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Very basic Timeline American War for Independence from Britain
.1776 Jul 4 United States Declaration of Independence 1776 Aug 27 Battle of Long Island 1776 Sep 15 British Occupation of New York 1776 Sep 15 Landing At Kip's Bay 1776 Sep 16 Battle of Harlem Heights...
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1700s Women's Legal Rights - Divorce
.From theBoston Evening-Post, published as Boston Evening Post; February 9, 1756."Eleanor Stickney, the Wife of James Stickney of Hampstead in the Province aforesaid, having complained to the General...
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Rare African American portraits connected to Philadlphia's 1st Mayor
Franklin Street (Philadelphia artist) Charles Montier (1818–1905) 1841Franklin Street (Philadelphia artist) Elizabeth Brown Montier (1820–c. 1858) The Philadelphia Museum of Art houses an extremely...
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Timothy Dwight's Journal of Madam Knight 1704 or 1824?
.Sarah Kemble Knight’s (1666-1727) reported journal of a horseback journey from Boston to New York in 1704-05 was published in 1825, by Theodore Dwight (1797-1866), one of the Hartford Wits. An actual...
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1700s American Women with books
.1730 John Smibert (American colonial era artist, 1688-1751) Sarah Middlecroft (Mrs Louis Boucher)During the 18th-century, more and more women learned to read. I am not sure that all of these women...
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James Monroe's wife Elizabeth Kortright 1768-1830
.On January 16, 1786, future President 27-year-old James Monroe (1758-1831) married 17-year-old New York beauty named Elizabeth Kortright (1768-1830). She first caught Monroe's attention in 1785, while...
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Marrying in 1750 Pennsylvania & a glimpse at unmarried persons "merry-making"
From Gottlieb Mittelberger's Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750 and Return to Germany in the Year 1754 (Philadelphia, 1898).Gottlieb Mittelberger traveled to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1750, on...
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Benjamin Franklin's 1745 Advice on chosing a partner "Prefer old Women to...
Robert Feke (American artist, 1707-1752) Young Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) c. 1746June 25, 1745My dear Friend,I know of no Medicine fit to diminish the violent natural Inclinations you mention; and...
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Quotes Thomas Jefferson did not say...
Portrait of President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) by Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817)Quotation:"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to...
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Catharine Littlefield 1755-1814 m Rev War Gen Nathanael Greene & helpled Eli...
James Frothingham (American artist, 1786–1864) Catharine Littlefield Greene MillerCatherine “Caty” Littlefield was born in New Shoreham, R.I., on Block Island. The 3rd child of 5, she was the 1st...
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Quotes Thomas Jefferson did not say...
Portrait of President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) by Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817)Quotation:"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much...
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Alexander Hamilton's Adultery and Apology
From the Smithsonian Magazine July 25, 2013Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804) by John Trumbull 1806In the summer of 1791, Alexander Hamilton received a visitor.Maria Reynolds, a 23-year-old...
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Quotes Thomas Jefferson did not say...
Portrait of President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) by Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817)Quotation:"Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the...
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Weed in 17C & 18C English Society
"Englishman Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a natural philosopher and architect whose diverse achievements included creating the balance spring used in pocket watches and, as the author of the landmark book...
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Quotes Thomas Jefferson did not say...
Portrait of President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) by Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817)Dissent is the highest form of patriotism "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" is often...
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A few 18C British American women with Sheep & Lambs
Sheep began appearing in Western religious paintings early. By the 17th century, lambs were showing up in non-religious portraits as well. These are a few of my favorites, including several early...
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Squirrels in paintings of 18C American women + a couple of boys...
1757 Joseph Badger (1708-1765). Rebecca Orne (later Mrs. Joseph Cabot) 1765 John Singleton Copley (1738-1815). Frances Deering Wentworth (Mrs. Theodore Atkinson, Jr.)1760s William Williams (1727-1791)....
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Birds in 18C American paintings
1745 American Painting - Joseph Badger (1708-1765). Detail of John Gerry (1741-1786) brother of Elbridge Gerry of Boston with bird.Most of our migrating birds have left our woods already. Seems like...
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18C Americans with Dogs & Cats
.Dogs and cats appear in portraits of 18th century American women, but I am not sure if these are emblems or symbols or copies of English prints, or are they actual pets?Before the 1760s, most dogs...
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Diary of 10-year-old 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 Anna Green Winslow (1759-1779) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Joshua Winslow...
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