Jonathan White
@civilwarjon.bsky.social
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Big congrats to Jon White @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Aaron Wistar @aaronwistar.bsky.social and @beaconpress.bsky.social!
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Big congrats to Jon White @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Aaron Wistar @aaronwistar.bsky.social and @beaconpress.bsky.social!
I bought this soap at a museum this week. It has a hint of smoke to it.
November 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I bought this soap at a museum this week. It has a hint of smoke to it.
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Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
I lost the citation.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
We use parenthetical citations.
We use parenthetical citations.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I lost the citation.
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Our own alum, Jonathan White M.A. '03, Ph.D. '08 and Lucas Morel recently published “Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln,” which recounts Frederick Douglass' journey from criticism to respect of Abraham Lincoln. Read more here! today.umd.edu/how-frederic...
How Frederick Douglass Changed His Mind About Lincoln | Maryland Today
Alum’s New Book Finds Fresh Nuance in Relationship That Helped End Slavery
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October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our own alum, Jonathan White M.A. '03, Ph.D. '08 and Lucas Morel recently published “Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln,” which recounts Frederick Douglass' journey from criticism to respect of Abraham Lincoln. Read more here! today.umd.edu/how-frederic...
Had a great publication day event yesterday at President Lincoln's Cottage. People flew in from Michigan and Illinois just for the event!
October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Had a great publication day event yesterday at President Lincoln's Cottage. People flew in from Michigan and Illinois just for the event!
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My latest in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about newly discovered Frederick Douglass letters.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
When Historians Rediscovered These Frederick Douglass Letters, They Were Surprised by His Candid Opinions About Abraham Lincoln
In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the 16th president, or his successor, the much-maligned Andrew Johnson
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My latest in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about newly discovered Frederick Douglass letters.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
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Recently spoke with @civilwarjon.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his new book "Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln."
Check it out at the link below!
Check it out at the link below!
Jonathan White and Lucas Morel, "Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln" (Reedy Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Recently spoke with @civilwarjon.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his new book "Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln."
Check it out at the link below!
Check it out at the link below!
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I am posting some Chicago bank notes and shinplasters this week and today's bill features an amazing center vignette of Neptune's sea chariot being pulled by hippocampi. Seated at the back of the chariot is Liberty on a clam shell. Marine Bank of Chicago, IL, $3, 18--.🗃️
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I am posting some Chicago bank notes and shinplasters this week and today's bill features an amazing center vignette of Neptune's sea chariot being pulled by hippocampi. Seated at the back of the chariot is Liberty on a clam shell. Marine Bank of Chicago, IL, $3, 18--.🗃️
My latest in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about newly discovered Frederick Douglass letters.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
When Historians Rediscovered These Frederick Douglass Letters, They Were Surprised by His Candid Opinions About Abraham Lincoln
In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the 16th president, or his successor, the much-maligned Andrew Johnson
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My latest in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about newly discovered Frederick Douglass letters.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
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Washington, DC Set to Dedicate a New Lincoln Statue 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Washington, DC Set to Dedicate a New Lincoln Statue
Last week a 6-feet tall, 600-pound statue of President Abrahan Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation was installed on the steps of the soon-to-be opened African American Civil War Museum in th...
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September 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Washington, DC Set to Dedicate a New Lincoln Statue 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Happy to get my hands on the latest from @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Lucas Morel.
September 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy to get my hands on the latest from @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Lucas Morel.
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As we begin the 1st few weeks of classes, a reminder that FSSP hosts a large collection of classroom-ready documents related to slavery & its destruction. These first-hand testimonies of enslaved people, Black soldiers, & officials give life to lessons on slavery & the contested arc of emancipation.
Freedmen and Southern Society Project: Selected Documents
A selection of documents from Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
www.freedmen.umd.edu
September 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As we begin the 1st few weeks of classes, a reminder that FSSP hosts a large collection of classroom-ready documents related to slavery & its destruction. These first-hand testimonies of enslaved people, Black soldiers, & officials give life to lessons on slavery & the contested arc of emancipation.
