Common-place and Money in New England
Common-place is a website about early American history that claims to be “a bit friendlier than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine.” I haven’t read all of the latest issue, but I recommend the articles “The Rise of Usury in Early New England,” “Bookkeeping as Ideology,” and “Big Money Comes to Boston.” The last of those articles tells the history of the Pine Tree Shilling and John Hull, the mintmaster, whose funeral sermon by Samuel Willard I cite in my senior paper.
Posted 15 Apr. 2006 at 9:21 pm | Permalink
SO anyway. Its been wayyy too long since you posted an “adventure” post. GET TO IT!!!!! That is all.
Posted 15 Apr. 2006 at 9:40 pm | Permalink
Assuming that Morgan is representative (she is the most frequent commenter), the readership of ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ clearly expresses its preference for adventure over history, theology, poetry, etc. I’ve noticed a disturbing trend: the popularity of a post as measured by the number of comments is inversely proportional to its significance and truthfulness. The one exception is when my posts hit some kind of a nerve, but such instances are rare.
But never fear, gentle reader. Scott, John, and I have been having many adventures. In fact, Scott and I are at this very moment in the Snack Shop sharing ice cream with two nice young ladies (just friends, mind you). When I have sufficient material (and my inhibitions are sufficiently low), I will again pander to your tastes in the hopes that your love of the adventure posts will induce you to read the others. :-)
Posted 6 Apr. 2007 at 11:27 pm | Permalink
I just discovered that Samuel Eliot Morison has a chapter on John Hull in Builders of the Bay Colony. I shall have to read it and add a footnote to my paper.