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Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616) Richard Hakluyt is familiar to every student of American History.  He was an English geographer. His many [...]

Holiday Leftovers, and a toast to 75 years of the Manuscript Society We’ll open it up to a virtual gathering [...]

It is 1547 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sends to his ambassador at the French royal court - [...]

Let the Buyer Beware: In the world of collecting, one challenge is authenticity. Is the item what it purports to [...]

The Great Libraries of Rome: October 22 – 30, 2023 THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT! Angelique Library, Rome, [...]

As we have seen over time, trends in handwriting styles change. Yet, nothing has prepared us for the fast drop [...]

New Orleans is French by name. The popular belief is that Spanish Louisiana was a relatively dormant period.  In fact, [...]

The Tile Club was one of many societies that formed across the United States during the late nineteenth century. It [...]

Manuscript Digest:  October – November 2022 – This complimentary e-digest, now published bi-monthly, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost [...]

Reading History in Real Documents Drew Gilpin Faust, Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard University, shares a lesson she [...]