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HistoricAnnapolis
Sep 24, 20202 min read
What's The Story?
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...



HistoricAnnapolis
Sep 18, 20204 min read
Agreeable to the Association
In September 1770, more than a year into a partial economic shutdown, many Annapolitans were weary but still committed to seeing it...



HistoricAnnapolis
Sep 10, 20204 min read
In Praise of Artistic Genius
The anonymous gentleman was smitten. He had just attended the American Company’s performance of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, King of Britain,...



HistoricAnnapolis
Sep 3, 20204 min read
Melted Majesty
These days, most news stories about public statues consider them as objects of destructive rather than constructive acts, but 250 years...


HistoricAnnapolis
Aug 21, 20204 min read
Warm Zeal in the Cause of Liberty
For the past few weeks, I’ve been looking at the dispute between Annapolis merchants Williams and Company and the local Committee of...


HistoricAnnapolis
Aug 13, 20204 min read
First Notorious Offenders
In today’s technologically advanced and politically divided world, virtual skirmishes, battles, and full-blown wars play out in real time...


HistoricAnnapolis
Aug 6, 20203 min read
Take the Beam Out of Thine Own Eye
When the local Committee of Inspection published a harsh report against Williams and Company in the July 26, 1770 Maryland Gazette, the...


HistoricAnnapolis
Jul 30, 20202 min read
Such Despicable Characters
My June 11th blog introduced merchant Thomas Williams and his partners as new players to watch in the real-life drama of Annapolis 250...


HistoricAnnapolis
Jul 16, 20203 min read
Sky-Rockets in Flight
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...


HistoricAnnapolis
Jul 9, 20202 min read
The Road Not Taken
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...


HistoricAnnapolis
Jun 25, 20202 min read
“Liberty and Loyalty…stand or fall together”
Earlier this month, I wrote about the June 1770 arrival in Annapolis of a ship from Rhode Island, where some residents had reportedly...


HistoricAnnapolis
Jun 11, 20202 min read
The merchant doth protest too much, methinks
In last week’s episode of “Annapolis 250 Years Ago,” a ship had just arrived from Rhode Island, where it was reported “that the...


HistoricAnnapolis
Jun 4, 20202 min read
What'd We Miss?
As Thomas Jefferson sings at one point in the musical Hamilton, “Can we get back to politics?” When we last looked at the British...


HistoricAnnapolis
May 28, 20203 min read
That's Entertainment!
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...


HistoricAnnapolis
May 21, 20203 min read
A Healthy Gamble?
Interested in undergoing a medical procedure that, if successful, would protect you from the worst effects of a dreaded disease? 250...


HistoricAnnapolis
May 14, 20203 min read
Sorry, we're out of paper.
Have you recently experienced a…how to put this delicately…paper shortage? You know…a difficulty in procuring a certain kind of paper...


HistoricAnnapolis
May 7, 20204 min read
Getting Back to Business?
Is it time to reopen the economy? Has the threat diminished enough to make that a viable option? Do we have enough reliable information...


HistoricAnnapolis
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Reason over Passion
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...


HistoricAnnapolis
Apr 23, 20201 min read
The Tale of the Good Intent Thickens
250 years ago, when William Paca and Stephen West published a pamphlet detailing the story of the ship Good Intent, they knew their...


HistoricAnnapolis
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Good Intent...ions?
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...

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