1836 – sunrise in a small city

being a carpenter

as if he were addressing thousands
of professed believers
he spoke with ardor and enthusiasm

first baptist at sunrise — (the first baptist church, established in old town in 1836 by moses clayton, erected its own building in 1880 on caroline street)

pardon my mob

traders and jobbers and lawyers and cronies
who speculate and siphon
such fellows are not my fellow citizens

calvert and lexington at sunrise — (in 1835 baltimore citizens protested fraud associated with the failure of the bank of maryland by destroying property of those responsible for the fraud)