Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-27
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The Annapolis Tea PartY-The First
Theatre IN America Here

The story 'The Ancient City, tile
author Of which Is Mr.. Arthur Wallace
Dunn. whose article Is being repub-
lished in the Capital from the original
in The W0man's National Daily, {"
| University city, ~. Louis. Mo-, Is
being read here with great interest.
SIR. Dunn says further.
reference To Richard Caryel re-
minds me that the people Of ABnapO-
lis want IL distinctly understood that
Winston Churchill wrote fiction pure
AMI simple I'm his book and that there
Is nothing upon which 10 found the
novel except imagination. II is true
that there Is an old colonial house in
this town called the ''Caryel
House. because the description By
Churchill cts the place, and there was
a man in the colonial days by the
name Of Carvilie, but that is as close
to real characters as the book comes.
There has recently been n fine mix
up over this same old Caryci House.
More than thirty years ago the Sis
ters ~ SotTe Dame purchased II and
having tried 10 make ia habiiable by
all possible methods finally rcsOTted
10 the use Of paint on the outside.
Then the preseryers of antiquities
rose as one man and a dozen women
and protested. The Daughters Of the
American Revolution made vigorous
complaint against any such desccra-
tion ~ an old historical land marx.
How long the war might have lasted
there Is no telling, but finally Mrs.
Emma Abbott Gage, n clever news
paper writer, went out and interviewed
the Sisters. She found that the old
EurN1fnR faff1nU 10 F4fa al
that the ownCrs were simply presery-
ing IL from actual decay. When Mrs.
Cages story was published things
quieted down to scmf extent although
the pFeservers of antiquities had up
pealed to Cardinal Gibbons to secure
his interference.
Even IL this particular structure
should disappear there are others 10
hold the interest Of the people. The
old Brice House is one where Wash
ingt0n, Lafayette and ROcbambeau
are said 20 have stopped and where
the defenses OF Annapolis were planned
nj the beginning Of the revolutionary
struggle. Then there is the old Car
roll House, near IT. MaTy's Church.
ft was the former residence Of Charles
Carroll Of CarrolltOn. siguer Of the
Declaration Of Independence and
man who stood high in the councils
Of his state and country. In this Car
roll House an oratory Was erected 50
that Roman Catholics might worship
in their own way during n period
when the feeling against the members
Of that church was very intense.
Many other landmarks Of interest are
To- be seen in this quaint old city and
il will be years before the evidences
0f the colonial period will become
extinct.
Annapolis stood by Boston I'm the
destruction Of tea brought over from
England. The Legislature commended
the action 0f Boston IN thrc wing the
tea into the sea, and when in I754
the Peggy Stewart brought n cargo
from Great Britain and with il 800
pounds Of tea, there was great indig-
nation among the residents Of Anne
Arundel county. The owner Of the
tea paid the duty before he knew
how bitter the feeling was against
the tea tax. The people held a meet
ing and he explained and apologized.
The meeting voted not to- destroy
the ship and the tea, but the minor
ity was SO strong that every one ex-
pected to see trouble. Then Charles
Peggy Stewart TO destroy her and
she was set on fire.
There is a picture Of the burning
ship hanging in the state House now.
one Of the active participants in this
Annapolis tea party was Charles
Alexander WarfieId, an ancestor Of
the present Governor. Annapolis peO-
pie will brag a little about their tea
party saying that they beat the Bos-
ton tea fellows because the latter
were disguised as Indians, while the
men on the Chesapeake went about
in broad daylight and without dis
guise Of any kind.
Are you aware that the first theatre
in America wss founded In Annapo-
LISP I wasn't until ! began browsing
around here and asking questions and
then il developed that the original
home Of the drama in America was in
this ancient city. They built thea
tire and played Shakespeare and other
popular plays Of days before the reyo-
luton.
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