The English Catholics Get Their Colony: The First Days at Maryland

With a patent in hand, Cecil Calvert makes preparations to colonize Maryland.  Calvert's brother, Leonard, serves as the first governor.  In this episode, we detail the preparations, founding, and first days of the Maryland colony.  Read the Charter of Maryland: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/B09480.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext More on Leonard Calvert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Calvert Read “A Relation of the Successful Beginning:” http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000551/html/am551--46.html Read “A Relation of Maryland”: https://archive.org/details/mdu-md-086018/mode/2up Leonard Calvert image By Florence Mackubin (1857–1918) - Maryland Archives Online http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000198/html/msa00198.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33660225 More on the Yaocomico: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaocomico Read the Thorowgood Letter: https://cdm17340.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/sccm/id/6 Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/