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One of our members, Kevin J. Berland, is the founder, owner, factotum, etc., of the Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Discussion Bulletin Board (C18-L).
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For information on membership or on the annual meeting, contact Executive Secretary Peter Staffel at staffelp@westliberty.edu
The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer
The Society's newsletter, the Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer, formerly the East-Central Intelligencer, is the most substantial of the ASECS-affiliate societies' newsletters, averaging over 70 pages for each of its two annual issues. The editor is James E. May; he can be contacted at jem4@psu.edu.
The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer
N.S. Volume 36, Number 1: March 2022
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The East-Central/American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies held its first meeting in 1970, a few months after the inaugural meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ACECS), of which it is an affiliate. EC/ASECS's region includes most of the Mid-Atlantic area: Delaware, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Society meets every fall, usually in October or November. Members represent virtually every discipline related to eighteenth-century studies. Our members hail from coast to coast, from Canada to Mexico, and from various points overseas.
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Executive Committee: 2023
President: Greg Clingham
Vice President: Jane Wessel
1st. Past President: Anna Foy
2nd. Past President: Joann Myers
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ECI editor: Jim May
Past and Future Conference Chairs: Brett Wilson (2023), Eleanor Shevlin/Sylvia Marks (2020/2021/2022), Joann Myers (2019), Peter Staffel (2019/2018), Emily Kugler (2017), Marie McAllister (2016), Eleanor Shevlin (2015), Cheryl Wanko (2015), Rodney Mader (2015), Don Mell (2014), Matt Kinservik (2014)
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Print shows two rows of buildings, numbered 1-6, at Williamsburg, Virginia, and plant specimens, insects, and two views of Natives, numbered 7-16, and four tools, numbered a-d, used by the Natives.
Inscribed in pencil at bottom: Print from the original copper plate formerly in the possession of the Bodleian Library - now in Williamsburg. May have been the work of John Bartram, the colonial botanist.
Source: Library of Congress, Public Domain