Michael HattemNew Jersey was at the center of the American Revolution, but it has always been overshadowed by Boston and Philadelphia. Unlike those cities, New Jersey's revolutionary legacy is spread widely across the state, and, as a result, the state has struggled to bring its many stories together to create a coherent narrative about its revolutionary contribution. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/nyregion/draft-constitution-trenton-nj.html
Christopher Jones
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Historian. Husband. Father // William & Mary PhD
I’ve spent almost all day in the hospital (well, hospitals*) w/ my 11yo. We’ll likely be here another couple of days. Finally have a diagnosis, + it is, in the doctor’s words, “life altering.”
But it’s manageable and she’s going to be okay. Breathing a sigh of relief while also struggling to keep it together.
Dear students:
If you’re considering emailing a former professor just to check in and say hi, but are hesitant because you have nothing substantive to say, consider this an invitation to go ahead and send that email. It really means a lot.
This is me asking — begging, really — audiobook publishers to align the “chapters” of the audiobook with the chapters in the print book.
Revisiting Wilentz’s claims that the US Constitution is an antislavery document, and it’s an even more strained argument than I remember.
Student during office hours: “I’m struggling to find primary sources on Loyalist families, especially Black Loyalists. Any suggestions?”
Me, pulling up American Loyalist Claims commissions, the Book of Negroes, and dozens of other resources:
Pictured here. A 1958 statue of Karl Maeser, the first principal of Brigham Young Academy. A German immigrant, Maeser also briefly tutored John + Julia Tyler’s children.