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A modern reconstruction and replica of a small 17th Century English trading ship, the Maryland Dove at St. Mary's City, Maryland, is approximately the same size as her namesake, the c. 1630 Dove which accompanied The Ark on the historic trans-oceanic voyage in late 1633 and early 1634.
Maryland Dove and HMS Ariadne (F72) off Yorktown in October 1981 during the Siege of Yorktown bicentennial celebrations.. Maryland Dove is a re-creation of the Dove, an early 17th-century English trading ship, one of two ships (the other being The Ark) which made up the first expedition from the Kingdom of England to the Province of Maryland.
Author Harry Newman states that "Mistress Ann Cox" was one of the few "gentlewomen" on the initial voyage of the Ark and the Dove that sailed from England to Maryland. In a footnote he states: "Mistress was a title of Courtesy and respect and was the 17th century style of addressing unmarried ladies of position."
Calvert also named his friend and fellow passenger aboard The Ark and The Dove, Thomas Greene, as his successor to the governorship. In 1890, the State of Maryland erected an obelisk monument to Calvert and his wife at Historic St. Mary's City which had a historical district created to commemorate the colonial origins of the colony.
Maryland Dove will arrive in Cambridge at approximately 5 p.m. on Sept. 6 (weather dependent) and be open to the public September 7, 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Docking will be at ...
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The Ark and the Dove, 1934 Issue. Maryland Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Maryland. [1] It is observed on the anniversary of the March 25, 1634, landing of the first European settlers in the Province of Maryland, the third English colony to be settled in British North America. [2]