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Time Machine: 6 December 1775
Submitted by jgoffin on Thursday December 06, 2012

237 years ago today James Macpherson wrote this letter to Gen. Philip Schuyler of the relatively new Continental Army. The purpose of the letter is to request that Shuyler remove him from what was essentially a desk job and let him join the

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100 Years Ago Today
Submitted by tpotter on Wednesday November 28, 2012

Some of you may not know that the Rhode Island Collection holds the complete run of the Providence Journal from 1829 to

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The One Hour Digitization Challenge
Submitted by jgoffin on Tuesday November 27, 2012

I recently received a package containing my very first Kickstarter purchase, the

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Magician of the Week #23: Lady Francis
Submitted by jgoffin on Wednesday November 21, 2012

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Hello From the Rhode Island Collection Librarian
Submitted by tpotter on Thursday November 08, 2012

Hello and welcome to the first blog post of the new Rhode Island Collection Librarian. My name is Tracy Connolly and I am the new curator and reference librarian to the very wonderful and unique Rhode Island Collection held here at the Providence

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The Printer's Working Library
Submitted by jgoffin on Monday November 05, 2012

(View the original post at the Notes for Bibliophiles blog.)

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Magician of the Week #22: Halloween Double Feature
Submitted by jgoffin on Wednesday October 31, 2012

In honor of Halloween, here's a frightful double feature:

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