Emily Sneff, "When the Declaration of Independence Was News" (Oxford UP, 2026)

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Amy Weitzman interviews Emily Sneff on her new book When the Declaration of Independence Was News and the graduate school experience. In 1776 people could hear the Declaration of Independence proclaimed in public squares...

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