The Week in Early American History

April 19, 2015 By Joseph M. Adelman in The Week in Early American History Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, conferences, dissertations, food history, George Washington, George Whitefield, historical memory, Job Market, Native Americans, OAH, popular culture, Slavery, television, Turn, twitter Leave a comment

This has been a momentous week for early Americanists, with the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination to start the week and, especially for those of us in Massachusetts, the annual commemorations of Patriot’s Day this weekend. We have lots of great links for you below the fold!

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Spring Reads

April 9, 2015 By Sara Georgini in Lists, Recent Scholarship Tags: 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, Adams, American Revolution, Amistad, Anglo-Dutch, Antebellum South, Archives, Atlantic World, Civil War, Confederacy, cultural history, Early Republic, Founders, French Atlantic, Gender, George Washington, historiography, John Adams, Methodology, museums, Native Americans, New England, New York, photog, Politics, Print Culture, Publishing, Quakers, religion, Romanticism, Slavery, southern history, Spanish Empire, St.Louis, Thomas Jefferson, university press, Virginia, visual culture 5 Comments

Spring_panel_from_the_Four_Seasons_leaded-glass_window_by_Louis_Comfort_Tiffany Here’s our seasonal roundup of new and forthcoming titles. Share your finds below! Continue reading →

The Week in Early American History

February 8, 2015 By Michael D. Hattem in The Week in Early American History Tags: alchemy, Alexander Hamilton, birds, censorship, conference posters, George Washington, Groundhog Day, John Hope Franklin, Michael D. Hattem, Paul Revere, Rachel Hope Cleves, Second Bank of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire Leave a comment

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The Week in Early American History

January 4, 2015 By Jessica Parr in Academia, Conferences, Opinion, Public History, The Week in Early American History Tags: 18th Century, 19th Century, academia, AHA, American Revolution, conferences, Digital History, Early Republic, George Washington, historiography, pedagogy, race, Thomas Jefferson Leave a comment

TWEAH Happy 2015 to our Junto readers! Continue reading →

The Week in Early American History

December 21, 2014 By Jessica Parr in The Week in Early American History Tags: Benjamin Franklin, capitalism, Digital History, Early Republic, George Washington, Guest Posts, historiography, museums, Native Americans, New England, Politics, Popular History, Print Culture, Protest, race, Slavery, The JuntoCast, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Leave a comment

TWEAH The past two weeks have been busy ones in Early American History! Continue reading →

Winter Reads

December 3, 2014 By Sara Georgini in News, Recent Scholarship, Uncategorized Tags: 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, Atlantic World, capitalism, Civil War, Constitution, cultural history, Early Republic, Gender, George Washington, Native Americans, Politics, Popular History, Print Culture, Publishing, race, religion, Slavery 8 Comments

Just in time for your holiday shopping list, here’s our preview of new titles—share your finds in the comments! Continue reading →

Edinburgh’s Early Americans

September 16, 2014 By Sara Georgini in Digital History, Public History Tags: American Revolution, Archives, Atlantic World, George Washington, Interview, library, Loyalist, Print Culture, referendum, Scotland, War of 1812, wikimedia 1 Comment

Invitation from the President of the United States to Robert and Henrietta Liston, 1797 (NLS shelfmark: MS.5590 f. 43)

Invitation from the President of the United States to Robert and Henrietta Liston, 1797 (NLS shelfmark: MS.5590 f. 43)

With all eyes on Scotland this week, The Junto chats with Dora Petherbridge, International Collections Curator (U.S. & Commonwealth) at the National Library of Scotland. To learn about George Washington’s Edinburgh connection, and how NLS is “collecting the Referendum” for history, read on. Continue reading →