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&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Donald A. Slater will be speaking on Paul Revere and the Social Memory of Pine Tree Imagery in Colonial Massachusetts.&nbsp; This timely topic for the nation&rsquo;s semiquincentennial will explore imagery from 17th century Massachusetts silver coinage and a variety of 18th century Massachusetts currency issues in an attempt to reconstruct the thinking of the local patriot, engraver, printer and renaissance man, Paul Revere. He will highlight the popular images found on the currency featured in our current exhibit of Dr. Slater&#39;s Rev War era collection.&nbsp;&nbsp;During the 17th and 18th century, colonists mistrusted paper money as an economic vehicle and instead preferred specie coinage for commerce. &nbsp;Due to recurrent shortages of coinage in the colonies, and the need for colonial governments to fund certain activities, the issuance and usage of paper money was often a necessity. &nbsp;Revere would have been well aware of the delicate economic situation at the start of the Revolutionary War and colonists&rsquo; mistrust of paper currency. &nbsp;Slater thus argues that, as Revere was the primary engraver and printer of Massachusetts paper currency from 1775-1779, he intentionally leveraged historically powerful pine tree visual imagery to help boost the economic legitimacy of paper currency amongst the populace.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bio:Dr. Slater earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in anthropology/archaeology at Brandeis University and his B.A. from the University of New Hampshire. &nbsp;Since 2002 he has held a variety of roles at Phillips Academy, Andover at the Department of History and Social Sciences and the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. &nbsp;His primary research focuses on the study of Colonial New England material culture, as well as the religion, cosmology, and iconography of the ancient Maya. &nbsp;He has directed archaeological digs at local 17th and 18th century sites in Massachusetts, as well as a National Geographic-funded project that investigated ancient ceremonial caves in Yucatan, Mexico. &nbsp;An educator at heart, at Phillips Academy Slater teaches courses on US and World History, colonial burial grounds, ancient Maya cosmology, and he has led student expeditionary learning programs to Mesoamerica, Peru, the Arctic, the American Southwest, and throughout New England. &nbsp;Most recently, Slater launched a new hands-on numismatics course that culminated in small exhibits at the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Robert S. Peabody Institute before inspiring the current exhibit at the Andover Center for History and Culture.Slater grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts and has long resided on the campus of Phillips Academy with his wife Beth and their two daughters Quinn and Maeve. &nbsp;Beyond numismatics, history, and archaeology, Slater is an avid photographer, hiker, and fan of hockey and classic rock music. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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Dr. Donald A. Slater will be speaking on Paul Revere and the Social Memory of Pine Tree Imagery in Colonial Massachusetts.  This timely topic for the nation’s semiquincentennial will explore imagery from 17th century Massachusetts silver coinage and a variety of 18th century Massachusetts currency issues in an attempt to reconstruct the thinking of the local patriot, engraver, printer and renaissance man, Paul Revere. He will highlight the popular images found on the currency featured in our current exhibit of Dr. Slater's Rev War era collection.  During the 17th and 18th century, colonists mistrusted paper money as an economic vehicle and instead preferred specie coinage for commerce.  Due to recurrent shortages of coinage in the colonies, and the need for colonial governments to fund certain activities, the issuance and usage of paper money was often a necessity.  Revere would have been well aware of the delicate economic situation at the start of the Revolutionary War and colonists’ mistrust of paper currency.  Slater thus argues that, as Revere was the primary engraver and printer of Massachusetts paper currency from 1775-1779, he intentionally leveraged historically powerful pine tree visual imagery to help boost the economic legitimacy of paper currency amongst the populace.  Bio:Dr. Slater earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in anthropology/archaeology at Brandeis University and his B.A. from the University of New Hampshire.  Since 2002 he has held a variety of roles at Phillips Academy, Andover at the Department of History and Social Sciences and the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.  His primary research focuses on the study of Colonial New England material culture, as well as the religion, cosmology, and iconography of the ancient Maya.  He has directed archaeological digs at local 17th and 18th century sites in Massachusetts, as well as a National Geographic-funded project that investigated ancient ceremonial caves in Yucatan, Mexico.  An educator at heart, at Phillips Academy Slater teaches courses on US and World History, colonial burial grounds, ancient Maya cosmology, and he has led student expeditionary learning programs to Mesoamerica, Peru, the Arctic, the American Southwest, and throughout New England.  Most recently, Slater launched a new hands-on numismatics course that culminated in small exhibits at the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Robert S. Peabody Institute before inspiring the current exhibit at the Andover Center for History and Culture.Slater grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts and has long resided on the campus of Phillips Academy with his wife Beth and their two daughters Quinn and Maeve.  Beyond numismatics, history, and archaeology, Slater is an avid photographer, hiker, and fan of hockey and classic rock music.