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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | General George Washington, played by George MacQuarrie, looks on as Betsy Ross (Alice Brady) shows him the American flag she has been sewing. This is a sce... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | George Washington's aide Joseph Ashburn (played by John Bowers in Revolutionary War uniform) confronts Clarence Vernon (Frank Mayo) who has been hiding in ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | General George Washington (played by George McQuarrie) examines a document presented by Betsy Ross (Alice Brady). Over her left shoulder, in the role of Jo... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of class of young students holding American flags posed at the front of a classroom. Their teacher is standing on the far right, and desks a... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of a painting of Captain Samuel Murphy. Murphy served with Captain Samuel Brady in the Pittsburgh region during the Revolutionary War... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General George Rogers Clark, as an older man. Clark is most well known for his role in the defense of the Nort... |
| Date: | 05 01 1899 |
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| Description: | Map showing the Schuylkill River with roads, ferries, and points of interest from Valley Forge to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as it appeared during the Revo... |
| Date: | 08 31 1779 |
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| Description: | A handwritten "list of different inhabitants that consented to furnish the troops belonging to the state of Virginia." |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | This was one of the first maps available for the general British populace featuring America during the Revolutionary War. It includes forts, cities, topogr... |
| Date: | 1783 |
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| Description: | This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F... |
| Date: | 1777 |
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| Description: | Map showing the Hudson River in three sections, from New York City up through Lake Champlain, including cities, forts, roads, topographical features, and n... |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | Map of the American colonies and land east of the Mississippi River. Prominent cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, rivers and lakes are all sho... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Map of North America east of Mexico showing colonial boundaries, forts, cities, Native American land, mountains, waterfalls, lakes, and rivers. Short notes... |
| Date: | 02 1783 |
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| Description: | Map of the United States and one of the first to show the new boundaries created by the Preliminary Treaty signed on January 20, 1783. The former colonies ... |
| Date: | 1782 |
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| Description: | Map of America east of the Mississippi River. It shows regions, state boundaries extending to the Mississippi River, cities, forts, Native American lands, ... |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | Map of the Kenebec and Chaudiere River from the Atlantic Ocean to the Saint Lawrence River. Cities, forts, lakes, and tributaries along the two rivers are ... |
| Date: | 1777 |
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| Description: | Map of Colonial America east of Lake Michigan showing regions, cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Crossed swords and small ... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Detailed map of America east of the Louisiana region. It shows forts, cities, borders and boundary lines, Native American land, the post road, mountains, w... |
| Date: | 02 04 1783 |
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| Description: | One of the first and few maps to attempt to map the new boundaries of the United States and British territories during the preliminary treaty at the end of... |
| Date: | 1794 |
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| Description: | Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. It shows borders, treaty lines, forts, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lake... |
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