David Center for the American Revolution
April 15, 2024
Historians of Britain, Ireland, and early America have approached the imperial crisis of the late 18th century from a number of angles, seeking to diagnose...
March 11, 2024
Self portrait of the artist, 1892 Objects of intrigue and mystery will often present themselves on the cataloger’s desk, the most recent one being a...
January 16, 2024
In the David Center for the American Revolution’s microfilm holdings at the American Philosophical Society, there is a memorandum book of military intelligence gathered by...
January 2, 2024
Header Image: John Dickinson. James Smither, "The Patriotic American Farmer" (1768). Library Company of Philadelphia. Through The Revolutionary City project, the John Dickinson papers held...
December 5, 2023
To mark the 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves, a central document in the coming of the American Revolution co-authored by George Mason and George...
October 16, 2023
Header Image: Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia , William Russell Birch, 1804. Print engraving. American Philosophical Society (APS). While banking was new in...
August 7, 2023
HMS Jersey drawing is from Recollections of Life on the Prison Ship Jersey . APS. The American Philosophical Society houses the Sol Feinstone Collection, a...
June 30, 2023
“I have also just now receiv’d your Letter written to wish me a happy New Year; but you should nevertheless have put a Date to...