Gabriel Loiacono

Historian, Early Americanist, Fulbrighter in Hungary (2013), Author of How Welfare Worked in the Early USA: Five Microhistories (2021)

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

@SHEARites Thanks to all the organizers for your hard work; it made a great conference!

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

@SHEARites Thank you all for all the work that you put into this. It was a wonderful conference!

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

@agordonreed I've often wondered about that line!

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

I can promise Hog Reeves, George III, and historic complaints about property taxes!

[Michael Ford @fordm10]

What was local government like 200 years ago? Join us for today's virtual webinar where UWO history professor Gabriel Loiacono will present his research on the history of local government. https://t.co/AFIMjxsv1w

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

Thoughtful, short, and punny!

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

The #JERPano Curious Sources series begins with Zoe Zimmerman's “The Archival Grain," where she discusses how the practice of "reading against the grain" sometimes has more than one meaning: https://t.co/aFWoXc47oc

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

@ZMatusheski @FDRLibrary Sounds like WAR with a New England accent, with a reference to WWI at the end here?

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

Local government officials had a ton of power 200 years ago. Should they have similar powers today? Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan argues no, in this short piece...

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

Rounding out our #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan's discussion of #SCOTUS and how the court is "using history to disenfranchise unhoused people.": https://t.co/7DanDvF5wt

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

@fordm10 I hate this. Also, I don't understand why it is so hard to trace to the original poster.

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

swords, watches, walking sticks, and paper... all different in the hands of sheriffs....

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

Continuing the #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Chad Holmes with "The Power of Paper in the Early Republic." Chad describes how among other symbols of authority available to local officials like sheriffs, even mere scraps of paper held immense power: https://t.co/GZ3D5icCx1

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

#ICYMI! Both @tomcutterham's #JERSummer2024 article and William Novak's conclusion to "Local Governance in the Early Republic," are freely accessible from @UNC_Press and @ProjectMUSE for a few more days. Check them out,with the rest of the exciting issue: https://t.co/TLimg8VyGS

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

How would early Americans have functioned without justices of the peace? Not well. Read on....

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

Continuing our #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Sung Yup Kim, whose essay, "The Jack Of All Trades-Magistrate," examines the importance of (and controversy surrounding) one of the most powerful elements of local magistracy in early America: https://t.co/mGVjkpDEYd

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

Continuing our #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Sung Yup Kim, whose essay, "The Jack Of All Trades-Magistrate," examines the importance of (and controversy surrounding) one of the most powerful elements of local magistracy in early America: https://t.co/mGVjkpDEYd

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

h/t @Patton_UWO

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

a nice reflection on where the history major has been, and where we could go....

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

Join the #JER! In a play within a play, the #JERPano is looking for a new social media editor, with a term to start in the winter/spring of 2025. Details available at the #JERPano and applications due October 4th: https://t.co/kbISTB8Qtl

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

@VaughnScribner E. Leecombe?

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

@uwochancellor @uwoshkosh She is! And Jaylin is a lot of fun in a class!

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

... on nightwatchmen and police in the early republic!

[The JER Pano @TheJERPano]

Building on her work in the #JER forum on "Local Governance in the EAR," @nabreault shares how America’s police went from a non-professional night watch to a highly visible and professional force in a #JERComPano, "When Did the Police Become a ‘Machine’?": https://t.co/kHZuB5oJMu

[The American Folk Art Museum @FolkArtMuseum]

Although the hairstyle and blackbirds may be somewhat disturbing to modern eyes, the dress is probably a rural adaptation of Parisian fashion, and a modified version of the hairstyle is documented in portraits of the 1800–1805 period.

[Gabriel Loiacono @Loiarchives]

Thanks for giving me a chance to write about hog reeves @TheJERPano https://t.co/GFtU4FoJRP