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This Week @ MHS

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Here we are, once again, with the weekly round-up of events to come. - Monday, 30 October, 6:00PM : Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson is the latest work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood of Brown University, who will speak about his book [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 29 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

Fornication as Crime in 18th-Century Massachusetts

Series: From Our Collections
By Brendan Kieran, Reader Services
While the MHS is not home to a large collection of court records, I recently viewed two items we do hold relating to fornication in 18th-century Massachusetts. These materials concern judicial proceedings that were separated by nearly sixty years, but provide interesting [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 27 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

"The pretty little place was burnt to the ground": The Destruction of Darien, Georgia

Series: From Our Collections
By Susan Martin, Collection Services
  We feel very badly that you were compelled to take part, through your men, in the destruction of Darien, & fully sympathize in the sentiments you express. I sincerely hope that as Genl Hunter has been relieved, there may be a modification of the policy which [...] read more

comments: 3 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 25 October, 2017, 11:31 AM

This Week @ MHS

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It's another busy week here at the Society with a nice selection of public programs happening. Here's what is coming up; - Monday 23 October, 12:00PM : Pack your lunch and stop by for a Brown Bag talk with Laura McCoy of Northwestern University. "'Let it be your resolution [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 22 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

Gertrude Codman Carter’s Diary, October 1917

Series: From Our Collections , From the Reference Librarian 
By Anna Clutterbuck-Cook, Reader Services
Today we return to the 1917 diary of Gertrude Codman Carter. You may read the previous entries here:   Introduction | January | February | March | April | May June | July | August | September   October 1917 is a lean month in Gertrude’s records, possibly [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 20 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

“Mark, Traveler, this humble stone”: Quaint and Curious Epitaphs of Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

Series: Around the Neighborhood , From Our Collections
By Shelby Wolfe, Reader Services
I find a visit to any of New England’s burying grounds fascinating year-round, but I consider treading among slate gravestones and timeworn monuments in October a quintessential New England experience. The leaves turn and fall, beautifully marking a transition from [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 18 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

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It's a busy week here at the Society with programs galore for your enjoyment! Here is what's coming in the week ahead: - Monday, 16 October, 12:00PM : The first Brown Bag talk this week features Hannah Anderson of the University of Pennsylvania and is called "'Lived Botany' [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 15 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

Meet Your Archivists!

Series: Around MHS
By Rakashi Chand, Reader Services
October is Archives Month, and to celebrate our wonderful archivists, we would like to introduce them to you! Every day the very talented and skilled archivists of the MHS work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that theSociety's collections are safe, properly preserved, [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 13 October, 2017, 3:50 PM

What did an Adams kid do for fun?

Series: From Our Collections
By Gwen Fries, Adams Papers
When John Quincy Adams was 59 years old, he wrote a nostalgic letter to his cousin William Cranch in which he pined for their shared childhood. This led me to wonder something—if you were an Adams kid, what did you do for fun?     John Adams’s absence [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 11 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

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We start this week with a holiday but then begin rolling through programs for the rest of the month. Here is what the coming week holds: - Monday, 9 October, 10:00AM-3:00PM :  MHS Open House. Visit the MHS and view Yankees in the West, an exhibition of letters, [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 8 October, 2017, 12:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

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Here's the skinny on the public programs, events, and other happenings at the Society this week.  - Tuesday, 3 October, 5:15PM : Join us for an Early American History seminar with Paul Finkelman of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and commentor R. Kent [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 1 October, 2017, 12:00 AM