Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 99-106
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
Exhibition Records, 1974-1976
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions |
Title: | Exhibition Records |
Dates: | 1974-1976 |
Quantity: | 3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Accession 99-106 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to "The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to American Independence," an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from April 19-November 16, 1975. Materials include photographs, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, notes, scripts, labels, and reports. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to American Independence, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from April 19-November 16, 1975. Materials include photographs, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, notes, scripts, labels, and reports.
Index Terms
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Name
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 99-106, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
Container List
Box 1
General Files
General
Registrar's Files
Loan Status Reports
Labels and Script
Picture Labels
Catalog
Education Department Package
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)
Photographs
Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission (Yorktown)
NPG - Continental Congress - New York Graphic
Press
Individual Object Files in Script Number Order
1. Letter from George III to Lord North, September 11, 1774
2. Letter from Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, February 3, 1775 - Massachusetts Historical Society
3. Boston Port Bill - Library Company of Philadelphia
4. Peter Oliver, William Williams, 1781 - Miss Susan L. Oliver
5. Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, J. S. Copley - Boston Atheneum
6. The Bostonians in Distress, attrib. To P. Dawe
7. The Able Doctor, or American Swallowing the Bitter Drought, 1774
8. I Plan of the City and Environ of Philadelphia . . . 1777 - Map Division, Library of Congress
9 and 10. I North Elevation of Carpenters' Hall . . ., 1786 - Carpenters' Company Library
11. I Instructions for the Deputies...General Congress on the Part of the Colony, 1774 - Library of Congress
12. Call for a meeting to nominate delegates to the convention...Chester, Pennsylvania 8/15/1774 - Library Company of Philadelphia
13. Peyton Randolph, John Wollaston - Collection of Virginia Historical Society
14. Charles Thomson by William Rush - American Philosophical Society
15. Jacob Duche, Sir Thomas Duche - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
16. Jacob Duche, The Duty of Standing Fast in our Spiritual and Temporal Liberties . . . 1775, Phil - Library Company of Philadelphia
17. Joseph Warren, Att. Samuel Okey, c. 1765 - Mrs. Henry Bosch
18. Joseph Warren, broadside . . . Suffolk, Tuesday the 6th of September . . . - Massachusetts Historical Society
19. Samuel Adams, Samuel Okey, 1775 - Massachusetts Historical Society
20. Joseph Galloway. A Candid Examination of Mutual Claims of . . . 1775 - Library Company of Philadelphia
21. James Duane, Robert E. Pine, 1785 - James D. Ireland
22. Edward Rutledge, Att. James Earl
23. Letter from CC to Gage, October 10, 1774 - Clements
24. Edmund Pendleton, William Mercer - Virginia Historical Society
25. Roger Sherman by Ralph Earl - Yale (not in exhibition)
Box 2
26. John Adams
27. Sullivan, John
28. Declaration of Rights and Grievances - National Archives
29. Broadside. The association entered into by the American Continental Congress
30. Thomas Johnson, C. W. Peale, 1772. - Massachusetts Historical Society, on deposit from the C. Burr Artz Library
31. Association of Freemen of Maryland, August 14, 1775
32. Thomas Mifflin, Gilbert Stuart - Mr. Lammot du Pont Copeland
33. I Handbill, 9/22/1774, requesting merchants not to order from Great Britain - Library of Congress
34. The Patriotic Barber of New York - New York Public Library (NYPL)/N-YHS
