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Author : Jonathan Trumbull
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Trumbull Papers written by Jonathan Trumbull and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis Leonard Tucker
Publisher : Massachusetts Historical Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Massachusetts Historical Society written by Louis Leonard Tucker and published by Massachusetts Historical Society. This book was released on 1995 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jeremy Belknap and seven associates met in Boston on January 24, 1791, to establish the Massachusetts Historical Society, there was nothing like it anywhere in North America. Belknap, concerned that accident and carelessness were jeopardizing America's documentary heritage, proposed an organization to provide a secure repository for rare manuscripts and printed works and a publication program to "multiply the copies" of these valuable items. The Society that eight Boston gentlemen created that evening was the first institution anywhere for "the collection and preservation of materials for a political and natural history of the United States". The Massachusetts Historical Society: A Bicentennial History, 1791-1991, is a candid and detailed account of this remarkable institution's first two centuries. Despite its location and its name, the Society has never been a provincial institution, dedicated to chronicling the story of a single city or state. Through its incomparable library and publications, as well as through the writings of such illustrious members as Belknap, Francis Parkman, William Hickling Prescott, Samuel Eliot Morison, and scores of modern scholars, the Society has been - and continues to be - a profound influence on the study of a nation's history.
Author : Henry Adams
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9781936520091
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Private Jefferson written by Henry Adams and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition The private Jefferson: from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, opened at the Society on January 29, 2016"--Title page verso.
Author : Samuel Sewall
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Selling of Joseph written by Samuel Sewall and published by . This book was released on 1700 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abram C. Van Engen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300252315
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book City on a Hill written by Abram C. Van Engen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh, original history of America’s national narratives, told through the loss, recovery, and rise of one influential Puritan sermon from 1630 to the present day In this illuminating book, Abram Van Engen shows how the phrase “City on a Hill,” from a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop, shaped the story of American exceptionalism in the twentieth century. By tracing the history of Winthrop’s speech, its changing status throughout time, and its use in modern politics, Van Engen asks us to reevaluate our national narratives. He tells the story of curators, librarians, collectors, archivists, antiquarians, and often anonymous figures who emphasized the role of the Pilgrims and Puritans in American history, paving the way for the saving and sanctifying of a single sermon. This sermon’s rags-to-riches rise reveals the way national stories take shape and shows us how those tales continue to influence competing visions of the country—the many different meanings of America that emerge from its literary past.
Author : Massachusetts Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society written by Massachusetts Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360.
Author : Malcolm Storer
Publisher : [Cambridge, Mass.] : Massachusetts Historical Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Numismatics of Massachusetts written by Malcolm Storer and published by [Cambridge, Mass.] : Massachusetts Historical Society. This book was released on 1923 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Primarily it is a catalogue of the pieces in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society...."--Pref.
Author : Kimberly S. Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936520138
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Fashioning the New England Family written by Kimberly S. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As America's first historical society, the Massachusetts Historical Society has collected family materials since 1791, including long-cherished pieces of clothing that were acquired alongside papers such as letters and diaries. Because of the different storage requirements for textiles and manuscripts, these survivors-many of them hundreds of years old-have largely been divorced from their familial ties. Fashioning the New England Family, an initiative encompassing a fall 2018 exhibition and this companion volume, reconnects the textiles with the associated stories carried in the family papers. Generously illustrated with full-color photographs of garments, fabrics, and accessories, including exquisite detail shots, the book creates a lasting overview of the exhibition but also delves into specific topics. The chapters cover a spam of more than three hundred years, tracing the history of New England clothing from the colonial seventeenth century, through the Revolutionary eighteenth century, and into the national nineteenth. In these pages, readers will find a fragment of Mayflower passenger Priscilla Mullins Alden's dress; Governor John Leverett's bloodstained buff coat, which saw battle in the English Civil War; and the luxurious Spitalfields green silk damask wedding dress and shoes that Rebecca Tailer Byles wore at her 1747 wedding in Boston. Across these examples and more, the text traces patterns of global production and local consumption and reuse, demonstrating how New Englanders used costume to establish their situation, especially in terms of class and gender, and also to express their political affiliations. Patriots and loyalists-Hancocks, Adamses, Dawses, and Olivers-make many appearances, as they are so well represented in the society's rich holdings. Manuscripts drawn from the collections-receipts, daybooks, account books, diaries-further amplify the historical insights, even at times making it possible to interpret the way in which a specific garment may have embodied one individual's sense of identity. Distributed for the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author : Massachusetts Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society written by Massachusetts Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360.
