A scene on the frontier of the United States: a Native American (left) is shown scalping a dead British soldier. Another British soldier who has already been scalped is shown on the left edge of the design. In the center a second Native American, from whose rifle hangs a sign "Reward for 16 ... scalps" and in whose knife initials "G.R." have been etched, is shown handing a scalp to an obese British soldier (right). The speech balloon above the soldier 's head reads: "Bring me the scalps and the King our master will reward you"; from his pocket a strip of paper "Secret service money". In the background, Native Americans and British soldiers dance around a fire
Description:
Title etched above image., Signed with the initials "L.G." in lower right corner., A copy in reverse of a print by William Charles. For original version, see Library of Congress call no.: PGA -- Charles (W.) -Scene on the frontiers ... (A size) [P&P]., and Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Arise Columbia's sons and forward press, your country's wrongs call loudly for redress ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, History, Scalping, Soldiers, and British
Picart, Charles, approximately 1780-approximately 1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1809]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, nearly half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, looking to left; wearing wig, naval uniform, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist tentatively identified as Lemuel Francis Abbott in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: A,2.4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 466 (leaf numbered '72' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
United States and United States.
Subject (Name):
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816,, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Reports to the Assistant Adj. Gen., Dept. of Dakota and orders signed by 1st Lt. James Calhoun
Description:
The Black Hills Expedition, the 7th United States Cavalry commanded by Gen. Custer, under the authority of Gen. Terry, was to reconnoiter a route to the Black Hills and explore their interior. It left from Fort Hall July 2, 1874 and returned in August. and Available on microfilm.
Subject (Geographic):
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Custer, George A. 1839-1876. (George Armstrong), and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
Manuscript, in a single hand, providing charts, summaries, and personal observations on French finances during the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War. The volume includes a list of the ordinary revenues and expenses of the king; ordinary military expenses; and an extensive section addressing war finance, including yearly summaries of money raised in France between 1756 and 1762, with notes of royal edicts, such as a lottery in 1756, and other edicts levying extraordinary taxes to pay for the war. The volume also contains sections on the finances of the clergy and the court of Rome; and occasional references to the American colonies and the Compagnie des Indes
Description:
In French., Table of contents at beginning of manuscript., On title page: Etat actuel des affaires Generalles Concernant les finances du Royaume de france. Qui constate Les Revenues et Deperses ordinaires du Roy avec Les affaires extraodinaires faittes en france depuis et comprisant 1756 jusqu'a la fin de 1762 au sujet de la guerre..., Binding: full calf. In gilt on spine: Mss. Finances de France., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
France and United States
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774. and France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)
Subject (Topic):
Appropriations and expenditures, Finance, History, Royal households, Economic aspects, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, and Politics and government
Photograph portrait of African American author James Baldwin by Anthony Barboza, 1975. The photograph belongs to Barboza's Black Borders series of portraits of Black artists
Description:
Anthony Barboza (1944-) is an African American photographer, historian, artist, and writer. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and moved to New York City to study photography. In 1963, he joined the Kamoinge Workshop photography collective, and became president of the collective in 2004., Caption in English., Title from caption., Place of creation supplied by cataloger., and Date of creation from caption.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 and Barboza, Anthony, 1944-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American photographers, and Authors
Printed diary, completed in manuscript and signed, kept by John Hayes, Jr., 1863 January 1-1864 January 1. Hayes describes his service recruiting and scouting for Kansas military units during the Civil War at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott, including the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 13th Regular Kansas Volunteers, and 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers
Description:
John Hayes, Jr. (1826- ) of Freeport, Ohio, was a lawyer in Corydon, Iowa, when he joined the Union Army. By 1861 September, he was a private in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. By 1863 June, he was assigned to the 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers as Recruiting Lieutenant. Hayes was also responsible for scouting for the army and reporting on rebel troop movements near Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1863 December, he was appointed as a lieutenant to raise the new 11th United States Colored Regiment., In English., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Kansas., Fort Leavenworth (Kan.), Fort Scott (Kan.), Kansas, and United States
Subject (Name):
