Last Rites -- Little Known Historic Figures Grows Larger In Death

For the final story in our series, "Last Rites:  Death and Remembrance in Maryland," we turn to Annapolis, and wind back the clock two-and-a-half centuries.  That was when Jonas Green was the official printer of the colony of Maryland.  Much has been written about him and his work -- but only recently has anyone given any attention to his wife, Anna Catherine Green, who became one of the first women printer-publishers in colonial America. WYPR’s Sam Greenspan brings us this story as told to him by an archeologist, a descendant and some local history buffs.

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