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Ralph Earl's American Revolution propaganda drawings
Ralph Earl (American artist, 1751-1801) Plate I The battle of Lexington, April 19th. 1775. The Doolittle engravings of the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. Amos Doolittle (engraver) and Ralph...
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Pregnant Slave Takes Part in the 1712 New York City Slave Revolt
Slave Revolt of 1712In the early 1700s, New York had one of the largest slave populations of any of England’s colonies. Nearly one out of every five New York residents was enslaved. Slavery in New...
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Seasons are changing - 1767 Calendar
London printmakers published hundreds of popular & satirical mezzotints between 1760 and 1800, many of which quickly found their way to the British American colonies and later to the new...
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George Washington Seeks Greenhouse Advice From Magaret Carroll in Maryland
1790s Christian Gullager (1759-1826). George Washington (1732-1799).One of the most intriguing greenhouse stories involves Virginian George Washington & Margaret Tilghman Carroll of Maryland.In...
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Men & women adopt the Greenhouse in Early America
The possibility of growing tender plants in greenhouses had fascinated early Americans at least since the 1st half of the 18C in colonial America. But the price of glass in colonial & early America...
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Birth Control & Condoms in 18C-19C America
Birth control has existed at least since the Egyptian era, when people created their own barrier methods or suppository mixtures made of natural elements like honey or seaweed. It is known that around...
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Happy Birthday, Martha! Paintings of Martha Washington made during her lifetime
1757 John Wollaston, Martha Dandridge Custis (Mrs George Washington)This is the biography of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington from the White House website:"I think I am more like a state prisoner...
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Happy Birthday, Martha! About Martha Washington's life as 1st Lady in...
1793 John Trumbull (1756-1843). Martha Washington (1731-1802). Although he was sworn in as the first President of the United States of America on April 30, 1789; it wasn't until 1790, that...
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Young Nantucket woman paints the Four Seasons 1797
Phebe Folger Coleman (1771-1857) Spring Phebe Folger Coleman (1771-1857) SummerPhebe Folger Coleman (1771-1857) FallPhebe Folger Coleman (1771-1857) WinterPhebe Folger Coleman (1771-1857) Un receuil...
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18C The Earliest 4th July Celebrations
On July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by...
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Women, Coffee Houses, & the American Revolution
The gentle "ladies" of Boston, staged a "Coffee Party" in 1777, reminiscent of the earlier Boston Tea Party of 1773. The town's women confronted a profiteering hoarder of foodstuffs confiscating some...
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Women, Tea Parties, & the American Revolution
Today we hear alot about the Tea Party wing of the Republican party. This name refers to the tea party of December 1773, when angry gentlemen of Boston, some costumed as Native Americans, destroyed...
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A brief history of tea in England & her colonies leading to American "Tea...
Dirk Stoop (Dutch painter, c 1610-1685) Catherine of Braganza c 1661The first recorded drinking of tea is in China, where the earliest records of tea consumption date back to the 10th century BC. It...
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Lady Liberty in 18C & Early 19C America
.For the first 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Indpendence on the 4th of July, American women would present their appreciation of the nation's hard-won liberty as handiwork in the form...
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American soldiers & local militias maintain the union of the Early Republic
Washington Reviewing the Western Army, at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, after 1795 attributed to Frederick Kemmelmeyer (German-born American artist, c.1755-1821)General Wayne Obtains a Complete Victory...
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How 18C Presidents Celebrated the 4th of July While in Office
.Let's a look at how both of America's 18C presidents celebrated the 4th of July, while they were in office.George Washington1789- Washington is in New York and is ill but writes a letter to the New...
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Patriotic Needlework - 18C American Women present Flags & Banners to soldiers...
.Presenting flags & banners to their local militia was a popular form of expression of patriotism by women in early America providing them the opportunity to express their sentiments regarding the...
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America depicted as a Woman - The earliest Lady Liberties
Early depictions of America as a woman appeared before the Revolutionary War. Allegory of America - Theodor Galle (Flemish engraver, 1571-1633) after Johannes Stradanus (1523-1605) plate 2 from Nova...
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Timeline American War for Independence from Britain
1761 James Otis gives a four hour speech against the Writs of AssistanceOctober - George III becomes King of England 17631763The Seven Years war ends with the Treaties of Paris and Hubertusburg. 9 May...
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The Annapolis Tea Party of 1774 - The Burning of the Peggy Stewart
Francis Blackwell Mayer (American painter, 1827-1899) The burning of the Peggy Stewart during the Annapolis Tea Party in 1774. Mayer depicts the scene when the ship's owner Anthony Stewart is forced...
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