Table of Contents

Preface
1. Out of the Wilderness, a Town, 1649 to 1708
2. A Chartered City, 1708 to 1764
3. Annapolis and the Nation, 1764 to 1790
4. Annapolis Alone, 1790 to 1845
5. A Military Town, 1845 to 1870
6. Great Expectations, 1870 to 1908
7. Promise Denied, 1908 to 1940
8. A Threatened City, 1940 to 1960
9. The City Preserved, 1960 to 1975
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Census Tables
Appendix 2: Cemeteries in and around Annapolis
Notes
Index

About the Author

Jane Wilson McWilliams is an independent researcher, editor, writer, and lecturer. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

Reviews

Even casual readers will find this new book hard to put down. -- Earl Kelly HometownAnnapolis.com A detailed narrative. Scitech Book News Critics are hailing Jane Wilson McWilliams for her masterful history of Annapolis-a carefully researched, well illustrated, and beautifully written account of Maryland's state capital. -- John Lang Washington College Magazine Jane McWilliams has created a landmark work of scholarship, a comprehensive, interesting and very readable work destined to enlighten generations to come. -- Hampton 'Skip' Auld Bay Weekly McWilliams has delivered this history evenly and concisely, but also in a style that is quite entertaining. -- Ray Langston Anne Arundel County Public Library Happenings!