ANNAPOLIS, June 2, 1850.
MY DEAR LYDIA—I spent yesterday and to-day here very pleasantly with
Governor Pratt, Senator, who resides here. This is an old town, and the only
one that I ever saw that was entirely finished. It is a beautiful,
old-fashioned place, of about three thousand inhabitants, and, though a city,
is much less than Binghamton. The houses are large and old-fashioned, built of
brick brought from England. Mr. Clay, General Foote, Mr. Dawson, and myself
make the company. We went to the old State-House where Washington returned his
sword to Congress, and were all called out before a large audience and had to
make speeches. We, of course, had a fine time. Mr. Clay, I see, says I beat
them all. We return to Washington this evening.
SOURCE: John R. Dickinson, Editor, Speeches, Correspondence,
Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, Vol. 2, p. 443-4
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