2011 Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

2011 Littleton-Griswold Prize for a book on American law and society given by the American Historical Association

2011 George Washington Book Prize given by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

2011 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

2011 Ruth Ratnor Miller Award for Excellence in American History administered by the Concord Free Public Library