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75-550: In 1785, John Sterrett purchased 1,626 wooded acres with several buildings named "Felicity" from Mathias Hammond, a participant in the 1774 sinking of the Peggy Stewart . Sterrett died two years later, with his wife Deborah Ridgely Sterrett selling 567 acres of the property to their son Charles Sterrett Ridgely, and 533 acres to his brother James Sterrett. Charles Sterrett Ridgely was born Charles Ridgely Sterrett, but changed his name to inherit from his maternal great uncle. He

150-430: A capability for 1200 bushels of ice were constructed. He sold it for $ 58,459.95 in 1838 to George Riggs Gaither, who operated the manor as a productive slave plantation producing wheat, corn, oats and hay. The nearby "Oakland Mill" operated as "Gaither's Mill". A small granite quarry was also operated by the plantation. George Riggs Gaither built the stone "Bleak House" on the property for his son, George Riggs Gaither Jr. As

225-410: A meeting that afternoon, so they invited the public to contribute to the discussion, and it was decided that all the cargo except the tea could be unloaded, 12 supervisors being appointed by the meeting to ensure that this stipulation was adhered to. A full committee meeting was then arranged for the morning of the following Wednesday, 19 October, and over five days, a great deal of politics occurred. On

300-635: Is "the best single portrait of men and manners, of rural and urban life, of the wide range of society and scenery in colonial America." Annapolis became the temporary capital of the United States after the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Congress was in session in the state house from November 26, 1783, to August 19, 1784, and it was in Annapolis on December 23, 1783, that General Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of

375-654: Is adjacent to the city limits. A settlement in the Province of Maryland named "Providence" was founded on the north shore of the Severn River on the middle Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in 1649 by Puritan exiles from the Province/Dominion of Virginia led by the third Proprietary Governor of Maryland , William Stone (1603–1660). The settlers later moved to a better-protected harbor on

450-706: Is land and 0.92 square miles (2.38 km ) is water. Annapolis lies within the humid subtropical climate zone ( Köppen Cfa ), with hot, humid summers, cool winters, and generous precipitation year-round. Low elevation and proximity to the Chesapeake Bay give the area more moderate spring and summertime temperatures and slightly less extreme winter lows than locations further inland, such as Washington, D.C. See or edit raw graph data . In November 2020, NASA reported that Annapolis had 18 days of high-tide (non-storm-related) flooding from May 2019 to April 2020, an increase over 2018's 12 days, and higher than

525-543: Is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland . It is the county seat of Anne Arundel County and its only incorporated city. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River , 25 miles (40 km) south of Baltimore and about 30 miles (50 km) east of Washington, D.C. , Annapolis forms part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area . The 2020 census recorded its population as 40,812, an increase of 6.3% since 2010. This city served as

600-709: The American Revolutionary War , with Great Britain recognizing the independence of the United States. The city and state capitol was also the site of the 1786 Annapolis Convention , which issued a call to the states to send delegates for the Constitutional Convention to be held the following year in Philadelphia . The Annapolis Peace Conference took place in 2007. Annapolis is the home of St. John's College , founded 1696. The United States Naval Academy , established 1845,

675-540: The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers . Five trench 117 ft long silos were put to use onsite. In 1877, Morris began a significant grounds improvement program removing Hawthorn hedges and replacing them with wood fencing throughout the property manufactured at the Oakland Mills sawmill. The property had been subdivided to 406 acres in 1909 by owner Thomas Findlay, who removed

750-539: The British East India Company , to sell tea in America without paying tax, but such a one-sided deal seemed as unjust to Americans as the original taxes, eventually leading to the famous Boston Tea Party and, following British overreaction, to a widespread re-introduction of tea boycotts. Most ships' captains refused to carry tea, but in the summer of 1774, one merchant, Thomas Charles Williams,

825-462: The Good Intent case, and the report of the fateful second meeting was oddly abbreviated: The committee were of opinion, if the tea was destroyed by the voluntary act of the owners and proper concessions made, that nothing further ought to be required. This their opinion being reported to the assembly, was not satisfactory to all present. Mr Stewart then voluntarily offered to burn the vessel and

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900-751: The Potomac River in Virginia. Per orders from Lord Baltimore, Stone returned the following spring at the head of a Cavalier royalist force, loyal to the uncrowned King of England . On March 25, 1655, in what became known as the Battle of the Severn (the first colonial naval battle in North America ), Stone was defeated, taken prisoner, and replaced by Lt. Gen. Josias Fendall (1628–1687) as fifth Proprietary Governor . Fendall governed Maryland during

