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American History • SUMMER 2023 VOL. 58, NO. 2

Future Plans

Working America

Rare Lincoln Portrait Unveiled

Archaeology at Jamestown

Spero Takes the Helm at the Washington Presidential Library

What is It? • What was the purpose of this unusual tool?

Against the Odds

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Picture Perfect

ABT Marks Milestone Preservation Victory

Outside the Box

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The Dark Side of the White Knight

Number Two

What Does Home Mean? • Historic furnishings and objects explore the country’s diverse living experiences

Edwin Drake’s Well

Connecting Routes

Lincoln in His Own Words • The 16th president’s pre-Civil War musings about ‘negro equality’

‘They Thought Alike’

Going Electric •  After 70 years of steam and smoke, American rail began to plug in

Color on Canvas • Racial Diversity in the Art of William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)

The 48ers •  When European monarchs crushed rebellions in the mid-1800s, America benefited

A Baker’s Dozen of 48ers

Canal Fever

Guiteau Just Wanted Love

Home Port Battleship