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Rescued from oblivion : historical cultures in the early United States /

In 1791, a group of elite Bostonian men established the first historical society in the nation. Within sixty years, the number of local history organizations had increased exponentially, with states and territories from Maine to Louisiana and Georgia to Minnesota boasting collections of their own. W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Henle, Alea R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Series:	Public history in historical perspective.
Subjects:	Societies > United States > History. History > Societies, etc. United States > History, Local.

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