A minister, possibly the Chancellor, holds out a large magnifying glass in his right and and gestures with his left hand. He is wearing a long coat and a long powdered wig. He addresses John Bull: Look through this glass Mr Bull and behold your future...
Alternative Title:
John Bull peeping into futurity
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, English, Colonies, John Bull (Symbolic character), Hand lenses, and Ethnic stereotypes
Land grant, manuscript on parchment, originally made to Alonzo Prieto, and awarded after his death to his brother Gonzalo Prieto, following litigation. The grant, valued at 35,000 maravedis annually, was given to defray the costs of preparing land and...
Description:
In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, Jerez de la Frontera., Connecticut, New Haven., Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), and America
Subject (Name):
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Subject (Topic):
Land grants, Land titles, Manuscripts, Medieval, Colonies, History, and Politics and government
Letters, manuscripts and printed documents relating to the life and career of Andrew Ross. Three letters to him dating from 1808 are connected to his appointment as governor of Essequebo and Demerara. An 1808 letter from the Governor of Puerto Rico, T...
Description:
Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the...
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area., Spain., Caribbean Area, Cartagena (Spain), Demerara, Essequibo, Guyana, Great Britain, America., Spain, and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Copons y Navia, Francisco de, 1770-1842., Inciarte, José Felipe., Montes, Toribio de., and Ross, Andrew, 1773-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Peninsular War, 1807-1814, History, Colonies, Administration, and Foreign relations
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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
Signed: André Breton, Paul Eluard, Benjamin Péret, Georges Sadoul, Pierre Unik, André Thirion, René Crevel, Aragon, René Char, Maxime Alexandre, Yves Tanguy, Georges Malkine.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Name):
Breton, André, 1896-1966 and Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris--(1931)
Reaction to the Battle of Long Island and the capture of New York by British forces. North and Mansfield stand on a platform, the former holding up a dispatch from Howe. Bute and George III stand behind them. A distressed Wilkes stands in the left for...
Alternative Title:
Patriots in the dumps
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publisher not indentified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., and United States
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785.
Subject (Topic):
Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776, Colonies, History, and Campaigns
Over 300 newsletters from London addressed to "Madam Pole of Radbourn near Derby" (possibly Anne Morice Pole, daughter of Sir William Morice). The newsletters contain much information about the War of the Grand Alliance, particularly rumors of diploma...
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Innocent XII, Pope, 1615-1700., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., and William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Nonjurors, Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697, History, Colonies, Commerce, Court and courtiers, and Foreign relations
