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Quick Link: I will get to this soon

The Second Seal wrote 2 weeks ago: An Atheist Muslim’s Perspective on the ‘Root Causes’ of Islamist Jihadism and the … more →

Tags: Confessions, Links, Islam, US History

The Founding Fathers Drop It Like It's Hot

Mark R. Cheathem wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m speechless. Because nothing says “Founding Fathers” chic like fabric depicting … more →

Tags: George Washington, Founding Fathers

"We are strong,...

cbcrenshaw wrote 3 weeks ago: “We are strong, we are numerous as the stars in heaven, and we are all gun-men.” Thomas … more →

Tags: History, Early America, 18*06!, Thomas Jefferson, american indians, Native Americans

57: Drew McCoy's The Elusive Republic

Kirsten Ronald wrote 1 month ago: In The Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian America, Drew McCoy investigates the fier … more →

Tags: american studies, Westward Expansion, antebellum, Progress, American Revolution, industrialization, Economics, Political Economy, Jeffersonian

The (Library) Circulation Will Be Televised...Or At Least Digitized

Aaron Brunmeier wrote 1 month ago: The Kinks have a wonderful song called “The Village Green Society,” and while this blog … more →

Tags: digital history, New York, Library

Reading Becomes a Necessity of Life5 comments

Seth wrote 2 months ago: William J. Gilmore’s Reading Becomes a Necessity of Life is an odd book. Published by University of … more →

Tags: Book Review, Works Reconsidered, Communication, Cultural History, Historiography, Information Networks, New England, Print culture, Reading

Policy and Constitutional Principle6 comments

Ken Owen wrote 2 months ago: As a Brit teaching early American history in the US, I’m often asked how I came to be fascinat … more →

Tags: Commentary, Opinion, constitution, Policy, Politics, unconstitutionality

Alexander Hamilton's Originalism6 comments

Tom Cutterham wrote 2 months ago: We should read each legal document according to the plain sense of the text: the sense that was unde … more →

Tags: Commentary, 1780's, Alexander Hamilton, Law, Legal History, Originalism

Gender Identity in Native-American Cultures during the 18th and 19th Centuries

Allan wrote 3 months ago: Native-American shamans who were said to manifest the traits of both male and female spirits were re … more →

Tags: Race, Cultural History, Native Americans, GLBT, Sexuality

The New New Political History

Mark R. Cheathem wrote 3 months ago: The Junto posted a roundtable last week on the New New Political History (NNPH). I encourage all ear … more →

Samuel Latham Mitchill papers, 1801-1859, bulk dates 1802-1813

Lindsay Turley wrote 4 months ago: Extent: 2 boxes (.8 linear feet) The Samuel Latham Mitchill papers primarily consist of letters from … more →

Tags: Museum of the City of New York, Family and Corporate Papers, manuscript collections, 19th Century, Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831), Catherine Akerly Cock Mitchill (1778-1864), united states congress, Washington D C, Albany (N.Y.)

Livingston Family Papers, 1719-1929, bulk dates 1736-1810

Lindsay Turley wrote 4 months ago: Extent:3 boxes (1.3 linear feet) A combination of seven gifts from Livingston family descendents, th … more →

Tags: Museum of the City of New York, Family and Corporate Papers, manuscript collections, Livingston family, 18th Century, 19th Century, Robert Fulton (1765-1815), Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), New Orleans, LA

"Anonymous and Cacophonous Pleasures"4 comments

Jonathan Wilson wrote 5 months ago: REVIEW: The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture. By Jared Gardner. The History of Commu … more →

Tags: Book Review, Benjamin Franklin, charles brockden brown, Federalism, jared gardner, Joseph Dennie, Magazines, New England Magazine, Newspapers

Burr Speaks Out

Jonathan Wilson wrote 5 months ago: I’ve just discovered this delightful short film, in which Aaron Burr gives us his version of w … more →

Tags: Movies, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, American History, Dana O'Keefe, Documentary, duel, Historiography, History

Welcome the Members of the Early American Junto1 comment

Mark R. Cheathem wrote 5 months ago: Members of The Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History plan to begin posting on December 10 (U … more →

Review of Slavery in America

mrlundapush wrote 6 months ago: … more →

Tags: Labor, African-Americans, CH3, Slavery, ch17, Nationalism

Excellent Review of Jackson’s Presidency and Impact

mrlundapush wrote 6 months ago: Go here: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/alife/defender_union.html There is a great summary on … more →

Tags: Rise of Democracy, ch13

The Cumberland Road

mrlundapush wrote 7 months ago: Go to this site (http://www.history-magazine.com/natroad.html) by History Magazine and read the arti … more →

Tags: Economy, ch14

The Bird on the Rhinoceros

Jonathan Wilson wrote 7 months ago: At the conferences and in the journals of historians, attention to literature of the early republic  … more →

Tags: Historiography, Early America, Literature, Politics, Print culture, Public Sphere


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