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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Boston Environmental History Seminar</span></b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Massachusetts Historical Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red">Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 5:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Benjamin Kochan, Boston University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Governor Francis W. Sargent: Fisheries Manager<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Comment:
</span></i><span class="otherguest"><i><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Brian Payne, Bridgewater State University</span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Francis Sargent was a Cape Cod fisherman. Fishing brought him into the government as Director of Fisheries, then head of Public Works, and, eventually, governor of Massachusetts. In
his positions, Sargent bridged the gap between working-class fishers and government. This paper examines Sargent’s ability to speak directly to fishermen, arguing that his post-1974 disengagement from public life robbed fishermen of an ally who might have
soothed tensions created by late-1970s federal regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#C00000">RSVP required</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> To respond, email
<a href="mailto:seminars@masshist.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:seminars@masshist.org">
seminars@masshist.org</a> or call <a href="tel:(617)%20646-0579" target="_blank">
617-646-0579</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Unless stated, all seminars take place at the Society,
<a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=1154+Boylston+St.,+Boston&entry=gmail&source=g">
1154 Boylston St., Boston</a>, and commence at 5:15 PM. After each session the Society will provide a light buffet supper. In case of inclement weather, phone
<a href="tel:(617)%20536-1608" target="_blank">617-536-1608</a> for information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">As in the past, the essays are available to subscribers as PDFs through the seminar’s webpage,
<a href="https://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/environmental-history" target="_blank">
https://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/environmental-history</a>. Subscribe to the 2017-2018 series online via this page. A $25 subscription allows access to the full series of papers for the year, as well as the papers for the Boston Area Early American
History Seminar and the Modern American Society and Culture Seminar. Papers are posted a few weeks before the session; the Feb. 13 paper is now online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Questions? Email
<a href="mailto:seminars@masshist.org" target="_blank">seminars@masshist.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">We look forward to seeing you at the seminar!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i>Yankees in the West</i> is on display at the MHS Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM through 6 April, 2018. More information is available at www.masshist.org..<br>
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Alexis Buckley, Research Coordinator & Book Review Editor<br>
Massachusetts Historical Society<br>
1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215<br>
Phone: 617-646-0577, Fax: 617-859-0074<br>
Email: abuckley@masshist.org<br>
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