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A View of the Taking of Quebec
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| Title: | A View of the Taking of Quebec |
| Subtitle: | Sept 13 1759 |
| Artist: | Hervey Smyth |
| Caption: | Hervey Smyth was an aide-de-camp to British General James Wolfe during the Quebec campaign. His sketches of the attack on the city were printed and circulated shortly after the British victory. |
| Source: | Library and Archives Canada |
Andrew Hamilton Defending John Peter Zenger in Court
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| Title: | Andrew Hamilton Defending John Peter Zenger in Court |
| Subtitle: | 1734-1735 |
| Artist: | Martha J. Lamb's History of the City of New York |
| Created: | c. 1877 |
| Caption: | Original Caption: "By no means," exclaimed Hamilton, in his clear, thrilling, silvery voice. "It is not the bare printing and publishing of a paper that will make it a libel - the words themselves must be libelous, that is, false, scandalous, and seditious, else my client is not guilty." |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Andros a Prisoner in Boston
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| Title: | Andros a Prisoner in Boston |
| Created: | c. 1876 |
| Caption: | Edmund Andros, Governor of the Dominion of New England, was overthrown in April 1689, after the colonists learned of William's victory over King James. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
Anne Hutchinson on Trial
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| Title: | Anne Hutchinson on Trial |
| Artist: | Edwin Austin Abbey (artist) ; Marsh (engraver) |
| Source: | Bryant, William Cullen and Gay, Sydney Howard. A Popular History of the United States, Volume I. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1876. |
Baptism of Pocahontas
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| Title: | Baptism of Pocahontas |
| Artist: | John Gadsby Chapman |
| Created: | 1839 |
| Source: | Architect of the Capitol |
Bloody Brook
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| Title: | Bloody Brook |
| Caption: | In September, 1675, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a company of roughly 80 militiamen were escorting a train of wagons carrying crops. As the convoy crossed a brook in a dense forest, they were ambushed by a group of Native American warriors. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America, Volume I. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
Death of King Philip
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| Title: | Death of King Philip |
| Created: | c. 1876 |
| Caption: | Metacom, or King Philip, was killed in battle in 1676, after which he was beheaded by a Native American fighting for the colonists. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
Defeat of General Braddock
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| Title: | Defeat of General Braddock |
| Subtitle: | In the French and Indian War, in Virginia, in 1755 |
| Artist: | Billings, engraver |
| Created: | c. 1855 |
| Caption: | This depiction of General Braddock's defeat was included in the ninth volume of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. |
| Source: | Ballous, Maturin Murray. Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. |
Embarkation of the Pilgrims
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| Title: | Embarkation of the Pilgrims |
| Artist: | Robert W. Weir |
| Created: | 1843 |
| Source: | Architect of the Capitol |
Governor Berkeley and the Insurgents
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| Title: | Governor Berkeley and the Insurgents |
| Created: | c. 1876 |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
La Salle Claims the Mississippi Valley for France
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| Title: | La Salle Claims the Mississippi Valley for France |
| Caption: | French explorer Robert La Salle became the first European to travel down the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. On April 9, 1862, he claimed the river and the surrounding territory for France, naming the land Louisiana after King Louis XIV. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America, Volume II. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man-of-War
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| Title: | Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man-of-War |
| Subtitle: | 1619 |
| Artist: | Harper's Monthly Magazine |
| Created: | January, 1901 |
| Caption: | Depiction of 20 African slaves being sold to the Jamestown colonists. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi
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| Title: | Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi |
| Caption: | In 1673, French explorers Louis Joliet (or Jolliet) and Jacques Marquette (a Jesuit missionary), lead a small expedition of a few canoes and become the first Europeans to discover the Mississippi River. They travel down the river as far as Arkansas before turning back to avoid the Spanish. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America, Volume II. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
Mary Dyer Led to Execution on Boston Common
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| Title: | Mary Dyer Led to Execution on Boston Common |
| Subtitle: | 1 June 1660 |
| Created: | c. nineteenth century |
| Caption: | Mary Dyer being led to be hanged for being a Quaker |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Mary Rowlandson and Her Indian Captors
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| Title: | Mary Rowlandson and Her Indian Captors |
| Caption: | In February 1676, during King Phillip's War, a party of Narragansett Indians attacked Lancaster, Massachusetts. They captured Mary Rowlandson, the wife of a minister, and her three children. Mary was separated from her children and held captive for three months. Upon being ransomed she wrote a memoir of her time in captivity, which became very popular. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America, Volume I. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor
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| Title: | Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor |
| Artist: | William Halsall |
| Created: | 1882 |
Murder of Miss Jane McCrea
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| Title: | Murder of Miss Jane McCrea |
| Subtitle: | A,D, 1777 |
| Artist: | Nathaniel Currier |
| Created: | c. 1846 |
| Caption: | Jane McCrea, murdered by Native Americans during the Revolutionary War. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Samoset, the Indian Visitor
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| Title: | Samoset, the Indian Visitor |
| Artist: | Harper's Monthly Magazine |
| Created: | 1857 |
| Caption: | Samoset meeting with the early settlers of New England. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Signing the Mayflower Compact
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| Title: | Signing the Mayflower Compact |
| Artist: | Jean Leon Gerome Ferris |
The Death of General Wolfe
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| Title: | The Death of General Wolfe |
| Artist: | Benjamin West (painter); William Woollett (engraver) |
| Created: | 1776 |
| Caption: | Depiction of the death of General James Wolfe during the Battle of Quebec, 1759. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth
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| Title: | The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth |
| Artist: | Jennie Brownscombe |
| Created: | 1914 |
The Lost Colony
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| Title: | The Lost Colony |
| Artist: | W.L. Sheppard (Designer); W.J. Linton (Engraver) |
| Caption: | Governor John White and his crew return to Roanoke Colony, only to find the settlement abandoned. The word "CROATOAN" was carved into a tree, but the fate of the colonists remains a mystery. |
| Source: | Bryant, William Cullen and Gay, Sydney Howard. A Popular History of the United States, Volume I. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1876. |
The Pilgrims Receiving Massasoit
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| Title: | The Pilgrims Receiving Massasoit |
| Artist: | William L. Shepard |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America, Volume I. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
Washington the Soldier
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| Title: | Washington the Soldier |
| Created: | c. 1834 |
| Caption: | Lieutenant Colonel George Washington commanding the retreat of British troops and American militia at the Battle of the Monongahela |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Whipping of Quakers at the Cart's Tail in Boston
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| Title: | Whipping of Quakers at the Cart's Tail in Boston |
| Caption: | The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony did not offer religious toleration. As a result, Quakers faced punishments such as whipping and even execution. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America, Volume I. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians
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| Title: | William Penn's Treaty with the Indians |
| Subtitle: | When he Founded the Province of Pennsylvania in North America 1681 |
| Artist: | Benjamin West (painter); John Hall (engraver); John Boydell (printer) |
| Created: | 1775 |
| Caption: | Depiction of William Penn meeting with local Native Americans in Pennsylvania. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Witchcraft at Salem Village
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| Title: | Witchcraft at Salem Village |
| Caption: | Fear and hysteria strike Salem, Massachusetts and the surrounding areas over supposed acts of witchcraft. Through the course of the trials, nearly 200 people were accused of witchcraft, and 20 were executed. |
| Source: | Crafts, William A. Pioneers in the Settlement of America, Volume I. Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. |
