Anne Catherine Hoof Green

Who was Anne Catherine Hoof Green?

Anne Catherine Hoof Green was a printer and publisher.

Anne Hoof was most likely born in the Netherlands around 1720. She emigrated to America and lived in Annapolis, Maryland. She married Jonas Green of Boston in 1738 and had fourteen children, with six surviving infancy.

Green's paper was the main source for news. "The Maryland Gazette was the province's principal source of news in the period leading up to the Revolution, and in its pages the issues of the day were hotly debated." John Dickinson's celebrated Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer were first published in that journal. The Greens were originally from Philadelphia but moved to Annapolis once Jonas was given the orders of taking over the Maryland Gazette. In Annapolis the Greens rented a house on Charles Street. At the time it was a small two story house with a kitchen and two bedrooms. During the early 1740s the owner of the house expanded it to contain a print shop, post office, and room for their 14 children.

After the death of Jonas, in the April 16, 1767 issue of the paper Anne announced that she would continue to publish the paper. She became the printer of the General Assembly, taking over her husband's contract.