Annapolis [Maryland]

<p>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.</p>