Overview :John Bartram (1699-1777), the first native-born American to devote his entire life to the study of nature, was an eminently practical man, a... Read More
Overview :An important new interpretation of the American colonists' 150-year struggle to achieve independence"What do we mean by the Revolution?" Joh... Read More
Overview :When President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he est... Read More
Overview :Among the Clarendon papers held by the Bodleian Library and the Portland Manuscripts appear copies of a long and detailed letter of advice w... Read More
Overview :The Sewards of New York shines a light on one of the most important and fascinating political families of the nineteenth century. Through re... Read More
Overview :This provocative work challenges traditional accounts of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition across the continent and back again... Read More
Overview :When four young men, slaves on Edward Gorsuch's Maryland farm, escaped to rural Pennsylvania in 1849, the owner swore he'd bring them back. ... Read More