975-557: The Severn River . Students that attend the Naval Academy are enrolled for four years with a following five year commitment to serving on active duty in the Marine Corps or Navy. Students hold the naval rank of Midshipman , and on average about 4,500 are enrolled. St. John's College is a non-sectarian private college that was once supported by the state. It was opened in 1789 as the successor of King William's School, which

1050-554: The Treaty of Paris was ratified there on January 14, 1784, so Annapolis became the first peacetime capital of the U.S. It was in the Maryland State House that George Washington famously resigned his commission before the Continental Congress on December 23, 1783. The United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845 on the site of Fort Severn , and now occupies an area of land reclaimed from

1125-414: The indentured servants. Stewart knew they could not send the entire cargo back to London because it included the 53 indentured servants, who might easily die in the autumn storms. He therefore guaranteed payment of the tax on the tea himself, got the servants ashore as soon as possible, and left the rest of the cargo aboard to await the committee's decision. Only four of the committee were available for

1200-491: The "Annapolis Tea Party". In February 1770, the brig Good Intent arrived at Annapolis from London , bringing goods ordered by local merchants during 1769. Some of the orders had been placed before the local resolutions in June–July 1769, to boycott goods subject to British tax under the " Townshend Acts " of 1767. The Customs collector at Annapolis would not allow any goods to be landed, even those not subject to tax, until

1275-426: The 1995-2005 average of 2 days annually. The increase is attributed to sea level rise caused by climate change . Resultant flood damages caused local businesses to lose as much as $ 172,000 a year. On Naval Academy grounds, seawater came out of storm drains, with McNair Road and Ramsay Road flooding 20 times in 2020 and more than 40 times each in 2018 and 2019. Adaptation approaches such as sea walls and building up

1350-752: The British Tea Act. On October 19, 1904, the city of Baltimore commemorated the event with The Burning of the Peggy Stewart , a mural by Charles Yardley Turner (1850–1919), painted on the west wall of the Criminal Court Lobby in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse . On October 19, 1974, the Bicentennial Council of the 13 Original States created a silver ingot honoring the two-hundredth anniversary of

1425-572: The Colonial Players theater in 1981. Based on the play by Charles Dickens , the 90-minute production by the Colonial Players is an original musical adaptation, with play and lyrics by Richard Wade and music by Dick Gessner. Colonial Players, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 1949. Its first production, The Male Animal , was performed in 1949 at the Annapolis Recreation Center on Compromise Street. In 1955,

1500-561: The Continental Army. For the 1783 Congress, the Governor of Maryland commissioned John Shaw , a local cabinetmaker, to create an American flag . Shaw's flag is slightly different from other designs of the time: the blue field extends over the entire height of the hoist. Shaw developed two versions of the flag: one which started with a red stripe and another that started with a white one. In 1786, delegates from all states of

1575-709: The Korean and Vietnam wars. It was at Annapolis in July 1940 that Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg arrived in exile during World War II. In the summer of 1984, the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis hosted soccer games as part of the XXIII Olympiad . During September 18–19, 2003, Hurricane Isabel created the largest storm surge known in Annapolis's history, cresting at 7.58 feet (2.31 m). Much of downtown Annapolis

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1650-596: The London representative of an Annapolis family firm, thought he had found a cunning way around that problem. He loaded 2,320 pounds (about one ton) of tea, in 17 packages, aboard the brig Peggy Stewart , principally owned by Dick and Stewart (business rivals to the Williams firm), which was about to make the Atlantic crossing. The worried captain, Richard Jackson, was told that the packages contained linen , but to avoid

1725-662: The Oakland Manor as a Southern sympathizing plantation with the owners joining the Confederate Army . The farm was sold again after the Civil War to Phillip and Katherine Tabb who switched from slave farming to raising thoroughbreds with a half-mile oval track situated along Columbia pike. In 1874, Katherine Tabb's father Francis Morris of New York purchased Oakland, testing corn silage and trenching techniques that gave Oakland an agricultural engineering status from

1800-606: The Rouse Company purchased Oakland and used it as temporary headquarters, then leased it to Antioch College and Dag Hammarskjöld college. By 1976, The property surrounding Oakland Manor was reduced to 8.26 acres. The building was leased to the Red Cross from 1977 to 1988. In 1988, Rouse divested itself of the property maintenance by selling Oakland to the Columbia Association for $ 185,000. The same year,

