For the past couple of years, I've been working on a historical novel set in colonial Maryland. As part of my effort to better understand what life was like in that time and place, I've been researching the lives of specific people to see what I can learn about the world in which they lived.
Although my research is focused primarily on Frederick County, the Maryland frontier of the 1700s, a deed from Frederick County led me to research Nathan Waters, a saddler in Annapolis.
