What to see in America . Oyster Boats in the Lower Potomac and manners. Of all the citys various institutions nonehas brought it more honor than the University and Hospitalwhich bear thename of JohnsHopkins. Hefounded and en-dowed them withwealth amassedas a Baltimoremerchant. The first Am-erican telegraphline was builtfrom Baltimoreto Washington,forty-two miles, in 1844. On the road to Washington, tenmiles from Baltimore, is the town of Relay, so named be-cause here were changed the horses that drew the cars onthe first passenger railway in America. Construction ofthe railway was begun July 4
What to see in America . Oyster Boats in the Lower Potomac and manners. Of all the citys various institutions nonehas brought it more honor than the University and Hospitalwhich bear thename of JohnsHopkins. Hefounded and en-dowed them withwealth amassedas a Baltimoremerchant. The first Am-erican telegraphline was builtfrom Baltimoreto Washington,forty-two miles, in 1844. On the road to Washington, tenmiles from Baltimore, is the town of Relay, so named be-cause here were changed the horses that drew the cars onthe first passenger railway in America. Construction ofthe railway was begun July 4, 1828. The first locomotive used on the Baltimoreand Ohio tracks was theTom Thumb, made byPeter Cooper, who servedas its engineer w^hen itmade a thirty-mile trialtrip to Ellicotts Mills andback to Baltimore, inAugust, 1830. Maryland is almost cuttwo by Chesapeake. The Church John Brown AttendedWHEN Plotting to Capture Harp-ers Ferry m Bay, the largest inlet onthe Atlantic coast of the United States. The Bay is twohundred miles long and from ten to twenty broad, and is 136 What to See in America navigable for the largest vessels. It is a favorite resort forsportsmen, and its ducks, fish, terrapin, and oysters have awide reputation. Baltitnore is especially noted for the sizeof its oyster fleet, which is in part sailing vessels and inpart little steamers. Quaint old Annapolis, twenty-seven miles south of Balti-more, on the banks of the Severn River, with the great Bay near at hand,is the capital ofthe state. Theseat of govern-ment was movedthither from in the co-lonial period itwas one of themost importantsocial centers,and ranked withNew York, Philadelphia, and Charleston in its display ofwealth and fashion. Dinners, parties, and balls were numer-ous, and card playing, gambling, horse racing, cockfight-ing, and dueling were
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