A Toast to John Adams

October 30, 2015 By Sara Georgini in From the Archives, Research, Uncategorized Tags: Adams, alcohol, American Revolution, Amsterdam, Antebellum, birthday, Bordeaux, Braintree, California, claret, coffee, colonial, Diplomacy, diplomatic history, Dutch, family history, food, Founders, France, Jefferson, John Adams, Livingston, Madeira, Massachusetts, New England, Pennsylvania, red, South, Tea, tobacco, Virginia, Weymouth, white, wine 1 Comment

Happy 280th birthday to President John Adams: lawyer, statesman, and…wine connoisseur? He began a crisp New England morning like today with a tankard of hard cider, but Adams’ years in Europe primed his palate for fine French wine. Continue reading →

Q&A with Dane Morrison, Author of True Yankees

December 18, 2014 By Jessica Parr in Interviews with Historians Tags: 18thCentury, 19th Century, American Revolution, Benjamin Carp, Canton Trade, China Trade, Dane A. Morrison, Edmund Fanning, Eliga H. Gould, Harriett Low, Jacksonian America, Jon Butler, Joyce Appleby, Maritime history, New England, Print Culture, Richard L. Bushman, Tea, True Yankees 1 Comment

The following is an interview with Dane A. Morrison, about his recently-released book, True Yankees: The South Seas & the Discovery of American Identity (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Morrison is Professor of History at Salem State University (MA). Continue reading →

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