The New England magazine . e travellers of moderndays who love to poke about the towns andvillages of the famous eastern and westernshores and reflect upon the changes thathave taken place since Richard Carvel andDolly Manners and the other beaux andbelles of their set made merry neath thegraceful dome of the historic Churchill drew his inspiration forhis successful novel while living at Annap-olis as a midshipman. The golden age ofAnnapolis dates back to the period between1750 and 1770, when the tide of wealth andfashion and fine living reached its highestpoint. It was tow
The New England magazine . e travellers of moderndays who love to poke about the towns andvillages of the famous eastern and westernshores and reflect upon the changes thathave taken place since Richard Carvel andDolly Manners and the other beaux andbelles of their set made merry neath thegraceful dome of the historic Churchill drew his inspiration forhis successful novel while living at Annap-olis as a midshipman. The golden age ofAnnapolis dates back to the period between1750 and 1770, when the tide of wealth andfashion and fine living reached its highestpoint. It was toward the close of the Revolution-ary War that the Continental Congress satin Annapolis, and it was there in the Sen-ate Chamber, but recently restored thatGeorge Washington, on December 23, 1783,resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. The firstState-house was completed in 1697, threeyears after Annapolis was established as thecapital of Maryland. This building was MEN AND AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. Midshipmen embarking for summer practice cruise burned in 1704, and the second State-house,begun in the same year on the same site, wasused for sixty-eight years, when it was torndown to make way for the present hotel where Washington was often en-tertained is still standing, as is the houseoccupied by his friend Charles Carroll ofCarrollton. And many private residencesbuilt in the eighteenth century are occupiedto-day by the descendants of those who builtthem. What is said to be the oldest edificein Annapolis is the venerable TreasuryBuilding, in the shape of a Greek cross, andamong the most interesting objects of morerecent structure are the bronze statue ofRoger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of theUnited States from 1836 to 1864, whichstands in front of the entrance to the State-house, and on the southeast side of thebuilding the statue of Baron de Kalb. Nothwithstanding the antiquity of thehouses and of many of the customs of An-napolis, the ma
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