Young America on a World Stage: 1800 - 1812
- Date: July 18
- Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Location: Salem Maritime National Historic Site, St. Joseph's Hall
Primary Resources
Bibliography
Directions
- Dane Morrison
- Professor of History
- Salem State College
Dane A. Morrison is Professor of Early American History and Coordinator
of Undergraduate American Studies at Salem State College and former
History department chairperson. He earned his B.A. and M.B.A. from
Boston College, and his Ph.D. in History from Tufts University. He is
the author of A Praying People: Massachusett Acculturation and the
Failure of the Puritan Mission, 1600-1690 (New York: Peter Lang, 1995),
editor of American Indian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to
Contemporary Issues (New York: Peter Lang, 1997), and co-editor of the
award-winning anthology, Salem: Place, Myth and Memory (Boston:
Northeastern University Press, 2004). His current research, from which
he has presented numerous papers, is on the first generation of Americans
to encounter other peoples in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
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Address and Directions
St. Joseph's Hall
160 Derby Street
Salem, MA 01970
Parking is available in the South Harbor Parking Garage
Parking Map
From the North or South, take Route I-93 to Route I-95N/128N (exit 37A). Follow 128N to exit 44 (Peabody). Take exit 26, right, onto Lowell Street (becomes Main St. then Boston St.) into Salem. Watch for brown signs with National Park Service arrowhead. Turn left onto Bridge Street, right onto Winter Street, right on Washington Square North, and follow Hawthorne Boulevard to a left on Derby Street, to 160 Derby Street. St. Joseph's Hall will be on the left hand side.
Information will be updated as it becomes available
Using ESSEX History Themes
Using ESSEX History will address four core themes in American history. These four themes are listed below. Teachers will find materials that relate to specific topics linked to the appropriate heading. Any subjects that relate to more than one theme will be linked to all of the appropriate headings.