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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 20h

Today would have been Frank Herbert's birthday, so I am celebrating with this merchant shinplaster from the Panic of 1837 era (actually the 1839 downturn). It features an amazing and unique vignette of a goliath worm, aka tobacco hornworm. W. Morris, Eatonton, GA, $1, Dec 17, 1839. 🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 20h

Today would have been Frank Herbert's birthday, so I am celebrating with this merchant shinplaster from the Panic of 1837 era (actually the 1839 downturn). It features an amazing and unique vignette of a goliath worm, aka tobacco hornworm. W. Morris, Eatonton, GA, $1, Dec 17, 1839. 🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

At what point do senators just stop asking these bad faith witnesses questions and just use their time to get important information out to public? What is benefit of letting Pam Bondi talk in this setting?

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about living people putting themselves on currency, here is a note featuring two images of bank president Samuel Veazie. The bank's loss in Veazie Bank v. Fenno (1869) upheld the taxes that functionally ended the state bank note system. Veazie Bank, Bangor, ME, $2, Oct 2, 1848.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

I am very jealous of her classes.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

They are also reading Handmaid's Tale, Fun Home, Sula, and A Tale for the Time Being.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

My daughter is reading the whole thing this year as a junior.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about living people putting themselves on currency, here is a note featuring two images of bank president Samuel Veazie. The bank's loss in Veazie Bank v. Fenno (1869) upheld the taxes that functionally ended the state bank note system. Veazie Bank, Bangor, ME, $2, Oct 2, 1848.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Germantown, PA was founded on this day in 1683, so here is a bank note from an institution in town. It has a lovely vignette of corn harvesting and some portraits of unidentified men, although I think the one on the left lived in the Shire. Bank of Germantown, PA, $5, 18--.🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Come to Pasadena. It was only 78 today.

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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 2d

Boston-area Blueskis with an interest in the Revolutionary Era and/or the environmental history, and/or the Hudson Valley!

Come join us for this session on October 9. Blake's work is great, and we'll be talking about how to approach the study of warfare and nature.

#skystorians #EnvHist #RevWar 🗃️

Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social · 3d

Join us on Oct. 9 for our upcoming seminar on environmental history, "Cultivating Legitimacy: Soldiers, Civilians, and Environment in the Revolutionary Hudson Valley." Author Blake McGready with comments by @mkn.bsky.social. Register here: www.masshist.org/eve....

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Germantown, PA was founded on this day in 1683, so here is a bank note from an institution in town. It has a lovely vignette of corn harvesting and some portraits of unidentified men, although I think the one on the left lived in the Shire. Bank of Germantown, PA, $5, 18--.🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 4d

With news that Trump wants to be put on a $1 coin, here is the $.05 fractional currency featuring Spencer Clark, Superintendent of the US National Currency Bureau that led to outrage over putting living people on currency. PA Rep Russell Thayer’s 1866 appropriations amendment forbid this practice.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 4d

With news that Trump wants to be put on a $1 coin, here is the $.05 fractional currency featuring Spencer Clark, Superintendent of the US National Currency Bureau that led to outrage over putting living people on currency. PA Rep Russell Thayer’s 1866 appropriations amendment forbid this practice.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 7d

Woke up to the government taking funding from the Hudson Tunnel project, so here is a note from the Hudson River Bank featuring a listing sailboat (a less efficient way to get between New Jersey and Manhattan than a tunnel). Hudson River Bank, Hoboken, NJ, $3, June 26, 1862.🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 7d

Woke up to the government taking funding from the Hudson Tunnel project, so here is a note from the Hudson River Bank featuring a listing sailboat (a less efficient way to get between New Jersey and Manhattan than a tunnel). Hudson River Bank, Hoboken, NJ, $3, June 26, 1862.🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 7d

Mark gets extra credit for the Sammy's shirt and for serving up the schmaltz (at Sammy's they have it on the table).

SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 7d

Are you feeling Eel at ease about what you should include in your CV and Diversity Statement for #SHEAR2026? Program Committee Co-Chair Mark Boonshoft is here to give you tips on luring in the Program Committee. Check this space weekly for more tips and tricks for a successful proposal. #GRWS

Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning. Artemis would like to call this meeting to order.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 8d

Soldiers' facial hair is in news, so here are Civil War Generals Ambrose Burnside, John Hartranft, Adam Slemmer, and Winfield Scott Hancock as well as Colonel John Schall. Blackstone Canal Bank, Providence, RI, $1, Jan 1, 1863, Bank of Montgomery County, Norristown, PA, $1, Jan 12, 1865. 🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 8d

Sorry Leon. Artemis says hi.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 8d

Soldiers' facial hair is in news, so here are Civil War Generals Ambrose Burnside, John Hartranft, Adam Slemmer, and Winfield Scott Hancock as well as Colonel John Schall. Blackstone Canal Bank, Providence, RI, $1, Jan 1, 1863, Bank of Montgomery County, Norristown, PA, $1, Jan 12, 1865. 🗃️

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 8d

They also seem believe that the military occupation of Afghanistan was mistake, but leaving was a mistake as well.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 8d

You should avoid eating a sloppy joe.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 9d

Do you have an idea for a short article (~2000-3000 words) on early American history/literature/art/material culture before 1900? We are accepting submissions at Commonplace or please reach out to me with a pitch or questions. More info below:🗃️

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Article reviews are ongoing.

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