New-York tribune., 1884-12-28
, HOUSE INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH THE
1Ir.n. IIIsrnnY RAIIIMORE.

A
gARLY LITERARY HISTORY OF BALTIMORE.
rRoM AN oCC AsIoNkL CORRESPONDENT OF THE Ihbo MI
BALTIMORE. Dec. 27.-In the rear OF Bar
Nuns Hotel facing on Bank Lane, there stands one OF
the oldest structures IN this city. IL Is square puug
obout thirty feet front and three stories high CRACKS
run its entire length and breadth II has thn GOVERNS
of mortar over the original bricks Ihis mor'"r i'
painted yellow and some OF the Oldest ctzehs rcino"
her Il as the old Yellow Building only. The house was
orcinalv ut of brick with porticOs Inc interior ""s
oed nm With fine hard wood and stately ems cast theH
sbedoys oyerit Some time In its history the porov'
were removed the trees cut down ana now III uSc '
as a storeroom by the adjoining hotel TO inako '"o
story complete II necessary to go back to the
=, ,he ,taa,ure ~ baltimore which begins with the
prcsent century Up that time Annapos was te so.
of learning and culture and the scattered gieas "
ue,a,, cht of,he village days ~ this city are hardy
worth collecting I'm restricted space ns TINS chnp'er
Eminent lawyers physicians divines ana orators ,eo
,vrr devotlng their leisure to letters but nhh apout
,, tim. ~ The formation ~ the Delphnn Cub there was
m rlsss az proessdnal writer's historians ho'esus
,, ,,n.to n, the ANAL honse oeershhlowei by Bar
,,,,s J,n,pi rallied hy the literary peoplc luscninm
aud hr the ,ahbe "uwynn's Folly n'sembWn 'he
pstirst literary clnh that ha' lef hehna " any goon
vt,h thp uaiwis ~ the Drlphihh tlnN' such ns nv
am n.,,nt raN re fhnnh 80 the Ri bjok,
...i..tt.i pvNi,sbei iN ,hs eltt ~ i9la'io
A,oav-,he nrNnpfs ~ ,hai eiuh Wtte inhh Nal NV u
,,vl snd pfgAtlp wflief, Who subsequently, Wa WANn
lpnm baNagp w he htpst Wl'r'leh' ~ i'NunN
WillsN OwinN eiliNf aNA aN'hnn WW fNrA'p' ~ WV
eluh, raM AnpNl ihp Historian iA''N aiw'hs NW NEW
ria, Hoheg Gnndne lArlng, dphN iip'pnN', ANlhn' W
Ana al iiostluo ~ fr,uols hoot hos, aNihNr m nite
star spauged ianu0r -, samuel MuniWpIlh Aulh"' "'
rTho ud Oakon bucket ." William Mir the lawyer "N"
orator aud bogralher of Patrick Henry, ANA "'he' o
ncnt men
la this little house john Howard Payne the aulh"f "'
Home sweet Iiomc" hidden and protected Ir"m
rio and I'm tho same building Rembrandt Peare, the af
list painted In Baltimore his picture "Iho court ~
Death" aud Peter Hoffman Crusc, the editor ana huhor'
and John Pcnlcton kennedy, tho ihNorlto baluhoro
author often assembled and entertained the WIS vi 'o
day, - A.,
or this group Of learned ucn members OF the Dephian
Club Francis scott Key has the good fortune to be the
best known. "Thc star Spangled Banner, the Na'0hn
hymn of America, written at the % L o &
NcIIcury has for him an immortality ne! hu" hoo
with Nag of truce on board the snip oi auii', al &
hmm then advancing to the attack OF Baltimore anu was
detained In fleet and compelled to witness Tue pom
balment the fort Just before dawn tc nIhs eeacu
uad The fort surrendcrcdl Key must wait until day
break 10 know The dawn came and the mist along me
harbor cleared away aud the nag was sun heie M o
back letter resting ON the head ol DarIci thc SUNS
The works of other members of the club have long
hreu fnrpoen but is refreshing To recall lhcluchts III
The lives of these men william Pnkncy, the advocate
and orator. though he never appeared as HlIer % Tl
seventh son Edward Coates Piukney was one Of tho
most graceful writers of English verse that AmeIca ever
produced william Pnkney wrote huhiDer Vi hne o''
says at the time OF the War Of ISL. a,,o1 .,
Jared sparks minister o the Gospel WIS cai'pu ~, ~ "
,ke charge of the Unitarian Church In Baltimore IN sl0,
and remained here until 1873, when he was made Pro,
fcssor of History In Harvard College lie was ~ o'iu
and Industrious literary worker John Seal, VINO al the
rue age of scvcnty-thIcc published III lS6l' wander
ing RecOcctOns of somewhat Busy Ille was enc VI
the founders of the Dolphian club. lie was PJct'
novelist historian and editor In ls2J he was chal-
lenged TO fight duel with young Pinkncy Tor pnpshhS
" Randolph" In which the author ridiculed fhkhcNH
pomposiiy. lie refused 10 fight and went To London
Ills cluh cognomen was John OCataTac II seems that,
abont ls2O Baltimore literary centre to Whlch
such men ~ Jared Sparks. Paul Allen John neal J"hl
A Hall and John picrpont were drawn, ana although
theircomlng was perhaps oruous, still they began here
their literary careers and gave Zone 10 the culture Oh ho
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