Library of Congress Reminiscences of Baltimore, Jacob Frey REMINISCENCES OF BALTIMORE BY JACOB FREY LC MARYLAND BOOK CONCERN 1893 Copyright, 1808 By JACOB FREY LC TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAP. Author's Preface. I. Introductory 27 II. Recollections of Boyhood 46 III. The Mexican War 65 IV. In the Roaring Forties 80 V. Baltimore a Convention City 102 VI. The Turn of the Tide 112 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress VII. The War Cloud 125 VIII. After the Storm 139 IX. Charity and Reorganization 146 X. The Constitution of '64 and '67 162 XI. Commotions and Alarms 177 XII. Grove, the Photographer 197 XIII. Baltimore's Military Defenders 211 XIV. Banking Extraordinary 221 XV. “ “ Continued 235 XVI. The Sequence of a Crime 252 XVII. The Wharton-Ketchum Case and Others 266 XVIII. A Chapter of Chat 280 XIX. The Story of a Reformation 293 XX. The Story of Emily Brown 301 XXI. In Recent Years 311 XXII. The Marshal's Office 320 XXIII. The Press of Baltimore 332 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress XXIV. The Stage in Baltimore 346 XXV. Educational Institutions and Public Works 364 XXVI. Baltimore Markets 389 XXVII. The Harbor of Baltimore 402 XXVIII. Industrial Baltimore 417 XXIX. Street Railways and Their Relation to Urban Development 434 XXX. Busy Men and Fair Women 443 XXXI. Public and Recent Buildings 456 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of Jacob Frey Frontispiece Pratt Street Opposite Page, 30 Washington Monument “ “ 41 Charles Street at Franklin—Looking North “ “ 52 Portrait of C. F. Meyer “ “ 56 Portrait of F. L. Latrobe “ “ 72 Odd Fellows' Hall “ “ 90 Phœnix Club “ “ 110 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Maryland Club “ “ 116 Taney Statue “ “ 130 Portrait of Chief Justic Taney “ “ 132 Fountain in Patterson Park “ “ 136 Associate Reformed Church “ “ 158 Portrait of Reverdy Johnson “ “ 166 Cathedral “ “ 192 Cardinal's Residence and Cathedral “ “ 194 Zion Church “ “ 210 Eutaw Place “ “ 298 Synagogue “ “ 314 Portrait of Enoch Pratt “ “ 372 Pratt Library “ “ 374 Broadway “ “ 382 Entrance to Druid Hill Park “ “ 384 Lake, Druid Hill Park “ “ 386 Silver Spring, Druid Hill Park “ “ 390 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Baltimore “ “ 402 St. Paul Street Bridge, over Jones Falls “ “ 434 Harlem Square “ “ 442 Portrait of James Hodges “ “ 446 Portrait of R. C. Davidson “ “ 450 Old Post Office “ “ 456 Kaminsaky Inn “ “ 462 1 INDEX. A. Abell, A. S. 335 Academy, Established in 1798 32 Academy of Music, Incorporated 131 Agnus, General Felix 334 Albaugh, John William 357 American Bank Building 464 American Party, or Know-nothings, The 90 American Seamen Impressed by the English 30 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress America's First Railway 429 “Annabel Lee,” Poe's wife, the original of 87 Anniversary of the City, The 150th 311 Anti-Registration Convention of 1866 171 Archer, defalcations of State Treasurer 316 Architectural Features of Baltimore 456 Arrest of Prominent Citizens by Gen. Dix 129 Athletic Exercises for the Policemen 326 Awls used as Stilettos 99 B. Bagnio, War on a 298 Baltimore and Ohio Riots of 1857 177 Baltimore and Ohio Strike of 1877 179 Baltimoreans in a Tropical Hurricane 406 Baltimore College, The 366 Baltimore Dispensary Incorporated 32 Baltimore Female College, The 374 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress “Baltimore,” Ill Fortune of the Ship 30 Baltimore Museum, The Old 358 Baltimore Soldiers in Mexico, Behavior of 74 “Baltimore,” The Cruiser 404 Bank Robbers and their Patience 241 Banks Chartered, The earliest 43 Banks Swindled by the Brockway Gang 221 Bank Thief captured 323 Baptist Church, The First in Baltimore 31 I 2 Barnum's Bequest to Education, Dr. Zenas 376 Barnum's City Hotel 43 Barnum's generosity, Phineas T 81 Battle Monument 380 Beauty of Baltimore Belles 454 Becker the Crook and his career 235 Belair Market 400 Bell and Cleary extradited 227 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Belt Line Railway Tunnel 440 Belvedere, the Howard Homestead 451 Benton and Rigdon, Slaying of Policemen 63 Blockade in the War of 1812 35 Blockade of Trains at Martinsburg, W. Va 180 Booth, Anecdotes of the Elder 361 Booth Family in Baltimore, The 360 Booth's Kindness to Animals, The Elder 361 Border State Savings Bank Building 464 Boundaries of the City, The Early 27 Boundaries of Baltimore in 1840 51 Boston, The Fifth Md. Regiment in 218 Bowie, ex-Governor Oden 447 Boyd, Death in Action of Captain 78 Breckenridge Covention of 1860, The 109 Broadway Market 401 Brockway and His Gang, Charles C 221 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Brockway the Forger Arrested 232 Brown, appointed