1651 – “The Governor hath a fair garden set with artichokes, pompions, and coleworts, and some tobacco also.” — Leonard Strong, *Babylon’s Fall in Maryland*, London, 1655.
1663 – “Mistress Brent’s garden groweth stoutly, for she hath brought over roots from England and laid out beds in the old fashion.” — Letter from Father Andrew White, *Jesuit Relations*, Maryland Provincial Archives.
1678 – “In the gardens of St. Mary’s there are seen cabbages, parsnips, sage, and rue, all prospering well in the new soil.” — *Proceedings of the Council of Maryland*, Archives of Maryland Online.
1702 – “Mrs. Margaret Berry keeps a plot of herbs near the chapel, and her dried balm and rosemary are sought by neighbors.” — *Maryland Gazette*, 5 March 1702, reprinted in Maryland Historical Society Bulletin.
1711 – “Goodwife Norris hath cucumbers early, and her beans climb the fence-line neatly. She boasts of saving seed these ten years.” — Diary of John Hammond, 1711, Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 2190.
1734 – “The Bishop’s Garden at Annapolis contains lavender, thyme, and roses, tended by a hired woman who boasts of cuttings from Virginia.” — William Stephens, *Letters from the American Plantations*, British Museum Add. MS 12453.
1749 – “The Governor’s Lady at the house on the Severn hath employed two Negresses to weed the physic garden and to dry chamomile.” — Charles Carroll correspondence, *Carroll Papers*, Maryland Historical Society.
1761 – “A Mrs. Hannah Clay doth sell seed of mustard, radish, and Indian cress, along with pennyroyal and horehound, from her porch near the market.” — Advertisement in the *Maryland Gazette*, 16 April 1761.
1773 – “Visitors to the plantation note the orchard trees and long rows of medicinal herbs which Mistress Rawlings tends herself. She doth favor sage and fennel.” — Travel journal of Nathaniel Evans, Maryland Manuscripts Collection, MDHS.
1775 – “In Baltimore, several widows are known to maintain kitchen gardens from which they supply greens, onions, and parsley to the garrison.” — *Pennsylvania Evening Post*, 20 May 1775.
