. Chronicles of colonial Maryland : with illustrations. prorogued in May, 1692, after whichit repaired to the State House. Bordering on the river, lying between the Secretarys Office and Smiths TownHouse, was the home of Daniel S. Jenifer, Clerk of the Pro-vincial The lot contained four acres, and, as directedby the order for the grant, was not to be layed out soe nearethe Ordinary House or Secretarys Office as to prejudice evthcrthe Office or the Ordinarys orchard or garden.^ As the authorities for the above have to be largely used conjunc-tively, they are given ifi the follo
. Chronicles of colonial Maryland : with illustrations. prorogued in May, 1692, after whichit repaired to the State House. Bordering on the river, lying between the Secretarys Office and Smiths TownHouse, was the home of Daniel S. Jenifer, Clerk of the Pro-vincial The lot contained four acres, and, as directedby the order for the grant, was not to be layed out soe nearethe Ordinary House or Secretarys Office as to prejudice evthcrthe Office or the Ordinarys orchard or garden.^ As the authorities for the above have to be largely used conjunc-tively, they are given ifi the following order: Archives, Pro. CI. 1686,p. .351 ; Ibid, 1684. p. 301 ; Council Book No. 2 p. 150; Archives, Pro. , pp. 178. 201, 20.^, 204, 205, 207; Ibid, 1692, p. 420; Liber No. 20, 269: .Xrchivcs, Pro. .^ss. 1678, p. 32; Ibid, 1664, p. 539; Ibid. ). 34; ll>id. 1676, p. 482^ Archives, Pro. Q. 1678, p. 174; Archives, \ss. 1692, p. 349; Ibid, 1666, p. 123; Resurvey of Governors 1754, now in possession of the THE FIRST CAPITAL 29 At the end- of Middle Street was the State House lot,called Saint Marys Bluff, containing about three acres,and which embraced \he entire end of the plateau forming thenorthwestern extremity of the town. The bluff, by an abruptdescent of about twenty feet, terminates in a broad, sandy flat,and thence into a long point, on which stood, it is said, thetown wharf and warehouses, the latter occupying the flatimmediately below the bluff, and between it and the wharf. About ninety feet from the summit of the bluff stood theState House. It was a strikingly beautiful situation, andcommanded an extensive view of the town, the river, and thesurrounding country; and to those approaching the City,either by land or water, it formed a prominent and picturesquefeature of the landscape. The Act under which the State House was erected, waspassed in 1674, and the building was completed in October,1676. The contractor was Captai
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