Hayes, John, Jr., 1826-, United States. Army, United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 11th (1863-1866), United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), and United States. Army. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1864)
Subject (Topic):
African American troops, Officers, African American soldiers, African Americans, Soldiers, and History
Autograph letters and documents by, addressed to and about Nathan Hale. Box 1 contains five autograph letters by Nathan Hale: autograph letter, signed, to Betsy Christopher, 1775 October 8, from Camp Winter Hill in Boston; autograph letter, signed, to his brother, Enoch Hale, 1776 June 3, from New York, describing military preparations and the current state of the Continental Army; a comic verse autograph letter, signed, to his Yale classmate, Benjamin Talmadge, undated; an autograph verse letter to an unidentified recipient describing scenes at Camp Winter Hill, undated; and an autograph letter fragment to an unidentified correspondent, undated. Letters to Nathan Hale, all dating from 1773-1776, include autograph letters by Betsy Hallam; John Hallam; Robert Latimer; William Little; Elihu Marvin; Gilbert Saltonstall; Benjamin Talmadge; and Ebenezer Williams. A 1777 March 27 letter from Nathan Hale's father, Richard Hale, to Samuel Hale comments on the rumor that Nathan had been betrayed by his cousin and notes that he was "a Child I sot much by but he is gone." Other papers include Elisha Bostwick's memoir of his services in the Revolutionary War, which mentions Nathan Hale; and twentieth-century photostats, notes, and documents concerning Nathan Hale's life and genealogy. Box 2 contains Hale's military receipt book for wages, arms and ammunitions he issued to his men, with their counter-signatures under each receipt, 1776 June-August. Box 3 contains an autograph letter, signed, from Nathan Hale to "Mr. Mead," 1774 May 2; and Nathan Hale's commission as a captain in the "Army of the United Colonies," printed form filled out in manuscript, signed by John Hancock, President, 1776 January 1.
Description:
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), graduate of Yale College (Yale 1773), teacher, and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Executed by the British as a spy on September 22, 1776, he is reported to have said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.", In English., and Accompanied by a variety of modern manuscript and typed transcripts and photostats of these and other Hale-related documents, as well as historical and genealogical information on Hale and members of the Hale family.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Great Britain, America., Massachusetts, and United States
Subject (Name):
Bostwick, Elisha, 1748-1834., Christopher, Betsy., Hale family., Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776., Hale, Richard, 1717-1802., Hale, Samuel, 1718-1807., Hallam, Betsy., Hallam, John, 1728-1811., Hancock, John, 1737-1793, Latimer, Robert., Little, William, 1749-1841., Marvin, Elihu, 1752-1798., Saltonstall, Gilbert., Talmadge, Benjamin., Williams, Ebenezer, 1755-1777., and United States. Continental Army
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Pay, allowances, etc, History, Politics and government, Colonies, and Economic aspects
Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūrat al-Masad (1-2); Sūrat al-Baqarah (285-286); Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (46); Sūrat 'Abasa (34-37); Sūrat al-Infiṭār (19); Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (40); Sūrat al-Mulk (1-13). Quotations from grammatical treatises include verses from Mulḥat al-iʻrāb (Ḥarīrī) and Alfīyat Ibn Mālik (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh). In the center of the first page, a geometric drawing encloses the Arabic text "Shaykh General Jim Owen," along with two unidentified words. In addition to the text relating to John and James Owen and the quotations, Said expresses a wish to see a place [Kaba?] in Africa and With cover letter, in English, from John Louis Taylor, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, dated Raleigh, North Carolina, 1819 October 10, to Francis Scott Key, George Town [Washington, DC]. Taylor describes Said's history and relationship with his owner James Owen, and requests Key's assistance in obtaining a translation of the enclosed manuscript. He also asks for Key's advice in obtaining an Arabic Bible for Said, and discusses his hope that Said could be persuaded to return to Africa with "the Colonization Society," likely the American Colonization Society, of which both Taylor and Key were members
Description:
Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until the end of his life, Said was owned by politician James Owen of Bladen County, North Carolina, brother of North Carolina Governor John Owen., In Arabic., Notes on Taylor letter: "Letter from Judge Taylor - enclosing an Arabic Amulet" ; "Judge Taylor's letter and mss to be sent to Dr Stuart, Andover" ; "To the Library of the Theol. Seminary from M. Stuart, 22 April 1837." Moses Stuart was Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Theological Seminary from 1810 to 1848., Accompanied by a copy of The Missionary Herald (Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, April 1869) which includes an article, in English, "Arabic-Speaking Negro Mohammedans in Africa," by George E. Post, that discusses Said's manuscript, Taylor's letter, and subsequent events and writings by Said., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
North Carolina., Africa., North Carolina, Cape Fear River Region., United States., Cape Fear River Region (N.C.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843., Owen, James, 1784-1865., Owen, John, 1787-1841., Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863., Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829., and American Colonization Society.
