"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."
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Plan of Baltimore in 1729.
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Subject:
Prints, Lithographs, Maps, Hambleton Print Collection, Baltimore (Md.) 
Item ID:
H10
Description:
Plan of Baltimore in 1729 containing 600 acres divided into 60 lots. Hambleton Print Collection.
Date of Original:
ca. 1823
Collection:
Hambleton Print Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 