BOOK NOTES:  Some books which might be of general interest to students of the "Early Republic" period -- If you find any worth purchasing after following one of these links, a portion will go to support of this web site: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough a "story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work." The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs.  From book description: "For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving.  But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American. In a forceful, impassioned, and personal voice, he offers not only a searing and incisive diagnosis of our country’s economic ills but also an urgent call for Americans to restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.

United States Geography in the Early Republic - MARYLAND

Maryland

Towns and Cities of Maryland

Aberdeen

Abington

Alta Vista

Annapolis

Arbatus

Arlington

Baltimore

One of the largest cities (3rd after Phila.?) in the nation (around 1830), situated on one of America's great natural harbors, at the mouth of the Patapsco River, and near the head of Chesapeake Bay.

Many streams suitable for mills helped build it up as a manufacturing center, while its harbor, and productive back country gave it a strong mercantile interest.

Periodicals out of Baltimore: The American Aurora, Niles Weekly Register, Genius of Universal Emancipation.

Home of the famous luxurious Barnum's Hotel.

Sources: Whitman, The Price of Freedom (1997), with small but useful maps, p34, 38 and illustrations of MD. Chem. Works, Fardy and Auld's shipyard, and a downtown scene on pp44, 59, 146.

Barton

Bel Air

Berlin

Bethesda

Bladensburg

Boonsboro

Bradbury Heights

Brandywine

Brentwood

Brunswick

Cabin John

Cambridge

Capitol Heights

Carrollton

A town or village about 20 miles northwest of Baltimore. The phrase"Charles Carroll of Carrollton" crops up repeatedly in Jackson Era literature, referring to the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence, who lived there.

Cedar Heights

Centreville

Chase

Chesapeake City

Chester

Chestertown

In Kent County on the eastern shore, and situated on the Chester River.

Birthplace and permanent home of Ezekiel Forman Chambers, senator from 1826-34, and the home of Washington College, from which he graduated.

Cheverly

Chevy Chase

Chillum

Cockeysville

College Park

Colmar Manor

Cottage City

Cresaptown

Crisfield

Cumberland

Damascus

Deal Island

Delmar

Denton

District Heights

Dundalk

East Riverdale

Easton

Eckhart Mines

Edgemere

Edmonston

Elkridge

Elkton

Ellicott City

Ellicott Mills

The terminus, at one very early point, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Emmitsburg

In Frederick County. "One mile south of the Mason-Dixon line, ... on the main road between Baltimore and Pittsburgh. ... economy based on its function as a stopping place on the road west and ... as a center of American Catholicism, with a seminary and a convent". (Otter, p161). It is also about 10 miles southeast of Gettysburg, PA.

See map, as of 1823 (Otter, p172)

Souce Otter, History of My Own Times.

Essex

Fairmont Heights

Federalsburg

Ferndale

Forest Glen

Forest Heights

Forestville

Ft. Howard

Frederick

County seat(?) of Frederick County.

Frostburg

Fruitland

Fullerton

Gaithersburg

Garrison

Glen Burnie

Grasonville

Greenbelt

Breensboro

Hagerstown

Halethorpe

Hanover

Havre de Grace, MD

At the head of Chesapeake Bay, and mouth of the Susquehanna River.

Sacked by Cochrane in 1814 (which was witnessed by Jared Sparks).

Hillside

Hyattsville

Kensington

Landover

Landover Hills

Lanham

Landsdowne

Laurel

Leonardtown

Lexington Park

Linden

Linthicum Heights

Lonaconing

Lutherville

Manchester

Maryland Park

Middle River

Morningside

Mount Airy

Mt. Rainier

Mt. Savage

Mt. Washington

N. East

Oakland

Ocean City

Odenton

Oella

Olney

Owings Mills

Oxford

Partville

Parole

Pasadena

Perryman

Pikesville

Piney Point

Pocomoke City

Port Deposit

Princess Ann

Randallstown

Reisterstown

Relay

Reivedale

Rocksville

Rogers Heights

Roland Park

Rosedale

St. Michaels

Salisbury

Savage

Seabrook

Seat Pleasant

Severna Park

Shipley

Silver Hill

Silver Spring

Snow Hill

Sparrows Point

Stemmers Run

Suitland

Takoma Park

Taneytown

Thurmont

Tilghman

Timonium

Towson

Tunis Mills

University Park

Waldorf

W. Lenham Hills

Western Port

Westminster

Wheaton

Williamsport

Woodlawn

Woodside

Counties of Maryland

Allegany

Anne Arundel

Baltimore

Baltimore City

Calvert

Caroline

Carroll

Cecil

Charles

Dorchester

Frederick

Garrett

Harford

Howard

Kent

Montgomery

Prince Georges

Queen Annes

Saint Marys

Somerset

Talbot

Washington

Wicomico

Worcester

Rivers, Lakes, etc. of Maryland

Chesapeake Bay

Most of the state looks roughly like a horseshoe wrapped around this 100-mile long by 20 mile wide bay.

Chester River

On the northern part of the eastern shore -- looks like mostly an estuary.

Susquehanna River

Originates at Cooperstown NY, and Otsego Lake, makes a long path across Pennsylvania, where it becomes a major river, runs through Maryland in its last 10-15 miles, and empties into Chesapeake Bay.