1875-571: The Severn's southern shore. The settlement on the south shore, known from 1683 as "Town at Proctor's", then "Town at the Severn", became in 1694 "Anne Arundel's Towne" (after Lady Ann Arundell (1616–1649), the late wife of the late Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore , 1605–1675). In 1654, after the Third English Civil War , Parliamentary forces assumed control of the Maryland colony and Stone went into exile south across

1950-621: The Union were invited to meet in Annapolis to consider measures for the better regulation of commerce. Delegates from only five states—New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware—actually attended the September 1786 gathering, known afterward as the Annapolis Convention . Without proceeding to the business for which they had met, the delegates passed a resolution calling for another convention to meet at Philadelphia in

2025-496: The academy's English curriculum. The King William Players, a student theater group at St. John's College , holds two performances each semester in the college's Francis Scott Key Auditorium. Admission is usually free and open to the public. The Banneker-Douglass Museum , located in the historic Mount Moriah Church at 87 Franklin Street, documents the history of African Americans in Maryland. Since its opening on February 24, 1984,

2100-524: The account seem false, but other sources agree that he led the calls for harsh penalties, whipping up mob hysteria. The Gazette did publish a letter from the Williams brothers in which, among other things, they complained that their complete willingness to co-operate with the committee was "kept entirely secret" from the angry throng, and instead "a most ungenerous piece was drawn up by Mathias Hammond." An anonymous letter to another newspaper (quite probably written by Thomas Williams) claimed that "the minds of

2175-677: The association leased 1060sf of the former slave plantation to the African Art Museum of Maryland. Peggy Stewart (ship) Peggy Stewart was a Maryland cargo vessel burned on October 19, 1774, in Annapolis as a punishment for contravening the boycott on tea imports which had been imposed in retaliation for the British occupation of Boston following the Boston Tea Party . This event became known as

2250-593: The board of directors of the Associated Loyalists ; then in 1783 he attempted, with one Samuel Gouldsbury, to found a community called New Edinburgh , in Nova Scotia . Legal obstacles prevented the plan from being fully realised, but the community still exists today. Despite the significant financial loss he sustained in the "Tea Party", Stewart remained wealthy, although the 1,200 acres (4.9 km ) of land he owned in Maryland would be forfeited at

2325-401: The burning. The incident is also honored by "Peggy Stewart Tea", a blend sold by Eastern Shore Tea Co. The burning is honored each year by a ceremony in Annapolis. The story was recounted in a children's book Ahoy, Peggy Stewart by Maud Esther Dilliard, published by Dutton, 1956. Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( / ə ˈ n æ p əl ɪ s / ə- NAP -əl-iss )

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2400-482: The capital of the royal colony, the Province of Maryland , to Anne Arundel's Towne and renamed the town "Annapolis" after Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway , soon to become Queen Anne of Great Britain (1665–1714, reigned 1702–1714). Annapolis was incorporated as a city in 1708. Colonel John Seymour, the Governor of Maryland from 1704 to 1709, wrote Queen Anne on March 16, 1709, with qualifications for municipal officials and provisions for fairs and market days for

2475-522: The census of 2010, there were 38,394 people, 16,136 households, and 8,776 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,347.4 inhabitants per square mile (2,064.6/km ). There were 17,845 housing units at an average density of 2,485.4 units per square mile (959.6 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 60.1% White , 26.0% African American , 0.3% Native American , 2.1% Asian , 9.0% from other races , and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 16.8% of

2550-568: The city celebrated the 300th anniversary of its 1708 Royal Charter, which established democratic self-governance. The many cultural events of this celebration were organized by Annapolis Charter 300. Annapolis was home of the Anne Arundel County Battle of the Bands, which was held at Maryland Hall from 1999 to 2015. The event was a competition between musical groups from each high school in the county; it raised over $ 100,000 for

2625-563: The city is still referred to as Parole . The soldiers who did not survive were buried in the Annapolis National Cemetery . In 1900, Annapolis had a population of 8,585. On December 21, 1906, Henry Davis was lynched in the city. He was suspected of assaulting a local woman. Nobody was ever tried for the crime. During World War II , shipyards in Annapolis built a number of PT Boats, and military vessels such as minesweepers and patrol boats were built in Annapolis during

2700-430: The city was $ 49,243, and the median income for a family was $ 56,984 (these figures had risen to $ 70,140 and $ 84,573 respectively, according to a 2007 estimate ). Males had a median income of $ 39,548 versus $ 30,741 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 27,180. About 9.5% of families and 12.7% of the population were living in poverty, of which 20.8% were under age 18 and 10.4% were age 65 or over. According to

