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18th-Century American Women by Jeremiah Theus (1716-1774)
. Jeremiah Theus (American colonial era artist, 1716-1774) Mary Broughton (Mrs. Isaac Motte)Jeremiah Theus was born in Chur, Switzerland; and at age 19, arrived in South Carolina with his family in...
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Henrietta Johnston -- Charleston Portraitist
. 1711 Henrietta Johnston (1674-1729) Henriette Charlotte de Chastaigner (Mrs Nathaniel Broughton) Early in the 18th century, many of the portraits of colonial gentle ladies posted on this blog were...
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The proper English kitchen, when we were still the British American colonies...
Frontispiece from Martha Bradley’s “The British Housewife or, The Cook Housekeeper’s and Gardiner’s Companion 1756
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1790s Portraits by Mexican-born Louisiana artist Josè Francisco Xavier de...
.1790s Josè Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (Mexican-born Louisiana artist, 1750–1802) Clara de la MotteJosè Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (1750–1802) was a native of Merida in the...
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Portraits by American artist John Trumbull 1756–1843
John Trumbull (American artist, 1756 – 1843) Martha Washington. 1793John Trumbull 1756–1843, American painter, was the son of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut. He served in the Continental Army...
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Today in History written by Philadelphian Francis Shallus in 1817
JANUARY,1. 1776. Norfolk, Virginia, cannonaded and burnt by the British under lord Dunmore.1. 1781. Congress appointed John Adams minister plenipotentiary to the United Provinces of Holland.Same...
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Happy New Year 2013!
Jonathan Adams Bartlett (American artist, 1817-1902) Harriet, the artist's fiance c 1840Wishing you God's peace & joy & love for the coming year!
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Today in History written by Philadelphian Francis Shallus in 1817
January 2 2. 1777. Cannonading' at Trenton. The British repulsed in their attempt to cross Sanpink creek bridge. In the night general Washington retired leaving his fires burning.2. 1788. Federal...
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Today in History written by Philadelphian Francis Shallus in 1817
January 3 3. 1777 Battle of Princeton—General Washington defeated the British; they lost among other officers, captain Leslie, son of the earl of Leven; and upwards of one hundred men killed on the...
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Jane McCrae 1752-1777 Killed during the American Revolution
Jane McCrae (sometimes spelled McCrae or MacCrae, 1752-1777) was a young woman who was purportedly slain by Native American allies of the British army’s Lieutenant General John Burgoyne. It was...
View ArticleDIARY OF ANNA GREEN WINSLOW (1759-1780). For the years 1771-1773.
DIARY OF ANNA GREEN WINSLOW (1759-1780). For the years 1771-1773.with notes by Alice Morse Earle 1895 See Gutenberg transcription here.Lady, by which means I had a bit of the wedding cake. I guess I...
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Birds in 18th-Century American Paintings & Gardens
1745 American Painting - Joseph Badger (1708-1765). Detail of John Gerry (1741-1786) brother of Elbridge Gerry of Boston with bird.The birds are returning and that means spring cannot be far away. I...
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Slaves - Life in Georgia and Carolina 1750
. The Rev. Mr. Johann Martin Bolzius (1703- 1765) was a pastor who accompanied the Salzburgers from Rotterdam in their pilgrimage to England, and then on to Georgia in 1733. He wrote back to Rotterdam...
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Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) in South Carolina
It is difficult to decide whether this essay on South Carolina's Eliza Lucas Pinckney should be posted in the Early American Gardens blog or in the 18th-Century Women blog, so I have decided to post it...
View ArticleBiography - Sarah Updike Goddard (c. 1701-1770) Printer & Mother of a Rather...
.Sarah Updike Goddard (c. 1701-Jan. 5, 1770), printer, was born at Cocumscussuc, one mile north of the village of Wickford, R.I., to Lodowick & Abigail (Newton) Updike. Her grandfather, Gysbert op...
View ArticleBiography - Writer, Preacher, & Mantua Maker Bethsheba Bowers 1672-1718
.Quaker author and preacher Bathsheba Bowers was born in 1672, in Massachusettes, and died at age 46 in 1718, in South Carolina. She was one of 12 children born to Benanuel Bowers and his wife...
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Biography - Boston Slave Poet Phillis Wheatley d. 12/5/1784
.I think that the first time I learned much about Phillis Wheatley was in an American Literature class at the University of North Carolina in the mid 1960s. Her story and her poems were fairly amazing....
View ArticleBiography - Madame Montour c 1684-c 1752 Interpreter & Indian Agent for New...
.Madame Montour (c. 1684-c. 1752), interpreter & Indian agent for the colonies of New York & Pennsylvania, spent most of her life among the Indians & was presumably of French & Indian...
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Biography - Inventor Sybilla Righton Masters (died in 1720) & Patents for Women
.We meet many 18th-century women on this blog, but few are inventors with their own patents. Sybilla Masters (d. Aug. 23, 1720), inventor, sometimes called Sybella, was the 2nd daughter & 2nd of 7...
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Biography - Georgia's Indian Leader Mary Musgrove c 1700-1763 & Her...
.Mary Musgrove (c 1700-1763), Indian leader in colonial Georgia, was the child of a Creek mother & an English trader. Originally named Coosaponakeesa, she was born at Coweta town, then on the...
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