Articles with keyword "Nineteenth century"
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Teensy-Weensy, Itty-Bitty Shoes
Women's shoes in the early nineteenth century were ideal for doing nothing.
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"Terrific in Denunciation"
Abraham Lincoln's legal papers reveal a surprising cache of sundry clients and dramatic litigation.
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Impertinent Questions with Margaret A. Hogan
Margaret A. Hogan discusses the letters and lives of John and Abigail Adams.
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The Early American Salon
In the manuscript culture of the pre-print age, a lost world of poetry has been rediscovered.
Curio
Of Stillness and Light
With Henry David Thoreau, winter walks can quickly turn into "frolic gambols."
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The Orphan Scholar
Philip Lampi's lifelong quest to document elections of the early Republic.
Conversation
Letters From Robert E. Lee
Elizabeth Brown Pryor talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about her dual careers as a historian of antebellum America and a highly decorated diplomat working for the State Department.