Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

BY the following year copper roof had been
completed over the building. The first session
of the Assembly in the new building was held
in October, IT'S. The architect Of the build
ing was Joseph Clark, but much Of the interior
decoration and certainly that Of the Council
chamber, now known as the old Senate cham
Der, to the right of the entrance, was committed
to william auckland, an architect-builder, who
had recently come to Annapolis from Virginia
and had built the HARDWOOD House, the Chase
or Lloyd home and possibly White Hall, Gov.
Shapes country residence, miles away Joseph
Clark the architect OF what is rightly termed
the most ambitious of colonial public buildings
of its day, styled himself in advertisements in
the Maryland Gazette, architect and surveyor.
TO those who will come to Washington dur
ing the Bicentennial, this building will be
of particular interest in connection with the
life of Washington, and especially In connec-
ton with his activities during the period of
the Revolutionary War. From November 26,
17as. to June 3, 17s4, the Continental Con-
gress met here and 1t was during this time
on December %, 1885, that the 1lustrious
Father of His Country surrendered into the
hands Of Congress the commission given him
June IS, TITS, as commander in chief OF the
Continental Army. It was in concluding his
remarks upon this occasion that he said:
"I consider it as an indispensable duty TO
close this last act of my official life by com-
mending the interests Of our dearest country
to the protection of Almighty God, and those
who have the superintendent Of them to His
holy keeping
Having now finished the work assigned me,
I retire from the theater of action, and bid
ding an affectionate farewell to this august
body, under whose orders have so long acted,
here offer my commission, and take my leave
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We are told: HE then advanced and de-
livered to the President his commission, with a
copy of his address"
It was upon this occasion that a ball was
given by the General Assembly in the State
House eat which very numerous and bril-
liant company Of ladies was present. and
where Washington opened the bali with Mrs.
James Maccubbin of Annapolis and one Of the
most beautiful women of her day.
WASHINGTON visited Annapolis at ether
times-upon one occasion, in 1871, when
he was en- his way North, right after the sur
render at Yorktown. Again, in 1874, he visited
there with Gen. Lafayette, and the following
remarkable naturalization law was enacted by
the Maryland Assembly, as follows:
BE 1t enacted, by the General Assembly Of
Maryland That the Marquis de Ia Fayette and
each Of them are hereby, deemed, adjudged,
and taken to be- natural born citizens Of this
State, and shall henceforth be entitled to ali
the immunities rights and privileges Of ma
tural born citizens thereof, they and every Of
them conforming to the Constitution and laws
Of this State, In the enjoyment and exercise OF
such immunities, rights and privileges
In this old State House was also ratified
ON january Il 1784, the treaty of peace with
Great Britain which brought the war to q
definite conclusion.
Evidently Gen. Washington was strong for
dinners and ballS-or the people thought he was,
at least-for every time he visited Annapolis
these functions were not overlooked, and So
when he visited there as President, ON March
2S, 1871, public dinners and balls were given
After the death of Washington memorial
services were held for the illustrious dead In St.
Anne's Church on February 20, 1900. at 1890
in the morning.
To attempt to tell the historic glogies a
Annapolis would be almost Is big an undera
taking IS writing history Of the State, q
which the Federal Government n greatly i'm
debted for that part Of the original 10 miIea
square which It still retains. and which ortgAe
naIIy was Q part Of the State Of Maryland.
Nor can We forget that Maryland helped to
finance the building Of the Capitol and other
public, buildings here when Uncle -1an's
Treasury was very low. OF course Virginias
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