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The Scientist Turned Spy: André Michaux, Thomas Jefferson, and the Conspiracy of 1793
On September 17, Constitution Day, Patrick Spero—the incoming chief executive officer of the American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum in Philadelphia—will release his new book, The Scientist Turned Spy: André Michaux, Thomas Jefferson, and the Conspiracy of 1793.
USIP’s ‘First in War, First in Peace’ Series
Last Friday, the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met in Washington to sign an agreement to end 30 years of conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region. The peace deal was accompanied by commitments to build a “regional economic integration framework” and promises of U.S. investment in eastern DRC’s abundant critical mineral reserves, among other commercial agreements.
Adams vs. Jefferson Got Nastier and Nastier
This spring, a small cadre of Williams College students is participating in an experimental history course on the American Presidents. Instead of producing papers, as is the norm in most history classes, the students will create video campaign ads for the presidential elections from Washington to Lincoln. There's a catch, though. The students can only use images, quotes, documents, and music from the era. They cannot use anything that came afterwards.
What happens when a World Heritage City can’t support its own heritage? | Opinion
The two recent shockwaves in the history community involving the closing of the Philadelphia History Museum and a staff reduction at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania didn’t come as a complete surprise, but their quick succession has led many to question the future of collections-based historical institutions in the city.
Why Are U.S. Borders Straight Lines?
More than a century before the U.S. Civil War, between 1735 and 1737, Maryland and Pennsylvania had their own war, of sorts. The result of this conflict would be the survey of the Mason-Dixon line, a potent symbol of the separation between the North and the South. Its reasons for existing are, ultimately, a cartographic error, an inconsistency between two charters, which led to violence in the first half of the eighteenth century.
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