February New Books

Seeding your spring book list!

Proprietors and Subscribers, new books have been planted at the Athenaeum.

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February New Books 2019

	December 2023
					1	2 Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room December 2, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm The first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room in the 1805 building is open for tours. Donations accepted. •
3	4	5	6 "Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World" with Dane A. Morrison "Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World" with Dane A. Morrison December 6, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA American identity has always been shaped by its relationship with the wider world. At the moment of its independence in 1783, the new nation was a poor and powerless state trying to survive in a hostile world that bullied and ridiculed Americans. For their part, Yankee seafarers saw the world as populated by pirates and tyrants in the Mediterranean, corrupt mandarins in the China seas, idolatry and colonial oppression in the Indian Ocean, and bloodthirsty cannibals in the Pacific. The natural world was no kinder, as hidden shoals and terrifying monsoons ripped apart their ships and drowned their crews. Dane Morrison draws from his recent book, Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World, to describe how the United States navigated its way across threatening seas to become a global superpower. Dr. Dane Morrison is a Professor of Early American History in the Department of History at Salem State University, Salem, MA. Please RSVP to this event by calling 603-431-2538. •	7	8 Athenaeum Annual Holiday Gala Athenaeum Annual Holiday Gala December 8, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Invitations forthcoming to members. •	9
10	11	12	13 "Clothes for a Sustainable Future: Growing Flax, Processing Linen, and Weaving Cloth in Early New Hampshire" with Dr. Kimberly Alexander "Clothes for a Sustainable Future: Growing Flax, Processing Linen, and Weaving Cloth in Early New Hampshire" with Dr. Kimberly Alexander December 13, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm "….in all Joshua Sow'd about 1½ Bu. & ½ peck flax Seed.” Samuel Lane, Almanack, May I, 1769 The history of flax and linen—its cultivation, production, sale, and trade--is an integral part of UNH's Dr. Kimberly Alexander’s research into New Hampshire’s pre-industrial textile economy. In this illustrated lecture, she reveals how working with account books, like those of shoemaker Deacon Samuel Lane of Stratham and shopkeeper General John Montgomery of Haverhill Corner, in tandem with growing flax and processing it into linen at the UNH Woodman Agricultural Research Farm, provide insight into home production during Revolutionary-era New Hampshire. Dr. Alexander will discuss how this research fosters fresh opportunities for UNH students and colleagues as well as community-wide engagement. Dr. Kimberly Alexander is the Director of Museum Studies and Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Dr. Alexander is the author of *Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era* [Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018] and *Fashioning the New England Family* [Massachusetts Historical Society, 2021] in the Shaw Research Library For more on the UNH flax project, click here: http://www.theflaxprojectunh.com. Please RSVP to this event by calling 603-431-2538. •	14 Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room December 14, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm The first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room in the 1805 building is open for tours. Donations accepted. Athenaeum Holiday Concert Athenaeum Holiday Concert December 14, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm South Church Unitarian Universalist Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA With trumpets, horn and trombones, the Portsmouth Symphony Brass Quintet will herald all that's glorious about the season of Advent, Hanukkah, and Christmas. Come one, come all, to celebrate and be filled with a joyful mix of traditional music, seasonal favorites and music from the Renaissance to pop. The Concert is the Athenaeum's gift to its membership and to the community at large, although contributions will be gratefully accepted at the door. The Athenaeum Holiday Concert with the PBQ will be held at 7:30 p.m. on December 14, 2023 at South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth. All are invited. • •	15	16
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Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room
Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room

December 2, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room in the 1805 building is open for tours. Donations accepted.

"Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World" with Dane A. Morrison
"Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World" with Dane A. Morrison

December 6, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

American identity has always been shaped by its relationship with the wider world. At the moment of its independence in 1783, the new nation was a poor and powerless state trying to survive in a hostile world that bullied and ridiculed Americans. For their part, Yankee seafarers saw the world as populated by pirates and tyrants in the Mediterranean, corrupt mandarins in the China seas, idolatry and colonial oppression in the Indian Ocean, and bloodthirsty cannibals in the Pacific. The natural world was no kinder, as hidden shoals and terrifying monsoons ripped apart their ships and drowned their crews. Dane Morrison draws from his recent book, Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World, to describe how the United States navigated its way across threatening seas to become a global superpower.

Dr. Dane Morrison is a Professor of Early American History in the Department of History at Salem State University, Salem, MA.

Please RSVP to this event by calling 603-431-2538.

Athenaeum Annual Holiday Gala
Athenaeum Annual Holiday Gala

December 8, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Invitations forthcoming to members.

"Clothes for a Sustainable Future: Growing Flax, Processing Linen, and Weaving Cloth in Early New Hampshire" with Dr. Kimberly Alexander
"Clothes for a Sustainable Future: Growing Flax, Processing Linen, and Weaving Cloth in Early New Hampshire" with Dr. Kimberly Alexander

December 13, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

"….in all Joshua Sow'd about 1½ Bu. & ½ peck flax Seed.”

Samuel Lane, Almanack, May I, 1769

The history of flax and linen—its cultivation, production, sale, and trade--is an integral part of UNH's Dr. Kimberly Alexander’s research into New Hampshire’s pre-industrial textile economy. In this illustrated lecture, she reveals how working with account books, like those of shoemaker Deacon Samuel Lane of Stratham and shopkeeper General John Montgomery of Haverhill Corner, in tandem with growing flax and processing it into linen at the UNH Woodman Agricultural Research Farm, provide insight into home production during Revolutionary-era New Hampshire. Dr. Alexander will discuss how this research fosters fresh opportunities for UNH students and colleagues as well as community-wide engagement.

Dr. Kimberly Alexander is the Director of Museum Studies and Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Dr. Alexander is the author of Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era [Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018] and Fashioning the New England Family [Massachusetts Historical Society, 2021] in the Shaw Research Library

For more on the UNH flax project, click here: http://www.theflaxprojectunh.com.

Please RSVP to this event by calling 603-431-2538.

Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room
Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room

December 14, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room in the 1805 building is open for tours. Donations accepted.
Athenaeum Holiday Concert
Athenaeum Holiday Concert

December 14, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
South Church Unitarian Universalist Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

With trumpets, horn and trombones, the Portsmouth Symphony Brass Quintet will herald all that's glorious about the season of Advent, Hanukkah, and Christmas. Come one, come all, to celebrate and be filled with a joyful mix of traditional music, seasonal favorites and music from the Renaissance to pop. The Concert is the Athenaeum's gift to its membership and to the community at large, although contributions will be gratefully accepted at the door.

The Athenaeum Holiday Concert with the PBQ will be held at 7:30 p.m. on December 14, 2023 at South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth. All are invited.

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