This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration—and of the Muhlenberg family's ties to Trappe, PA. An interview Lisa Minardi & Emily Sneff unveils "Window to Revolution: PA Germans and the War for Independence" plus the newly restored Speaker's House. https://bit.ly/3QY0XMW

I know what exhibit you visited this summer... 👀 EAS Miscellany wants to hear about it! Consider contributing an exhibit review and share your insights with a wider audience: tinyurl.com/5n76u2jv #AmRev #PublicHistory

What did "overthrowing tyranny" have to do with the wet nurse? More than you'd think according to Lilith Todd. Part of the "Nursing the Revolution" roundtable, Todd traces how revolutionary language of independence was shaped by debates over who gets paid for care. https://bit.ly/4eMvBkl

Congrats to Caylin Carbonell, winner of the 2026 Gordon-Eastman-Hart Prize! Her article "Fraught Forms" reveals how indenture contracts in colonial New England were as powerful as material objects—torn, hidden, or carried—as they were as legal texts. https://bit.ly/4wSMbGC

Big news for early career historians: EAS & the Journal of the Early Republic have launched the G.E.H. Prize — $500 for the best article by an emerging scholar, alternating journals each year. First winner announced at SHEAR! https://bit.ly/4b5wYcF

Congrats to Caylin Carbonell, winner of the 2026 Gordon-Eastman-Hart Prize! Her article "Fraught Forms" reveals how indenture contracts in colonial New England were as powerful as material objects—torn, hidden, or carried—as they were as legal texts. https://bit.ly/4wSMbGC

Big news for early career historians: EAS & the Journal of the Early Republic have launched the G.E.H. Prize — $500 for the best article by an emerging scholar, alternating journals each year. First winner announced at SHEAR! https://bit.ly/4b5wYcF

Ever wonder how "all men are created equal" actually got written? Nicholas Miller reviews Princeton's new digital exhibit tracing every draft, edit & crossed-out word behind the Declaration of Independence — from Jefferson's pen to the final text. https://bit.ly/4eYyfVn

How do archives shape the story of a nation? Aaron Michael Hoggle reports from the 29th Omohundro Institute conference, where scholars & archivists debated defining "revolutionary America" for the Declaration's 250th — from keynote roundtable to plenary. https://bit.ly/3RuiP29

Before it closes for renovation in Aug 2026, catch "Revolutionary Things" at the State Museum of PA where you will find Revolution-era relics, a 7-ft carved eagle, Bicentennial art & visitor Post-its answering "What Would You Celebrate About PA Today?" Read the exhibit review: https://bit.ly/4wbDkzJ

America's 250th is resonating abroad too. Northern Irish filmmakers Steve Douds & Jane Magowan discuss their new documentaries: "Freedom Founder: Thomas McKean and the American Revolution" and "Declaration," bringing the Revolution to Irish and UK audiences. https://bit.ly/4wqj0dC

As America marks 250 years of independence, former APS Director Michelle Craig McDonald reflects on five years of preparation: the new exhibit "These Truths," featuring Paine's Common Sense and a Jefferson Declaration draft, plus a digital portal of 6,500+ documents. https://bit.ly/4y8PtH7

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration—and of the Muhlenberg family's ties to Trappe, PA. An interview Lisa Minardi & Emily Sneff unveils "Window to Revolution: PA Germans and the War for Independence" plus the newly restored Speaker's House. https://bit.ly/3QY0XMW

Happy 250th! EAS Miscellany is launching a new interview series to showcase the experiences, challenges, and aspirations of museum professionals, public historians, & librarians, as the US celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Read more here: shorturl.at/pITP4

For women caregivers in Revolutionary New England, healing wasn't just labor — it was survival strategy. Contributing to the "Nursing the Revolution" roundtable, Sarah Pearlman Shapiro recovers the "communities of care" women built to navigate wartime violence. https://bit.ly/4gDc48b

Betty Woodby, a free Black woman, ran a smallpox hospital out of her Boston home decades before the Revolution — and the city paid her for it. Elise Mitchell recovers her story in our new roundtable, "Nursing the Revolution." https://bit.ly/3SJhzbA

What did "overthrowing tyranny" have to do with the wet nurse? More than you'd think according to Lilith Todd. Part of the "Nursing the Revolution" roundtable, Todd traces how revolutionary language of independence was shaped by debates over who gets paid for care. https://bit.ly/4eMvBkl

"Nursing the Revolution: Care Work in Revolutionary America," guest-edited by Meg E. Roberts, opens with a striking archival puzzle: amid thousands of soldiers' names in Continental Army hospital records, Roberts has found fewer than one hundred nurses listed. https://bit.ly/3SKHxLT

Betty Woodby, a free Black woman, ran a smallpox hospital out of her Boston home decades before the Revolution — and the city paid her for it. Elise Mitchell recovers her story in our new roundtable, "Nursing the Revolution." https://bit.ly/3SJhzbA

"Nursing the Revolution: Care Work in Revolutionary America," guest-edited by Meg E. Roberts, opens with a striking archival puzzle: amid thousands of soldiers' names in Continental Army hospital records, Roberts has found fewer than one hundred nurses listed. https://bit.ly/3SKHxLT

The tradwife isn't new, she's a revival. Sara Rambold traces the surprisingly deep roots of a familiar assumption: that women's intellect finds its highest value when directed toward domestic life. From the early republic to Harrison Butker, some debates never really ended. http://bit.ly/4ve5w4k

Historians, archivists, and curious minds: your summer travels count as research. If you're visiting a museum, exhibit, or library this season, consider turning that experience into an exhibit review for EAS Miscellany. Your perspective matters and so does sharing it. tinyurl.com/5n76u2jv

What if the critic's job isn't to repair a text but to attend to it? If you missed our interview with John M. Murrin Essay Prize winner Lloyd Sy, it's well worth the read. He talks methodology, close reading, and what we owe neglected texts. https://bit.ly/3QyKzSy

What does the modern tradwife have in common with early republican debates about women's education? More than you'd think. Sara Rambold traces a cultural logic that's older, and more persistent, than Harrison Butker's commencement speech. https://bit.ly/4ve5w4k

Our latest exhibit review, by Aaron Michael Hoggle, examines the Library of Congress’s new exhibit, “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution.” Read more here: shorturl.at/wMgnJ #ExhibitReview #PublicHistory

If you missed it, check out our Nathan Motulsky’s new blog, which traces the unexpected and fascinating connections between Central Park’s recent coyote “invasion,” Haitian land crabs, nocturnal ecologies, and environmental history: shorturl.at/ULew2

If you missed it, check out our latest featured author interview with Alisa van de Haar on EAS Miscellany! We discuss early modern print culture and multilingualism in New Netherland. Read more: shorturl.at/8wgqR #PrintCulture

Our latest exhibit review, by Aaron Michael Hoggle, examines the Library of Congress’s new exhibit, “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution.” Read more here: shorturl.at/wMgnJ #ExhibitReview #PublicHistory

Traveling this summer? Visiting a museum or exhibit or library? Consider contributing an exhibit review to EAS Miscellany and share your insights with a wider audience: tinyurl.com/5n76u2jv #AmRev #PublicHistory

Do you fear the coyotes? Nathan Motulsky’s new blog traces the unexpected and fascinating connections between Central Park’s recent coyote “invasion,” Haitian land crabs, nocturnal ecologies, and environmental history: shorturl.at/ULew2