Written by Samantha Hartford “A hidden hero of science” is not a likely answer you’d get if you asked someone, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” After all, fame is a way to measure what you’ve achieved. How can you be sure you’ve really accomplished anything if no one knows about … Continue reading Hiding in Plain Sight: Adventures with “Forgotten” Scientists
On the night of December 9th, 1969, the two century old Etsey House was moved across Morristown, NJ. It was lifted from its original place with a crane, put on the back of a flatbed truck, and driven through dark streets to its new home on the Vail/Lidgerwood property. The next morning, urban renewal plans … Continue reading The Moving of Etsey House
While researching a topic for the first post of the new year, I learned that there are some people who think that the new decade hasn’t started quite yet. Their claim is that since a decade is ten years long and the modern age started in 1 CE, that a true end-of-the-decade would be 2021 … Continue reading The New Decade(?)
It’s time to discuss Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Many of our readers may be more familiar with this novel’s film adaptations Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Cruel Intentions (1999). The original novel was first published in France in 1782, making it well within our first era for Speedwell Goes…Federal (1780-1800). The story … Continue reading Speedwell Goes…Federal Book Discussion
Speedwell Goes 