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Thomas Jefferson, America's original foodie with the help of his slaves, both...
How the Founding Father's love of local produce, French wine, and mac & cheese shaped culinary historyBy Felisa Rogers July 2, 2011 Salon.comJohn Trumbull (American painter, 1756-1843) Thomas...
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1770 Cosmo Alexander (1724-1772) Portrait of a Jacobite Lady. myartprints.com Edinburgh, The Drambuie Collection
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1800 City of Philadelphia by English artist William Russell Birch 1755 - 1834
William Russell Birch (English artist, 1755-1834) The City and Port of Philadelphia on the River Delaware. City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, as it appeared in the Year...
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1769 John Singleton Copley 1738-1815 Mrs. James Smith Elizabeth Murray MFA (2)
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Quaker Pioneer Prophet Jemima Wilkinson 1752-1819
Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819), religious leader, founder of a pioneer community in western New York, was born in Cumberland, R.I., the 4th of 6 daughters & 8th of 12 children of Jeremiah & Amey...
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1770 John Singleton Copley 1738-1815 Mrs James Russell Katherine Graves Pvt
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John Adams on author Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution and the Effect it Has Produced in Europe (London: J. Johnson,...
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1770 John Singleton Copley 1738-1815 Mrs. William Coffin Ann Holmes MFA (2)
View ArticleIn Business - Martha Daniell Logan (1704-1779) South Carolina Gardener & Teacher
Martha Daniell Logan (1704-1779), colonial teacher and gardener, was born in St. Thomas Parish, S.C., the 2nd child of Robert Daniell and his second wife, Martha Wainwright. Her father, who may...
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1770 Cosmo Alexander (1724-1772). Mary Jemima Balfour. Virginia Historical Society.
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In Business - 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...
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1770 John Singleton Copley 1738-1815 Relief Dowse Mrs Michael Gill Tate London
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Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), author & feminist
.Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), author & feminist, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the eldest of the 8 children (4 died in infancy) of Winthrop & Judith (Saunders) Sargent. Her...
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1771-76 Henry Benbridge 1743-1812 Mrs Benjamin Simons Met
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Male & Female Slaves - Life in the fields of 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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1770 John Singleton Copley 1738-1815 Sarah Henshaw Mrs Joseph 1722-1822 Bayou Bend Houston
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Charity Worker Isabella Marshall Graham 1742-1814
.Isabella Marshall Graham, (1742-1814), teacher & early charitable worker, the daughter of John & Janet (Hamilton) Marshall, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, & grew up on an estate at...
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Portraits of 18C American Woman
1773 Henry Benridge Mrs Chas Coteworth Pinckney Sarah Middleton Benbridge Gibbs
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Philadelphia-born Quaker Minister Rebecca Jones 1739-1818
.Rebecca Jones (1739-1818), Quaker minister, was born in Philadelphia, the only daughter of William & Mary Jones. Her father, a sailor, died at sea when she was too young to remember him, leaving 2...
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