 | Richard Parkinson, George Washington - Agriculture - 1805
...then surprised me more than ever, by opening a fresh scene of distress to me, which I felt sorry for. From the many civilities I had received in the town...part goes to Baltimore — such as navigable cuts, turnpikeroads, Sec. — I had made up my mind to settle near to Baltimore ; thinking that as I was... | |
 | Allen Culling Clark - Washington (D.C.) - 1901 - 355 pages
...unfounded prejudices against America, and then writes two volumes of abuse. Mr. Parkinson further says : General Washington having in a most friendly manner...risingest town in America, except the federal city. Mr. Parkinson having computed an insufficiency of consumers for a brewery in the federal city, procured... | |
 | Lewis Historical Publishing Co - Baltimore (Md.) - 1912
...farmer," who visited him at Mount Vernon at this time, while looking about for an American farm, that "Baltimore was and would be the risingest town in America, except the Federal City." IB Washington had great hopes for the national capital. The observant Englishman, however, could not... | |
 | Richard Parkinson - 1805
...then surprised me more than ever, by opening a fresh scene of distress to me, which I felt sorry for. From the many civilities I had received in the town...part goes to Baltimore — such as navigable cuts, turnpikeroads, &cc. — I had made up my mind to settle near to Baltimore ; thinking that as I 'was... | |
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O'Donnell's. He wished me to call on him again, the first opportunity ; which I did, and spent part of a day 77 with him. He then surprised me more than ever, by opening a fresh scene of distress to me, which I felt sorry for. From the many civilities... 