FYI, Mass Historical @mhs1791.bsky.social has an exhibition of rare manuscripts and artifacts from Independence open right now through December 19. It's called “1776: Declaring Independence." It's very cool. See: www.masshist.org/exhibitions
July 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
FYI, Mass Historical @mhs1791.bsky.social has an exhibition of rare manuscripts and artifacts from Independence open right now through December 19. It's called “1776: Declaring Independence." It's very cool. See: www.masshist.org/exhibitions
🗃️ Super excited to share that we’re hiring at the Adams Papers, come work with us! @mhs1791.bsky.social www.masshist.org/admin/upload...
www.masshist.org
April 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🗃️ Super excited to share that we’re hiring at the Adams Papers, come work with us! @mhs1791.bsky.social www.masshist.org/admin/upload...
@sarageorgini.bsky.social is a historian, author, and Series Editor for the ‘Papers of John Adams,’ at @mhs1791.bsky.social. Georgini shares how John Adams, writing to his wife Abigail in 1776, envisioned generations of Americans celebrating independence with pomp and parade. #WeAreAmerica250
July 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
@sarageorgini.bsky.social is a historian, author, and Series Editor for the ‘Papers of John Adams,’ at @mhs1791.bsky.social. Georgini shares how John Adams, writing to his wife Abigail in 1776, envisioned generations of Americans celebrating independence with pomp and parade. #WeAreAmerica250
I love @mhs1791.bsky.social so damn much.
May 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I love @mhs1791.bsky.social so damn much.
Hello Bluesky! The MHS is the oldest historical society in the US founded in 1791! Follow along to learn more about our vast collections and archives, as well as our array of programs.
#MHS1791 🗃️
#MHS1791 🗃️
December 2, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Hello Bluesky! The MHS is the oldest historical society in the US founded in 1791! Follow along to learn more about our vast collections and archives, as well as our array of programs.
#MHS1791 🗃️
#MHS1791 🗃️
I'm sitting in the @mhs1791.bsky.social reading room on a lovely February morning and I just love this place so much.
February 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm sitting in the @mhs1791.bsky.social reading room on a lovely February morning and I just love this place so much.
My favorite archive, @mhs1791.bsky.social, took this great photograph of Theodore Parker’s letter books, which serve as a textual core of my book coming out next year. I’ve argued they’re among the richest collections for antebellum religion & abolition.
Documents are cool. Archives are the best.
Documents are cool. Archives are the best.
September 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM
My favorite archive, @mhs1791.bsky.social, took this great photograph of Theodore Parker’s letter books, which serve as a textual core of my book coming out next year. I’ve argued they’re among the richest collections for antebellum religion & abolition.
Documents are cool. Archives are the best.
Documents are cool. Archives are the best.
Thanks to @mhs1791.bsky.social for digitizing this treasure & making it accessible to the public.
December 30, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Thanks to @mhs1791.bsky.social for digitizing this treasure & making it accessible to the public.
Very much looking forward to @kcarterjackson.bsky.social’s talk @mhs1791.bsky.social on Monday 2/3, join us in person & online! 🗃️
Register now for our program next Monday:
"We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance"
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social, Wellesley College, in conversation with Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, MHS Director of Research
3 February, 2025 | 6 PM ET | In person & online
www.masshist.org/events/Speak...
"We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance"
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social, Wellesley College, in conversation with Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, MHS Director of Research
3 February, 2025 | 6 PM ET | In person & online
www.masshist.org/events/Speak...
February 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Very much looking forward to @kcarterjackson.bsky.social’s talk @mhs1791.bsky.social on Monday 2/3, join us in person & online! 🗃️
I love being @mhs1791.bsky.social. Happy Friday y'all, this has been a great day in the archives.
February 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I love being @mhs1791.bsky.social. Happy Friday y'all, this has been a great day in the archives.
It's been a really great month of research @mhs1791.bsky.social and @historicdeerfield.bsky.social, but I'm ready to go home and hug my kids.
May 23, 2026 at 1:02 AM
It's been a really great month of research @mhs1791.bsky.social and @historicdeerfield.bsky.social, but I'm ready to go home and hug my kids.
🗃️ Prepping a fun show-and-tell today 🧩 @mhs1791.bsky.social
July 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🗃️ Prepping a fun show-and-tell today 🧩 @mhs1791.bsky.social
Reading letters in a very quiet @mhs1791.bsky.social, going to eat a combo platter at Shah's Halal next door when it's done, Saturday is going well.
February 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Reading letters in a very quiet @mhs1791.bsky.social, going to eat a combo platter at Shah's Halal next door when it's done, Saturday is going well.
🗃️ 🕺🏽 Gotta love John Quincy Adams’ doodles of Swedish dance parties in the 1780s, ah to be a teenage diplomat exploring Europe! Join us for a special event @mhs1791.bsky.social on 4/30! www.masshist.org/events/Aroun...
