Articles with keyword "Nineteenth century"
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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.
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Russian Dreams of an American Colony
Fort Ross on California's rocky coast contained an oasis of Russian refinement.
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Ungoverned Passion
Founding Father and ladies' man Gouverneur Morris flees revolutionary Paris to discover the delights of central Europe.
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Incognito in the Infantry
The story of Cathay Williams, the only known female Buffalo Soldier.
