“One...has kept a very accurate Journal of the Voyage, and proposes to extract from it a relation for publication.”
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Robert Haswell and the Voyage of the Columbia
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In September 1787, 18-year-old Robert Haswell became the third mate on the Columbia-Redviva, commonly referred to as Columbia. The ship’s merchant seafarers set out navigating around Cape Horn, up to the Pacific Northwest Coast, and eventually reaching China and becoming the first American tradesmen to arrive there. They returned by way of the Indian Ocean and the Cape of Good Hope. The Columbia was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe while flying the US flag. Haswell kept a log during the first part of the voyage, pictured here. He became a captain of his own ship, the Louisa, but was presumed dead at age 32, when the ship disappeared while en route to the Northwest Coast.
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Dr. Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai Appeared on GBH’s “Ask the Expert” Series
In case you missed it, watch a recording of MHS Director of Research Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai’s talk about the American Civil War on GBH’s “Ask the Expert.”
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Disability and the American Past Series Returns
In October 2021, the MHS hosted nine programs looking at disability and the American past. On 8 February, the series returns with five new programs. Learn about the field of disability history through panel conversations, presentations, and a workshop. Listen to experts from around the country in this multi-perspective examination of disability in the American past. See the event series online and register here.
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Tuesday, 31 January | 5:00 PM
Daniel Mandell, Truman State University, with comment by Owen Stanwood, Boston College
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Thursday, 2 February | 5:00 PM
Benjamin Anastas, Bennington College; Linda Hirschman, independent scholar; Alec Nevala-Lee, biographer; moderated by Megan Marshall, Emerson College
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Monday, 6 February | 6:00 PM
Ilyon Woo
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Tuesday, 14 February, at 1:30 PM: My Dearest Friend with Sara Martin, Adams Papers Editor in Chief.
Tuesday, 28 February, at 6:00 PM: Disability and the American Past: Intro to Disability Justice with Ellice Patterson, Abilities Dance; Jorge Matos Valldejuli, Hostos Community College at the City University of New York; Britney Wilson, New York Law School; moderated by Jessica Cowing, The College of Wooster.
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Registration and Events
Interested in Past Programs?
If you missed a program or would like to revisit the material presented, please visit www.masshist.org/video.
Click below to view the latest video, No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era, with Jacqueline Jones. Enjoy more videos by subscribing to the MHS YouTube channel after you view the video.
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