44-618: The Gazette , founded in 1727 as The Maryland Gazette , is one of the oldest newspapers in America. Its modern-day descendant, The Capital , was acquired by The Baltimore Sun Media Group in 2014. Previously, it was owned by the Capital Gazette Communications group, which published The Capital , Bowie Blade-News , Crofton-West County Gazette , and Capital Style Magazine. The Gazette and their sister publications have been composed and printed in numerous locations, all in
88-515: A Pulitzer Prize Special Citation to "...honor the journalists, staff and editorial board of the Capital Gazette, Annapolis, Maryland, for their courageous response to the largest killing of journalists in U.S. history in their newsroom on June 28, 2018, and for demonstrating unflagging commitment to covering the news and serving their community at a time of unspeakable grief." George H. Steuart (planter) George Hume Steuart , (1700–1784)
132-472: A Saturday morning edition. In 1967, the newspaper and its sisters were sold to Philip Merrill and Landmark Communications , who shared ownership. Jackson was replaced as editor. Under this ownership, which lasted until 2007, the Capital saw great success, with its circulation nearly tripling. After Merrill's death in 2006, Landmark obtained full ownership of the paper; it kept this ownership until 2014, when
176-508: A bond to keep the peace...especially with each other". Steuart returned to Scotland in 1758 to inherit the estate of Argaty , near Doune , Perthshire, through his mother Mary Hume (also spelled "Home"), and other estates through his father. By 1761 Steuart was back in Maryland; a series of letters dated March 1761 shows him, as Commissioner of the Loan Office, attempting to collect taxes due to
220-463: A ringleader of mobs, a foul-mouthed and inflaming son of discord and faction, a common disturber of the public tranquility". In his response, Chase accused Steuart and the others of "vanity...pride and arrogance": Such protests were essentially a complaint against a civic government which was still dominated by men loyal to the Calvert interest. However, such highly personalised attacks did little to reduce
264-707: Is a daily newspaper published by Capital Gazette Communications in Annapolis, Maryland , to serve the city of Annapolis, much of Anne Arundel County , and neighboring Kent Island in Queen Anne's County . First published as the Evening Capital on May 12, 1884, the newspaper switched to mornings on March 9, 2015. The company has moved headquarters seven times, including from 3 Church Circle to 213 West Street in 1948, to 2000 Capital Drive in 1987, to Gibralter Road after that, and to 888 Bestgate Road in 2014. The Capital
308-580: The Balquhidder Stewart clan, descendants of Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany , executed by King James I of Scotland in 1425. It is likely that Steuart spoke both Gaelic and English. According to the Old Statistical Account of 1799, Scottish Gaelic was the language of the "common people" of Balquhidder and the surrounding area, although English would have been spoken in the "low country", around Stirling . This would in fact have been
352-497: The Capital and its related holdings were sold to the Baltimore Sun Media Group, a tronc company. Its change to a seven-day-a-week morning paper was announced on February 8, 2015, and implemented on March 9. As of 2018, The Capital had a daily circulation of about 33,000. The papers are printed on a computerized high-speed Goss International Headliner press. On June 28, 2018, a man killed five employees at
396-560: The Capital Gazette offices in Annapolis , Maryland : journalists Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, Gerald Fischman, and John McNamara, and sales assistant Rebecca Smith. The staff of The Capital and its parent company were subsequently chosen by Time as Person of the Year 2018 , as one of "The Guardians," a collection of journalists from around the world in their fight against the "War on Truth." On April 15, 2019, The Capital received
440-510: The Evening Capital after being purchased from Colonel Phillip E. Porter by Capital owner William Abbott in 1910. The newspaper was promoted to twice-weekly publication in 1969 and primarily covered the north county area. The Capital The Capital (also known as Capital Gazette as its online nameplate and informally, while the Sunday edition is called The Sunday Capital )
484-580: The Gazette with what was then a blaring headline: "The Maryland Gazette Expiring: In Uncertain Hopes of a Resurrection to Life Again." Green wrote that because of the Stamp Act, the newspaper "will not any longer be published." In the bottom right-hand corner of the page, where the tax stamp should have been placed, there appeared instead a skull and crossbones. Calmer heads persuaded Green to return to publishing as part of
