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Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Capitols on the Way to Washington DC
We went to Trenton, NJ, Dover, Delaware, and Annapolis, Maryland on the way to Washington D.C. Annapolis was my favorite. The Maryland State House was used as the capitol of the United States from November 1783 to August 1784. I found it very interesting how the borders of Maryland were defined in the grant from the King of England to Lord Baltimore. It helps explain the winding western edge. Also the tip of the peninsula was originally claimed as part of Maryland until Virginia residences partitioned the King's council with a claim that they had in fact already settled in the lower Chesapeake Bay area. Virginia won the dispute and the current border now clips off the end of the peninsula.
We went to Trenton, NJ, Dover, Delaware, and Annapolis, Maryland on the way to Washington D.C. Annapolis was my favorite. The Maryland State House was used as the capitol of the United States from November 1783 to August 1784. I found it very interesting how the borders of Maryland were defined in the grant from the King of England to Lord Baltimore. It helps explain the winding western edge. Also the tip of the peninsula was originally claimed as part of Maryland until Virginia residences partitioned the King's council with a claim that they had in fact already settled in the lower Chesapeake Bay area. Virginia won the dispute and the current border now clips off the end of the peninsula.
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