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Adrian Weimer
@acweimer.bsky.social
Historian of colonial America, early modern religion & politics. New book: A Constitutional Culture http://bit.ly/3hJ1Abc
I’m honored to be a part of this stellar group -
We are proud to welcome 17 U.S. historians to the OAH Lectureship Program! 🎉 From classrooms to community events, OAH Lecturers make history accessible, engaging, & inspiring. #OAHLecturer

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September 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
How did early Cambridge inhabitants defy the crown a hundred years before the American Revolution? Come hear about grassroots constitutionalism next Thursday at the Cambridge Public Library (registration required). cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/14256839
Defying the Crown in Early Cambridge: The 1664 Petition Campaign and Grassroots Constitutionalism
The new king Charles II sent royal commissioners to New England in 1664 in order to pressure colonists into compliance with his metropolitan agenda. When these royal commissioners...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What kind of revolution happened in April 1689 in Boston?
"The Revolution before the Revolution" event is tomorrow, April 29, 7pm, register for link: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-revolu...
The Revolution before the Revolution: Boston, 1689
Popular uprisings, no tax without representation, a royal governor imprisoned - long before 1776, Massachusetts resisted royal rule.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thankful to the amazing Liz Covart for the chance to give some attention to Rhode Island - my adopted home state - and its scrappy constitutional history.
Episode 373: Adrian Weimer, The Gaspee Affair
The often overlooked Gaspee Affair played an essential role in drawing the thirteen rebellious colonies into a union of coordinated response.
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December 12, 2023 at 3:20 PM
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Oh hey, there's an AHA24 feed set up for January! Will pull in posts that use "AHA24."
November 27, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Can't wait to discuss Thomas Danforth's very strange notebook, Elizabeth Richardson's letters, John Leverett's bloodstained coat, and other @MHS1791 objects that helped me imagine and write _A Constitutional Culture_: Monday 6pm, register for zoom link: www.masshist.org/events/const...
December 2, 2023 at 2:05 AM
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I think this letter gives a really interesting sense of how belligerent Charles had become in July 1642. Warwick writes to him explaining why he took command of the fleet, Charles then offhandedly accuses him of high treason.
November 30, 2023 at 2:57 PM
Who knew the ceiling of the Rhode Island State House library was designed to resemble a leather book binding? Thank you to State Librarian Megan Hamlin-Black for wow-ing my Colonial America class with the library and with 18th century legal documents.
November 29, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Interested in early modern sermons or their audiences? CFP: GEMMS, the Congregational Library, and Harvard Divinity are hosting a conference on Preachers, Hearers, Readers, and Scribes: New Approaches to Early Modern Sermons in Manuscript, Oct 3-5, 2024, Cambridge/Boston. Proposals due Jan 1st.
November 29, 2023 at 8:32 PM
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Huzzah, @acweimer.bsky.social is here! 🗃️
I'm late to the party but am finally on here! Hoping to connect with #twitterstorians and anyone who likes thinking about early America.
November 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM
I'm late to the party but am finally on here! Hoping to connect with #twitterstorians and anyone who likes thinking about early America.
November 29, 2023 at 7:55 PM