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In Business - Jane Aitken (1764-1832) Philadelphia Printer, Publisher,...
Neues Bilderbuch für Kinder, 1799Jane Aitken (1764-1832) was an early American printer, publisher, bookbinder, & bookseller. Aitken was born in Paisley, Scotland, on July 11, 1764. She was the 1st...
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Portrait of 18C American Women
1758 Joseph Badger (1708-1765). Hannah Minnot (Mrs. Samuel Moody ). New Brit Mus Art
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Portrait of 18C American Woman
1762-6 John Singleton Copley 1738-1815 Lydia Lynde (Mrs William Walker) New Britain Mus of ArtLydia Lynde (1741-1798), painted by John Singleton Copley shortly before her marriage to the Reverend Dr....
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In Business - Ann Donavan Timothy 1727-1792 - Publisher of the South Carolina...
Ann Timothy (c1727-1792), printer & newspaper publisher, was born Ann Donavan, probably in Charleston, S.C. At St. Phillip’s Church in Charleston, on Dec. 8, 1745, she married Peter Timothy...
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Portrait of 18C American Women
1759 Benjamin West 1738-1820 Jane Galloway 1745-1801 Hist Soc of PA Phil
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1793 Portrait of American Mother & Child
Lady Williams and Child 1793 Ralph Earl (American, 1751–1801)As the New Republic of The United States of America was finding its way between the 1780s & 1800, a very noticeable change took place in...
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Tornadoes & Whirlwinds in 18C America
1750 Joseph Badger (American Colonial Era artist, 1798-1765) Mrs. Nathaniel Brown (Anna Porter Brown) Beneath the Gathering CloudsI had suspected that tornadoes were usually called whirwinds in 18C...
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In Business - 1738 South Carolina Newspaper Publisher Elizabeth Timothy
Elizabeth Timothy (d. 1757), printer & newspaper publisher, was born in Holland. She left Holland in 1731, with her husband Lewis & their 4 young children, all under the age of 6, sailing from...
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Portrait of 18C American Women
1759 Joseph Badger (1708-1765). Hannah Upham (Mrs. John Haskins). Brooklyn
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In Business - Anne Catharine Hoof Green (c 1720-1775) “Printer to the...
Anne Catharine Hoof Green (c. 1720-1775), “printer to the Province” of Maryland from 1767, until her death, was apparently born in Holland, & brought to Pennsylvania as a small child. On April...
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18C Early American Timeline 1700-1709
1700Population of the British American colonies: about 260,000 people. Boston has 7,000 people and New York, 5000. Jewish population of America numbers between 200 and 300.Massachusetts representative...
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Portrait of 18C American Women
1760 Jeremiah Theus 1719-1774 Mary Trusler Dallas Mus Art
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In Business - Cornelia Smith Bradford (d 1755) Printer & Newspaper Editor in...
In 18C colonial British America, most women worked at home with their husbands to contribute to the family's economic support. But, during the period, a surprising number of women did become active in...
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Portrait of 18C American Women
1760 John Hesselius 1728-1788 Anna Dorthea Finney 1735-1817 DE Briggs Mus Art
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A New Wife - A New Cook! Geo & Martha Washington's celebrated, enslaved cook,...
Attributed to Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) & Assumed to be a Portrait of Hercules, George Washington's Cook, 1797Hercules was an enslaved African held at Mount Vernon, George Washington's Virginia...
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Portrait of 18C American Women
1760 Joseph Badger (1708-1765). Sarah Larrabee Edes. Los Angeles County Museum of ArtSarah's father, Captain John Larrabee (1686-1762), was captain lieutenant, or commanding officer, of Castle William...
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Tobacco, Slaves, & Life on 18C Chesapeake Plantations
1757 Detail John Wollaston (1710-1775) Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731-1802) (Daniel Parke Custis) (George Washington)Life for Martha Washington at Mount Vernon Before the PresidencyAt Mount...
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Portrait of 18C American Women
1760 Joseph Blackburn fl 1752-1778 Hannah Wentworth Atkinson Cleveland Museum of ArtThe Cleveland Museum tells us that Mrs. Atkinson (born Hannah Wentworth, 1700–1769) is almost a mannequin for the...
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