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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76349" /> == | |||
<p> A State of the American Union, occupying the basin of the Potomac and of Chesapeake Bay, with [[Pennsylvania]] on the N., [[Delaware]] on the E., and the Virginias on the W. and S.; has a much indented coast-line affording great facilities for navigation; the soil is throughout fertile; on the level coast plains tobacco and fruit, chiefly peaches, are grown; in the undulating central land wheat; the mountains in the W. are well wooded with pine; there are coal-mines in the W., copper and chrome in the midland, and extensive marble quarries; the shad and herring fisheries are valuable; the manufactures of clothing stuffs, flour, tobacco, and beer are extensive; the climate of [[Maryland]] is temperate and genial; education is free, and advanced; the John Hopkins University is in Baltimore; there is a State college in every county, and schools for blind, deaf, and feeble-minded children; colonisation began in 1634, and a policy of religious toleration and peace with the Indians led to prosperity; the State was active in the War of Independence, and remained with the North in the Civil War; the capital is Annapolis, but the largest city is Baltimore, a great wheat-shipping port and centre of industry; [[Cumberland]] has brick and cement works, and Hagerstown has machine, farm implement, and furniture factories. </p> | <p> A State of the American Union, occupying the basin of the Potomac and of Chesapeake Bay, with [[Pennsylvania]] on the N., [[Delaware]] on the E., and the Virginias on the W. and S.; has a much indented coast-line affording great facilities for navigation; the soil is throughout fertile; on the level coast plains tobacco and fruit, chiefly peaches, are grown; in the undulating central land wheat; the mountains in the W. are well wooded with pine; there are coal-mines in the W., copper and chrome in the midland, and extensive marble quarries; the shad and herring fisheries are valuable; the manufactures of clothing stuffs, flour, tobacco, and beer are extensive; the climate of [[Maryland]] is temperate and genial; education is free, and advanced; the John Hopkins University is in Baltimore; there is a State college in every county, and schools for blind, deaf, and feeble-minded children; colonisation began in 1634, and a policy of religious toleration and peace with the Indians led to prosperity; the State was active in the War of Independence, and remained with the North in the Civil War; the capital is Annapolis, but the largest city is Baltimore, a great wheat-shipping port and centre of industry; [[Cumberland]] has brick and cement works, and Hagerstown has machine, farm implement, and furniture factories. </p> | ||
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