2775-416: The city's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city, excluding state and local government, are: Annapolis has a thriving community theater scene which includes two venues in the historic district. On East Street, Colonial Players produces approximately six shows a year in its 180-seat theater. A Christmas Carol has been a seasonal tradition in Annapolis since it opened at

2850-417: The city. The population density was 5,326.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,056.4/km ). There were 16,165 housing units at an average density of 2,402.3 units per square mile (927.5 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 62.66% White , 31.44% Black or African American , 0.17% Native American , 1.81% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 2.22% from other races, and 1.67% from two or more races. 8.42% of

2925-508: The civil war approached, Gaither formed "Gaithers Raiders" part of the "Howard County Dragoons", sixty men which practised at Oakland Manor prior to becoming a confederate army unit furnished by Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks . The troops marched on 19 April 1861 through Ellicott City to Baltimore, responding to the Baltimore riot of 1861 , before heading South to join J. E. B. Stuart . In October 1862, six Union troops from New Jersey raided

3000-558: The commerce was considerable, but it declined rapidly after Baltimore, with its deeper harbor, was made a port of entry in 1780. Water trades such as oyster-packing, boatbuilding and sailmaking became the city's chief industries. Annapolis is home to a large number of recreational boats that have largely replaced the seafood industry in the city. Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1712–1756), a Scottish-born doctor and writer, lived and worked in Annapolis. Leo Lemay says his 1744 travel diary Gentleman's Progress: The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton

3075-467: The county's high school music programs during its 17-year run. On June 28, 2018, at the Capital Gazette , a gunman opened fire, killing five journalists and injuring two more. An EF-2 tornado struck the western edge of the city on September 1, 2021, during the remnants of Hurricane Ida . Homes, businesses, and restaurants had significant damage near Maryland Route 450 , where EF-2 damage

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3150-533: The end of the War in 1783. Ironically, he died on a business visit to Annapolis, in 1791. A token was produced and circulated in 1875 to celebrate the "Peggy Stewart" incident. After the American Revolutionary War, citizens of Maryland came to view the burning of Peggy Stewart as an act of heroism, considering the angry crowd who demanded the burning to be devoted patriots for their resistance of

3225-669: The following year to amend the Articles of Confederation . The resulting Philadelphia Convention drafted and approved the Constitution of the United States , which remains in force. On April 24, 1861, the midshipmen of the Naval Academy relocated their base in Annapolis and were temporarily housed in Newport, Rhode Island , until October 1865. In 1861, the first of three camps that were built for holding paroled soldiers

3300-707: The former location of the Shaw Blacksmith Shop, in 1967, and became owner of the property in 1990. The Naval Academy Masqueraders, a theater group at the United States Naval Academy, produces one "main-stage show" each fall and student-directed one-act plays in the spring. Founded in 1847, the Masqueraders is the oldest extracurricular activity at the Naval Academy. Its shows, performed in Mahan Hall, are selected to support

3375-411: The height of roadways and athletic fields are predicted to last only a few decades. As of the census of 2020, there were 40,812 people. The racial makeup of the city was 49.4% Non-Hispanic White , 21.7% African American , 0.7% Native American , 2.5% Asian , 14.5% from other races , and 8.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race made up 22.9% of the population. As of

3450-651: The latter half of the English Commonwealth period. In 1660, he was replaced by Phillip Calvert (1626–1682) as fifth/sixth Governor of Maryland , after the restoration of Charles II (1630–1685) as King in England . In 1694, soon after the overthrow of the Catholic government of second Royal Governor Thomas Lawrence (1645–1714, in office for a few months in 1693), the third Royal Governor Francis Nicholson (1655-1727/28, in office: 1694–1698), moved

3525-467: The museum has provided educational programs, rotating exhibits, and a research facility. Admission is free. Preble Hall , named for Edward Preble , houses the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, founded in 1845. Its Beverley R. Robinson Collection contains 6,000 prints depicting European and American naval history from 1514 through World War II. It is also home to one of the world's best ship model collections, donated by Henry Huttleston Rogers . Rogers's donation

3600-513: The name was later used for one of the Rouse development company villages. Charles Sterrett Ridgely forfeited the house in 1826, selling it to Robert Oliver for $ 47,000 after failing to make payments toward the property. His son Thomas Oliver purchased the manor, expanding it to 775 acres by adding "Talbot's Resolution Manor", "Howard's Fair and Amicable Settlement", "Josephs Gift", "Dorseys Search Resurveyed" and "Dorseys Search". Stone outbuildings with

