It is for a gentleman to whom I have done (as the Saying is) Ninety-nine good Turns..." I sometimes come across a notice in the Maryland...

In September 1770, more than a year into a partial economic shutdown, many Annapolitans were weary but still committed to seeing it...

The anonymous gentleman was smitten. He had just attended the American Company’s performance of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, King of Britain,...

These days, most news stories about public statues consider them as objects of destructive rather than constructive acts, but 250 years...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been looking at the dispute between Annapolis merchants Williams and Company and the local Committee of...

In today’s technologically advanced and politically divided world, virtual skirmishes, battles, and full-blown wars play out in real time...

When the local Committee of Inspection published a harsh report against Williams and Company in the July 26, 1770 Maryland Gazette, the...

My June 11th blog introduced merchant Thomas Williams and his partners as new players to watch in the real-life drama of Annapolis 250...

My Fourth of July was a bit out of the ordinary this year. I’m usually at the William Paca House and Garden shortly after 6 am on...

No one knew it at the time, but on July 5, 1770, America was one day less than six years away from declaring independence. Looking back...

Earlier this month, I wrote about the June 1770 arrival in Annapolis of a ship from Rhode Island, where some residents had reportedly...

In last week’s episode of “Annapolis 250 Years Ago,” a ship had just arrived from Rhode Island, where it was reported “that the...

As Thomas Jefferson sings at one point in the musical Hamilton, “Can we get back to politics?” When we last looked at the British...

OK, who’s ready for a little break from political, economic, and public health stories? For the past seven weeks, most of my blogs have...

Interested in undergoing a medical procedure that, if successful, would protect you from the worst effects of a dreaded disease? 250...

Have you recently experienced a…how to put this delicately…paper shortage? You know…a difficulty in procuring a certain kind of paper...

Is it time to reopen the economy? Has the threat diminished enough to make that a viable option? Do we have enough reliable information...

Missed the first posts on the Good Intent incident? Read them here: Entry 1: Good Intent...ions? Entry 2: The Tale of the Good Intent...

250 years ago, when William Paca and Stephen West published a pamphlet detailing the story of the ship Good Intent, they knew their...

The Good Intent episode is forgotten today, but it was a really big deal in Annapolis 250 years ago. When the ship arrived, members of...