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Collecting for Salvation: American Antiquarianism and the Natural History of the East
The outlines of “salvation antiquarianism”—with the emphasis on “saving”—appears particularly clearly in the AAS’s inaugural 1813 address.
by
Christen Mucher
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Commonplace
on
October 26, 2022
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Slanting the History of Handwriting
Whatever writing is today, it is not self-evident. But writing by hand did not simply continue to “advance” until it inevitably began to erode.
by
Sonja Drimmer
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Public Books
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August 9, 2023