35. The alternative Williamsburg, February 1775 - Library of Congress
36. A Society of Patriotic Ladies at Edenton - Metropolitan
37. An Address to New England: by a Daughter of Liberty, 1774 - Library Company of Philadelphia
38. Richard Henry Lee, C. W. Peale, c. 1795-1805 - NPG, Smithsonian
39. Petition of the Congress to the people of England - Library of Congress
40. John Jay, Gilbert Stuart, 1783/1784
41. A letter to the inhabitants of . . . Quebec - Library of Congress
42. Patrick Henry, Lawrence Sully - Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
43. Petition of the Congress to the King - Library of Congress
44. Samuel Seabury, Thomas S. Duche, Jr. - Trinity College, Hartford
45. The Congress Canvassed. New York, Rivington November 28, 1774 - American Antiquarian Society
46. Samuel Seabury. Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the C. C. - American Antiquarian Society
47. A View of the controversy between Gt. Britain and her colonies. December 24,1774 - American Antiquarian Society
48. An Alarm to the Legislature of the Province of New York . . . January 17, 1775 - American Antiquarian Society
49. The Origin of the American Contest with Great-Britain - Library Company of Phildelphia
50. Myles Cooper, J. S. Copley, 1776 - Columbia University
51. Myles Copper. The American Querist - Library of Congress
52. A Friendly Address to all Reasonable Americans - Library of Congress
53. Alexander Hamilton, Giuseppe Cerracchi, c. 1794 marble - NPG, Smithsonian
54. A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress from the Calumnies of . . . 1774
55. The Farmer Refuted...New York, 1775
56. Journal of the Proceedings of the Continental Congress - Library Company of Philadelphia
57. Thomas Gage, J. S. Copley, 1768/1769 - Mr. And Mrs. Paul Mellon
58. (REPRO) Massachusetts Spy, 1774 - American Antiquarian Society
58. A Political Lesson by John Dixon, Mezzotint, September 7, 1774 - Library of Congress
59. III Memo from Gage to his secretary 4/18/1775 advising Smith to march on Concord - Clements Lib.
60. Pitcairn to Sandwich, March 4, 1775
61. George III to Sandwich, July 1, 1775
62. Engraving, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Uniforms of Infantry, 1768 - Prince Consort's Lib. Aldershot Eng.
63. William Dawes, Jr., Att. John Johnston - Evanston Historical Museum
64. Jonas Clarke, silhouette, reproduced in C. Hudson History of the Town of Lexington, reproduction
65. Jonas Clark. The fate of blood-thirsty oppressors and God's tender care of his distressed people
66-69. Lexington and Concord by Amos Doolittle (4) - Chicago Historical Society
70. Hugh E. Percy, Duke of Northumberland, by Pompeo Battoni, b. 1776 - Duke of Northumberland
71. William Heath, John R. Smith, engraving - Library of Congress
72. Timothy Pickering, Gilbert Stuart - Mrs. Margaret R. Lyman
73. Lexington Alarm Letter - William H. Guthman
74. Alexander McDougall manuscript describing arrival of news of the Battle of Lexington
75. Broadside, Baltimore, April 26, 1775 giving news of Lexington and Concord - Library of Congress
NO SCRIPT# A Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boston, engraving, 1775
76. Bloody Butchery - The Scheide Library, Princeton
77. Coat, British 49th Regiment of Foot, circa 1775 - National Army Museum, England
78. An enlistment broadside dated May 4, 1775 - William H. Guthman
79. You are hereby empowered immediately to enlist a Company, to consist of . . . Broadside - Library of Congress
80. Broadside. Mass Prov Congress call for enlistment - Massachusetts Historical Society
81. Benjamin Church. A Narrative of the excursion and Ravages of the King Troops . . . - American Antiquarian Society
82. Benjamin Church letter - Dreer Coll, HSP
83. IV The Address of Liberty, to the Buckskins of Pennsylvania re: reconvening of Congress - Library Company of Philadelphia
84. Hancock, John by J. S. Copley
85. Thomas Willling, Gilbert Stuart, c. 1795 - Mrs. Arnold B. Chance
86. James Wilson, Jean Elouis, watercolor on ivory, c. 1795 - National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA)
