Joshua R Greenberg
Historian. Author: Bank Notes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic. Editor: commonplace.online. joshuargreenberg.com
- It is Big Bill Haywood's birthday. He started as a labor organizer in the Western Federation of Miners before helping found and lead the Industrial Workers of the World. Here is a vignette of miners taking a well-deserved break to celebrate. Allegany County Bank, Cumberland, MD, $5, May 4, 1859.🗃️
- You might know some famous names from the Salem Witch outbreak: Parris, Proctor, Putnam, but what about Dr. William Griggs, who help launch the trials with his "Evil Hand" diagnosis? In a new Commonplace piece, Benjamin Ray examines Griggs and his place in Salem.🗃️ commonplace.online/article/the-...