History Bytes: Phillis Wheatley’s Newport Mercury Connection

July 3, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Amelia Yeager (she/her), a first year Master’s student in public history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, ...

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History Bytes: Katherine Prescott Wormeley

May 5, 2023

Katherine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908) was a reformer, author and philanthropist who served as superintendent of the Lovell Civil War Hospital at Portsmouth Grove, RI, ...

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Paper Citizens at Sea: Sailor Protection Certificates

January 25, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Maureen Iplenski, MA/PhD in History, American Studies, Certificate in Museum Studies (expected 2026) University of Delaware. Maureen ...

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History Bytes: The Oliver Hazard Perry Timber Map

December 19, 2022

Does the cold weather have you thinking of Fall foliage, raking leaves, and Christmas trees? In 1812, trees were very much on the mind ...

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Theft or Trade — The Revolutionary Ideals Behind a Rhode Island Smuggling Case

October 27, 2022

This guest post was written by Henry Snow, PhD Candidate, History, Rutgers University, whose recent research at the NHS was supported by the New ...

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History Bytes: “One-Third” & “One-Half” – Shared Ownership of Enslaved Persons

September 28, 2022

This is a guest blog post by Maureen Iplenski, MA/PhD in History, American Studies, Certificate in Museum Studies (expected 2026) University of Delaware. Maureen ...

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