Annapolis
2 of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Annapolis. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
city, port of entry, capital of the State of Maryland, and countyseat of Anne Arundel co.; on the Severn river, near Chesapeake Bay, and several railroads; 40 miles E. of Washington, D. C. It is in a fruit and berry-growing region; has oyster-packing plants, marine railway, glass factory, a National bank, daily, weekly, and other periodicals; and is widely known as the seat of the United States Naval Academy. The city also contains St. John's College, several State buildings, convent, a house of Redemptorist Fathers, residences of many naval officers and of families of officers on sea duty, and bronze statues of General John de Kalb and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. The city was founded in 1649; was first named Providence; and received a city charter and its present name, in honor of Queen Anne, in 1708. The first Federal Constitutional Convention was held here in 1786, and Washington surrendered his commission in the army in the Senate room of the State House. Pop. (1910) 8,609; (1920) 11,214.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the capital of Maryland and the seat of Anne Arundel County. It is situated near the Chesapeake. The city was founded in 1649 by a colony of Puritans from Virginia. The name was changed from Providence to the present name in 1708 in honor of Queen Anne. Annapolis is one of the historic cities of the Union. In the old state house General Washington tendered his resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental army. A meeting of delegates from five states, known in history as the Annapolis Convention, was held September 11, 1786, to discuss needed changes in the Articles of Confederation. The city has a large business in fruits, berries, vegetables, oysters, and glass. Population (1900), 8,525. See Lafayette ; Maryland
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's counted 11,214 people in 1920; the 2020 census recorded about 40,000, and the oyster-packing plants and glass factory have given way to tourism, sailing and state government. The Naval Academy remains the city's defining institution, though it has admitted women since 1976, and St. John's College and the State House — the oldest American capitol still in legislative use — both survive. Of the two bronze statues Collier's names, the one to Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision, was removed from the State House grounds in 2017. The Capital, descendant of the daily paper the 1921 entry mentions in passing, was the scene of a mass shooting in its newsroom on June 28, 2018, in which five staff were killed.
Written for this edition, 2026.