Sketches of the Early History of MarylandF.G. Schaeffer, 1821 - 75 Seiten |
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acres act of assembly afterwards Alexander McKim Annapolis appointed army authorised Baltimore county Baltimore street Bank British Buchanan called Calvert street Capt captain Carroll Charles Ridgely charter church citizens Colonel colonies colonists command commenced commissioners congress council county court delegates district Doctor dollars duties east Edward elected electors England erected Esqrs esquire established exports feet Frederick Gay street gentlemen George Governor Harford Harford county Henry Hollingsworth Howard hundred inhabitants James James Calhoun James McHenry John Moale Judge land late legislature levy Lord Baltimore Maryland Messrs Mordecai Gist passed Patapsco pence Philip Calvert pounds President proprietary province purchased Purviance river Robert Robert Smith Samuel Samuel Ogle Samuel Sterett session sheriff shillings ships Smith society Sterett sterling succeeded Thomas tion tobacco town trade twenty vessels Virginia Ward west corner wharf William William Lux
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Seite 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 90 - His Excellency George Washington Esq. General and commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America.
Seite 2 - An Act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,'* and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing engraving and etching historical and other prints, PHILIP MOORE.
Seite 154 - Slay or of Newburyport, then recently incorporated as a City. In 1852, he was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts ; and, after a single year of faithful service in that office, he was taken into the Cabinet of President Pierce, as Attorney- General of the United States, and held that distinguished office for four years. The printed volume of his official opinions during that term bears signal testimony...
Seite 125 - I know the delicate nature of the duties incident to the part I am called to perform, and I feel my incompetence, without the singular assistance of Providence, to discharge them in a satisfactory manner; but, having undertaken the task from a sense of duty, no fear of encountering difficulties, and no dread of losing popularity, shall ever deter me from pursuing what I take to be the true interests of my country.
Seite 127 - Falls from the lower mill at Bath street across the Meadow to Gay street bridge, of which channel the bounds are fixed by ordinance of the city in 1803, and the old course of the Falls by the court-house gradually filled up.
Seite 52 - ... country, that drew off the waters when they were superabundant, and supplied them to the land when deficient. Some considerable dikes, used alternately for retaining and letting off the waters, indicate an extent of human labour only to be credited in the land of the pyramids. The whole of the plain is about forty miles from east to west, and thirty from north to south; but the lake is at present contracted in breadth to five miles, though it still runs the whole length of the valley; and we...
Seite 2 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 29 - Messrs. Lawson, Hammond, and Lux, three of the commissioners, entered notices of their intention to improve into the water, and did actually erect houses on the bank near the shore, the first of wood, on the east, and the last of brick, on the west side of Light street, near the west end of Bank street (Mercer), and the other further east, near South street. Our annals about this date are embellished with an exploit of...
Seite 160 - Mr. George Keating published a small plan of the city, and two years after another was published by Mr. Charles Varle, which included some of the environs? with views of the above building, and Messrs.