About Us

 Welcome to the Chesapeake Incense Company

THE SHIP

This ship has been our logo from the beginning. It was drawn in the likeness of the USS Constellation, which is docked at Harbor Place, Baltimore, Maryland. After its commissioning in 1855, the Constellation was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron and cruised the waters of southern Europe for three years. On April 20, 1859, the Constellation was designated to be the flagship of the Navy's African Squadron. This six- ship squadron was ordered to interdict the "triangle trade" that was taking slaves from Africa to South America, the Caribbean Islands and the southern United States. The Constellation took up station off the mouth of the Congo River on November 21,1859. Her efforts resulted in the capture of the brig Delicia on December 21, 1859, the barque Cora on September 26, 1860 and the brig Triton on May 21, 1861. "...report the capture of a baroque {Cora} with no flag and a cargo of 705 slaves..." Flag Officer Inman."... He sent us to pull up the hatches and 705 natives came out of the hold, yelling and cringing. They ran forward and crouched on the bow ...it was a fearful job, cleaning and doctoring those natives. They were nearly starved, but they responded to treatment and after keeping them awhile we landed them in Monrovia..." Landsmen French, Constellation crewmember 1859 - 1861.

Our founder

I, Caldwell McMillan,(aka Shajid), entered the incense business in 1969. Being raised on a Maryland tobacco farm, the fragrance seed was implanted in my spirit from childhood. There was the scent of tobacco curing in the barns, the earthiness of freshly plowed fields, cornfields after the rain, honeysuckles in the Spring, the smell of sassafras roots and pine trees from newly cleared land , new mown hay , tomatoes, flowers. peaches and so forth and so on. In 1969 I moved to Philadelphia, where along with playing music I started making incense . By 1973, I returned to Maryland and organized my ventures into the "Chesapeake Incense Company"..

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Chesapeake Incense Company
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-224-0008 e-mail:  incense@comcast.net (address is not hyperlinked,  you have to copy it into your browser)
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