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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Harriet Ritvo
[mailto:ritvo@MIT.EDU] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> singleta@mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: MHS Environmental History Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:-.25in'><a
name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Massachusetts Historical Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:-.25in'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Boston
Environmental History Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Tuesday,
April 13, 2010, 5:15 pm</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:
"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Anya Zilberstein, Concordia University: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:
"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>“Cold Comfort: The Benefits of Climate Change in
Early North America”</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Bookman Old Style","serif"'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>The
perceived suitability of a region for cultivation and commerce influenced
settlement patterns in the colonial era and into the 19<sup>th</sup> century.
Join us to learn how early scientific climate studies and natural histories
influenced the development of New England and Nova Scotia throughout this
period. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Comment:</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Brian Donahue, Brandeis
University</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>All
seminars take place at the society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215, and
commence at 5:15 PM. Each seminar consists of a discussion of a pre-circulated
paper provided to our subscribers. Afterwards the Society will provide a light
buffet supper. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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seminars are free and open to the public. There is a charge to subscribe to the
papers for the season. We encourage you to subscribe for online access to the
papers via our website; this costs $15. You may pay by credit card online
at: </span><a href="http://www.masshist.org/events/attend.cfm"
title="http://www.masshist.org/events/attend.cfm"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>. If you
pay by check please indicate the name of the seminar to which you are
subscribing and mail it to the Society. For those absolutely unable to acquire
the essays off the Internet we will still send seminar papers via the USPS for
a higher subscription rate of $25.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'> or call
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>We
look forward to seeing you at the seminars!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";
color:black'>Kate Viens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Research
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Massachusetts
Historical Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>1154
Boylston St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Boston,
MA 02215<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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