. Baltimore : its history and its people . HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 679 and he determined to be a farmer. Benjamine therefore concluded to takeup a trade, and took up his residence in Baltimore. He became an appren-tice in carpentry and building, on March 15, 1840, and finished his ap-prenticeship on September 22, 1844. After he reached the city he beganto feel the great need of fitting himself more thoroughly for his life work,and he became a close student of books. With his pocket Testament, suchworks of history as he could obtain, and books upon architecture which hethought would be useful to h
. Baltimore : its history and its people . HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 679 and he determined to be a farmer. Benjamine therefore concluded to takeup a trade, and took up his residence in Baltimore. He became an appren-tice in carpentry and building, on March 15, 1840, and finished his ap-prenticeship on September 22, 1844. After he reached the city he beganto feel the great need of fitting himself more thoroughly for his life work,and he became a close student of books. With his pocket Testament, suchworks of history as he could obtain, and books upon architecture which hethought would be useful to him in his chosen trade, he began the task ofself-education. Mr. Bennetts mother, who had been Margaret Gorsuch before hermarriage, had inculcated in her son the earnest desire to advance in lifeand to be a credit to his family, while his early companionships taught himto help others as well as himself. These lessons learned in boyhood haveborne their fruit in after years. He has constantly striven to advance inhis profession, by study as
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