We at the Taylor-Fillmore project have something to celebrate. We just completed the manuscript of the first volume of Zachary Taylor’s and Millard ...
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The death of Tyre Nichols and the charges of murder against five Memphis police officers have reignited debates about policing in America. Amid other ...
Photograph of picnic dinner by Joseph John Kirkbride . Library of Congress. Over the past three years, I’ve kept you up to date on the ...
When documentary editors begin a project, we expect it to cover certain topics. I was confident, when I started preparing Zachary Taylor’s and Millard ...
Today, for the first time, we present a joint entry with the Massachusetts Historical Society’s blog, The Beehive. Neal Millikan, a historian and ...
This summer, a new national conversation emerged over the teaching of history. On July 19, the Florida Department of Education approved updated ...
Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and I were on television this week. Well, one of us was, talking about the other two. But I should back up. When I ...
Earlier in this blog, I discussed our processes for locating Zachary Taylor’s and Millard Fillmore’s letters and for transcribing and proofreading ...
War, Religion, Atrocities, and Prisoners – The Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
Library of Congress. April 25, 1846, was a dark day in North American history. Literally. On that day, the moon passed directly between Earth and the ...
Sometimes the world surprises even us historians. Less than two weeks have passed since my last blog entry, and I didn’t intend to return so soon. But ...
