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In this letter to Mercy Otis Warren dated 23 March 1776, James Bowdoin discusses independence as "absolutely necessary to the well-being of the Colonies." read more
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REGISTER HERE The 1973 film The Friends of Eddie Coyle was not a box office smash but it became a cult classic and was particularly popular among film makers and film ...
REGISTER HERE Emily Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was hesitant about publication, embraced seclusion, and created 1,789 ...
In this informal presentation and Q&A, Mia Levenson, a short-term research fellow at the MHS, will contextualize her research as the intersection of three historical ...
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The Adams Family Papers consist of the writings of two presidents—John Adams and John Quincy Adams—and their families. View documents and transcriptions, biographies, a timeline, and more.
The Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, containing almost 9,000 pages of correspondence, personal manuscript volumes, and more than 400 architectural drawings, is the largest gathering of the personal papers of our third president.
Comprised of manuscripts, photographs, books, pamphlets, broadsides, maps, graphics, newspapers, works of art, and artifacts, MHS collections are unparalleled in their importance for the study of American history.
By Laura Williams, Visitor Services Coordinator It was a sad day for treasure hunters across the U.S. when on 6 June 2020, millionaire art dealer Forrest Fenn’s legendary treasure was reported ...
By Dr. Talya Housman, Threadable Books In 1722, Reverend William Douglass attacked the smallpox inoculation efforts of Cotton Mather and Zabdiel Boylston, dismissing inoculation as based ...
By Angela Tillapaugh, Library Assistant The image above shows a brown silk purse with floral embroidery owned by Sarah Leverett. Small drawstring purses, sometimes called reticules, became ...
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