Who gets to name eras and movements in history? I usually don’t blog about my dissertation, but today is an exception. You might’ve heard of the Sabbatarians as a movement of people who campaigned for Sunday “blue” laws throughout American history.[1] In the early United States, they were particularly offended by Sunday mail delivery. Since my dissertation chronicles Sunday mail delivery from 1810 through 1912, which is when mail arrived on Sundays, I’ve frequently encountered the Sabbatarians in my research. However, I’m more compelled by an alternative name for them: the Sundayists. The 1911 publication of “American state papers bearing Read more