By Jeremy Dibbell

– We hope you’ll join us on Wednesday, 27 October for an author talk with Pauline Maier about her new book Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the talk getting underway at 6 p.m. Registration for this event is required; more info here. [Personal note: I’m reading Ratification now, and am finding it absolutely excellent].

– On Thursday, 28 October, the Boston Immigration and Urban History Seminar series continues with a paper by Michael Ebner of Lake Forest College: “Motives, Interests, and Mapmakers: Storylines about the Drawing of Boundaries in Metropolitan America.” Sam Bass Warner of MIT will give the comment. Please read the Seminar Series 2010 post for information on MHS Seminars.