BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 21 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate: Robinson. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
Manuscript on paper of John Rolfe (1585-1622), A true relation of the state of Virginia, autograph manuscript
Description:
The author, best known for his part in the colonization of Virginia under the governorship of Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619) and his marriage to the Indian princess Pocahontas (d. 1617), wrote this account after his return to England in 1616 to show the su...
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Virginia
Subject (Name):
Rolfe, John, 1585-1622.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, and History
BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 22 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate: Robinson. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
The citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, are ridiculed in this scene for their lack of serious resistance against the British seizure of the city in 1814. At left two frightened gentlemen kneel with hands folded, pleading, "Pray Mr. Bull don't be too har...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles
Subject (Geographic):
Alexandria (Va.), United States, United States., Virginia, and Alexandria.
Subject (Name):
Porter, David, 1780-1843., Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819., Capture of Alexandria by the British (Virginia : 1814), and War of 1812.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Animals in human situations, and History
