Living History in the Garden: A Conversation on Health and Medicine
William Paca House and Garden 186 Prince George Street , AnnapolisHistoric Annapolis is pleased to announce a special living history event in the William Paca Garden on Saturday, October 3! While you stroll through the William Paca Garden, listen in as Mrs. Anne Catharine Green, printer of the Maryland Gazette, discusses her concerns about her children’s health with Mercy, who has experience in all manner of herbal treatments. Learn about the common remedies that were advertised in Maryland Gazette in the 1770s, and the plants that were used to heal colonists. Illnesses such as smallpox, whooping cough, and other ailments...