Katy Telling
@katytelling.bsky.social
JCB Postdoc 2026 Coordinator || PhD, History. Family + Household Authority + Quakers in the 18th/17th-c. American South. Texan. She/Her. All views my own. 📍 PVD.
Productions Editor: Commonplace Journal
Productions Editor: Commonplace Journal
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We are most grateful to the @browndailyherald.bsky.social for Ella Piscatello's piece on our new exhibition, "1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library."
Read all about it! www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026...
Read all about it! www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026...
‘Think hemispherically’: New library exhibit offers a glimpse into life across the Americas in 1776
John Carter Brown Library’s new exhibit speaks to the mundane and transformative moments of 1776.
www.browndailyherald.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
We are most grateful to the @browndailyherald.bsky.social for Ella Piscatello's piece on our new exhibition, "1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library."
Read all about it! www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026...
Read all about it! www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026...
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Everything about trans history (and much LGBTQ+ history) has been erased from government websites since last year this time. See @outhistory.bsky.social @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social and other groups that have been speaking out and documenting this for a while now. 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Everything about trans history (and much LGBTQ+ history) has been erased from government websites since last year this time. See @outhistory.bsky.social @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social and other groups that have been speaking out and documenting this for a while now. 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
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Please circulate and share this important resource: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
The Early Republic Tracker
The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…
thepanorama.shear.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Please circulate and share this important resource: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
I truly cannot stop thinking about the Ann Lee film.
February 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I truly cannot stop thinking about the Ann Lee film.
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NEW on Commonplace: You may be familiar with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, but have you heard of Dr. William Griggs? Benjamin Ray examines Griggs's medical context and the role the physician played in setting off the famous witch panic.
commonplace.online/article/the-...
commonplace.online/article/the-...
The Medical Doctor Who Triggered the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 - Commonplace
There is little historical information about Dr. Griggs, but what little there is, is significant. Also important are historians’ assessments of his medical competence and moral character.
commonplace.online
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
NEW on Commonplace: You may be familiar with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, but have you heard of Dr. William Griggs? Benjamin Ray examines Griggs's medical context and the role the physician played in setting off the famous witch panic.
commonplace.online/article/the-...
commonplace.online/article/the-...
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Research $$ in peace history, Quaker history and more!
Call for applications for research funding @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social Special Collections.
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/re...
Call for applications for research funding @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social Special Collections.
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/re...
February 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Research $$ in peace history, Quaker history and more!
Call for applications for research funding @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social Special Collections.
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/re...
Call for applications for research funding @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social Special Collections.
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/re...
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Kao Kalia Yang at @literaryhub.bsky.social - "If they take me and leave the children." One of our great local writers at this moment of crisis.
Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”
Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…
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January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Kao Kalia Yang at @literaryhub.bsky.social - "If they take me and leave the children." One of our great local writers at this moment of crisis.
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NEW on Commonplace:
A historical novel imagines the world of self-taught composer, leather tanner, and Boston Whig, William Billings. In his essay for Commonplace, David Stowe explores the life and works of the man who inspired his most recent writing ventures.
commonplace.online/article/writ...
A historical novel imagines the world of self-taught composer, leather tanner, and Boston Whig, William Billings. In his essay for Commonplace, David Stowe explores the life and works of the man who inspired his most recent writing ventures.
commonplace.online/article/writ...
Writing William Billings - Commonplace
When historical details are nonexistent, make them up. Not usually considered sound advice to historians, granted, but possibly warranted under these circumstances.
commonplace.online
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
NEW on Commonplace:
A historical novel imagines the world of self-taught composer, leather tanner, and Boston Whig, William Billings. In his essay for Commonplace, David Stowe explores the life and works of the man who inspired his most recent writing ventures.
commonplace.online/article/writ...
A historical novel imagines the world of self-taught composer, leather tanner, and Boston Whig, William Billings. In his essay for Commonplace, David Stowe explores the life and works of the man who inspired his most recent writing ventures.
commonplace.online/article/writ...
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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Interested in the history of enslaved people, Black history, and George Washington?
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
Black History at the Vassall Estate Special History Study (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Interested in the history of enslaved people, Black history, and George Washington?
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
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Here's one of the panels that Trump just removed from the President's House site in Philadelphia. (I took this picture of it last March. A couple of weeks later I led a walking tour that included the site.) Does this information "disparage" the United States?
![MOUNT VERNON TO PHILADELPHIA:
A Path to Freedom-For Some
The nine enslaved men and women of the President's House were chosen by Washington to accompany him to Philadelphia. They were separated from their families back in Mount Vernon and rotated out of state regularly to prevent them from gaining freedom under Pennsylvania law.
