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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

Print
1774
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Paul Revere
Productions, c. 1976-1994

Productions, c. 1976-1994

Motion pictures (visual works) Collection descriptions Audiotapes Videotapes
1976 1976-1994 c 1976-1994 Revolution, 1775-1783
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Axe

Axe

Tools and Equipment (General)
1776-1781
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American colonial instrumental music [sound recording]

American colonial instrumental music [sound recording]

Phonograph records Music
1965 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1600-1780
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The beginnings of New England : or, The Puritan theocracy in its relations to civil and religious liberty / John Fiske

The beginnings of New England : or, The Puritan theocracy in its relations to civil and religious liberty / John Fiske

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1900 1900, c1889 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Dutch village communities on the Hudson River, by Irving Elting

Dutch village communities on the Hudson River, by Irving Elting

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1886 To 1775
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Website Records, 2015

Website Records, 2015

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2015 Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
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Flaker/percussion tool

Flaker/percussion tool

Tools and Equipment (General)
AD 1490-1785
National Museum of the American Indian
The fathers of New England; a chronicle of the Puritan commonwealths, by Charles M. Andrews

The fathers of New England; a chronicle of the Puritan commonwealths, by Charles M. Andrews

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1919 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Russell's American Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1790

Russell's American Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1790

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c. 1779
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Unidentified Artist
Ann Cogdell Stanly

Ann Cogdell Stanly

Painting
c. 1773
Catalog of American Portraits
Unidentified Artist
Meissen underglaze blue oval platter

Meissen underglaze blue oval platter

platter
ca 1775 1775
National Museum of American History
John Paul Jones, Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis, United States, 1779 (U.S. Mint copy die)

John Paul Jones, Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis, United States, 1779 (U.S. Mint copy die)

medal
1779
National Museum of American History
Livery band

Livery band

woven textiles Livery band
late 18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Chef de piece

Chef de piece

printed, dyed & painted textiles Chef de piece
1770–90
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