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Do not let the bearer enter the house letter
Museum Program

Education Workshop: Yellow Fever (1793)

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (EST)
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Public Lecture

The Promise and Pitfalls of Citizen Science

1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. EDT
easternstate
Public Lecture

The Deviant Prison: Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary and the Origins of America's Modern Penal System, 1829-1913 -- A Virtual Discussion with Ashley Rubin

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Letter from T. Robert Baker to James C. Booth, 1852. Science History Institute

Deciphering the Past: Transcription Hour

1:00 p.m-2:00 p.m. EST
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David Center for the American Revolution Seminar: "The New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery: A Reappraisal,” with Jonathan Sassi

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. EDT
Signatures of Abiah Franklin, Jane Mecom, Sally Bache, and Deborah Franklin
Museum Program

Producers of Useful Knowledge: The Women of Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist

6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. EST
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Indigenous Learning Forum

Indigenous Studies Seminar: "Remembering, Forgetting, and Mythologizing the Petites Nations," with Elizabeth Ellis

3:30 - 5:00 p.m. EDT
cover of sisters and rebels
Public Lecture

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, "Sisters and Rebels"

6:00 p.m. EST
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Public Lecture

André Michaux, French Botanist Exploring America in the Time of George Washington--A Virtual Discussion

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST
Excerpt from the Indenture Book

Workshop: The Philadelphia Indenture Book - A Resource for Social History and Family History

1:00–2:00 p.m. EST
"Career Chats with the American Philosophical Society" surrounded by old and current photos of staff
Museum Program

Education Workshop: Career Chats

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST
Letter from Deborah Franklin
Museum Program

Deciphering the Past: Transcription Hour

1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m. EST