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1808 advertisement of Wet Nurse for sale in Norfolk Gazette

1808 Advertisements from the Norfolk Gazette

A depiction of the first shots fired during the Boston Massacre, killing Crispus, Attucks.

A painting of George Washington as president. Alexander Hamilton as the secretary of the treasury, and Thomas Jefferson as the secretary of state. On the wall of the Senate reception room painted in the U.S. Capitol.

Art of the Boston Massacre

Portrait of Benjamin Waterhouse at age 79 by Peale Rembrandt

"The women in this watercolor are rare to find in a period image of the Continental Army. But thousands of women and children shared life on campaign with their enlisted husbands and fathers. A census of the camp followers at West Point in January…

Oil Painting

A page of the Stamp Act that argues that the colonists cannot be subject to taxation without representation in British Parliment.

Robert Byrds drawing of Anna Strong's spy technique