87. James Wilson. Considerations on the Narrative and the extent of the Legislative . . . - Library of Congress
88. Robert Treat Plane, E. Savage & John Coles, Jr. - Massachusetts Historical Society
89. Fort Ticonderoga "View of the old French Ft. Redoubts and Batteries" - Collection of Ft. Ticonderoga
90. Silas Deane, C. W. Peale, 1776, miniature - Connecticut Historical Society
91. Benedict Arnold, Provost, after DuSimitiere, engraving, c. 1779 - Metropolitan Museum of Art
92. Allen's Narrative . . . of 1779
93. Compass belonging to Ethan Allen - Ft. Ticonderoga
94. Blunderbuss given by Allen to Arnold - Ft. Ticonderoga
95. Powder Horn: "Lieut. John Brown, 1776/En le petit place dan sub liberatr quieten" - Ft. Ticond. Mus.
96. George Washington by Charles Wilson Peale
97. Washington's acceptance of his post - National Archives
98. George Washington trunk - Mount Vernon
99. Leather pack bag - Mount Vernon
100. The Manual Exercise as Ordered by His Majesty in 1764 - Boston Atheneum
101. Horatio Gates, att. James Peale - Collection of Maryland Historical Society
102. Philip Schuyler, John Trumbull, 1792 - New-York Historical Society
103. Joseph Reed, C. M. Peale, 1785 - Mrs. Henry Hope Reed
104. Proclamation of Martial Law in Boston From Thomas Gage - Massachusetts Historical Society
105. Broadside. Boston, 1775. Permit together with his family to pass . . . - Massachusetts Historical Society
106. Manuscript copy of the resolution of the Committee of safety - Boston Public Library
107. Artemas Ward, Raphaelle Peale - General Artemas Ward Museum
108. Ward's letter accepting his commission June 30, 1775 - National Archives
109. Howe, William
110. Israel Putman, John Trumbull, 1790, pencil on paper - Wadsworth Atheneum
111. Putnam to Hancock, April 4, 76 requesting money for troops - National Archives
112. A plan of the Fort on Bunker Hill from a Genuine detail of several... - Massachusetts Historical Society
113. Death of Joseph Warren at Bunker Hill by J. Trumbull - Wadsworth Atheneum
114. Grenadier's hat said to have been worn by a British soldier killed at Bunkers' Hill - Rhode Island Historical Society
115. British Brown Bess (Museum of History and Technology)
NO SCRIPT #: Committee of Safety musket (Not in exhibition)
116. Bunker's Hill or America's Head dress - Library of Congress
117. Revolutionary War drum - Guthman Collection
118. British officer's brass gorget - Gutham Collection
119. Pair of Revolutionary officer's epaulets - Guthman Collection
120. British officer's document box - Guthman Collection
121. Broadside, Boston, 26 June 1775 Brit account of Bunker Hill - Library of Congress
122. Benjamin Harrison, miniature - Virginia Historical Society
123. William Floyd by R. Earl - Independence National Historical Park
124. Joseph Hewes, C. W. Peale, 1776 - U.S. Naval Academy Museum
125. Philip Livingston, Thomas McIlworth, 1764/1766 - Long Island Historical Society
126. Christopher Gadsden, Rembrandt Peale, 1795-1797 - City of Charleston, Soouth Carolina loan ext
127. Mecklenburg Resolutions
128. John Dickinson, Provost, after Simitiere, engraving, c. 1779 - Metropolitan Museum of Art
129. A Declaration by the . . . United Colonies causes/necessity of taking up arms - Maryland Historical Society
130. The Olive-Branch Petition
131. Address to the Soldiers, broadside, published in London, 1775 - Library of Congress
132. George III by Benjamin West
133. George III to Sandwich January 11, 1776
134. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham by Richard Brompton, 1772 - NPG, London
135. William Pitt Speech of January - Watkinson Library Trinity College
136. Benjamin Franklin, Jean-Baptiste Nini, after T. Walpole - NPG, Smithsonian
137. Franklin's Hintswith Dartmouth's annotations - William Salt Library Stafford, England
138. Frederick Lord North by Nathaniel Dance - Earl of Guilford
139. Burke, Edmund by James Barry - National Gallery of Ireland
140. Edmund Burke Speech of March 22nd. American Antiquarian Society has printing
141. Edmund Burke to Comm. of Corr June 7, 1775 - William Salt Library, Stafford
142. Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effinfham, Francesco Bartolozzi pencil - Metropolitan Museum of Art
143. Samuel Johnson, Reynolds, 1750 - NPG, London
144. Taxation no Tyranny, London, 1775 - Library of Congress
145. John Wesley, William Hamilton, 1788 - NPG, London
146. John Wesley. A Calm Address to our American Colonies
147. Catherine Macauley, Jonathan Spilsbury, engraving - NPG, London
148. Catharine Macaulay. Chelsea Derby statuette - Metropolitan
149. Porcelain statuette of Catharine Macaulay - Dickinson College Library
150. Catherine Macaulay, Address to the People of England, Ireland . . . on the present Important . . . London 1775 - Library of Congress
NO SCRIPT#: George William Coventry
151. Richard Penn, Joseph Highmore - Historical Society of Pennsylvannia
152. William Legge - Lord Dartmouth
153. V August 23rd proclamation of King George "A Proclamation for Suppressing . . ." - Auckland Manuscripts
154. Handbill giving the text of George III's speech to Parliament, October 27, 1775 - Library Company of Philadelphia
155. Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Reynolds - NPG, London
156. Charles Lennox, Romney - NPG, London
157. Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, R. E. Pine, 1776 - Duke of Grafton
Box 3
158. Charles James Fox, Reynolds - Lady Teresa Agnew
159. John Montagu by Joseph Highmore - NPG London
160. George Sackville Germain, first Viscount Sackville, Romney, 1778 - L. G. Stopford Sackville
161. Germaine's Memorandum on the Peace Commission of 1776 - Clements Library
162. William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, W. A. Rainger, after Reynolds - NPG, London
163. David Hartley, the Younger, Walker after Romney, mezzo, 1784 - NPG, London
164. Abigail Smith Adams, M. Brown, 1785 - New York State Historical Society, on loan to White House
165. Rhode Island Flag "Do Not Tread On Me"
166. A Proclamation by his excellency the Honorable William Howe - New York Public Library, NOC
167. Proclamation . . . March 10, 1776 "as linen and woolen goods are articles . . ." - Massachusetts Historical Society
168. The Yankey's return from Camp. Broadside, 1775 - American Antiquarian Society
169. Henry Knox, NPG Smithsonian
170. John Thomas, Benjamin Blyth, pastel - Massachusetts Historical Society
171. Medal commemorating the siege of Boston struck in Paris in 1786 by Pierre DuBrevier
172. John Glover by John Trumbull
173. Esek Hopkins mezzotint - Brown
174. Esek Hopkins silver sword - Prof. John K. Latimer, Columbia
175. American Naval Cutlasses (2)
NO SCRIPT #: Alexander Frazer
176. John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Joshua Reynolds - Scottish National Portrait Gallery
177. November 7 Proclamation declaring martial law and granting freedom to slaves who joined the royal . . . - University of Virginia - see BP file
178. Map of the maritime Parts of Virginia - Library Company of Philadelphia
179. General Henry Clinton, attrib. Andrea Soldi, c. 1762 - American Museum in Britain
180. Sir Peter Parker by V. Greene after Abbott - Metropolitan
181. Charles Lee - NPG print
182. William Moultrie, C. W. Peale - NPG, Smithsonian
183. Sir Peter Parker's attack anti Fort Moultrie by James Peale - Colonial Williamsburg
184. Sir Guy Carleton, unknown artist - Earl of Malmesbury (exten. Loan)
185. An East View of Montreal in Canada, engraving - Public Archives of Canada
186. Benedict Arnold, Thomas Hart, publisher, 1776 - Brown University Library
187. Birds eye view of the Lower tower of Quebec, watercolor - Public Archives of Canada
188. Letter from Montgomery concerning attack on Quebec, September 25, 1775 - Dreer Collection, HSP
189. Aaron Burr, John Vanderlyn, 1809 - Yale
190. Arnold to Montgomery, November 30, 1775 (Not in exhibition)
191. General Montgomery, John Trumbull - Wadsworth atheneum
192. Sword carried by R. Montgomery - Museum of History and Technology (MHT)
193. Aux Habitants de la Province du Can - Library Company of Philadelphia
194. Daniel Morgan, C. W. Peale (attrib.) - Virginia Historical Society
195. David Wooster - Brown University Library
196. Thomas Paine, John W. Jarvis, 1805 - National Gallery of Art