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#1732851274334528-729: The Maryland Gazette was one of the venues for a war of words between a future signer of the Declaration of Independence and several loyalist members of the Annapolis political establishment. In the Maryland Gazette Extraordinary of June 19, 1766, Walter Dulany, George Steuart (1700–1784), John Brice (1705–1766) and others published an article excoriating Samuel Chase , co-founder of the Anne Arundel County chapter of
572-655: The Revolutionary War ended. He was buried in Kilmadock , Perthshire. No portrait of him survives. When he left Maryland, his estates in Anne Arundel County comprised around 4,100 acres (17 km ) of land. In 1780, these were transferred to his sons Charles and William , for a nominal sum. The Argaty estate in Scotland was inherited by Steuart's eldest son, also named George Hume Steuart , who remained loyal to
616-596: The Scots language of the Stirlingshire area, rather than Standard English . Steuart's elder brother David stood to inherit the family estates, and Steuart studied medicine, receiving his MD at the University of Edinburgh . In 1721 he emigrated to Annapolis , in the colony of Maryland, where he settled and established a medical practice. In the early 18th century Maryland was a sparsely settled, largely rural society. In 1715
660-474: The Sons of Liberty and a leading opponent of the 1765 Stamp Act . The article called Chase "a busy, reckless incendiary, a ringleader of mobs, a foul-mouthed and inflaming son of discord and faction, a common disturber of the public tranquility". Chase responded with an open letter accusing Steuart and the others of "vanity...pride and arrogance", and of being brought to power by "proprietary influence, court favour, and
704-547: The Annapolis area, for more than 270 years. The company has moved headquarters seven times, including from 3 Church Circle to 213 West St. in 1948, to 2000 Capital Drive in 1987 and to Bestgate Road in September 2014. As of 2021, the newspaper posts to its website daily and publishes print editions on Wednesdays and Sundays. The Maryland Gazette was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in 1727 and published through 1734 by William Parks . Parks moved to Virginia in 1736. The newspaper
748-519: The Anne Arundel County chapter of the Sons of Liberty , a leading opponent of the 1765 Stamp Act , and later one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence . In an open letter dated 18 July 1766 Chase attacked John Brice , Steuart, Walter Dulany , Michael MacNamara and others for publishing an article in the Maryland Gazette Extraordinary of 19 June 1766, in which Chase had been accused of being: "a busy, reckless incendiary,
792-530: The British Crown. The estate, which was eventually sold in 1914, now forms part of a red kite conservation area. In 1744 Steuart married Ann Digges (1721-1814), of Warburton Manor . She was the daughter of the planter Charles Digges (though Nelker states that Ann's father was one George Digges), who was the son of William Digges , a member of the Maryland Proprietary Council. Her mother
836-525: The Calvert family's patronage as he went on to hold a number of important Colonial offices. In 1753 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of The Horse Militia under Governor Horatio Sharpe , and he was Deputy Secretary of Maryland from 1755 to 1756. He served two one year terms as Mayor of Annapolis , from 1759 to 1761 and from 1763 to 1764. He was a judge of the Land Office (1755–1775), an office created in around 1715 to resolve disputes over title to land in
880-639: The Civil War began and martial law was imposed on Maryland, thousands of Marylanders were imprisoned, including thirty members of the Annapolis-based Maryland General Assembly. Despite the First Amendment, the crackdown did not spare the press. Nine Maryland newspapers were suppressed temporarily or permanently, and at least a dozen newspaper owners and editors were locked up at Fort McHenry. The Maryland Gazette opted for survival, despite
924-576: The Proprietary Government from Sheriffs who were behind in their payments. In the 1760s relations between Britain and her North American colonies began to deteriorate. Steuart was and would remain a Loyalist; like many Scots he was likely influenced by memories of the consequences of the failed Jacobite uprisings against the Crown in his home country. Many Scots had fled to the American colonies following
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#1732851274334968-498: The colony. Steuart was also member of the " Council of Twelve ", and a judge of the Court of Admiralty. In recognition of his services, Lord Baltimore appears to have given Steuart the nickname "Honest Steuart", a sobriquet later thrown back at him by his political enemies. Maryland politics could evidently be rancorous. Court records show that Steuart and his successor as Annapolis mayor, Michael MacNamara , were both required "to post
1012-475: The known sympathies of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County for the South. In 1860, for example, Lincoln received only three votes in Anne Arundel County, and only a single one from Annapolis. However, any loss of revenue from disgruntled readers and advertisers was at least partially compensated for when President Abraham Lincoln appointed the publisher federal paymaster for the state of Maryland. The Gazette merged with
