These early American history legends may be conventional wisdom, and some are even taught in school, but they definitely are not facts. The following myths originated from poems, stories that changed ...

We had been sponging on Europe far direction instead of developing our own, and Europe had been handing out nice little packages of spiritual direction to us. But then Europe fell into disorder and ...

Introduction: the experience of early American technology -- Technology in early America: a view from the 1990s -- The exhilaration of early American technology: an essay -- Lost, hidden, obstructed ...

Reading early American handwriting -- Guidelines for reading old documents -- Abbreviations and contractions -- Terms -- Numbers and Roman numerals -- Dates and the calendar change -- Sample alphabets ...

Daguerreotypes by James P. Ball, Glenalvin Goodridge and Augustus Washington are the centerpiece of a collection that could rewrite the early history of American photography. By Aruna D’Souza See more ...