Subject (Topic):
African American Muslims, African Americans, Colonization, Arabic language, Grammar, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons' writings, American, and Race relations
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 24 records of rosters, pay, allowances, and provisions for the 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons under Col. Elisha Sheldon. The volume includes an account of the clothing delivered to each member of the troops, along with their names and ranks; the amounts of provisions of food and drink received for the use of General John Glover; soldiers' pay as directed by Congress; allowances of subsistence money supplied to the officers in lieu of rations for themselves and their servants; as well as muster rolls for each troop in the 2nd Regiment, listing each member's name, rank, term of enlistment, and "casualties." The collection also includes a copy of a letter which requests permission to hire tailors to make clothing for the Army
Description:
Elijah Janes was paymaster of the 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons, where he served under Col. Elisha Sheldon. He began his military career as a cornet on November 16, 1779 and was promoted to Lieutenant eight days later. He was wounded by a horseman's sword on the right wrist on November 20, 1780, and became Paymaster in 1782. The friendship that developed between Janes and fellow lieutenant in Sheldon's regiment James Dole continued after the war and their move to Lansingburgh (now Troy), NY, where Janes became godfather to Dole's daughter. In 1811 Elijah Janes became one of the original directors of the Farmers Bank of Troy. He died February 22, 1823 at the age of 64 and is buried in the Old Lansingburgh (Troy) Cemetery., On December 12, 1776, Congress constituted the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons at Wethersfield, CT, also known as Sheldon's horse after its commander, Elisha Sheldon of CT, for service with the Continental Army. Congress authorized George Washington to appoint the other officers of the regiment, but he gave the duty to Sheldon. In accordance with General Washington's instructions, the new regiment was to have one other field officer, a major; a regimental staff of an adjutant, a surgeon, and a surgeon's mate; and 6 troops. Each troop was to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, a cornet, a quartermaster, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, a trumpeter, a farrier, and 34 privates. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Crooked Billet, and the Battle of Yorktown. The regiment was furloughed June 9, 1783 at Newburgh, New York and disbanded on November 20, 1783., In English., and Binding: half cloth over marbled covers. Pasted on cover: Manuscripts of Lieut. Elijah Janes Paymaster of the Second Regiment of Light Dragoons, 1779-1783. Elisha Sheldon Col.
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Connecticut.
Subject (Name):
Glover, John, 1732-1797., Janes, Elijah 1759-1823., Sheldon, Elisha, 1740-1805., and United States. Continental Army. Light Dragoons Regiment, 2nd.
Subject (Topic):
Military administration, History, Equipment and supplies, Finance, Regimental histories, and Politics and government
A series of crude (and in some cases explicitly racist) lithographed cards numbered 1-16, with scenes relating to political reform on both sides of the Atlantic. On British side, they cover the reforms to the franchise made by the 1832 Reform Act, poking fun at 'poor distress'd turn'd out Boroughmongers' (No. 1), the rural squirearchy (No. 7), Taxes (No. 9), the established Church (No. 10) and Irishmen (no. 12), among others. United States political issues are shown in the second card which reuses - with added racist slurs - the design of Edward Williams Clay (1799-1857) entitled 'Hurrah! hurrah for Genl. Jackson!!' under the caption 'Life in Philadelphia'. Cards nos. 4 and 7, with yet more overt racism, use references to American segregationism to caricature British political positions
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Approximate date of publication based on publisher's street address; the York stationer and lithographer William Fletcher Wodson (1801-1860) operated from his "2 Pavement" location only between 1830 and 1833. Additional evidence comes from references to the 1832 Reform Act and the presidency of Andrew Jackson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
W.F. Wodson, lith., Pavement, York
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and United States
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Ethnic stereotypes, Poverty, and Racism
