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“The Knowledge of Nature tends to enlarge the human Mind, and give us more noble, more grand and exalted Ideas of the Author of Nature, and if well pursu’d seldom fails to produce something useful to Man...” Ebenezer Kinnersley (1711–78) was a natural philosopher, scientific lecturer, educator, and preacher. Although lesser known than his contemporaries, Kinnersley played a leading role in the celebrated electrical experiments conducted by Franklin’s circle.

Transparency roll of Philip Kahclamet, Kiksht speaker, standing next to his car. During fieldwork he traveled with Dell Hymes, and earlier with linguist Walter Dyk, throughout northern Oregon and southern Washington. The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) has recently completed processing of several collections relating to Indigenous peoples and languages of North America, and more generally relating to linguistics and linguistic anthropology.

Filmina de Philip Kahclamet, hablante de kiksht, de pie junto a su coche. Kahclamet viajó con Dell Hymes por todo el norte de Oregón y el sur de Washington durante su trabajo de campo, anteriormente lo hizo también con el lingüista Walter Dyk. El Centro de Investigaciones Indígenas y Nativo Americanas (CNAIR) concluyó recientemente con el procesamiento de las colecciones de los lingüistas Dell H. Hymes, Michael Silverstein, Bruce Nevin y Bruce Pearson.

Photo credits (clockwise from top left): Daron Acemoglu (Photo by Nobel Prizes), Ben Bernanke (Photo by Paul Morigi), Joseph Stiglitz (Photo by Jérémy Barande / Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay), and Paul Krugman (Photo by Ed Ritger) Election to the American Philosophical Society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields. Those accomplishments don’t end upon induction, however. In this week’s APS Member News Digest, read about artificial intelligence, identity, and America250.

“Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.” Alexander Hamilton (c.1755–1804) was an American Founding Father and polymath. He served as an officer in the American Revolution, worked as a lawyer, and helped establish the United States banking system, serving as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

Title page of Doctrina Christiana In 1692, an unknown Dominican priest authored a Doctrina Christiana in Kaqchikel, a Highland Mayan language. The Doctrina, a text used to explain aspects of the Bible and Christianity more generally, has not been widely studied. Apart from a somewhat faithful translation by Daniel Brinton in 1884, the Doctrina has largely gone unnoticed.

“The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.” John Dewey (1859–1942) was an American psychologist and educational reformer. The overarching theme of his works was a core belief in democracy, be it in politics, education, or communication.

Indigenous towns and territories and settler forts in the Ohio Valley. See an interactive version of this map here. Welcome to “Indian War” and Indigenous Diplomacy, 1776, a project of the Center for Digital Scholarship at the American Philosophical Society. This newsletter will run from July through December, following the events of the Jasper Yeates papers in real time. Today, we present the first installment as a crosspost with The Revolutionary City.

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” Thomas Paine (1737-1809), a philosopher and statesman, is best known for the publication of Common Sense in 1776, a galvanizing text of the American Revolution. Given a platform to spread his writings by his printing mentor Benjamin Franklin, he was recognized and remembered as one of the most influential minds of the Revolution.