17th century – eduscapes

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America. Anne Dudley Bradstreet

Anne Dudley Bradstreet, Colonial America’s First Poet

October 3, 2020 admin Genealogy Connections

I enjoy combining genealogy with book and library history. For the past several months, I’ve been exploring the life of[…]

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William Pynchon’s Banned Book

September 27, 2020 admin Genealogy Connections

I’ve always been an advocate of intellectual freedom, but I recently found a family connection that makes Banned Book Week[…]

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The painting is A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs by Laureys a Castro, c. 1681

Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, the Privateer

September 19, 2020 admin Genealogy Connections

Ahoy! It’s TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY, so I thought I’d share my pirate ancestry. Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, also[…]

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