Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-02
As OTHERS SEE Us
WHAT A CONNECTICUT MAN
THINKS or ANNAPOLIS
Some Complimentary Nords Givea vork
DoHe by Nsryfand's Chief
Executive

4 copy - fhe LifebGslI fc0nn. }
Enquirer has been Feeeisei a. this
oalcr. aud contains the following In
ieresting sketch - Annapolis. written
~ onn 81 the e1ifoFs. sseoFee q.
Ngo.isun. uhe has rseently visited
here.
The books ~ Winston Churchill
AMI ether writers. the buiIding - the
H.r Naval Academy and the little
tbat fbe papers have said about certain
1 features ~ fhe Worh done ~ S0yeS-
ngs NarneId baye caused the people ~
ii.s nife1 states - take gre taier in
terfst fhe last few years - the SPLEEN
l iid Oh Nary lanI town On fhe severn
than ever before. Dot even now fhe
rich memories ~ this historic place
tn.l ihe NendeFfal growth ~ our Sa-
sal Acafiemy are only dimly under
stDod - most people All over tbe
epunfry-
very rev persons know that here
Is she only State capitol 10 the oifed
States that ..was built bsfofe the Rev
ointionafy War and is stfll used ~
sueh. To be sure il has been restored
and q legislative anuex aided, but the
original building Is still there and
fhis "a due aImrst entirely 10 gOFeruor
Nariieid aud his Secretary ~ stale,
COLONEL Iilghmau. The reform wave
struck Maryland rather earlier than 10
tiI most ~ 0uF states. possibly be-
cause there was most need - is. fn
fgfJ Governor WariieId y as elected for
a term ~ four years. and be has
MAGNIFICENT record e. his credit. Ife
81 . scholarly. courteous gentleman ~
she highest type. able and. above all.
q keen business man. and one scTupu-
fonsiv honest. b0 has n0 use Tor
zaffers or political triekstefs. lie
appointed a. his Secretary ~ State
col. Oswald TiIghman. one ~ the
best known AMI most popular men in
the State. a waking encyclopedia ~
everything connected with the history
- Mary land from the very earliest
days. and whose collection ~ gutO-
graph letters IS not only the best IN
the State. but Is the envy ~ anti
4g1rians the country over.
'ine ~ Governor WaFbeid's 6rst
osEcial acts vas the restoration - the
uit senate Chamber. where Washing
con resigned his commission a. com
ni 4nder-in chief - fl5e Army 81 fbe
nitsd STATES 81 America IN Decem-
fler. l1-J The senate Chamber has
been completely restored ~ 10 was
EEFfW fffN tMftNANEttNAN tWt tKEEHH NV
tfsnre anI Washington resigned his
commission as c0mmander-fn-c
4 hauls0me tablet reads a. follows.
I'm this room geu. Ge0rge Washing
con resigned his commission A. Com
mander- in-Chicf ~ the HFu ~ the
United States 81 America, December
-. f5s3 Restored iu 1903. There are
pictures 81 Washington and ~ Col,
Tsneh TilghmaB. Of whom more will
BE- aid later.
ssThe original chair - the presid-
ing officer stands wbere it did ia
year. ago. Col. Oswalf TflgbmaD,
direct descendant 81 col. Tench Tiigh.
man. and q prominent member Of the
society 81 the Cincinnati, has located
every piece ~ furniture that was in
the senate Chamber IN December.
! lsS3. and they will shortly be put
back IN their original places ON the
walls hang the framed address of
Washington and the reply Of Congress.
through its President, General
Mimin. Also n very old copy Of the
Declaration 0f Independence and other
documents OF Revolutionary interest.
The reading desk 81 Governor sam
aef chase. one Of the signers Of the
Declaration Of Independence. IS also
there.
I'm an adjoining room are pictures
AMI tablets showing the close con-
nection between the history of Mary
land aud that 81 Massachusetts,.
There - picture representing the
planting 20 the Colony Of Maryland
ON "a. Clements Island ON the ZJtb
~ March. 1864. and the raising of a
great cross hewn from tree just
fourteen years after the Pilgrims had
landed on Plymouth Rock. Massa-
chuselts - Justly proud Of its Boston
Tea Parry. but Maryland can also
glory ia ifs own tea party. The brig
Peggy Stewart arrived at Annapolis.
from London. ia October, l914. with
seventeen cases of tea. Anthony Stew
art. the owner. set FIRE 10 her IN the
presence % the people as witnesses To
the destruction Of the tea and an AS
serli0n uf the rights Of ffeemen. In
| the old state House there - fine pic
ture of the Peggy Stewart House and
| another - Anthony Stewart applying
/ be torch 20 his own brig.
The ride Of Paul Revere, from
/ Eoston. announcing the march of the
British troops and the commencement
/ % the Revolutionary War. has been
/ made famous the world over, but no
| muse has yet sung the praises Of Col
| onel TiIgbman. whose ride from
1 Yorktown t0 Philadelphia, telling of
| the surrender Of Comwallis at York
town and Of the practical close of the
war, was equally famous. 4 tablet
near the pictures referred TO above
| tells ~ the ride from Yorktown 10
philadelphia 81 Col. Tench Thigh
| man. aide-de-camp to General Wash
| ingtun. v ho was commissioned hy the
latter 81 carry iis official fsess ~ the
surrender ~ t'vfuw ali.s to the Conti-
i mental Congress.
After the death of this same Col
onei Tilghman- General Washington
wrote rs follows 20 bis father, Hon.
James Tiigbman. in q letter dated
Mount Vernon, June ), 1886: No
one entertained a higher opinion of
his worth or had imbfbed .sentimenta
81 greater friendship for him than
| hal done. Amidst all your grief there
Is this consolation 10 be drawn, that
| While living uo man could be more
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