Michael Hattem
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And so her father sends the letter to Martha Washington, who then responds by including a lock of Washington's hair. So his aunt Es erinnert mich, dass ich das Teil meiner Wille mache. Diese Lacken der Haare sind sehr wichtig. Ich vergesse das immer. Ich vergesse das immer.
And so her father sends the letter to Martha Washington, who then responds by including a lock of Washington's hair. So his aunt Es erinnert mich, dass ich das Teil meiner Wille mache. Diese Lacken der Haare sind sehr wichtig. Ich vergesse das immer. Ich vergesse das immer.
Yeah, he's really part of the sort of first generation or so in which Americans could actually be professional writers. There's no real professional writers in the 18th century. Most of the prominent writers, they did other things. Jeremy Belknap, who you mentioned, was a well-known historian who founded the Massachusetts Historical Society, but his day job was as a clergyman. So that was common.
Yeah, he's really part of the sort of first generation or so in which Americans could actually be professional writers. There's no real professional writers in the 18th century. Most of the prominent writers, they did other things. Jeremy Belknap, who you mentioned, was a well-known historian who founded the Massachusetts Historical Society, but his day job was as a clergyman. So that was common.
Yeah, he's really part of the sort of first generation or so in which Americans could actually be professional writers. There's no real professional writers in the 18th century. Most of the prominent writers, they did other things. Jeremy Belknap, who you mentioned, was a well-known historian who founded the Massachusetts Historical Society, but his day job was as a clergyman. So that was common.
So he's part of that first generation of professional writers. And like you mentioned, he had a long history of not just being sympathetic with the cause of abolitionism and of freedom for African Americans, but supporting those causes. So his journals and his account books are full of these entries of him making not large, but pretty regular small donations to all kinds of
So he's part of that first generation of professional writers. And like you mentioned, he had a long history of not just being sympathetic with the cause of abolitionism and of freedom for African Americans, but supporting those causes. So his journals and his account books are full of these entries of him making not large, but pretty regular small donations to all kinds of
So he's part of that first generation of professional writers. And like you mentioned, he had a long history of not just being sympathetic with the cause of abolitionism and of freedom for African Americans, but supporting those causes. So his journals and his account books are full of these entries of him making not large, but pretty regular small donations to all kinds of
I'll be back with more American History after this short break.
I'll be back with more American History after this short break.
I'll be back with more American History after this short break.
I mean, you know, it's an early example of the effect that visiting historical sites can have on people, right? I mean, there's a reason that, you know, millions of people go to Mount Vernon or Monticello or the Boston Freedom Trail or Independence Hall every year, you know, and Die meisten dieser Orte, sogar 1860, waren noch nicht historische Touristenorte, aber er hat einen solchen Moment.
I mean, you know, it's an early example of the effect that visiting historical sites can have on people, right? I mean, there's a reason that, you know, millions of people go to Mount Vernon or Monticello or the Boston Freedom Trail or Independence Hall every year, you know, and Die meisten dieser Orte, sogar 1860, waren noch nicht historische Touristenorte, aber er hat einen solchen Moment.
I mean, you know, it's an early example of the effect that visiting historical sites can have on people, right? I mean, there's a reason that, you know, millions of people go to Mount Vernon or Monticello or the Boston Freedom Trail or Independence Hall every year, you know, and Die meisten dieser Orte, sogar 1860, waren noch nicht historische Touristenorte, aber er hat einen solchen Moment.
Es ist so erstaunlich.
Es ist so erstaunlich.
Es ist so erstaunlich.
Das ist der Kern meines Buches, wirklich. Die vielen Wege, wie die Amerikaner anders über die amerikanische Revolution nachgedacht haben, sowohl über Zeit als auch über Konflikte, die sie ständig hatte, über die Bedeutung und die Legitimität der Revolution.
Das ist der Kern meines Buches, wirklich. Die vielen Wege, wie die Amerikaner anders über die amerikanische Revolution nachgedacht haben, sowohl über Zeit als auch über Konflikte, die sie ständig hatte, über die Bedeutung und die Legitimität der Revolution.
Das ist der Kern meines Buches, wirklich. Die vielen Wege, wie die Amerikaner anders über die amerikanische Revolution nachgedacht haben, sowohl über Zeit als auch über Konflikte, die sie ständig hatte, über die Bedeutung und die Legitimität der Revolution.