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Stephen Steward was the British Crown's top enemy in the Anne Arundel County area <ref name
Stephen Steward was the British Crown's top enemy in the Anne Arundel County area <ref name


A common myth about Stephen Steward's shipyard is that he co-owned it with Samuel Galloway <ref name = "lymanHall2>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 78-81. Hall is disproving claims that Steward and Galloway co-owned the shipyard.</ref>. While Samuel Galloway and Stephen Steward did have a business partnership and co-owned ships together<ref name = "lymanHall2>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 82. Hall is disproving claims that Steward and Galloway co-owned the shipyard.</ref>, Samuel Galloway was a merchant and a customer of Stephen Steward's, not a shipbuilder himself<ref name = "lymanHall2>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 78-81. Hall is disproving claims that Steward and Galloway co-owned the shipyard.</ref>. Another is that Stephen Steward inherited the shipyard from his father, John Steward. Stephen Steward, in fact, built the shipyard in 1751<ref name = "lymanHall3>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 80. </ref>.
A common myth about Stephen Steward's shipyard is that he co-owned it with Samuel Galloway <ref name = "lymanHall2>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 78-81. Hall is disproving claims that Steward and Galloway co-owned the shipyard.</ref>. While Samuel Galloway and Stephen Steward did have a business partnership and co-owned ships together<ref name = "lymanHall4>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 82.</ref>, Samuel Galloway was a merchant and a customer of Stephen Steward's, not a shipbuilder himself<ref name = "lymanHall2>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 78-81. Hall is disproving claims that Steward and Galloway co-owned the shipyard.</ref>. Another is that Stephen Steward inherited the shipyard from his father, John Steward. Stephen Steward, in fact, built the shipyard in 1751<ref name = "lymanHall3>Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 80. </ref>.


==Battle==
==Battle==