3675-575: The national capital. In land area Annapolis (proper) is also the smallest of the United States capital cities . The city is a part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and is relatively flat, with the highest point being only 50 feet (15 m) above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 8.10 square miles (20.98 km ), of which 7.18 square miles (18.60 km )

3750-488: The one hand, Stewart and the two Williams brothers met with committee chairman Charles Carroll and formulated an agreement that they would burn the tea and publish an apology in the Maryland Gazette . On the other hand, one committee member, Mathias Hammond , published a handbill on 15 October, denouncing Stewart (and omitting to mention that the Williams brothers themselves had been the ones who notified him of

3825-543: The organization moved to its venue in a former automotive repair shop on East Street. During the warmer months, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre presents three shows on its outdoor stage, which is visible from the City Dock. A nonprofit organization, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre has been providing "theatre under the stars" since 1966, when it performed You Can't Take It with You and Brigadoon at Carvel Hall Hotel. It began leasing its site at 143 Compromise Street,

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3900-523: The people were so inflamed, that they threatened death to Mr. Stewart, and desolation to his store and dwelling-house." The offer to burn Peggy Stewart was enough to satisfy the mob, so the brig was moved to a convenient spot "with her sails and colours flying", and, after reading out a statement apologising for their conduct (which was subsequently published in the Gazette ), Anthony Stewart, Nehemiah Moxley, Joseph Williams and James Williams jointly set

3975-435: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 15,303 households, out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.6% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.3% were non-families. Of all households, 32.9% were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

4050-442: The population. There were 16,136 households, of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.6% were non-families. Of all households, 35.0% were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

4125-539: The possibility of being prosecuted for smuggling , Williams correctly identified the consignment as tea on his Customs declaration. Hence, when he was clearing Customs at the mouth of the River Thames (some distance from London) Jackson learned that he had been right to suspect the packages and that part of his cargo was going to cause major trouble in America. However, once declared to Customs officials in Britain,

4200-542: The racetrack. Oakland was reduced to 350 acres by 1921 with one 8-room tenant house. From 1950 to 1966 the property was operated by Miriam J. Keller as the Oakland Manor Health Farm. After divorce proceedings, the property became the most important land purchase for Rouse Company development project of Columbia. Attorney Bernard F. Goldberg negotiated the deal early in his career before his prison term for misappropriation of land development funds. In 1966,

4275-554: The region. The conference was held at the United States Naval Academy on November 26, 2007. The Maryland State House is the oldest in continuous legislative use in the United States. Construction started in 1772, and the Maryland legislature first met there in 1779. It is topped by the largest wooden dome built without nails in the country. The Maryland State House housed the workings of the United States government from November 26, 1783, to August 13, 1784, and

4350-679: The seat of the Confederation Congress , formerly the Second Continental Congress , and temporary national capital of the United States in 1783–1784. At that time, General George Washington came before the body convened in the new Maryland State House and resigned his commission as commander of the Continental Army . A month later, the Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris of 1783 , ending

4425-409: The situation. Whatever Thomas had intended, his brothers had no interest in his mad scheme, so they refused to pay the tax, and arranged a meeting with the committee which supervised the tea boycott, to discuss the problem. Anthony Stewart feared a rerun of the Good Intent case, for none of the cargo could come ashore until the tax had been paid on that tea tucked away in a corner of the hold—not even

4500-465: The tax had been paid. The local committee supervising the boycott would not allow tax to be paid on any goods. Merchants importing the goods, led by James Dick and his son-in-law Anthony Stewart, finally gave up, and sent Good Intent back to London, still fully loaded. Ironically, while Good Intent was in mid-Atlantic, the British government gave in to the boycott and removed taxes on all goods—except tea. The Tea Act of 1773 allowed only one company,

4575-519: The tea had to be taken to its appointed destination — preferably before the autumn gales began, for Peggy Stewart needed an overhaul and leaked quite badly. That made the voyage most unpleasant for the main cargo: 53 indentured servants . The Peggy Stewart arrived at Annapolis on the morning of 14 October 1774, and Anthony Stewart was notified of the tax payable on one small part of the cargo. He went immediately to Joseph and James Williams, Thomas's brothers and business partners, and informed them of

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4650-489: The tea importation), and stirred up a great deal of popular fervor. Thus the second committee meeting was thronged with people, many of whom had come specifically to make an example of the wicked Mr Stewart and his cronies. The reporting of this affair in the Maryland Gazette was, by modern standards, less than conscientious. No mention was made of the indentured servants, no attempt was made to remind readers of

