Events are funded in part through generous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, the Lowell Institute, and the Revere Hotel.
Paper Marbling
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MA1:00 - 3:00 See how colonial craftsmen created eye-catching marbled papers. Watch as R. P. Hale floats pigments in water, swirls the colors, then transfers the designs to paper. It may look like magic but Hale will explain the very real science behind this fascinating phenomenon.
“Slavery and Smallpox Inoculation”
The Commons, Sargent Hall, Suffolk University 120 Tremont Street, Bsoton, MA, United StatesProf. Elise Mitchell, Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Princeton University The African Atlantic history of smallpox inoculation is a rich, yet oft-overlooked story. This lecture contextualizes the more familiar history of Onesimus and Cotton Mather in early eighteenth-century Boston within the broader history of Africans performing smallpox inoculations in West Africa, Jamaica, and Saint Domingue (Haiti) […]
Paul Revere House Winter Book Fair
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MAEnjoy two opportunities to meet wonderful authors, talk about their work, and have copies signed in our first Winter Book Fair. Each afternoon a different set of authors will share books appropriate for a range of ages and interests while local musician, Dave Neiman plays period holiday tunes on his hammered dulcimer. The events will […]
Paul Revere House Winter Book Fair
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MAEnjoy two opportunities to meet wonderful authors, talk about their work, and have copies signed in our first Winter Book Fair. Each afternoon a different set of authors will share books appropriate for a range of ages and interests while local musician, Dave Neiman plays period holiday tunes on his hammered dulcimer. The events will […]