What’s on at the MHS?
View this week’s featured item. Learn about our Celebrity Receptions. Explore upcoming events and register for a program.
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Featured MHS Collection Item
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“I presume you will have a splendid Birth day. There are preparations making in Boston to celebrate it.”
- Abigail Adams to John Adams, 19 February 1797
“The Birthday was affecting and the Night Splendid but tedious to those who were too old to dance.”
- John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 February 1797
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Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 19 February 1797 and Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 February 1797
Though John Adams’s birthday is 30 October, in a February 1797 letter, Abigail Adams wrote that she hopes he will have a “splendid Birth day.” After attending a celebration of Pres. George Washington’s 65th birthday in Philadelphia, he wrote back that “The Birthday was affecting.”
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Celebrity Receptions at the MHS this Fall
Be one of 35 guests to enjoy libations, hors d’oeuvres, and conversation with luminaries at a series of cocktail receptions prior to engaging public programs. Each ticket of $250 includes a reception with the speakers, as well as reserved seating for the program to follow. Register for all three events for $650. Receptions begin at 5:00 PM, program follows at 6:00 PM.
On 28 October, Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff discusses The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams with Sara Georgini, Series Editor for The Papers of John Adams. On 2 November, Harvard professor and host of Finding Your Roots on PBS, Henry Louis Gates Jr. asks Donald Yacovone about his latest book, Teaching White Supremacy. On 16 November, Pulitzer Prize–winner Megan Marshall interviews Lydia Moland about Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life, the forgotten story of a remarkable abolitionist.
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Thursday, 6 October | 6:00 PM
Ann Lucas, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
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Monday, 10 October | 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
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Tuesday, 11 October | 5:00 PM
Sean P. Harvey, Seton Hall University, with comment by Bethel Saler, Haverford College
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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.
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Our galleries and the library are open Monday, and Wednesday through Friday, from 10:00 AM to 4:45 PM, Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 7:45 PM, and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Please note that the last admission for exhibition visitors will be 45 minutes prior to closing.
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An advance appointment is strongly encouraged for all researchers. Please visit our Appointment Request Form to select your preferred visit dates.
Please check our online calendar for hours, building closings, and other events.
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The MHS Fund and Membership
Our Members make it possible for us to offer an array of complimentary services including admission to our exhibition galleries and library, online access to our collections and digital editions, and onsite and remote reference services for all. Membership begins with a fully tax-deductible contribution of $250 or more to the MHS Fund. All Members enjoy a full year of social, cultural, and educational experiences including invitations to our annual Holiday Party, FREE program registration, and Member Week perks. Learn more and join today!
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Retraction: Last week we posted a story about Elizabeth Freeman which said she lived with the Sedgwick family until her death. What the story should have said was that after 20 years of paid work in the Sedgwick house after she freed herself from enslavement, she was able to purchase her own home where she lived with her children until her death.
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