An icon of American history, George Washington is largely remembered as an indomitable leader who took the new United States ...
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 664.8 ...
"A naval spectacle of more than 90 vessels filled the Narrows [of New York Harbor]," wrote the late historian David McCullough in the book "1776," his seminal work of the most formative year in ...
The first widespread agreement across the American Colonies dealt with economic independence from British trade and taxation.
William Blaxton, an eccentric loner and Anglican minister, settled Boston before the Puritans and Rhode Island before Roger ...
Auctioneer Joseph Trinder said the coin is a continental dollar measuring 38 mm across and is made of pewter, minted in 1776, according to SWNS. "This coin represents a discovery that is in the ...
The British army and navy, in a stunning display of global force projection and military logistics, invaded Brooklyn by sea and launched the defeat of George Washington's army in New York City on ...
Image Size 4 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches 13 x 16 inches ...