NO SCRIPT #: William Woodford, C. W. Peale, miniature, 1778, silkscreen reproduction
197. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
198. Thomas Paine's writing kit, Paine Cottage, New Rochelle
199. Plain Truth by James Chalmers
200. Smith, William
201. Baron Johann de Kalb - Brown University Library
201. (DROP) Johann De Kalb by C. W. Peale - Independence National Historic Place (not in exhibition)
202. Charles Gravier de Vergennes - Musee de Versailles
203. Louis XVI, Antoine F. Callet - Musee de Versailles
NO SCRIPT #: Pierre Augustine de Beaumarchais, not in exhibition
204. A View of Savannah by P. Fourdriner - Library of Congress
205. George Walton, C. W. Peale, c. 1781 - Yale University Art Gallery
206. Broadside: Resolutions entered into at Savannah in Georgia . . . August 10, 1774
207. William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, Henry Edridge, watercolor, 1809 - NPG, London
208. Richard Earl Howe, Thomas Galborough, middle 1760's - Rt. Hon. The Earl of Howe
209. Richard Henry Lee - NPG print
210. Lee Resolution of Independence - National Archives
211. George Mason, Dominic W. Boudet after Hesselius, 1811
212. Fairfax Resolves
213. George Mason's draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
214. Carter Braxton, unknown artist, watercolor in ivory - NPG Smithsonian
215. Braxton. An Address to the Convention of the Colony - Library Company of Philadelphia
216. Thomas Jefferson by Mather Brown
217. Summary View of the Rights of British America. T. Jefferson - Library Company of Philadelphia
218. A N. W. View of the sate House in Philadelphia taken 1778 - Library of Congress
219. Congress Voting Independence, Edward Savage, engraving - NPG
220. William J. Stone facsimile of Declaration
221. Pennsylvania Staatsbote, July 9, 1776 - Library Company of Philadelphia
Items Not in the Exhibition
Meeting chamber in Independence Hall (not in exhibition)
Table top desk which TJ drafted the Declaration - MHT (not in exhibition; catalogue only)
View of the North and South Redoubts at St. John's on the River Sorel . . . - Collection of Ft. Ticonderoga
An Exact View of the Late Battle of Charleston, 1775
A View of Boston taken on the road to Dorchester, engraving - NYPL
The burning of Charleston and the Battle of Bunker Hill, drawing and watercolor - NYPL
The Town of Falmount, Burnt by Capt. Moet . . . etching, 1781
Independence Hall - Photo
Two watercolors done at battle of Sullivan's Island - Gibbes
A View of the Country around Boston taken from Beacon Hill, drawing - Massachusetts Historical Society (refused)
The old Academy buildings at Fourth and Arch, drawing - Library Company of Philadelphia
Engraving: Battle at Sullivan's Island (Moultrie)
A View of Charleston, eng. - Carolina Art Assoc. Gibbes
Cartoon - "Am. In Flames"
The Retreat, etching, June 19, 1775 JCB has
Mapot falmouth - Record of the destruction of the town
Map: Chart of Boston Harbor (1775)
Map: Ticonderoga drawn by Trumbull - 1776
Map: Boston 1775-1776
Map of Boston drawn from George Washington by J. Trumbull - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Agreement of secrecy, November 9, 1775 - National Archives
Artemas Ward's Commission as Commander of Mass Forces
Letter: Esek Hopkins to Nathaniel Shaw (May 1776) on Disposition of Cannon
Letter: Amos Wadsworth to brother (June 14, 1775) on feelings just before Bunker Hill
George Washington to Sion Mrtinage Instructions October 8, 1778
Shukldman to Sandwich March 23, 1774
Collins to Sandwich March 21, 1776
Intelligence of Mr. Welsh, January 24, 1776
VI Abigail Adams letter written by AA to John Adams June 18-20, 1775 describing battle of Bunker Hill (refused)
Joseph Palmer's account of the Battle at Lexington - Clements Library
Hopkins to Biddle, February 14, 1776 - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Letter from Roger Sherman, et al to Gov. John Trumbull - Massachusetts Historical Society
James Duane's resolution of October 3, 1774 - New-York Historical Society
George Washington's commission, June 17 - Library of Congress
