. Historic towns of the Southern States. on as toPleasantness, Air and Prospect is inferior to Annapolis,but if one considers it with resi)ect to Trade, the exten-sive country beyond it leaves us room for comparison :were a few Gentlemen of fortune to settle there and en-courage the Trade, it might soon become a flourishingplace, but while few besides the Germans (who are in gen-eral masters of small fortunes) build and inhabit there, Iapprehend it Cannot make any considerable Figure. The requisite gentlemen of fortune werenot long lacking. One soon appeared in theperson of Dr. John Stevenson,
. Historic towns of the Southern States. on as toPleasantness, Air and Prospect is inferior to Annapolis,but if one considers it with resi)ect to Trade, the exten-sive country beyond it leaves us room for comparison :were a few Gentlemen of fortune to settle there and en-courage the Trade, it might soon become a flourishingplace, but while few besides the Germans (who are in gen-eral masters of small fortunes) build and inhabit there, Iapprehend it Cannot make any considerable Figure. The requisite gentlemen of fortune werenot long lacking. One soon appeared in theperson of Dr. John Stevenson, who, in 1754,came from Ireland, accompanied by his Henry Stevenson, a man also noteworthyamong the founders of Baltimore. Dr. JohnStevenson turned his attention to commerce,and began the systematic development of Bal-timores foreign trade. He contracted forlarge quantities of wheat, which he shipped toScotland with such profitable results that gen-eral attention was attracted to the develop-ment of a more extended O s if< ^ 14 Baltimore Soon after, the appointment of Mr. Eden to the gov-ernment of Maryland, Sir William Draper arrived in thatProvince on a tour throughout the continent. He con-templated the origin of Baltimore and its rapid progresswith astonishment, and when introduced by the Governorto the worthy founder, he elegantly accosted him by theappellation of the American Romulus. These words were written many years later :to quote them here is to take a long glanceahead. When Dr. Stevenson came to Balti-more, the clouds of war were lowering overthe colonies. Governor Sharpe of Marylandexerted himself to the utmost to co-operatewith General Braddock in the conquest of theOhio for England, but fell out with the LowerHouse of the Provincial Assembly. The warwas never popular in Maryland, although largesums were finally appropriated for the defenceof the Province. When the news of Braddocksdefeat reached Baltimore, the alarm was in-tense. Tradit
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