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History Now Essay

Welcome To The Second Issue of History Now

Carol Berkin

Students often ask: How do historians know what happened in the past? How do they know what Frederick Douglass said about slavery, what Abigail Adams thought about American independence, or what happened at Sutter’s mill? As scholars...

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2 | Primary Sources on Slavery Winter 2004

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

As the editor of History Now, let me welcome you back to another year in the classroom. What better way to start the year than with an issue on The American West? Of course, for many students, mention of "The West" conjures up popular...

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9 | The American West Fall 2006

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

Urbanization is a major theme in modern American history and it is intimately connected to such events as the revolutions in transportation and manufacturing and the expansion of our borders to the Pacific Ocean and the Rio Grande. In...

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11 | American Cities Spring 2007

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

Americans love their sports. Many of us watch the year flow by, not from month to month, but from baseball to soccer to basketball to football season—until spring training rolls around and the cycle begins once more. Over our morning...

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23 | Turning Points in American Sports Spring 2010

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

The struggle for equality is one of the defining themes of American history. In recent issues of HISTORY NOW scholars and teachers have charted the movements to end slavery, to insure women’s suffrage, and to provide opportunities for...

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8 | The Civil Rights Movement Summer 2006

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Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Kathleen Boland, Connecticut

This year, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented...

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Autograph letter signed

13 December 1786

Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796

to Henry Knox

Writes that he had planned to write him a long letter but the Governor sent him on a consultation. Writes, "There is no militia in Hampshire or Worcester that have artilery [sic] - & they are expecting soon to be called & advise not to take any from...

GLC02437.03377

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Autograph letter

10 September 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

to George Washington

Knox, Commander at West Point, transmits a weekly return of troops to Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Discusses illness among soldiers in the West Point vicinity: "The troops having been uncommonly sickly for this place, and...

GLC02437.10136

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Autograph letter signed

22 October 1782

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

to Henry Knox

Written from Verplank's Point, present-day Verplanck, New York. In response to recent letters from Knox (see GLC02437.01640 and GLC02437.01648), Colonel Pickering, the Quartermaster General, writes, "When the mind is eager in the pursuit of any...

GLC02437.01675

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1859-64, 1867-70, 1872-73

Kiger, James S., fl. 1859-1873

[Collection of James S. Kiger, A company, 12th regiment, New Jersey, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .18]

Kiger was soldier in 12th New Jersey Volunteers and after the war was an active member of the GAR. Diaries contain a great deal of information of Kiger's life and activities, but it appears that he saw little military action. The diaries cover the...

GLC03131.16