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A Hackney Cab Ride through The Corporation of The City of Baltimore: 1834

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Mark Charney

With free blacks and slaves sharing the streets alongside merchant bankers, shopkeepers, artisans, seaman, and an influx of immigrant labor, antebellum Baltimore City in the early 1830s was growing fast. Irish and German emigrants often booked passage with Baltimore as … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore, Politics, Science and Technology, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged Bank of Maryland, Bank Riot, Battle Monument Square, coach, Frederick Douglass, General Samuel Smith, hackney cab, Merchant's Exchange, Patrick Reilly, Reverdy Johnson, taxi, Uber, Whigs | 3 Comments

An Appalachian almost in Paris

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Mark Charney

My wife tells me she has booked a flight for four to visit Paris, France, not Texas, although I understand that France is Texas-sized. She’s looking to make family memories before our two girls go off to college, and she … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Satire, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged American, Appalachian, architecture, autoroute, bohemian, campervan, cirque, college, Corbusier, family, France, French, Futurescope, Grenoble, microbrew, National Parks, Paris, Portland, Pyrenees, Renaissance, soleil, Texas, tourist, vacation | Leave a comment

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A Hackney Cab Ride through The Corporation of The City of Baltimore: 1834

An Appalachian almost in Paris

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