ANNAPOLIS ROYAL 



a city under a charter granted by Queen Anne. 

 Congress met in the state house at Annap- 

 olis from November, 1783, to June, 1784, and 

 to this body, on the 23r'd of December, 1783, 

 General Washington resigned his commission 

 as commander-in-chief of the Continental 

 Army. 



ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N. S., a town situated 

 on the bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the 

 Annapolis River, 130 miles west of Halifax. 

 It is famous in history as th6 PORT ROYAL of 

 the Acadians, and is the oldest settlement of 

 Europeans in British North America. It was 

 founded in 1604, four years before Champlain 

 founded Quebec, and sixteen years before the 

 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. During the 

 seventeenth century it was the scene of many 

 conflicts between the French and English, and 

 several times changed hands. Finally, in 1713, 

 it was ceded to England, and its name was 

 changed from Port Royal to Annapolis Royal, 

 in honor of Queen Anne. The old fortifica.- 

 tions have been restored by the town with 

 financial assistance from the Dominion gov- 

 ernment, and the memory of Sieur de Monts 

 (see MONTS, SIEUR DE), the founder of the 

 settlement, is honored by a monument within 

 the walls. 



Annapolis Royal is of importance at the 

 present time. It is the export center for a 

 famous apple-growing region, and also ships 

 lumber, canned and preserved fish and bricks. 

 The harbor, which is one of the most beauti- 

 ful in the Dominion, can accommodate ocean 

 steamers. Population in 1911, 1,019. 



ANN ARBOR, MICH., county seat of Wash- 

 tenaw County and the home of the State 

 University of Michigan. The city is in the 

 southeastern part of the state, situated on hills 

 overlooking a great expanse of rich fruit and 

 farm lands. To the north is the valley of the 

 Huron River. The city is on the Michigan 

 Central, the Ann Arbor and the Detroit United 

 railways. Interurban lines run to all of the 

 larger surrounding towns, and the cement 

 automobile road from Detroit part of the way 

 to Chicago passes through Ann Arbor. Detroit 

 is thirty-eight miles northeast, Jackson is the 

 same distance west, and 244 miles almost due 

 west is Chicago. The population in 1910 was 

 14,817; in 1914 it was 14,948. To this number 

 over 7,000 students are added during the regular 

 university year and a large number during the 

 summer session. The area of the city is nearly 

 five square miles. 



Ann Arbor's greatest asset is its university, 



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to which have come eminent teachers and 

 experts in practically every field. This town 

 of beautiful homes and fine churches has grown 

 up about the university. The campus is one- 

 quarter mile square. The university property 

 is worth $4,000,000. The student fraternity 

 and sorority houses and such important build- 

 ings as the Hill Auditorium, costing $300,000; 

 the Alumni Hall, $190,000; Martha Cook Dor- 

 mitory, $500,000; Newberry Dormitory, $300,- 

 000; Michigan Union, $700,000, and the 

 university Y. M. C. A., add much to the 

 architectural features of the town. 



Ann Arbor has eight factories, each capital- 

 ized for $100,000 or more. The important 

 manufactures are steel ball-bearings, machin- 

 ery., pianos, flour, automobile accessories, laces 

 and curtains. The Barton Dam, a mile above 

 the city, and the Argo and Geddes plant to- 

 gether supply 6,000 horse-power a day of 

 smokeless energy by which the factories are 

 run. 



The city has nine parks, containing over 120 

 acres. There are six banks, a Federal building 

 costing $60,000, a Carnegie Library and several 

 smaller ones, two public and a number of pri- 

 vate hospitals. Ann Arbor was settled in 1824, 

 and was incorporated as a city in 1851. The 

 water plant is owned and operated by the 

 city. W.M.S. 



ANNE (1665-1714), queen of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, famous rather for the events of 

 her reign than for what she herself accom- 

 plished. While a woman of pleasing character 

 and much good nature, she had no great force 

 or ability. She 

 was the second 

 daughter of 

 James II, then 

 duke of York, was 

 born at Twicken- 

 ham, and with 

 her father's per- 

 mission was 

 brought up in the 

 beliefs of the 

 Church of Eng- 

 land. In 1683 she 

 was married to 

 Prince George of 

 Denmark, who 



never attempted to influence his wife in affairs 

 of state. She was of the type that must be 

 influenced by someone, however, and Lady 

 Churchill, afterwards Duchess of Marlborough, 

 gained such a hold on her as practically to 



ANNE 



