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a neck of land near the mouth of the basoii 
called Fell’s Point. Here also wharfs have 
been built, alongside which vessels of six hun¬ 
dred tons burthen can lie with perfect safety. 
Numbers of persons have been induced to set¬ 
tle on this Point, in order to be contiguous to 
the shipping. Upwards of seven hundred 
houses have already been built there, and re¬ 
gular streets laid out, with a large market place. 
These houses, generally speaking, are con¬ 
sidered as a part of Baltimore, but to all ap¬ 
pearance they form a separate town, being 
upwards of a mile distant from the other part 
of the town. In the neighbourhood. Fell's 
Point and Baltimore are spoken of as distinct 
and separate places. Fell's Point is chiefly the 
residence of seafaring people, and of the 
younger partners of mercantile houses, who 
are stationed there to attend to the shipping. 
The greater number of private houses in 
Baltimore are of brick, but many, particularly 
in the skirts of the town, are of wood. In 
some of the new streets a few appear to he 
well built, but in general the houses are small, 
heavy, and inconvenient. As for the public 
buildings, there are none worthy of being men¬ 
tioned. The churches and places for public 
worship are ten in number; one respectively 
for Episcopalians, Presbyterians, German Lu¬ 
therans; German Calvinists, Reformed Ger^ 
