Public Programs and Special Events
The MHS offers many engaging programs and special events.
December
Public Program
Robert Treat Paine’s Life & Influence on Law
11 December 2018.Tuesday, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Maura Healey, Massachusetts Attorney General;
Catherine Allgor, MHS President; Edward W.
Hanson, Editor, The Papers of Robert Treat Paine
Join us for a special event with the current Attorney General looking at the first Massachusetts ...
Join us for a special event with the current Attorney General looking at the first Massachusetts Attorney General’s life and influence on law and order during the Revolutionary era. This event celebrates the completion of the five-volume series The Papers of Robert Treat Paine.
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Public Program
No More, America
12 December 2018.Wednesday, 6:00PM - 7:30PM
There will be a pre-program reception at 5:30.
Peter Galison, Harvard University; Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University
There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members or EBT cardholders).
In 1773, two graduating Harvard seniors, Theodore Parsons and Eliphalet Pearson, were summoned ...
In 1773, two graduating Harvard seniors, Theodore Parsons and Eliphalet Pearson, were summoned before a public audience to debate whether slavery was compatible with “natural law.” Peter Galison’s short film, “No More, America” co-directed with Henry Louis Gates, reimagines this original debate to include the powerful voice of Phillis Wheatley, an acclaimed poet, then-enslaved, who lived just across the Charles River from the two Harvard students. Join us for a film screening followed by a discussion between Peter Galison, and Henry Louis Gates.
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Join us for a special event with the current Attorney General looking at the first Massachusetts Attorney General’s life and influence on law and order during the Revolutionary era. This event celebrates the completion of the five-volume series The Papers of Robert Treat Paine.
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In 1773, two graduating Harvard seniors, Theodore Parsons and Eliphalet Pearson, were summoned before a public audience to debate whether slavery was compatible with “natural law.” Peter Galison’s short film, “No More, America” co-directed with Henry Louis Gates, reimagines this original debate to include the powerful voice of Phillis Wheatley, an acclaimed poet, then-enslaved, who lived just across the Charles River from the two Harvard students. Join us for a film screening followed by a discussion between Peter Galison, and Henry Louis Gates.
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