Wilson, James, 1742-1798; Statesmen--United States--Biography; Constitutional history--United States; United States--Politics and government--1775-1783; United States--Politics and government--1783-1809
This essay is a biography and ideological interpretation of James Wilson. Wilson was an important member of the Revolutionary generation whom historians and political theorists too often overlook. Moving from the rise of historical interest in...
African American soldiers--History--18th century; United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, African American; Great Britain. Corps of Colonial Marines--African Americans
This research will address several key historical realities overlooked in reference to African Americans during the War of 1812. One, that African Americans played a significant role in the successes of United States military conflicts during the...
Working class in motion pictures; Motion pictures--Great Britain
Britain was the first country to industrialize with the Industrial Revolution and therefore had the world's first industrial working class. In the 20th century, the traditional British working class went through many social and political changes,...
Monuments & memorials; Daughters of the American Revolution
A memorial stone, erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) in Boonesboro, Kentucky, listing its first settlers. Names listed include, from top left: James McMillan; Margaret White McMillan; Colonel Daniel Boone; Rebecca Boone;...
The revolution in information technology and the explosion in the use of computing devices in people's everyday activities has forever changed the perspective of the data mining and machine learning fields. The enormous amounts of easily...
"One of Dali's most Freudian paintings. Indeed, the elderly gentleman helping the lady in distress seems to be Freud himself, borrowed from [Max] Ernst's Pietà or Revolution by Night." (Caption); "Illumined Pleasures is one Dali's...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long dress and hat, stands next to a monument that may have something to do with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Title supplied by cataloger.
A woman wearing a long dress and hat, stands next to a monument that may have something to do with the Daughters of the American Revolution. A building on a city street is visible in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
As two women in coats and hats wait near cars on the other side of a barbed-wire fence, Jean Thomas stands next to a grave marker that may have something to do with the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Buildings; Streets; Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.); Historic buildings
Old South Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts. The tall red building has a spire on top and a clock on the side. Other buildings and the street are also visible; there are cars in the street and pedestrians on the sidewalk. Text printed on verso...
Betsy Ross' house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A small red brick house with white trim and an old fashioned American flag flying from a dormer window on the roof. Text printed on verso reads, "The Betsy Ross House is a quaint little shop...