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Proceedings Of The American Antiquarian Society At The Annual Meeting, Held In Worcester October 21, 1864

Proceedings Of The American Antiquarian Society At The Annual Meeting, Held In Worcester October 21, 1864

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General ReferenceGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354506607
ISBN13: 9789354506604
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Worcester, Massachusetts, in October 1864, scholars and collectors gathered to take stock of the nation's past while the Civil War still raged. A meeting becomes a time-capsule. Proceedings Of The American Antiquarian Society At The Annual Meeting captures that moment with the clarity of an official record and the thrill of discovery: the American Antiquarian Society proceedings presented as a historical society annual report, preserving institutional memory and the questions that shaped it. As a 19th century proceedings volume, it sits at the crossroads of early American antiquities and New England antiquarian studies, offering a grounded view of how American historical scholarship was organised, debated, and archived. Within its pages are the workings of a learned society: motions recorded, officers confirmed, and notices of manuscripts and printed works entering the collections. That everyday detail is precisely the point - it reveals what a community of antiquaries valued, and what they were racing to save. Readers interested in Worcester Massachusetts 1864 and wider Massachusetts local history will find names, decisions, and priorities set down in contemporary language, making it a useful genealogy research reference as well as a fascinating primary source documents collection. For students and researchers, it belongs among academic library primary sources: a documentary snapshot of the collecting habits, scholarly networks, and civic ideals of civil war era America. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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