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The Shaw residence, located 100 feet west of the cemetery, was used by British officers as a staging headquarters during the War of 1812 Battle of North Point. On September 12, 1814, legend holds that Eleanor Shaw leaped from a second-floor window to avoid improper advances by a British officer. General Robert Ross sent the officer back to the fleet in disgrace and then left the site for the Battle of North Point. The house was dismantled by the Bethlehem Steel Company in 1976.
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Edgemere, Maryland · United States
