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ANNAPOLIS [MARYLAND] IBD

HERITAGE BOOKS INC.
05 / 2009
9781556132230
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Sinopsis

This work is primarily a history of Annapolis prior to the Civil War, although there are two chapters which deal with the war and the period following it. Some sample chapter headings are: A Puritan Settlement in a Catholic Colony, A City of Wealth and Fashion, Clubs, Theaters and Literature, Some Tory Families and Their Homes, The Three Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Their Annapolis Homes, Stamp Act Riots and the 'Peggy Stewart' Tea Party, Lafayette and Rochambeau in Annapolis, 1781, Washington Visits Annapolis, Fort Severn Becomes the Naval Academy, The Civil War and 'Ben' Butler Reach Annapolis. Very attractively illustrated with drawings and photographs.