Enlightened Marylanders: MARYLAND Scientifc Interests of pre-Revolutionary Times MAGAZINE HISTORICAL MARYLAND Elaine G. Breslaw Hisorical Magazine “Fresh Air and Cheer”: Te Origins of Camp Louise SPR I NG / S U M M E R 2018 in the Settlement House Movement of Baltimore’s Jewish Community Barry Kessler Carlin’s Park: “Baltimore’s Million Dollar Playground” Lara Westwood James Murray, Henry R. Hazlehurst, and the Engineering Legacy of the Vulcan Works, 1847–1860 David W. Woodell and Robert Pratt Te Passano-O’Neill Historic Index File Written by Eben Dennis, October 18, 2012 Updated by Deborah Harner, March 1, 2018 Classics Corner: First Free School in Queen Anne’s County Edwin H. Brown, Jr. 2018 Spring/Summer 1, No. 113, Vol. Maryland History Bibliography, 2017: a Selected List Te Journal of the Maryland Historical Society COMING IN 2019 THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION: APatriarch and His Family in the Early Republic: Te Papers of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1782-1832 Ronald Hofman, Editor-in-Chief, and Mary C. Jeske and Sally D. Mason, Editors These four annotated volumes conclude the seven-volume edition of the Papers of Charles Carroll of Carrollton inaugurated by the publication of Dear Papa, Dear Charley: Te Peregrinations of a Revolutionary Aristocrat . in 2001. Tepost-RevolutionaryCarroll story commences in midsummer 1782, after the death of the Signer’s beloved “Papa,” and ends in November 1832, with his demise, the young Republic’s last human link with the ffty-six men whose signatures had launched it in 1776. Te documents selected for publication chronicle both the public trajectory of a patriarch seeking to thrive in a world made by a revolution he helped bring about and the private lives of a family trying to get its bearings and claim its place in an exciting and challenging new universe that eventu- ally stretched beyond Maryland and the new United States to encompass Europe and Regency England. Support for the editing of Charles Carroll of Carrollton’s Papers has been provided by the Carroll Institute of London; the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Foundation; the College of William & Mary; the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park;the Maryland Historical Society; the Maryland State Archives; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. COMING IN 2019 THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION: AP atriarch and His Family in the Early Republic: Te Papers of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1782-1832 Ronald Hofman, Editor-in-Chief, and Mary C. Jeske and Sally D. Mason, Editors William Faris diary entries. Above, “Monday [May] 13th, 1799, a fne morning . marked the following fowers.” Below, “Te following fowers were named by Allex C. Hanson Esq, 1798.” (William Faris Diary, 1792–1804, MS 2160, Maryland Historical Society.) These four annotated volumes conclude the seven-volume edition of the Papers of Charles Carroll of Carrollton inaugurated by the publication of Dear Papa, Dear Charley: Te Peregrinations of a Revolutionary Aristocrat . in 2001. Te post-Revolutionary Carroll story commences in midsummer 1782, after the death of the Signer’s beloved “Papa,” and ends in November 1832, with his demise, the young Republic’s last human link with the ffty-six men whose signatures had launched it in 1776. Te documents selected for publication chronicle both the public trajectory of a patriarch seeking to thrive in a world made by a revolution he helped bring about and the private lives of a family trying to get its bearings and claim its place in an exciting and challenging new universe that eventu- ally stretched beyond Maryland and the new United States to encompass Europe and Regency England. Support for the editing of Charles Carroll of Carrollton’s Papers has been provided by the Carroll Institute of London; the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Foundation; the College of William & Mary; the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park; the Maryland Historical Society; the Maryland State Archives; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Friends of the Press of the Maryland Historical Society The M aryland Historical Society is committed to publishing the fnest new work on Maryland history. In late 2005, the Publications Committee, with the advice and support of the development staf, launched the Friends of the Press, an organization dedicated to raising money used solely for bringing new titles to print. Response has been enthusiastic and generous and we thank you. Ourmostre cent Friends of the Press title, Stealing Freedom Along the Mason- Dixon Line: Tomas McCreary, the Notorious Slave Catcher from Maryland is about to go into its second printing, as is Maryland’s Civil War Photographs: the Sesquicentennial Collection. Your continued support also allowedusto publish Indians of Southern Maryland and Combat Correspondents: Baltimore SunCorrespondentsinWo rld WarII, welcome complements to the Maryland Historical Society’s already fne list of publications. Additional stories await your support. We invite you to become a supporter, to follow the path frst laid out with the society’s founding in 1844. Help us fll in the unknown pages of Maryland’s past for future generations. Become, quite literally, an important part of Maryland history. Maryland Historical Society Founded 1844 Ofcers Louise Lake Hayman, Chair Lynn Springer Roberts, Secretary Richard C. Tilghman Jr., First Vice Chair Robert M. Cheston, Assistant Secretary Mark B. 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George, Daniel Goodrich, Joe Tropea, Editorial Associates Editorial Board Charles W. Mitchell, Chair John S. Bainbridge; Jean H. Baker; Robert J. Brugger; Suzanne E. Chapelle; Jack G. Goellner; Elizabeth Gray; Peter B. Levy; Edward C. Papenfuse; Lawrence Peskin; Jean B. Russo; James F. Schneider ISSN 0025-4258 ©2018by the Maryland Historical Society. Published biannually as a beneftofmembership in the Ma ryland Historical Society, spring/ summer and fall/winter. Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and/or America: History and Life. Periodicals postage paid at Baltimore, Maryland, and at additional mailing ofces. Postmaster: Please send address changes to the Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. Printed by Te Sheridan Press, Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331. Sir Isaac Newton (1642/43–1727). Colonial Marylanders intrigued with the work of scientists such as Newton applied concepts of natural law and nature to farming, husbandry, and ultimately to the political theories that defned the American Revolution. (Godfrey Kneller, 1689, oil on canvas, University of Cambridge.) M A R Y L A N D Historical Magazine VOLUME 113, NO. 1 (Spring/Summer 2018) CONTENTS Enlightened Marylanders: Scientifc Interests of pre-Revolutionary Times......................................................... 4 ELAINE G. BRESLAW “Fresh Air and Cheer:” Te Origins of Camp Louise in the Settlement House Movement of Baltimore’s Jewish Community ................................................................................................ 21 BARRY KESSLER Carlin’s Park: “Baltimore’s Million Dollar Playground” LARA WESTWOOD ............................................................................................................ 51 James Murray, Henry R. Hazlehurst, and the Engineering Legacy of the Vulcan Works, 1847–1860 .................................................................. 65 DAVID W. WOODELL AND ROBERT PRATT Te Passano O’Neill Historic Index File .................................................................87 WRITTEN BY EBEN DENNIS, OCTOBER 18, 2012 UPDATED BY DEBORAH HARNER, MARCH 1, 2018 Classics Corner: First Free School in Queen Anne’s County ................................... 93 EDWIN H. BROWN, JR. Bibliography......................................................................................................... 107 Letter to the Editor ...............................................................................................130 Cover: William Faris’s Tulips William Faris (1728–1804) is among the most fascinating fgures of colonial Annapolis. He was an accomplished silversmith, gardener, and clockmaker. His meticulous writings chronicled the names of the trees and fowers on his property, some of which he preserved.