“ In 1608 Captain John Smith visited the site of Annapolis, but no settlement was made until 1649, when a company of Puritans from Virginia established here the town of “Providence” (later changed successively to “Proctor's,” “The Town,” “Anne-Arundel Town,” and, finally, in honor of Queen Anne, to “The Town of Annapolis”) . In 1694 the capital of the province was moved hither from St. Mary's, and in 1708 (August 10) , Annapolis was erected into a city. Early in the eighteenth century one of the first free schools on the continent was organized here. Out of this St. ”