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God Save the People! From the Stamp Act to Bunker Hill.
27 February 2015 to 4 September 2015

this exhibition follows the evolution of colonial thought and political action through the letters and diaries of men and women caught up in the conflict. Details

Portrait of John Adams

Adams Resources

WWI Photograph

Exhibition

Detail of the declaration of independence.

Collection Highlights


Object of the Month MHS Gallery Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr

Events

Early American History Seminar

Degrees of Britishness: The People of Albany, New York, and Questions of Cultural Community ...

5:15PM Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Brown Bag

John Quincy Adams and the Paradox of Anglo-American Relations in the Early Republic: The London ...

12:00PM Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Landscape Architecture Series

Charles Eliot and the Modernization of Boston's Landscape

6:00 program with 5:30 reception 6:00PM Wednesday, 4 March 2015
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