King James I granted the charter for the proprietary colony of Maryland to George Calvert on June 20, 1632, allowing Calvert to decide what to do with the land.

Cooking in Colonial Maryland: If it was filling, it was good. Historic St. Mary's Cityevent aims to satisfyappetites for the past. November 24, 2010. By Susan Craton.

After an exhaustive search, archaeologists at Maryland's Historic St. Mary’s museum have located St. Mary's Fort, the state's first European settlement and the United States' fourth English colony.

Artifacts recently found at the site of a 386-year-old fort in Southern Maryland are helping tell the story of Historic St. Mary’s City, the region and the U.S.

This Long, Violent Border Dispute Between Colonial Maryland and Pennsylvania is Why We Have the Mason-Dixon Line Cresap’s War was a conflict that didn’t get fully settled for almost 50 years ...

The colony of Maryland has a long history regarding religious tolerance and intolerance. A charter was obtained from Charles I of England in 1629 by George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) ...

A 1630 engraving of Henrietta Maria, by Willem Jacobsz Delff and based on a painting by Daniel Mytens. The French-born wife of England's King Charles I, Henrietta Maria was known as Queen Mary ...

In 1990, experts exhumed three lead-lined coffins containing the remains of Maryland colonial governor Philip Calvert, who died in 1683, his first wife, Anne, and Calvert’s 6-month-old son.

Religion in Colonial Maryland. Share full article. Jan. 20, 1900. ... that the-for-mer denied the Cardinal's claim of Maryland as a place where the Church of Rome had given religious toleration.

On this day in 1729, the city of Baltimore is founded in the colony of Maryland. The city is named for Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, the original proprietor of the colony.

The young volunteers were a cross section of the colony of Maryland: wealthy merchants’ sons, dockworkers, school kids and free and enslaved black youth. Of the original 1,200-man regiment, only ...

Maryland archaeologist Travis Parno was at a board game convention in Philadelphia, sitting at a table surrounded by thousands of other enthusiasts when he got a text message. He was supposed to ...