Author : Gardner Weld Allen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution written by Gardner Weld Allen and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A privateer, strickly speaking, was a private armed vessel carrying no cargo and devoted exclusively to warlike use."--Intro., p. 14.
Author : Massachusetts Horticultural Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society written by Massachusetts Horticultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annie Haven Thwing
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780343767808
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (678 download)
Download or read book The Crooked & Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston 1630-1822 written by Annie Haven Thwing and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Gordon S. Wood
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 1588361586
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book The American Revolution written by Gordon S. Wood and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact with the older, classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two hundred years.”—Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers A magnificent account of the revolution in arms and consciousness that gave birth to the American republic. When Abraham Lincoln sought to define the significance of the United States, he naturally looked back to the American Revolution. He knew that the Revolution not only had legally created the United States, but also had produced all of the great hopes and values of the American people. Our noblest ideals and aspirations-our commitments to freedom, constitutionalism, the well-being of ordinary people, and equality-came out of the Revolutionary era. Lincoln saw as well that the Revolution had convinced Americans that they were a special people with a special destiny to lead the world toward liberty. The Revolution, in short, gave birth to whatever sense of nationhood and national purpose Americans have had. No doubt the story is a dramatic one: Thirteen insignificant colonies three thousand miles from the centers of Western civilization fought off British rule to become, in fewer than three decades, a huge, sprawling, rambunctious republic of nearly four million citizens. But the history of the American Revolution, like the history of the nation as a whole, ought not to be viewed simply as a story of right and wrong from which moral lessons are to be drawn. It is a complicated and at times ironic story that needs to be explained and understood, not blindly celebrated or condemned. How did this great revolution come about? What was its character? What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood’s mastery of his subject, and of the historian’s craft.
Author : Lynne Z. Bassett
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584657453
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Massachusetts Quilts written by Lynne Z. Bassett and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2009 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive treasury of Massachusetts's historic quilts, and a tribute to the creative spirit of their makers
Author : Paul E. Curran
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625846789
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Milford Chronicles written by Paul E. Curran and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milford, Massachusetts, incorporated in 1780, rests on the cusp of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Granite and manufacturing jobs drew immigrants to this small town during the Industrial Revolution to form a richly textured community. In this collection of the best of his columns, local historian Paul E. Curran chronicles the lives and achievements of many who left indelible imprints on Milford. Some contributed distinctive architecture, such as the stately Town Hall and the only Irish round tower in the country. Others offered gifts for the mind--major contributions to the national library system and the original version of the children's classic The Little Engine that Could. There were extraordinary athletes, intrepid travelers and those who marked the social conscience through personal sacrifice. Milford Chronicles celebrates the spirit of all who contributed to the community's rich and enduring history.
Author : Jonathan Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book The Branded Hand written by Jonathan Walker and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the ordeal of Jonathan Walker, a ship captain who in 1844 attempted to help four slaves escape from Florida to the Bahamas.
Author : Gerald W. R. Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936520060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Cabinetmaker and the Carver written by Gerald W. R. Ward and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries Boston has been one of the most important furniture-making centers in America. Soon after the town’s founding in 1630, Boston’s joiners and turners were the first craftsmen to make furniture in British North America, and the city’s cabinetmakers contributed to the art and craft of furniture making throughout the elegant colonial and federal periods. Its factories and designers have also been a source of fine furniture, creating major pieces in the various revival styles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society, The Cabinetmaker and the Carver showcases rare and exemplary pieces from private collections, illustrating three centuries of Boston history through carefully selected examples of furniture that represent the trajectory of this great tradition.
