On this day 250 years ago, the Second Session of the Maryland Proprietary Assembly convened in Annapolis. The colonial Assembly would convene for one more session in 1774 before it was replaced by the Maryland Convention and then the Maryland Assemby of Freemen. The Assembly in 1773 included many Members who would soon be leading the Patriots in Maryland including William Paca, Samuel Chase, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Thomas Johnson, Jr., Matthew Tilghman, William Smallwood, William Fitzhugh, George Plater, Benjamin Ogle, Matthias Hammond and Philip Key.

Source:https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/genassem/html/ga1773-74.html