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This edition of the New-York Journal of American History includes original essays and papers focusing on the World of Asher B. Durand, an exhibition and symposium presented by the New-York Historical Society in spring, 2007. Durand's life and work are investigated in the historical context of nineteenth-century America as well as from an art historical point of view. Essays by Linda Ferber, Barbara Novak, Barbara Dayer Gallati, Christine I. Oaklander, Rachel Wadsworth Stazi, Kevin J. Avery, Charles Colbert, Sandra Markham, Rebecca Bedell, Linda Fischer, and Harrison Hunt.

A celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the N-YHS, this issue features many unknown treasures from the Society's collections, including the student drawings by architect William Adams Delano, the Issachar Cozzens portfolio, the Ruth Draper papers, rare drawings by Robert Fulton, the photographs of Jeremiah Gurney, and the architectural collections of John Snook. The issue also includes essays about Clement Clarke Moore, the infamous portrait of Lord Cornbury, and the decision to collect 9/11 artifacts. The ""teacher feature"" describes the new American Revolution digital learning and new media project, and the interview is with Louise Mirrer, the then-newly installed president of the Historical Society.

This issue takes as its theme the founding era of the New-York Historical Society and of the United States. Essays focus on Washington Irving, George Washington and the Presidency, Dolley Madison, loyalists in Revolutionary New York City, Governors Island, the execution of Nathan Hale, amateur historians of the nineteenth century, and the construction of the Erie Canal. Contributors include the scholars Carol Berkin, Gordon S. Wood, and Brendan McConville. Illustrated essays feature Duncan Phyfe, a memorial kerchief to Alexander Hamilton, and several short descriptions of an array of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century objects and items from the library and museum collections.

The re-launch issue of the Historical Society's journal focuses on collecting and interpreting the events of September 11, 2001, and features the Mathew Brady portrait collection, a remarkable trove of images only recently attributed to Brady. The issue also contains short articles on two N-YHS exhibitions, ""Reading Uncle Tom's Image"" and ""Seat of Empire,"" and an essay by Gordon S. Wood reflecting on a document in the Gilder-Lehrman collection on George Washington's views on slavery. The ""teacher feature,"" a tool for teachers, focuses on the American Revolution.

John James Audubon's images of bats are published here for the first time, as are some never-before-seen photographs of newsboys and girls by Lewis Hine. This issue includes two articles centered on the Gilded Age, one by Joshua Brown on Frank Leslie and scandalous pictorial news, and another by Margaret Hofer on satire as depicted on the McLoughlin Brothers' board game, ""Bulls and Bears."" Theodore Sizer comments on text about Major John Andre, and Allen Guelzo analyzes a document by Abraham Lincoln on the abolition of slavery. The ""history makers"" interview is with Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, and the ""teacher feature"" is on the Civil Rights movement. This issue inaugurated the ""books in brief"" and ""historians' picks"" section; both regular features highlighting recent books in history and the book recommendations of eminent historians.

This issue celebrates New York City anniversaries in illustrated essays about the subway, Central Park, the General Slocum disaster, Madison Square Garden, and Times Square. Originally also intended as an accompaniment to the Alexander Hamilton exhibition, the journal features essays on Hamilton by Richard Brookhiser, James O. Horton, Robert McCaughey, Richard Sylla, Joanne Freeman, and Sherwin Nuland; the ""history makers"" interview is with Ron Chernow. The ""teacher feature"" is on the framing of the U.S. Constitution.