1056-542: The nose of the royal governor in Annapolis. Ultimately, she published the newspaper for eight years while raising 14 children. The newspaper remained in the Green family for 94 years. The Green House on Charles Street in Annapolis, publication site of the Maryland Gazette , now bears a commemorative historical plaque. Jonas Green hated the Stamp Act , which among other things directly taxed his newspaper. Refusing to pay, he published
1100-500: The political temperature. War broke out in 1775, and the fact of owning estates in both Scotland and Maryland caused Steuart considerable political difficulties. As Richard Sprigg Steuart recalled: Ann therefore remained in America despite her own Loyalist sympathies. She would never again see her husband, and she continued to live at Dodon until her death in 1814. According to Richard Sprigg Steuart: Steuart never returned to Maryland, and he died in 1784 in Scotland, one year after
1144-509: The population of Annapolis was just 405, though by 1730 this number had increased to 776. In 1747 Steuart purchased the estate of Dodon in South River, Anne Arundel County , Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay , from Stephen Warman. At Dodon, Steuart farmed tobacco and participated in match races. His most successful horse was Dungannon , which he had brought from England to compete against
1188-510: The post office. Jonas Green was known as a "wit and bon vivant" for his "mystifying conundrums and atrocious puns". Jonas Green spoke out against the Stamp Tax frequently, giving weekly notices of the tax, speeches made against it, and its enactment. Contributors to the paper wrote under the pseudonyms "Cato" and "Lycurgus," calling the tax impolitic and unconstitutional. Green publicly stated that he would suspend publication rather than submit to
1232-567: The social and political life of the colony, with numerous gentlemen of means forming large studs. George Washington attended early meetings of the Maryland Jockey Club , and Steuart entertained the future president at his home in Annapolis. According to the writer Abbe Robin, who traveled through Maryland during the Revolutionary War, men of Steuart's class and status enjoyed considerable wealth and prosperity: Politically, Steuart
1276-660: The stable of his rival, Charles Carroll of Annapolis (1703–1783), whose son Charles Carroll of Carrollton would later sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Dungannon won the Annapolis Subscription Plate , the first recorded formal horse race in Maryland, in May 1743. The race took place in Parole and the original silver cup is now displayed in the Baltimore Museum of Art . Horse racing formed an important part of
1320-408: The struggle against tyranny, and he later resumed publication under this banner headline: "An Apparition of the late Maryland Gazette, which is not dead, but only sleepeth." Defenders of this newspaper's claim as "the oldest in the nation" say this brief interruption of publication was not a business decision as much as a deliberate political statement by a determined and courageous publisher. In 1766,
1364-502: The suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745 , and had little appetite for further rebellion. However, like other Marylanders, Steuart opposed the taxes imposed by Parliament and in 1764 he traveled to England where he made representations to the government at Westminster . Steuart's grandson, Richard Sprigg Steuart (1797–1876), recalled in his memoirs: Steuart's loyalist politics were opposed by, among others, Samuel Chase , co-founder of
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1408-617: The tax, and on October 10, 1765, the Gazette printed an announcement of the cease in publication: "THE MARYLAND GAZETTE, EXPIRING, IN UNCERTAIN HOPES Of a Resurrection to Life again." When Green died in 1767, his jobs as editor and publisher were taken over by his wife, Anne Catherine Hoof Green , making her one of the first women to hold either of the top jobs at an American newspaper (preceded by Ann Smith Franklin of Rhode Island). A strong supporter of Colonial rights, she continued her husband's policy of operating an independent newspaper under
1452-510: The wealth and influence of the tools and favourites who infest this city." In 1772, Charles Carroll of Carrollton engaged in a debate conducted through the Maryland Gazette , maintaining the right of the colonies to control their own taxation. Writing in the Gazette under the pseudonym "First Citizen", he became a prominent spokesman against the governor's proclamation increasing legal fees to state officers and Protestant clergy. Opposing Carroll in these written debates and writing as "Antillon"
1496-477: The weekly Maryland Gazette from Col. Phillip E. Porter and merged the paper with his Capital , creating the Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette . In the years following the Civil War , Annapolis faded economically, and the pages of the Evening Capital mostly reflected the local happenings of a sleepy, provincial town. During the early twentieth century, the expansion of the nearby United States Naval Academy
