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For #AskAnArchivist Day we have lots of answers, we just need your questions! Ask us!

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It's #AskAnArchivist Day! Our Reference Staff is standing by to answer your questions! There are no questions too big or too small. Ask us!

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MHS Collections Online: Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (https://t.co/g6jVVHnyb7)

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John Adams famously but incorrectly wrote “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.—I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival." Happy July 2nd America!

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"the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends" Abigail to John #OTD 1775
Massachusetts Historical Society | The Decisive Day is Come: The Battle of Bunker Hill (https://t.co/g6jVVHnyb7)

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To mark the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, our Reference Librarian, Lauren Gray, recreated the battle in cake! History never tasted so good!

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'Dear Gentle Reader, although you and I may have never heard of Miss Elise Hensler, a woman infamous in Milan for her operatic prowess, and' read on: “I was married on the 10th of this month to the King” The Story of Elise | Beehive (https://t.co/g6jVVHo60F)

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In honor of Memorial Day, the MHS will be closed Saturday, May 25th and Monday, May 27th. Please visit us on Tuesday, May 28th.
More at Use The Library (https://t.co/g6jVVHnyb7)

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'Dear Gentle Reader, although you and I may have never heard of Miss Elise Hensler, a woman infamous in Milan for her operatic prowess, and' read on: “I was married on the 10th of this month to the King” The Story of Elise | Beehive (https://t.co/g6jVVHo60F)

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To begin #AAPIHeritageMonth our reference display highlights recent work on AAPI history and culture. Visit the Library for more!

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This #EarthDay explore the collections of Environmental League of Massachusetts https://t.co/NYKQNRxOki the Massachusetts Audubon Society https://t.co/EJcfCcqVzk in our Library!

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Read our Beehive Blog featuring #Eclipse Descriptions https://t.co/UPNXqPoJ4o

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"The Sky at the beginning of the #Eclipse was unkindly overspread with clouds but soon cleard off & gave so good a View as to be able to judge with Precision the Quantity & duration of the Moons path over the Sun." Hannah Winthrop to Mercy Otis Warren https://t.co/xiPq0yVoh6

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The Library invites you to explore our Reference display on #WomensHistory for #WomensHistoryMonth
Register as a researcher to start your research! https://t.co/RrnDIXS4Hz

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Happy Birthday #GeorgeWashington! 🥳🎂Visit the Library to view a reference display featuring our first President. Explore more #Washington on our website, including: https://t.co/RgjbOJhEvy

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*Snow Closure* Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
The Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society will be closed tomorrow due to impending inclement weather. Please check our website for updates. https://t.co/AZPx9Zlt3Q

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Wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year! Did you know the @MHS1791 has a copy of the first Chinese Newspaper printed in America? The Golden Hills News for San Fransico 1854 https://t.co/tgDUWaSnKd
#LunarNewYear

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"A great mollasses tank exploded about 1 P.M. to-day on Commercial St., Boston. 2,250,000 gallons ex. des. buildings, flooded street, k. 11 men, women, and children, and injured 60 others. Several horses k. 1 girl a. about 12 was drowned in the molasses." George Hyland Diary 1919

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The snowy view from our Reading Room.
It's the perfect day to conduct research! https://t.co/405soEjUa9

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Hannah Winthrop's words of wisdom on aging https://t.co/kBzQ8f67h5 read more about the correspondence of Mercy Otis and Hannah Winthrop https://t.co/Jnw3KTBVd9

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#OTD 1778 "my health Suffers a decay which I impute to the daily Perceptible steps I am making down the hill of life: however I have the consolation of reflecting that when I was upon the summit, the Prospect was agreable and pleasing. But alas in the descent Clouds intervene"