David Center for the American Revolution

Engraving of Thomas Paine holding a book inscribed "Common Sense", "Crisis", "Rights of Man" and "Age of Reason".
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Grants and Fellowships

“I Never Read Locke”: A Letter at the American Philosophical Society and Paine’s Dialogue with Locke

Daniel Gomes de Carvalho
April 30, 2026
photo of manuscript letter
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David Center for the American Revolution
Grants and Fellowships

Wealth, War, and Society in Early America: Insights from the APS Manuscript Collections

Donovan Fifield
December 1, 2025
two profiles of men side by side
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Center for Digital Scholarship

General Hugh Mercer–Dead or Undead??

Isabella Kolic
November 17, 2025
black and white image of portrait of William Tudor
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William Tudor's Oration and Revolutionary Projects of Political Education

Zachary W. Deibel
September 22, 2025
scan of map
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Imagining Imperial Spaces: Comparing Cartographic Representations of the Great Lakes Region in the 17th and 18th Century

Alanna Loucks
June 9, 2025
Revolutionary city header image
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Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City Opens April 11

American Philosophical Society
April 8, 2025
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Women in the American Revolution

Sarah Pearlman Shapiro
March 24, 2025
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Featured Fellow: Lyne Hervey-Passée (2024-2025 David Center for the American Revolution International Fellow)

American Philosophical Society
February 10, 2025