Baltimore: its past and present . »—«I* 10 The revolution in France and the wars upon the Continent of Europe gave occasionfor that period of Commercial enterprise and activity. The opportunity was graspedby the merchants of Baltimore with promptness and energy and resulted in a rapidgrowth in population and commercial importance.^ Our ships consisted principally ofour celebrated Baltimore Clippers, which showed a speed under sail now seldomattained by the best European Steamers. In 1796 the General Assembly of Maryland incorporated Baltimore Town into a cityby the name of the City of Baltimor
Baltimore: its past and present . »—«I* 10 The revolution in France and the wars upon the Continent of Europe gave occasionfor that period of Commercial enterprise and activity. The opportunity was graspedby the merchants of Baltimore with promptness and energy and resulted in a rapidgrowth in population and commercial importance.^ Our ships consisted principally ofour celebrated Baltimore Clippers, which showed a speed under sail now seldomattained by the best European Steamers. In 1796 the General Assembly of Maryland incorporated Baltimore Town into a cityby the name of the City of Baltimore and the inhabitants thereof constituted as a bodypolitic and corporate by the name of The Mayor and City Council of Calhoun was elected the first Mayor. The City contained then about 20,000people, 3,500 houses and about 200 warehouses. The export and import into Ballimo-ePort amounted in 1798 to $12,000,000. The demand abroad for our flour stimulated the. of our city ; andof JonesFalls andlaken advantageof n u m e r o i^ s milling interest the water-power Gvvynn Falls was of by the erection mills. The actual more dufing this dicated by the in- ulation. In 1790 numbered 13,503, creased to 31,514 The ton- which soon after the Federal Con-ported as 36,308, sels and 7,976 li- rolled, increased former and 24,470 the year 1795 ted in passing to ships, 162 brigs, schooners and ers. In 1808 the Water Company for supplying the City with water was incor-porated and in the same year the manufacturing interests of the city were increasedby the erection of new factories upon Gwynns and Jones Falls. On January the 18th, 1812, the war with England was declared by the United StatesGovernment On the 20th of December of the same year an act was passed for found-ing a university in the city and precints of Baltimore by the name of -University ol Mary-land. This institution was founded and maintained upon the most liberal plan for thebenefit of st
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