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Archive for the Holidays Category (8 Posts)

Card with photograph of a baby sleeping in a small cloth hammock.

Why Celebrate New Year’s?

Posted by: Josh Levy

Posted in: Holidays

The recipe completed with finished gingerbread, accompanied by candied ginger and cranberries on a white plate with a blue rim. Photo courtesy of author.

Of Note: A Dessert Straight Out of History

Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs

Posted in: Holidays, Of Note

Head and shoulders portrait . Printed at bottom: SAMUEL EDMUND NICHOLS. DURING THE WAR

Of Note: Trust Your Gut: A Civil War Soldier’s Thanksgiving

Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs

Posted in: Holidays, Letters, Of Note, War and Society

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Halloween Greetings

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Posted in: Diaries, Digital Collections, Holidays, Literature Culture & the Arts, Uncategorized

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

An Irishman, a U.S. President, and the First Hanging in the District of Columbia

Posted by: Josh Levy

Posted in: Early America, Holidays, Politics

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Winter Readings and Season’s Greetings

Posted by: Josh Levy

Posted in: Holidays

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Diplomatic Holiday Greetings

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Posted in: Holidays, War and Society, Women's & Gender History

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

“I did not see the use of being uncomfortable on Thanksgiving day”: Tight Clothes and Big Meals in 19th-Century America

Posted by: Michelle Krowl

Posted in: Holidays, Letters