Young archaeologists from Archaeology in Annapolis excavated at the site of Jonas Green’s print shop during the mid-1980s. The print shop is in the back yard of the Jonas and Anne Catharine Green House on Charles Street. Pieces of printers’ type came out of the ground almost as soon as we started digging there. We recovered over 11,000 pieces of printer’s type, which created a very exciting environment because we knew how important the Maryland Gazette was in carrying the news of the American Revolution. Jonas and Anne Catharine Green were printers to the State of Maryland in the 18th century. Jonas and Anne Catharine Green were true revolutionaries, American patriots, and actively engaged with making the Revolution happen and helping with the creation of the new nation. Barbara Little based her doctoral thesis on the excavations from the Jonas Green site. She focused her attention on one of the few 18th century women from Annapolis whom we know well. Anne Catharine Greene was State Printer after the death of her husband. She published the Maryland Gazette and other important State documents. The 18th century did not recognize the independence and professional independence of women, but Anne Catharine Green became a well-known printer, head of household, and community leader despite this. She is probably the best-known 18th century Annapolitan woman today. She would have written the editorials in the Gazette leading up to the Revolution, as well as those through 1775, when she died. Her capacity to define the place of women outside of the domestic sphere called established gender roles into question and highlighted the need for another form of liberty. Portrait of Anne Catharine Green with items printed by the Green family. Artifacts from the Jonas Green House Large metal button with a sun, thirteen stars, and the words, “UNITY PROSPERITY & INDEPENDENCE.” Printer's type with the skull and crossbones image were typically used to accompany obituaries. Jonas Green printed the image instead of the tax stamp on the front page of the October 10, 1765 edition of the Maryland Gazette in protest of the Stamp Act.  The 1765 Stamp Act was the first attempt by the British Parliament to impose a direct tax on the colonies by requiring all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets, and playing cards to carry a tax stamp.  Read more about the death's head on our blog.