1540-1003: Was Daniel Dulany the Younger , a noted lawyer and loyalist politician. In these debates, Carroll argued that the government of Maryland had long been the monopoly of four families, the Ogles, the Taskers, the Bladens and the Dulanys, with Dulany taking the contrary view. Eventually word spread of the true identity of the two combatants, and Carroll's fame and notoriety began to grow. Dulany soon resorted to highly personal ad hominem attacks on "First Citizen", and Carroll responded, in statesmanlike fashion, with considerable restraint, arguing that when Antilles engaged in "virulent invective and illiberal abuse, we may fairly presume, that arguments are either wanting, or that ignorance or incapacity know not how to apply them". After
1584-567: Was Jonas Green , a former protégé of Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia . On January 17, 1745, he revived the weekly paper, distributing it at the post office and printing office on Charles Street. The Gazette ' s early masthead read as follows: Money was sometimes hard to come by, so Green sometimes traded an ad or a subscription for supplies. His wife, Anne Catherine Hoof Green , also helped to make ends meet by selling homemade chocolates at
1628-460: Was Susanna Maria (Lowe) Digges. George and Ann Steuart had ten children, of whom six survived to adulthood: Steuart was an Episcopalian , though his wife Ann was a Roman Catholic. According to Richard Sprigg Steuart : A stone obelisk at Dodon marks the burial place of Ann Digges and a number of other family members. The farm estate, somewhat reduced in size, still remains home to Steuart's descendants today. The unusual spelling of "Steuart"
1672-685: Was a Loyalist , his interests being closely aligned with those of the Calvert family, proprietors of the colony of Maryland . In 1742 Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (1699–1751) sent his eldest but illegitimate son, Benedict Swingate Calvert , then aged around 10 or 20 years old, to Maryland and placed him in Steuart's care. The boy was provided with a tutor, the Italian Onorio Razzolini , and lived at Steuart's "old-fashioned house" on Francis St in Annapolis. Steuart evidently benefited from
1716-454: Was a Scottish physician, tobacco planter, and Loyalist politician in colonial Maryland . Born in Perthshire , Steuart emigrated to Maryland in around 1721, where he benefited from proprietarial patronage and was appointed to a number of colonial offices, eventually becoming a wealthy landowner with estates in both Maryland and Scotland, and serving two terms as mayor of Annapolis . However, he
1760-444: Was acquired by The Baltimore Sun Media Group in 2014. The newspaper was founded in 1884 as the Evening Capital and operated under this name until June 20, 1981, when it was shortened to just The Capital . Its founder was William M. Abbott, a former compositor for The Baltimore Sun , who employed his daughter Emma Abbott Gage as the newspaper's editor and his son Charles B. Abbott as business manager. In 1910, Abbott purchased
1804-584: Was both Maryland and the South's first publication, as well as the sixth in the colonies. Publication became irregular after 1730, before being discontinued in 1734. The Gazette began as a half folio sheet with double columns printed on both sides. Parks modelled his format after British weekly papers such as the Spectator or the Tattler . It later expanded to full folio, presenting four pages with essays, news, and advertisements. The Gazette ' s second publisher
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1848-565: Was forced by the outbreak of the American Revolution to decide whether to remain loyal to the Crown or to throw in his lot with the American rebels. In 1775 Steuart sailed to Scotland, deciding at age 75 that "he could not turn rebel in his old age". He remained there until his death in 1784. Steuart was born in Argaty , Perthshire (now Stirling ), in around 1695–1700, the second son of George Steuart and Mary Hume. His family were members of
1892-537: Was recorded in the paper as a source of both optimism and concern for local citizens. Abbott and his family handed over ownership of the paper to Ridgely P. Melvin in 1919, and it reverted to its original name of Evening Capital in 1922. Melvin subsequently sold the Capital to the Capital-Gazette Press Company in 1926. For much of the twentieth century, the Capital was edited by Elmer Jackson, Jr., who had been appointed in 1931. In 1959, it added
1936-415: Was widespread in the 18th century ("Steuart", "Stewart" and "Stuart" being essentially interchangeable), but has since mainly fallen into disuse. However, Steuart's numerous North American descendants have retained the archaic spelling. A silver replica of the original Annapolis Subscription Plate was commissioned in 1955 by the Maryland Jockey Club . The "Dungannon Bowl" is a perpetual trophy presented to
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