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I am so proud of this book and excited for it to get out into the world in a few weeks. We’ve discovered a dozen new documents by Frederick Douglass that are going to change how we think about the relationship between Lincoln and Douglass.
August 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am so proud of this book and excited for it to get out into the world in a few weeks. We’ve discovered a dozen new documents by Frederick Douglass that are going to change how we think about the relationship between Lincoln and Douglass.
I am so proud of this book and excited for it to get out into the world in a few weeks. We’ve discovered a dozen new documents by Frederick Douglass that are going to change how we think about the relationship between Lincoln and Douglass.
August 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am so proud of this book and excited for it to get out into the world in a few weeks. We’ve discovered a dozen new documents by Frederick Douglass that are going to change how we think about the relationship between Lincoln and Douglass.
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I am thrilled to share that the Board of Governors @uncpress.bsky.social granted its unanimous approval for the publication of my biography of Robert Gould Shaw: "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw." l couldn't be more pleased. Shaw appears pleased as well.
August 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am thrilled to share that the Board of Governors @uncpress.bsky.social granted its unanimous approval for the publication of my biography of Robert Gould Shaw: "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw." l couldn't be more pleased. Shaw appears pleased as well.
I piece of wood from the White House roof, installed shortly after the British burned Washington. Notice Eleanor Roosevelt's signature toward the right.
August 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I piece of wood from the White House roof, installed shortly after the British burned Washington. Notice Eleanor Roosevelt's signature toward the right.
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A new Affiliate School Offer is now available! Claim two free posters commemorating Black Lives in the Founding Era.
Poster #1: Phillis Wheatley
Poster #2: James Armistead Lafayette
Claim here: gilderlehrman.org/affiliate
Poster #1: Phillis Wheatley
Poster #2: James Armistead Lafayette
Claim here: gilderlehrman.org/affiliate
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A new Affiliate School Offer is now available! Claim two free posters commemorating Black Lives in the Founding Era.
Poster #1: Phillis Wheatley
Poster #2: James Armistead Lafayette
Claim here: gilderlehrman.org/affiliate
Poster #1: Phillis Wheatley
Poster #2: James Armistead Lafayette
Claim here: gilderlehrman.org/affiliate
Baseball championship at Hoboken, NJ, on August 3, 1865.
August 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Baseball championship at Hoboken, NJ, on August 3, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln and Harry Houdini, ca. 1924.
August 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Abraham Lincoln and Harry Houdini, ca. 1924.
Nineteenth-century photoshop.
August 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nineteenth-century photoshop.
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“the largest ‘unbearded’ Lincoln collection in the world"
Skittles the Chameleon and Lincoln: These Rooms Are Made Just for Them
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“the largest ‘unbearded’ Lincoln collection in the world"
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I worry that the premiere of Ken Burns's new PBS documentary on the American Revolution is going to mean one thing to his audience and another thing entirely to academic historians. Two conversations that have little to do with one another. Let's not go down this road again.
July 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I worry that the premiere of Ken Burns's new PBS documentary on the American Revolution is going to mean one thing to his audience and another thing entirely to academic historians. Two conversations that have little to do with one another. Let's not go down this road again.
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Why We Need Ken Burns Now More Than Ever
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Why We Need Ken Burns Now More Than Ever
I’ve never understood why so many of my fellow historians get so bent out of shape over Ken Burns.
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July 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Why We Need Ken Burns Now More Than Ever
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open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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This is your periodic reminder that if you’ve had your eye on a cool new monograph published by a UP, the cheapest way to get it (other than the library) is almost always direct from the publisher with a discount code.
June 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is your periodic reminder that if you’ve had your eye on a cool new monograph published by a UP, the cheapest way to get it (other than the library) is almost always direct from the publisher with a discount code.