In 2008, the City of Annapolis celebrated the 300th anniversary of its charter as an incorporated city. At a conference organized as part of the observances, Professor C. Ashley Ellefson analyzed the process by which the charter was enacted. This webpage also provides links to the relevant primary documents.

A weekly post (Fridays) on The Annapolis Sound website covers a variety of topics dealing with the history of Annapolis. Written by members of the Annapolis History Consortium, the purpose is to provide concise but reliable information, particularly, but not exclusively, on topics for which considerable misinformation presently exists in print and online.

A 1992 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation conference examined the material lives of the common people who populated the Chesapeake 1700-1830 in three sessions—Standards of Living, Rural and Urban Life, and Folkways and Formalities—from the perspectives of social historians, archaeologists, curators, and material culture specialists. The papers provide a useful overview of the range of social history and artifact research covered at the conference.

Take a virtual walking tour of Eastport courtesy of the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

The Government House site provides a history of the house and a virtual tour of the public rooms.

Maryland Day is one of the Heritage Area's major collaborative celebrations, with programming at most of our sites. This web page provides a brief explanation of what Maryland Day represents and a link to a longer study of the primary sources that document the event that Maryland Day commemorates.

The Maryland State Archives site provides a history of the building and a virtual tour of the first- and second-floor public spaces.

The Heritage Area presented a "Mythbusters" workshop in November 2008 to address some of the myths that still circulate about the area's history or in the interpretation of historic structures. Several of the presentations are available online.

In 1997 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation completed an NEH-funded study of the provisioning of urban areas in the colonial and early national Chesapeake region. A major portion of the research material came from Annapolis documents. The full report is available online.

Historic London Town House and Gardens shares research reports and presentations through the History link on their home page. Current postings include several different topics, including the role of women in public houses, foodways (generally) and the hoecake (specifically), and lot histories for several London Town properties. More material will be added as time permits, so check the site from time to time.