The story behind our curious little mascot.
While perusing the Cecil County Assessments book for 1786-94 our volunteers were surprised to find a whimsical drawing of a colonial gentlemen on a page entitled “Collector’s Bond for the Foregoing Tax of 1789”.
The document authorized Archibald Williams, Charles Williams and William Hamilton to be tax collectors for Cecil County and it was witnessed by Stephen Hyland, Richard Savin and Adam Wallace. The volunteers referred to him as “The Doodler” and began to use his image on correspondence. We soon realized that we had the perfect image to use as a brand for the Historical Society. Ideas for promotional possibilities flourished, but he needed a name. After much consideration, it seemed the obvious name for our colonial gentleman was Cecil.