Artemas Ward to J. Warren, May 19, 1775 - Massachusetts Historical Society
Vergennes memo urging secret aid to Americans
Deposition of Capt. John Parker in Battle of Lexington, April 25, 75 - National Archives
Jefferson's draft of the Declaration - Library of Congress
Olive Branch Petition facsimile (do not use)
Letter from J. Adams to Abigail, July 3, 1776 - Massachusetts Historical Society (refused)
Resolutions drafted by Franklin expressing gratitude to Br friends
Declaration of Independence made for R. H. Lee by TJ
MSS: Copy made by Jeff for Geo Wythe of Declaration
MSS: Jefferson's draft of Declaration - Library of Congress
MSS: Copy of Declaration made by Jefferson for either Pendleton or Page
MSS: George Mason's draft of Virginia Bill of Rights - Library of Congress
MSS: Jefferson's "First Ideas" on Virginia Constitution (2 copies) - Library of Congress
MSS: Copy of Declaration of Independence - Massachusetts Historical Society
Sandwich to Graves, August 1775; 2 drafts
J. Glover to Geo. Washington, December 3, 1775 - Library of Congress
Pitcairn's Pistols - Lexington Historical Society
Barrett, Amos (not in exhibit)
Handball giving the text of the Proclamation . . . published in New York, 1775 - N-YHS
A poem on the late distress of the Town of Boston - American Antiquarian Society (drop)
Muster roll of a volunteer comp. of minuteman May 17, 1775 - Library of Congress (refused)
Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia re Franklin's arrival in US, May 8, 1775 - Library of Congress (drop)
Recruiting poster: To all brave, . . . young men . . . who have any inclination to join . . . Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Broadside . . . appointment of Bowdoin cushing, et al delegates to C. C.
Broadside, October 26, 1774 . . . Congress advises the militia to hold themselves . . . Boston Publir Library (BPL)/NYPL (refused)
Broadside, December 10, 1774 asking adherence to plans of the Congress and preparation of minutemen - BPL (refused)
Broadside. December 6, 1774 asking ministers to counsel their congregation to adhere Resolution of Congress
Two songs of the brave Gen. Montgomery - Essex Institute
Proclamation declaring P. Henry and outlaw, May 1775
Essex Inst. "Good News for America . . . re Hopkins victory," April 16, 1776
An Express Just arrived from Gen. Washington. October 24, 1775 - BPL (refused)
"A Proclamation . . . " by the King, for suppressing Rebellion and Sedition August 23, 1775 - NYPL
The Bloody Butchery - Essex Institute (refused)
Broadside. Watertown, May 5, 1775. Resolution...to deny Gage any governmental authority . . . - Essex Institute (Refused)
Bilingual broadside address by George Washington to Canadians - LC
A Poem on the Bloody engagement that was fought on Bunker's Hill in Charleston,...N-YHS
A serious Address to the inhabitants of the colony of New York . . . - Library of Congress/Boston Atheneum
Box 4
I Broadside, nomination of delegates to the Continental Congress, June 5, 1774
A List of the Names of the Provincials who were killed and wounded . . . at Concord - Library of Congress (refused)
Instructions for the enlisting of Men, broadside, June 1775 - New-York Historical Society
Broadside: Mass. Cong. Declares support for Cont. Congress, December 5, 1775
Broadside: Continental Congress bans export to Canada (May 17, 1794)
Broadside: Battle of Bunker Hill - Poem
Broadside: "Two Favorite songs made on the Evacuation of the Town of Boston, 1776
Broadside: Acct. of Lexington and Pitts Speech in Parliament defending colonies (April 1775)
Broadside: Non-expiration resolve issued by Mass Provincial Cong. (June 12, 1775)
Broadside: Extract of "Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of US" (Sailors daily rations)
Order from Gates to recruit good men of "courage and principle" July 10, 1775
Response by the United Colonies to North's motion
Penn. Gazette, March 13, 1776. Letter from CATO - Library of Congress
American Magazine and Monthly Chronicle - Library of Congress
Sir William Howe's Porderly Book
Gadsden's copy of the Journal of the CC - College of Charleston
Amos. Barrett. The Concord Fight; an account . . .
