These are the slides from my talk, "Republicans of Letters: Historical Social Networks and the Early American Foreign Service Database," given at Brown University on January 26, 2011. I discussed data visualization, digital tools for tracing historical networks, and my work on Project Quincy, DAVILA, and The Early American Foreign Service Database. Some slides are rather information rich, so if something interests you, hit pause!

1. Republicans of Letters
Historical Social Networks
&
The Early American
Foreign Service Database

2. Republicans of Letters
Historical Social Networks
&
The Early American
Foreign Service Database
@jean_bauer

6. To the Agents and Consuls of the U.S. of America residing in
France, Spain, Portugal & Italy, the Barbary States and British
Garrisons in the Mediterranean and all others whom it doth or may
concern —
GENTLEMEN -- In addition to my Circulars of the . . . instant
I am sorry to inform you that our Flagstaff was chop’d down upon
Thursday the 14th instant and War was declared in form by the
Bashaw of Tripoli against the United States of America —
You will please to give every possible publicity to this Circular and
transmit a copy thereof to the Department of State -- I shall depart
from Tripoli bound to Tunis in a few days where mean to wait the
President’s orders.
James Leander Cathcart to Fulwar Skipwith, May 15, 1801

8. SELECT DISTINCT individuals.name FROM individuals
JOIN assignments ON individuals.id = assignments.individual_id
WHERE start_year <= 1801 && end_year >= 1801 &&
assignments.location_id
IN
(SELECT locations.id FROM locations
JOIN in_states ON locations.id = in_states.location_id
JOIN states ON in_states.state_id = states.id
WHERE
states.name = "France" OR states.name = "Spain" OR
states.name = "Portugal" OR states.name LIKE "Sardinia%" OR
states.name LIKE "Genoa%" OR states.name = "Papal States" OR
states.name = "Austria" OR states.name = "Morocco" OR
states.name = "Algeria" OR states.name = "Tunisia" OR
states.name = "Malta");

10. Joseph Lamoliatte
Isaac Cox Barnet
Theodore Peters
William (b) Lee
Aubree
Francis Coffyn
Charles D. Coxe
Sieur De la motte
Peter Dobell
William Patterson
Pierre Borde
Sieur Etienne Cathalan
William Vans Jr.
Fulwar Skipwith
Robert R. Livingston
Patrick Mullony
Robert Montgomery
Joseph Serrano
William Willis
Peter Stirling

11. Joseph Lamoliatte Joseph M. Uznard Sr.
Isaac Cox Barnet Anthony Terry
Theodore Peters Joseph Bercerra
William (b) Lee James Simpson
Aubree John Gavino
Francis Coffyn David Humphreys
Charles D. Coxe Moses Young
Sieur De la motte John Graham
Peter Dobell Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
William Patterson William Kirkpatrick
Pierre Borde Thomas Kidman
Sieur Etienne Cathalan Henry Stonor
William Vans Jr. Thomas Bulkely
Fulwar Skipwith John Lamson
Robert R. Livingston Frederick H. Wollaston
Patrick Mullony Richard O'brien
Robert Montgomery Thomas Appleton
Joseph Serrano Jean Baptiste Sartor
William Willis Joseph Pulis
Peter Stirling William Eaton

12. Joseph Lamoliatte Joseph M. Uznard Sr.
Isaac Cox Barnet Anthony Terry
Theodore Peters Joseph Bercerra
William (b) Lee James Simpson
Aubree John Gavino
Francis Coffyn David Humphreys
Charles D. Coxe Moses Young
Sieur De la motte John Graham
Peter Dobell Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
William Patterson William Kirkpatrick
Pierre Borde Thomas Kidman
Sieur Etienne Cathalan Henry Stonor
William Vans Jr. Thomas Bulkely
Fulwar Skipwith John Lamson
Robert R. Livingston Frederick H. Wollaston
Patrick Mullony Richard O'brien
Robert Montgomery Thomas Appleton
Joseph Serrano Jean Baptiste Sartor
William Willis Joseph Pulis
Peter Stirling William Eaton
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16. B.I.M.

17. B.I.M.
(BAD IDEA METHOD)

19. Clean

20. Clean
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21. Clean
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VISUAL ARGUMENT

22. http://projectquincy.rubyforge.org
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www.jeanbauer.com/davila.html