CHARACTERS
Christopher Sheels, enslaved attendant to Washington
Hercules. enslaved cook
Richmond, Hercules' enslaved son
Giles, enslaved stable hand
Oney Judge, enslaved maid and seamstress to Martha
Austin, Ona's enslaved half brother, house servant
Paris. enslaved stable hand
Moll, enslaved maid to Martha
Joe Richardson, enslaved postillion for the presidential coach
[Floor plan]
SERVANTS' EATING HALL](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kok4aqdr3qnsj6ktfkq76kqz/bafkreibrargcgl4dng3rc2jltpsj32eaxyu7tgj3b6w36scpezni3ltm6m@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Here's one of the panels that Trump just removed from the President's House site in Philadelphia. (I took this picture of it last March. A couple of weeks later I led a walking tour that included the site.) Does this information "disparage" the United States?
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
This is so depressing.
Records show that, in addition to discussing the city’s six-day water crisis, Avula routinely used OpenAI’s popular chatbot to help write speeches and letters, prepare for interviews and develop policy
‘Make this sound more like Danny Avula’: here’s how the mayor used ChatGPT in 2025
Records show that, in addition to discussing the city’s six-day water crisis, Avula routinely used OpenAI’s popular chatbot to help write speeches and letters, prepare for interviews and develop policy
richmond.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This is so depressing.
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Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
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If you're in Providence, join us on Thursday! We'll talk about all the editions of Common Sense that the JCB owns.
Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at noon in the John Carter Brown Library Conference Room for a viewing of JCB copies of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense featuring Dr. Joseph Adelman.
Registration is required. Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
Registration is required. Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
If you're in Providence, join us on Thursday! We'll talk about all the editions of Common Sense that the JCB owns.
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Lots of people are familiar with the Fugitive Slave Act protests of the 1850s, but fewer know about the campaign led by Black Bostonians to protect themselves and their neighbors from kidnappings in 1788 (just as MA was ratifying the Constitution).
This was all happening weeks after Massachusetts ratified the US Constitution. Free Black people were being kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Prince Hall and the Black community in Boston pulled together to defend themselves and their neighbors, and the Governor listened to them.
Prince Hall and the Black community in Boston pulled together to defend themselves and their neighbors, and the Governor listened to them.
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Lots of people are familiar with the Fugitive Slave Act protests of the 1850s, but fewer know about the campaign led by Black Bostonians to protect themselves and their neighbors from kidnappings in 1788 (just as MA was ratifying the Constitution).
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this, too, is a gospel.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
this, too, is a gospel.
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PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE!
Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at noon in the JCB Conference Room for a viewing of JCB copies of Thomas Paine's Common Sense featuring Dr. Joseph Adelman.
This event is in person only. Registration is required.
Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at noon in the JCB Conference Room for a viewing of JCB copies of Thomas Paine's Common Sense featuring Dr. Joseph Adelman.
This event is in person only. Registration is required.
Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE!
Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at noon in the JCB Conference Room for a viewing of JCB copies of Thomas Paine's Common Sense featuring Dr. Joseph Adelman.
This event is in person only. Registration is required.
Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at noon in the JCB Conference Room for a viewing of JCB copies of Thomas Paine's Common Sense featuring Dr. Joseph Adelman.
This event is in person only. Registration is required.
Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
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A quick 🧵 about Thurgood Marshall, civil rights, and Trump’s recent argument that, “White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a college or university.” (You can find more in chapter 8 of The State Must Provide)
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A quick 🧵 about Thurgood Marshall, civil rights, and Trump’s recent argument that, “White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a college or university.” (You can find more in chapter 8 of The State Must Provide)
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Academic and Native friends, please share this CFP and/or consider submitting a proposal! The organizers would love perspectives from outside the academy as well.
www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...
www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...
Call for Proposals — 350th Anniversary of King Philip's War/Metacom's Rebellion - Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield is hosting a one-day conference next year to commemorate the 350th anniversary of King Philip’s War/Metacom’s Rebellion, with the goals of helping a broad audience learn more about ...
www.historic-deerfield.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Academic and Native friends, please share this CFP and/or consider submitting a proposal! The organizers would love perspectives from outside the academy as well.
www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...
www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...
Still time to apply! Come hang out with me in Providence to discuss all things religion 🔽
Reminder for the Conference on Religions and Freedom c. 1776 to be held in Providence June 4-6.
The deadline for submissions is TOMORROW, January 15!
Details at jcblibrary.org/events/confe...
The deadline for submissions is TOMORROW, January 15!
Details at jcblibrary.org/events/confe...
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Still time to apply! Come hang out with me in Providence to discuss all things religion 🔽
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"I mourn over my bleeding country: with them I weep at her distress, and with them deeply resent the many injuries she has received from the hands of cruel and unreasonable men." - Dr. Joseph Warren, Boston, March 6, 1775
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"I mourn over my bleeding country: with them I weep at her distress, and with them deeply resent the many injuries she has received from the hands of cruel and unreasonable men." - Dr. Joseph Warren, Boston, March 6, 1775
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Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...