Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . breeches and aprons, worsted stockings, and coarse , if we may judge from advertisements for runaways,seem to have worn pretty much any sort of clothing they couldlay hold of. There were plenty of amusements, though not always of a kindapproved now-a-days. Fox hunting was one of the most popularout-door pleasures, but horse-racing, gambling, and excessiveindulgence in wine and liquorswere very common and excited noremark. Some wealthy persons owned town houses
Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . breeches and aprons, worsted stockings, and coarse , if we may judge from advertisements for runaways,seem to have worn pretty much any sort of clothing they couldlay hold of. There were plenty of amusements, though not always of a kindapproved now-a-days. Fox hunting was one of the most popularout-door pleasures, but horse-racing, gambling, and excessiveindulgence in wine and liquorswere very common and excited noremark. Some wealthy persons owned town houses in Annapolis,which was the center of gaiety and fashion. Here, during thewinter, gathered the aristocracy to enjoy a season of festivity andmerry-making. Dancing was a necessary part of the education,and balls and parties were very frequent. There were clubs andtheatres, Annapolis claiming, indeed, the distinction of the firsttheatre erected in America. Our planters seem sometimes to havebeen men of extravagant habits, v/ho by their reckless expendituresand neglect of their plantations involved themselves in THE MARYLAND GAZETTE OF JUNE 21, 1745, FROM A photograph; original paper in possession of the MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 100 LEADING EVENTS OF MARYLAND HISTORY The manners of the people were marked by courtesy and elegance,and inclined to be pompous and formal. (>G. Education and Literature; Character of thePeople.—In regard to the education of the people and theliterature they read, there is not so much to be said. Therewere very few schools, chiefly because there were so few townsand the population was so scattered, and the teachers were in mostcases the indented servants or transported convicts. The wealthierpeople were generally well educated, for many sent their sons toEngland to attend college. In this age, little or no attentionwas paid anywhere to the education of girls, though the wealthyplanters of Maryland often had private tutors for their daughters
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