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Quilting in West Africa: How the enduring tradition of Liberian women shaped diplomatic relations
Join Zingha Foma, a PhD candidate at NYU and curatorial fellow at GWU’s Textile Museum, to explore this history of Liberian quilting.
Early Republic (1783-1815)
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Alliance in a Critical Year: Lenape and U.S. Relations — Lenape Center with Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Join Joe Baker and Hadrien Coumans of the Lenape Center and Nicholas A. Robinson of Pace University to explore the 1778 Treaty of Fort Pitt and the enduring legacy of Lenape–U.S. relations.
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Treaty of Paris
Join NMAD Historian Dr. Alison Mann to explore the Treaty of Paris, and John Adams’s contributions to the diplomatic team alongside Benjamin Franklin and John Jay.
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Great Seal Commemorative Medallion
The Great Seal of the United States is America’s symbol and signature. It appears on official documents, such as treaties and passports, as well as everyday American items like the one-dollar bill. During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress formed a committee to choose a design for the new nation’s seal. Charles…
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Chinese Export Porcelain Teaware
After winning independence, the United States needed trading relationships to help grow its economy. Great Britain remained a global power at sea and barred Americans from trading in some places, such as the West Indies in the Caribbean. Trading in the Pacific—including China—was one of the few frontiers open for American merchants.…
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Complexities and Contradictions: Treaty-Making Between the U.S. and Native American Nations in the Early Republic
Join NMAD and Smithsonian experts for a virtual talk on the Lenape and Cherokee treaties, focusing on negotiations and treaty-making processes.
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Printing of 1818 Treaty with Sweden
This document is a contemporary printing, from 1818, of an important early treaty between the United States and Sweden: the Treaty of Amity & Commerce. The original version was signed in 1783. This is a later, renewed version of the treaty completed in 1818.
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Issue of The Independent Gazetteer
This original August 3, 1789 issue of The Independent Gazetteer or the Chronicle of Freedom provides notice of and complete text of the July 27, 1789 act establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Gazetteer was published in Philadelphia from 1782-1790.
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Diplomacy After Hours: Secretaries, Senators, and the Presidency
How has the road to the White House evolved since 1789? Join us for a conversation on the Secretaries of State and Senators who have run for President. The program will feature Public Historian Dr. Alison Mann, and Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate Dr. Donald Ritchie.
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Story of Diplomacy
From Secretaries to Senators: The Historic Road to the Presidency
In the early years of the Republic, the Secretary of State cabinet position appeared to be a stepping stone to the presidency. This pattern began…