Rough journal of Cont. Congress with Dunlaps Declaration of Independence - National Archives (refused)
Arnold's journal of march to Quebec - MIT
Stephen Hopkins. The Rights of Colonies examined. Providence 1765 - Library Company of Philadelphia
Powder horn: Jacob Flint his horn Hillsborough AD1775. Record of service, New Hampshire Historical Society
Powder horn: Captain Eleazer Curtis horn made at Ticonderoga
Powder horn. Inscribed Jesse Star and engraved with a map of Boston - Metropolitan (The Gilbert Collection)
Trade card Paul Revere and Son, Bell and Cannon Foundry - Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Powder Horn. Amos Barrett "Carried at the Concord Battle April XIX 1775"
Powder Horn. Ezra Beaman his horn . . . called in Dorchester . . . - Worcester Historical Society
Money: 3 dollar- continental currency (1775); 5 dollar - New York Provincial Congress (1775)
Mastai flags
Moultrie flag - Mastai Collection
Flags
Silver mounted small sword, circa 1750, used by an American officer in the Revolution - MHT (refused)
Ethan Allen's pistol - Winchester Repeating Arms Museum
Charles Lee's pistols, MHT (refused)
Weapons: Cutlass, Dirk, Bayonet
Weapons: blunderbuss, "Brown Bess" pistol, Naval dirk
Powder horn. Inscribed Benjamin Corey 1775/Shrewsbury - Metropolitan (The Gilbert Collection)
Powder horn,. Rhode Island-Map of Providence drawn on it
Vest of Joseph Warren/Faneuil - Hall, Boston
Sign from Israel Putnam's tavern - Connecticut Historical Society
Wooden canteen used by John Paulding - MHT, Military History (refused)
Hat worn by Col. Jonathan Pettibone - MHT, Military History (refused)
Baron de Kalb's saddle - MHT, Division of Military History (refused)
Revolutionary period drum - MHT, Division of Military Hist
Washington's mess kit - MHT (refused)
Spy glass and case of George Washington - MHT, Division of Military History (refused)
Drawing Plans: HMS "Canceaux"
"The Hannah" ship model - Naval Historical Foundation
George III coat of arms - Rick Wilson, Ltd.
Arms of George III - Bostonian Society
Andirons - David Stockwell
Philadelphia first Troop Flag (refused)
Rosenberg and Stiebel
Decorative Objects - Research
The Antique Porcelain Co.
Aubusson carpet (early 19th century) Vojtech Blau Stock #168
John Carter Brown Library
Pair of vase Hollandais - Peter Mack Brown
Carpenters' Company
General Lender Files
Colonial Williamsburg
Connecticut Historical Society
Fort Ticonderoga
Guthman, William H.
Hillwood House Independence National Historic Park
National Maritime Museum
Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences
Military History Dept., MHT
Massachusetts Historical Society
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin Frothingham writing desk - Milhelland
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Tin candlesticks - Schiffer's
Brass Snuffer and Holder (stand) - Schiffer's
Pennsylvania walnut table - David Stockwell
Two ink standishes - David Stockwell
Walters Art Gallery
West Point Museum
Library of Congress
Furniture
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