Rest in Peace, Edmund S. Morgan, 1916-2013

From the New York Times: "Edmund S. Morgan, an award-winning historian who illuminated the intellectual world of the Puritans, explored the paradox of freedom and slavery in colonial Virginia and, in his 80s, wrote a best-selling biography of Benjamin Franklin, died on Monday in New Haven. He was 97." Read on here.

To watch a 2009 conversation between Morgan and Annette Gordon-Reed, follow the link to the Gilder Lehrman Center website.