An Evening with Baltimore Heritage: Historical Narratives, by Johns Hopkins

Join us in the Living Room at The Study Hotel for an engaging evening with Johns Hopkins, the Executive Director of Baltimore Heritage. We will be serving complimentary light bites and will have beverages for purchase.

Topic: Of Clipper Ships and Presidents: Baltimore’s Tea Connection

Overview: From Alex Brown, America’s first investment banker in the early 1800s, to Jimmy Wu who owned a popular Charles Village restaurant in the middle of the 1900s, Baltimore’s roots are intertwined with trade in Chinese tea. The first shipments of tea to the newly formed United States came through our port, as did the first documented Chinese people, and the origins of Baltimore’s famed Clipper Ship lie in our competitive tea trading business. Even President Washington was eager to get in on Baltimore’s tea trade. Come learn how the import of tea has shaped Baltimore’s growth for over 200 years with Mr. Johns W. Hopkins, executive director of the nonprofit organization Baltimore Heritage.

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