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Issue	Title	Column	Author
Vol. 01 No. 4	The Truth of the Picnic: Writing about American slavery	Representing Slavery: A Roundtable Discussion	A. J. Verdelle
Vol. 02 No. 1	Harry Potter, My Daughter, Elihu Smith, and Me	Features	Bryan Waterman
Vol. 02 No. 1	Doctrines of Discovery	Features	Eric Cheyfitz
Vol. 02 No. 1	Notes of a Historyteller	Ask the Author	Paul Lussier
Vol. 02 No. 1	Searching for Self	Reviews	Ann Marie Plane
Vol. 02 No. 1	The Visible Public	Reviews	James Kessenides
Vol. 02 No. 1	Investigating Patrollers	Reviews	Mark M. Smith
Vol. 02 No. 1	Midwife Tales	Reviews	Rebecca J. Tannenbaum
Vol. 01 No. 3	Losing One to the Gipper	Publick Occurrences	Jeffrey L. Pasley
Vol. 01 No. 1	Playing Dress Up	Talk of the Past	Jill Lepore

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