The JER Announces the 2017 Ralph D. Gray Prize for Best Original Article
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SHEAR 2017: HSP Hours & Free Admission

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As in the past, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will…
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#SHEAR17 Social Media Recommendations

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For attendees who use Twitter during the annual meeting this…
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SHEAR 2017: Less Than One Week Away!

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Dear SHEARites, it’s less than a week until our 39th annual…
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SHEAR 2017: Conference Pre-Registration Ends This Friday

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If you are planning to attend SHEAR's annual meeting in Philadelphia…
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Indians in the Family: Adoption and the Politics of Antebellum Expansion

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Dawn Peterson is an assistant professor of early North American…
Survey Strife: Transparent Pedagogy as a Multiracial Woman in the Classroom
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JER Social Media Rollout: Hashtags to Know and Love

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Over at The Panorama, JER editor Cathy Kelly has written a post…
JER Social Media Rollout
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William Blake, “Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave,” 1795 in John Gabriel Stedman’s The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam.
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Michael A. Morrison, 1948-2017

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Dear Colleagues, I write with the sad and shocking news that…
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Other People’s Money: How Banking Worked in the Early Republic

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Sharon Ann Murphy,  a professor of history at Providence College,…
“What does the imperdent nigger mean, my love.” Edward Clay, “Life in Philadelphia”: A Dead Cut, published by S. Hart, 1829. Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society.