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The historical society movement in America originated in 1791 when Jeremy Belknap and seven others met to organize the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston [citing Louis Leonard Tucker.] . . . The historical society had become, by [the 1890s], al

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The historical society movement in America originated in 1791 when Jeremy Belknap and seven others met to organize the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston [citing Louis Leonard Tucker.] . . . The historical society had become, by [the 1890s], almost obligatory for groups seeking to establish and present to the larger culture a cohesive identity.

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Kaplan 2000

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The historical society movement in America originated in 1791 when Jeremy Belknap and seven others met to organize the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston [citing Louis Leonard Tucker.] . . . The historical society had become, by [the 1890s], al

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