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The Freedom And Impartiality Of Your Press
This past Monday was World Press Freedom Day, and the theme “Information as a Public Good” was just as relevant 250 years ago as it is today. Like her husband […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Spring 2021
More Trial and Error April 2021 The paint conservators continue their tests to learn the best removal method for the wall plaster and paint – this time on the dining […]
A Ledger For The Ages
This blog was originally posted on the Historic Annapolis website in January 2018. James Brice kept an account book during the years (1767-1774) that he built the grand Georgian mansion […]
Turning Tables
Two hundred fifty years ago, Joshua Johnson was about to embark on a bold commercial venture. The Annapolis merchant placed an ad in the Maryland Gazette to inform his customers […]
A Garden In Bloom
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 riots of color to our […]
Rumors Of War
England and France engaged in military conflict with one another for 73 of the 126 years between 1689 and 1815, or almost 60% of the period. If they weren’t actively […]
The Propriety Of A Private Inspection
In the five months since Maryland’s official tobacco inspection system stopped functioning because of a political dispute between Governor Robert Eden and the lower house of the General Assembly, colonial […]
The Course of Human Affairs
I’ve commented before about the innate delays in 18th-century reporting. Because the latest news could travel only as fast as a horse could run or a ship could sail, it […]
A Tree Grows in the Paca Garden, Part 5
Most people think of bald cypress (Taxodiumdistichum – Zones 5-11) growing in the hot, humid alligator swamps of the coastal Southeastern United States, often festooned with Spanish moss, but its […]
A Slow News Cycle
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 to a never-ending, 24/7 […]
Just A Few Queries
I’ve written before (see my November 5, 2020, November 26, 2020, and January 14, 2021 blog entries) about Governor Robert Eden’s ham-handed approach to dealing with uncooperative legislators 250 years […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Winter 2021
The Best Laid Plans January 2021 As with any restoration project, new discoveries may require a change of course. After completing repairs to the roof structure, it was carefully lowered […]