settler continued to actively speculate in
Maryland land. In this he was immeasurably aided when, in 1712,
he succeeded his deceased father-in-law as the Lord Proprietor's
land agent. That same year Charles Calvert, still residing in
England, sent Carroll instructions ordering him to crack down on
the speculation in warrants and the other practices which
deprived the proprietor of his revenues. Reports are that nothing
happened.28

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