We often take our modern transportation technology and infrastructure for granted. Our nationwide network of highways, bridges, and...

Visitors to Annapolis: An American Story, now open at the Museum of Historic Annapolis, get an up-close view of the original metal-clad...

According to recent articles in the Capital Gazette newspaper, the City of Annapolis and a group of companies called Annapolis Mobility...

I’ve written before about William Eddis (see “Our Little Capital” from January 28, 2021), an Englishman who arrived in Annapolis in...

I’ve written before (see especially “A Predictable Pattern”, November 26, 2020) about colonial Maryland’s last proprietary governor,...

These days, when public complaints about politics, the media, and rising prices abound, turning back our attention 250 years ago reveals...

A year after actress Nancy Hallam captivated an anonymous Annapolis gentleman (most likely Rev. Jonathan Boucher—see “In Praise of...

Sometimes a 250-year-old clipping from the Maryland Gazette sends me down a research rabbit hole. The welcome mat into this week’s warren...

A little more than a year ago, I mentioned two projects that told the stories of nine freedom seekers who tried to escape from bound...

"I will leave no stone unturn’d to find out who keeps them from me..." Online shipment tracking has really spoiled us. Through the magic...

250 years ago, on July 4, 1771, the American colonies were only five years away from declaring their independence from England....

Several months ago, I wrote about actress Nancy Hallam (“In Praise of Artistic Genius,” September 10, 2020) and the rundown playhouse (“A...

This blog was originally posted on the Historic Annapolis website in March 2018. Between January and March 2018, the cellar of the James...

This blog was originally posted on the Historic Annapolis website in January 2018. James Brice kept an account book during the years...

The William Paca Garden is a such special place in the springtime. We are pleased to welcome visitors back to the Garden as spring brings...

Some news cycles are lighter than others, and that was just as true 250 years ago as it is today. Of course, some 21st-century media work...

I’ve written before (see my November 5, 2020, November 26, 2020, and January 14, 2021 blog entries) about Governor Robert Eden’s...

Held within Historic Annapolis’s collection is a booklet, Maryland Recipes: in honor of the Bicentennial, printed by BGE (yes, the...

Two months had passed since a group of Baltimore merchants called for a meeting in Annapolis to consider whether Maryland should continue...

Maryland’s last proprietary governor, Robert Eden, was nothing if not predictable. Early in his administration, he established a pattern...