Adrian Weimer

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...

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

15.05.2025 18:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Revolution before the Revolution: Boston, 1689 Popular uprisings, no tax without representation, a royal governor imprisoned - long before 1776, Massachusetts resisted royal rule.

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...

28.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire, with Professor Adrian Chastain Weimer (episode 295) - HUB History: Boston history podcast In this episode, I’m joined by Professor Adrian Chastain Weimer, author of the recent book A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire.  The...

Great fun talking with Jake Sconyers on Boston's HUB History podcast: www.hubhistory.com/episodes/a-c...

26.02.2024 14:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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.

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.

12.12.2023 15:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh hey, there's an AHA24 feed set up for January! Will pull in posts that use "AHA24."

27.11.2023 18:04 — 👍 22    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 1

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...

02.12.2023 02:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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.

30.11.2023 14:57 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

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.

29.11.2023 21:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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.

29.11.2023 20:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

thanks @sarageorgini.bsky.social!

29.11.2023 20:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Huzzah, @acweimer.bsky.social is here! 🗃️

29.11.2023 20:00 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I'm late to the party but am finally on here! Hoping to connect with #twitterstorians and anyone who likes thinking about early America.

29.11.2023 19:55 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2