Built on Sotweed: The History and Archaeology of Maryland in the 1600s and its Reliance upon Tobacco

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Thursday February 29

7:00 PM  –  8:30 PM

Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024 

Location: Annapolis Maritime Museum, 723 Second Street Annapolis, MD 21403
Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm

•    Tobacco was foundational to shaping life in the Lord Baltimore’s colony. Explore insights into the yearly “Tobacco Fleet” that brought goods & carried tobacco across the Atlantic.


•    Learn about the remains of an actual 17th-century English tobacco ship discovered using historical research and archaeology.

Presenter: Archaeologist Henry Miller

Registration Required.

  • Upon registration, you will receive two emails: one confirmation email with your receipt and one e-ticket email.

Cost:  $10 admission fee. FREE for AMM Members First Mate and above ($150). Please contact Lizzie Spokely about your membership code to access the free lecture. 

About the Presenter: 

Henry Miller has been a Maryland archaeologist since 1972. He is the Archaeological Curator, Director of Research, and now Maryland Heritage Scholar for the State Museum of Historic St. Mary's City. Henry is a discoverer and excavator of numerous archaeological sites. Miller is the Director of the "Project Lead Coffins" that identified members of the Calvert family buried in an elite manner inside the 1660s Chapel at St. Mary's.