Prologue | Spring 2007

Vol. 39, No. 1

The 200th Anniversary of the Survey of the Coast Many of federal scientific agencies can trace their roots to Thomas Jefferson's order for a charting of the young nation's ever-growing coastline.

School House to White House A NARA exhibit gives us a peek at the report cards, homework, athletic prowess, and musical abilities of our modern Presidents when they were students.

Diplomacy and Duels on the High Seas Carefully laid plans for a dramatic confrontation between two ships are upset by the outbreak of peace in the War of 1812.

Table of Contents

Prologue in Perspective: Civic Education: Lighting the Path to the Future
Allen Weinstein

A Discovery: 1798 Federal Tax Records for Connecticut
Judith Green Watson

Diplomacy and Duels on the High Seas: Littleton Waller Tazewell and the Challenge of HMS Euryalus
Stuart Butler

The 200th Anniversary of the Survey of the Coast
John Cloud

School House to White House: The Education of the Presidents

Spotlight on NARA: Sharing the Excitement of History: NARA's New Boeing Learning Center Supports Education Programs Nationwide
Lee Ann Potter

Genealogy Notes: A Final Appeal to Capitol Hill: The U.S. House's Accompanying Papers File, 1865–1903
John P. Deeben

Authors on the Record: Interpreting the Interpreter

Foundation for the National Archives

Pieces of History: Lewis Emory Walker, Federal Photographer

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