SAVE THE DATE!

Join us on June 18th, 2026 from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for a free public program featuring a pop-up display of relevant original documents and a lecture by Christopher Pearl, Associate Professor of History at Lycoming College and author of Conceived in Crisis: The Revolutionary Creation of an American State. 

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About Christopher Pearl: 

Pearl’s research interests are in early American history, especially the American Revolution. His new book, Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution (UVA Press, 2024), traces the eighteenth-century struggle for power in Pennsylvania’s Northern Susquehanna River Valley, where Indigenous nations, rebellious settlers, and land speculators all pursued competing visions of independence. This work builds on his earlier book, Conceived in Crisis: The Revolutionary Creation of an American State (UVA Press, 2020), which explored how ineffective colonial governance and imperial politics spurred a new state into being during the Revolution.