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When the Declaration of Independence Was News (Dr. Emily Sneff): Book Talk at the JCB

Thursday, May 07 2026 at 04:30 PM
94 George Street Providence, RI 02906
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Cover of Sneff's book, When the Declaration of Independence Was News

Join us at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7 for a book talk by Emily Sneff, author of

When the Declaration of Independence Was News.

This is a hybrid event.

To register for the virtual option, please go to https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JYxNn7p0Slm9ZlcG5iscZg

Sneff's book was published in April 2026, and coincides with the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Tracing the moments after its creation, this groundbreaking book follows how news of the Declaration of Independence spread to people throughout the thirteen United States and the Atlantic world.

– (from Oxford University Press)

"In Emily Sneff's fascinating history, readers will find themselves transported back in time to 1776, when Congress voting on the Declaration of Independence was a current event and the future of the new United States of America was both unknown and unsure. Sneff's timely, lively book will change the way you think about the history of the American Revolution and its most famous founding document."

– -- Zara Anishanslin, University of Delaware

This event is open to the public. Refreshments will follow.

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