Figure 4 Warner &
Hanna’s Plan of the City and Environs of Baltimore, engraved by Francis
Shallus, Philadelphia, 1801. Dimensions not recorded. (Courtesy, Winterthur
Museum.) In 1801, Baltimore and its environs included Baltimore-Town, Fell’s
Point, and Jones Town. Warehouses were located close to the water, which
was the city’s economic nucleus, and commercial establishments were
situated to the north and concentrated around Baltimore (or Market) Street. |