Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital

In 1700, Maryland’s new capital at Annapolis was a hamlet in a wilderness whose shoreline looked, according to one new arrival, "like a forest standing in water." By the middle of the 18th century a remarkable collection of men and women had made it into "one of the most sparkling communities in British America."

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Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital

In 1700, Maryland’s new capital at Annapolis was a hamlet in a wilderness whose shoreline looked, according to one new arrival, "like a forest standing in water." By the middle of the 18th century a remarkable collection of men and women had made it into "one of the most sparkling communities in British America."

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Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital

Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital

by Norman K. Risjord
Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital

Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital

by Norman K. Risjord

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In 1700, Maryland’s new capital at Annapolis was a hamlet in a wilderness whose shoreline looked, according to one new arrival, "like a forest standing in water." By the middle of the 18th century a remarkable collection of men and women had made it into "one of the most sparkling communities in British America."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780938420613
Publisher: The Maryland Historical Society
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Series: Maryland Historical Society Series
Pages: 212
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)
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