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July 12, 1815
Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Baltimore, founded in 1729, has grown to the third most commercially important US city with an estimated 55,000 population. It features 27 churches, banks, insurance companies, fire services, university, hospital, dispensary, museum, schools, charities, library, theatre, and numerous manufactories.
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BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, which was first laid out as a town in 1729, is now the third city in commercial importance in the United States, and the population of the city and precincts may be estimated at Fifty-Five thousand persons. There are at this time in Baltimore TWENTY-SEVEN houses appropriated to the public worship of God by the different denominations of Christians, and two erecting; nine banks; seven marine and two fire insurance companies; thirteen fire engines and hose companies; an university; a public hospital under excellent regulations, a dispensary for administering medical aid to the indigent sick; a museum and gallery of the fine arts, containing a number of valuable paintings, and a well arranged collection of birds, beasts, minerals, and natural and artificial curiosities; a number of schools for the education of orphans; several other charitable institutions; a public library and a theatre—while the manufactories in and near the city, of almost every description, which exhibit the best criterion of the wealth and industry of our citizens, would require more space and time than we can now spare to enumerate.
Federal Gazette.
Baltimore, which was first laid out as a town in 1729, is now the third city in commercial importance in the United States, and the population of the city and precincts may be estimated at Fifty-Five thousand persons. There are at this time in Baltimore TWENTY-SEVEN houses appropriated to the public worship of God by the different denominations of Christians, and two erecting; nine banks; seven marine and two fire insurance companies; thirteen fire engines and hose companies; an university; a public hospital under excellent regulations, a dispensary for administering medical aid to the indigent sick; a museum and gallery of the fine arts, containing a number of valuable paintings, and a well arranged collection of birds, beasts, minerals, and natural and artificial curiosities; a number of schools for the education of orphans; several other charitable institutions; a public library and a theatre—while the manufactories in and near the city, of almost every description, which exhibit the best criterion of the wealth and industry of our citizens, would require more space and time than we can now spare to enumerate.
Federal Gazette.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Baltimore History
City Growth
Institutions
Population Estimate
Manufactories
Where did it happen?
Baltimore
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Location
Baltimore
Event Date
First Laid Out As A Town In 1729
Story Details
Baltimore's development from a 1729 town to third in US commercial importance with 55,000 population, including churches, banks, insurance, fire services, university, hospital, dispensary, museum, orphan schools, charities, library, theatre, and extensive manufactories.