State Treasurer, Edwin H 318 Brown, Arrest of Mayor 129 Brown, Courage of Mayor 123 Brown, The Story of Emily 301 Bruce Fellowship, The 370 Builders' Exchange Association Building 463 Burking Case, The Emily Brown 301 Business Colleges 374 Butler's Occupation of Baltimore, Gen 126 C. Calvert Building and Construction Co 462 Calvert Family, Colors of the 311 Canton Market 401 Captain of Police, The Author Appointed a 152 Carey, Escape from Arrest of Miss Hettie 453 “Cataract,” The Fire-boat 412 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Celebration of the City's 150th Anniversary 311 Central Savings Bank Building 463 Centre Market 400 3 Charity Work of the Police 326 Charleston Convention of 1860 105 Charleston Earthquake, The Great 324 Churches as Political Convention Halls 102 City Government, Changes in the 33 City Hall, The New 28, 457 City of Mexico, Celebration of Fall of the 79 City Passenger Railway 130 Clarke, John Sleeper 353 Clay, Observance of the Death of Henry 61 Clay, Ovation to Henry 44 Cleary and Bell Extradited 227 Coal Fields, Proximity to 423 Coastwise Trade, The 427 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Cole's Harbor 408 Collapse of a Convention Floor 107 Colleges, The Business 374 Colored Militia Companies restrained 155 Commerce of the Port 29, 404 Confederate Army, Baltimoreans in the 134 Confederate Flag, Attempt to hoist the 117 Confederate Flag, Union Troops behind the 120 Conflagration of July, 1873 188 Constitution, Adoption of a New 142 Constitutional Conventions 162, 175 Convention City, Baltimore as a 102 Conway, Attack on Bank-watchman 246 “Corsica,” Attack on the Steamer 393 Courts, Changes in the 33 Criminal Code Amended 32 Criminals of Early Times, Some Noted 41 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Cropps' Crime, Marion 64 Gross Street Market 400 “Cull Law,” Passage of the 395 D. Davidson, Robert C 449 Davis, Killing of Robert W 122 Death Sentence Dramatically emphasized 209 Debuts on the Baltimore Stage 357 Defenders, Monument to Baltimore's 37 Defenses of Baltimore in 1812 37 Democratic Conventions 52, 105, 110 Denny and Ferguson, The Pirates 43 Deputy Marshal, Jacob Frey appointed 157 Desperation of a Murderer on Trial 273 Difficulties in Suppressing Vice 282 4 Dingle, Murder of James 205 Dissection, Murdered for 305 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Dix, Martial Rule of Gen. John A 129 Dobbin, Robert A 333 Donovan Professorship, The 370 Douglas Convention of 1860, The 105 Douglas Nominated for President, Stephen A 109 Drama in Baltimore, The 346 Drovers' and Mechanics' Bank Building 464 Druid Hill Park 382 E. Earthquake in South Carolina, The Great 324 Editors Incarcerated in Fort McHenry 340 Editors with Courage 342 Educational Matters 364 Election Riots 95 Elevated Railway Construction begun 442 Elliott's Criminal Career 245 Emigrants Objected to 28 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Equitable Building, The 460 Escape from a Turkish Prison 236 Europe, Steamship Traffic with 427 Eutaw Savings Bank, Attempt to Rob the 250 Exchange Publication Office Sacked 343 Export Business in 1805–6 35 Export Trade, Value of Baltimore's 426 F. Fair, The Southern Relief 146 Fall of Fifty Feet, The Author's 60 Farlow Appointed Marshal, Colonel 152 Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank 462 Fatal Excursion, A 91 Fatal Fight between Troops and Citizens 121 Federal Hill, Butler's Defenses on 136 Federal Hill Park 384 Federal Troops in the City 125 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Fell's Point Market 400 Female College, The Baltimore 374 Ferguson and Denny, The Pirates 43 Ferguson, Memorial of William 382 Fidelity and Deposit Company Building 463, 465 Fifth Regiment, The 211 Fire-boat “Cataract” 412 Firemen, Riotous Tendencies of the 58, 88 First National Bank, organized 131 5 Fisheries of Maryland 397 Flag Presented to the Fifth Regiment 215 Flag Presented to Volunteers for Mexico 77 Fleet of Merchantmen, The 427 Floods in Baltimore 193 “Ford,” Fatal Voyage of the Yacht 159 Ford, John T 347 Forgery as a Fine Art 223 Reminiscences of Baltimore, http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.01361 Library of Congress Forest-Macready Excitement, The 350 Fortifications of Baltimore, 1861–1865 129, 136 Forty-nine, The Gold Fever of 88 Fourth Presbyterian Church Dedicated 129 Fraud, Curiosities of 285 Franklin and Powhattan Railway 131 Freedmen's Bureau Established 169 Free Library, The Pratt 372 Free Schools, Introduction of 365 Frey Gotlieb 46 Frey Appointed Captain of Police, Jacob 153 Frey Appointed Deputy Marshal, Jacob 157 Frey Assaulted in Court, Deputy Marshal 273 Frey Promoted to be Marshal, Jacob 320 Frey, Mrs.