. Book of the Royal blue . ere that General -Jackson whenon one of his northern raids, but onthat occasion he succeeded in gettingonly as far north as Hancock, Md.,just six miles away. Up to the time of the burning ofthe large hotel six years ago, Berkeleywas at its zenith, for then the promi-nent society balls that were given therehad a national reputation. Even nowpeople come here unaware of the de-struction of that building only to findnumerous boarding houses in its stead- old colonial days it was the rendezvousfor all the dignitaries of that time;the Washingtons, Adamses and Ran-d
. Book of the Royal blue . ere that General -Jackson whenon one of his northern raids, but onthat occasion he succeeded in gettingonly as far north as Hancock, Md.,just six miles away. Up to the time of the burning ofthe large hotel six years ago, Berkeleywas at its zenith, for then the promi-nent society balls that were given therehad a national reputation. Even nowpeople come here unaware of the de-struction of that building only to findnumerous boarding houses in its stead- old colonial days it was the rendezvousfor all the dignitaries of that time;the Washingtons, Adamses and Ran-dolphs used to assemble here and inthis wilderness—at least so then—remained for months at a time. Justafter the Revolution, when great in-ducements were offered to settlers togo west, the city of Berkeley spranginto existence and by these pioneersquite a settlement was founded. liythe opening of the Cumberland Canal,which wove the great west to thesea-coast, Berkeley received its great-est incentive, for then the whole.
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