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Thomas Lannon
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Library Director, Washington, D.C. Manuscripts, books, archives, libraries, history, militaria in American Revolution. Previously @nypl & currently https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org
For Bluesky, for what it's worth, I'm thrilled to help out with the conference "The American Revolution and Its Legacies from 1776 to Today” to be held in Washington D.C. September 14-16, 2025. Call for proposals is live at: www.jackmillercenter.org/call-for-pro...
Call for Papers: History Conference, "The American Revolution and Its Legacies from 1776 to Today" - Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center invites papers for a September 2025 History Conference in Washington, D.C.
www.jackmillercenter.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Excited to share news over at the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati about the inaugural Thomas Jay McCahill III Fellowship that supports advanced research on colonial British America and the early American republic.
www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/thomas-jay-m...
January 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Something about the De l'Imprimerie de la République printing years as simply "An VI" makes ambitions of French Revolution little more tangible (1798 is "year 6")
November 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Fun fragment from Society of the Cincinnati library has an Ode to Friendship (derived from Psalms and anticipating Emily Dickinson?) with a description of casualties of Brandywine on verso... cdm16923.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
November 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Wonderful catalog here from Mark Funke, Bookseller
Now available: Our newest catalogue on the history of engineering. The early printing collection of Jaroslav Polivka (1886-1960).

funkebooks.com/lists/polivka
Engineering & Early Printing Catalogue of Jaroslav Polivka
funkebooks.com
November 13, 2024 at 4:47 PM