4725-523: The tea in her... A letter to the Baltimore Patriot newspaper immediately after the death of successful physician and businessman Dr Charles Alexander Warfield , in 1813 expands greatly on that short account. Warfield, recently appointed a Major in the new Anne Arundel County militia, had not only argued with moderate patriots like Charles Carroll and Samuel Chase ; he had allegedly had a gallows erected outside Stewart's house. Some details of

4800-485: The town. 17th-century Annapolis was little more than a village, but it grew rapidly for most of the 18th century until the American Revolutionary War as a political and administrative capital, a port of entry , and a major center of the Atlantic slave trade . The Maryland Gazette , which became an important weekly journal, was founded there by Jonas Green in 1745; in 1769 a theatre opened; during this period also

4875-881: The vessel and the tea alight. Within a few hours, "in the presence of a great number of spectators" Peggy Stewart had burned down to the waterline. The event has since become known as the "Annapolis Tea Party". Thomas Charles Williams, the real cause of the problem, later published an apology for his own actions - but if the anonymous letter really was his work (it was published in the Philadelphia Public Ledger on 4 January 1775, just two days after Thomas signed his apology, also in Philadelphia) he blamed everybody except himself. The letter outlined an alleged plot involving another rival firm, Wallace, Davidson and Johnson- Davidson being Deputy Comptroller of Customs in addition to his business interests. Stewart

4950-403: Was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.93. In the city, 21.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 86.8 males age 18 and over. The median income for a household in

5025-434: Was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.02. The median age in the city was 36 years. 20.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.1% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 13% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.8% male and 52.2% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 35,838 people, 15,303 households, and 8,676 families residing in

5100-577: Was a graduate of St. Johns College in 1802, a future Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates , and commissioned the manor house in June 1810. The house was completed in 1811 including a 100 ft-long stone carriage house. To the east of the Manor, a grist mill was built which stayed in production until being demolished by fire in 1890. The site known as "Oakland Mills" served as a postal stop, and

5175-435: Was convinced that the plot would have failed if Stewart had followed Joseph and James's lead- but then, the writer knew nothing about the 53 indentured servants, and claimed instead that Stewart, as an owner of the vessel, was "anxious for dispatch, in order that she might proceed to another port." Anthony Stewart and his family spent most of the years of the American Revolutionary War living in New York, where he served on

5250-412: Was created on the campus of St. John's College . The second location of Camp Parole would house over 20,000 and would be located where Forest Drive is currently. The third and final location was finished in late 1863 and would be placed near the Elkridge Railroad, as to make transportation of soldiers and resources easier before and allowing the camp to grow to its highest numbers. This area just west of

5325-437: Was flooded and many businesses and homes in outlying areas were damaged. The previous record was 6.35 feet (1.94 m) during a hurricane in 1933, and 5.5 feet (1.7 m) during Hurricane Hazel in 1954. Downtown Annapolis has high-tide "sunny day" flooding. A Stanford University study found that this resulted in 3,000 less visits and $ 172,000 in lost revenue for local business in 2017. From mid-2007 through December 2008,

5400-426: Was founded by an act of the Maryland legislature in 1696 and was opened in 1701. Its principal building, McDowell Hall, was originally to be the governor's mansion; although £4,000 was appropriated to build it in 1742, it was not completed until after the War of Independence. Located 25 miles (40 km) south of Baltimore and 30 miles (48 km) east of Washington, D.C. , Annapolis is the closest state capital to

5475-511: Was observed with estimated winds of 125 mph. The tornado dissipated immediately past U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 301. As announced by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , Annapolis was the venue for a Middle East summit dealing with the Israeli–Palestinian peace process , with the participation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (" Abu Mazen ") and various other leaders from

5550-406: Was the impetus for the construction of Preble Hall. The museum has approximately 100,000 visitors each year. The Hammond-Harwood House , located at 19 Maryland Avenue, was built in 1774 for Matthias Hammond, a wealthy Maryland farmer. Its design was adapted by William Buckland from Andrea Palladio 's Villa Pisani to accommodate American Colonial regional preferences. Since 1940, when the house

5625-589: Was the principal victim, partly because he had voted against a proposal (nominally in retaliation against the British government's punishment of the people of Boston) for American lawyers to refuse to handle actions for debts due to persons in Great Britain, partly because Peggy Stewart had taken trade the Wallace firm had lost when a vessel of theirs ran aground in the English Channel . The writer

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