By Jeremy Dibbell

Our intense fall events schedule kicks off this week with the first seminar of the season and a brown-bag lunch:

– On Thursday, 16 September, the Boston Early American History Seminar series begins with a talk at 5:15 p.m. by Francis J. Bremer of Millersville University, “Not Quite So Visible Saints: Reexamining Church Membership in Early New England.” Evan Haefeli of Columbia University will comment on the paper. Please read the Seminar Series 2010 post for information on MHS Seminars.

– On Friday, 17 September, we’ll have a brown-bag lunch at 12 noon with current research fellow Sara Damiano of Johns Hopkins University. Sara will talk about her current project, “Financial Credit and Professional Credibility: Lawyers and Laypeople in Eighteenth-Century New England Ports.” More info here.

Also please note that the library will close at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 September, for a Board of Trustees event.