1772/03/28 |
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Governor Robert Eden lays the cornerstone for what will be the third State House built on State Circle in Annapolis. |
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1772/04/00 |
Joseph Horatio Anderson |
Architect |
With Mr Wallace as the "undertaker" and Joseph Horatio Anderson as the architect, work is begun on the new State House in early 1772. |
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1775/00/00 |
John Shaw |
Craftsman |
John Shaw and Archibald Chisholm are selected to supply furnishings for the new State House. |
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1781/02/02 |
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Governor of Maryland, Thomas Sim Lee, signs the "act to empower the delegates of this state in Congress to subscribe and ratify the Articles of Confederation." |
Articles of Confederation |
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1783/12/23 |
George Washington |
American Commander in Chief |
George Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army before the United States in Congress Assembled. |
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Congress of the Confederation |
1784/01/14 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Representative from Virginia |
Treaty of Paris is ratified by the United States Congress in the Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House. The Treaty formally ends the Revolution and establishes the United States as a free and independent nation. |
Treaty of Paris (1783) |
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Congress of the Confederation |
1788/04/24 |
William Paca |
Maryland Representative |
Anti-Federalist William Paca, request adjournment to give him time to draft amendments to the US Constitution. On the following day, the delegates will not allow him to read his amendments. |
Constitution of the United States |
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1788/04/24 |
Richard Barnes |
Maryland Representative |
Anti-Federalist William Paca, request adjournment to give him time to draft amendments to the US Constitution. On the following day, the delegates will not allow him to read his amendments. |
Constitution of the United States |
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1788/04/28 |
Richard Barnes |
Maryland Representative |
Richard Barnes and the rest of the Maryland Convention sign the Form of Ratification for the United States Constitution. Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify. |
Constitution of the United States |
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1788/07/00 |
Charles Willson Peale |
Artist |
Charles Willson Peale sketches the new dome of Maryland Statehouse. |
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1788/07/00 |
Joseph Clark (Maryland Architect) |
Architect |
By the summer of 1788, the exterior of the new dome of the Maryland state House is complete. Constructed of timber without metal nails, it is held together by wooden pegs reinforced by iron straps forged by an Annapolis ironmonger. |
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1788/12/23 |
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The Maryland General Assembly offers 10 miles square for federal capital. |
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1790/09/00 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Visitor |
Thomas Jefferson and Madison climb the steps to the State House dome's balcony with Thomas Shippen and Dr Schaaf, a citizen of Annapolis who will open the roofs of the houses and tell the history of each family who lives in them. |
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1790/09/00 |
James Madison |
Visitor |
Along with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison climbs the steps to the State House dome's balcony led by Thomas Lee Shippen, and Shippen's friend, Dr Schaaf. |
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1793/00/00 |
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Thomas Dance, a plasterer, falls to his death from the inside of the dome of the State House. |
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1794/00/00 |
Joseph Clark (Maryland Architect) |
Architect |
By 1794, Joseph Clark is completely disillusioned with the project and quits the State House. |
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1797/00/00 |
John Shaw |
Craftsman |
John Shaw makes the desks and chairs which furnish the Old Senate Chamber. |
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1797/00/00 |
John Shaw |
Architect |
Interior of the dome of the State House rotunda is completed under the direction of Annapolis cabinetmaker, John Shaw. |
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1800/02/11 |
Benjamin Ogle |
Maryland Governor |
By proclamation by Governor Benjamin Ogle, 11 February 1800 is observed throughout the State of Maryland as a day of mourning. Starting the holiday now known as President's Day. |
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George Washington's Birthday |
1824/12/17 |
Col Henry Maynadier |
Dignitary |
Lafayette is taken into the Senate chambers to see where Washington resigned. After he sees an old comrade from the war, they rush into each other's arms and weep like children. At Brandywine, Col Maynadier removed a bullet from Lafayette's leg. |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
1824/12/17 |
Marquis de Lafayette |
National Guest |
Lafayette and his retinue are received at the State House. Col W R Stewart, from the Senate and by Gen Marriott, speaker of the House of Delegates, address the visitors. |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |