{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 58: Our Unnatural Enemies May Be Turned From Us","description":"Dr. Emily Sneff joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Polly Palmer to John Adams dated 4 August 1776, in which Palmer thanks Adams for sending her one of the earliest printings of the Declaration of Independence. In this episode, Gehred and Sneff explore Palmer and Adams\u2019s lifelong friendship, their experience getting inoculated for smallpox together, and military movements during the War for Independence. Dr. Emily Sneff is a historian and leading expert on the United States Declaration of Independence. She is a consulting curator for exhibitions planned for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration in 2026 at the Museum of the American Revolution, the American Philosophical Society, and Historic Trappe. She is also the curator of digital content for Declaration Stories. Her forthcoming book explores the dissemination of the Declaration around the Atlantic in the summer and fall of 1776. &amp;nbsp; Find the official transcript  here.&amp;nbsp; Your Most Obedient &amp;amp; Humble Servant is a production of R2 Studios part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; \u201cMary Palmer to John Adams, 15 June 1776,\u201d Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 2, Massachusetts Historical Society,  https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/publications\/adams-papers\/index.php\/view\/ADMS-04-02-02-0007. \u201cJohn Adams to Mary Palmer, 5 July 1776,\u201d Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 2, Massachusetts Historical Society,&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/publications\/adams-papers\/index.php\/view\/ADMS-04-02-02-0018.&amp;nbsp; \u201cMary Palmer to John Adams, 4 August 1776,\u201d Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 2, Massachusetts Historical Society,&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/publications\/adams-papers\/index.php\/view\/ADMS-04-02-02-0047. \u201cTo John Adams from Mary Palmer, 25 November 1789,\u201d Papers of John Adams, Volume 20, Massachusetts Historical Society,  https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/publications\/adams-papers\/index.php\/view\/ADMS-06-20-02-0121. ","author_name":"Your Most Obedient &amp; Humble Servant: A Women's History","author_url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/your-most-obedient-humble-servant-a-womens-history\/id1846437463","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35880975\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/35880975"}