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| | Annapolis, Maryland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Annapolis is the capital of Maryland, a state of the United States of America, and the county seat of Anne Arundel County. |
 | | The Maryland Gazette, which became an important weekly journal, was founded by Jonas Green in 1745; in 1769 a theatre was opened; during this period also the commerce was considerable, but declined rapidly after Baltimore, in 1780, was made a port of entry, and now oyster-packing is the city's only important industry. |
 | | The Maryland state house housed the workings of the government from November 26, 1783 to August 13, 1784, and the Treaty of Paris was ratified there on January 14, 1784, so Annapolis became the first peacetime capital of the US. |
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