April 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🗃️ 🕺🏽 Gotta love John Quincy Adams’ doodles of Swedish dance parties in the 1780s, ah to be a teenage diplomat exploring Europe! Join us for a special event @mhs1791.bsky.social on 4/30! www.masshist.org/events/Aroun...
Glad I'll be back in Boston on Sunday, excited to see friends (poke me, Bostonians), and looking forward to the glories of @mhs1791.bsky.social for a couple weeks.
January 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Glad I'll be back in Boston on Sunday, excited to see friends (poke me, Bostonians), and looking forward to the glories of @mhs1791.bsky.social for a couple weeks.
My NERFC fellowship is complete, and it was wonderful. My profound thanks to the @congrelib.bsky.social and the Boston Athenaeum and @bpl.boston.gov and @mhs1791.bsky.social and @historicdeerfield.bsky.social and Williams College for a transformative year of research.
June 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My NERFC fellowship is complete, and it was wonderful. My profound thanks to the @congrelib.bsky.social and the Boston Athenaeum and @bpl.boston.gov and @mhs1791.bsky.social and @historicdeerfield.bsky.social and Williams College for a transformative year of research.
Happening tomorrow! Come and join us online at @mhs1791.bsky.social 🗃️
Very excited to present on my new book project that examines the history of Pins and Needles! Come join us online on April 22 at 5pm @mhs1791.bsky.social 🗃
Our next Modern American History seminar on Tue, 22 Apr, at 5p (EDT), features @einavrfox.bsky.social's "Left on Broadway: Pins & Needles and the Cultural Work of Labor Unions." @erikloomis.bsky.social commenting.
Free online event.
Register here: www.masshist.org/events/pins-...
Free online event.
Register here: www.masshist.org/events/pins-...
April 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Happening tomorrow! Come and join us online at @mhs1791.bsky.social 🗃️
Man @mhs1791.bsky.social has such treasures.
May 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Man @mhs1791.bsky.social has such treasures.
🍰Happy birthday, @mhs1791.bsky.social! From the #Beehive #archives: I wrote about how John Adams answered reference questions for #MHS1791 founder Jeremy Belknap...🗃️ www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/...
Founder to Founder | Beehive
www.masshist.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🍰Happy birthday, @mhs1791.bsky.social! From the #Beehive #archives: I wrote about how John Adams answered reference questions for #MHS1791 founder Jeremy Belknap...🗃️ www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/...
🗃️ Glad to chat with @wgbh.org about Abigail Adams’ words & how to be a revolutionary in 1776 @mhs1791.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Abigail Adams implored her husband to ‘remember the ladies.’ Here’s what she meant.
While it’s been used as a rallying cry for women’s political rights, the famous phrase may have had more to do with tyranny at home.
www.wgbh.org
May 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
🗃️ Glad to chat with @wgbh.org about Abigail Adams’ words & how to be a revolutionary in 1776 @mhs1791.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
I miss my father, but I'm a historian because of him, and we can mourn the present while delving into the grief of the past. I wrote a thing about a document I found @mhs1791.bsky.social and about how much the emotional weight of the journal meant to me--give it a read, if you're interested.
A powerful look at how women’s writing during the Seven Years’ War reveals the raw emotion, loss, and humanity often hidden in colonial archives. A moving reminder that behind every global conflict are intimate stories worth remembering. @tlecaque.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/02/h...
Heartbreak on the Colonial Front: Women’s Writing, the Seven Years War, and Humanity in the Archive
By Thomas Lecaque This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Patrick Lecaque, 1/15/1949-10/11/2025, who taught his son the joy of history, of research, of discovery, and to find the individuals…
ageofrevolutions.com
March 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I miss my father, but I'm a historian because of him, and we can mourn the present while delving into the grief of the past. I wrote a thing about a document I found @mhs1791.bsky.social and about how much the emotional weight of the journal meant to me--give it a read, if you're interested.
🗃️ “I have Children and Grandchildren and little to leave them besides their Liberty. I am sometimes more anxious for this than my Philosophy approves.”—John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 14 March 1809 #amreading #AdamsPapers @mhs1791.bsky.social
June 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
🗃️ “I have Children and Grandchildren and little to leave them besides their Liberty. I am sometimes more anxious for this than my Philosophy approves.”—John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 14 March 1809 #amreading #AdamsPapers @mhs1791.bsky.social
Great thrill to be in conversation with Jen Manion @manionjen.bsky.social at the Charles River Museum @charlesrivermuseum.bsky.social for the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize celebration, awarded by the Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Great thrill to be in conversation with Jen Manion @manionjen.bsky.social at the Charles River Museum @charlesrivermuseum.bsky.social for the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize celebration, awarded by the Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social
Man, the @mhs1791.bsky.social is just such a wonderful place and their holdings are so incredible and there's not a lot else to say about it.
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Man, the @mhs1791.bsky.social is just such a wonderful place and their holdings are so incredible and there's not a lot else to say about it.
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June 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM