United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph of Jonathan Harrington, 1851 April 25
Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1995-003-001
Scope and Contents
Document signed by Jonathan Harrington, the last surviving participant of the Battle of Lexington. Contains a statement written that details Harrington's experience. Harrington was the nephew of Captain John Parker, commander of the Lexington militia, and the cousin of Jonathan Harrington, who died after the battle on the doorstep of his home on Lexington Green.Description of Harrington at bottom of document excerpted from Benson J. Lossing's The Pictorial Field-book of the...
Dates:
1851 April 25
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Bicentennial commemorative dollars of the original thirteen colonies, 1976
Item
Identifier: A2023-146-001
Bloody Butchery by the British Troops or the Runaway Fight of the Regulars broadside reprint, 1850-1860
Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2006-010-001
Scope and Contents
This broadside is a reprint of the original published by the Salem Gazette, created by Ezekiel Russell on April 21, 1775, Salem, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1850-1860
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Bruce Greenhalgh Revolutionary War documents, 1778
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1988-006
First Day cover of Paul Revere Ride with Goofy as Paul Revere, 1975
Item — Box 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2006-041-001
Scope and Contents
First Day Cover with a color image of Goofy, a cartoon character created by Walt Disney Prodcutions, as Paul Revere on horseback.
Dates:
1975
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Grave of British soldiers in Concord, Mass. postcard, circa 1907
Item — Box 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2009-090-001
Hayward Pump postcard, 1901-1907
Item
Identifier: A2025-007-001
Scope and Contents
The Real Photograph Post Card shows a memorial marker with an inscription regarding James Hayward shooting a British soldier on April 19, 1775, the day of the Battle of Lexington. The post card includes the caption: "The Hayward Pump, Lexington Mass. The Scene of the fatal shooting between the Red Coat and the volunteer."
Dates:
1901-1907
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
In Provincial Congress broadside, 1775 April 15
Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1998-061
Scope and Contents
Broadside dated April 15, 1775 at Concord, Massachusetts, containing a resolution recommending "to the good People of this Colony of all Denominations" that May 11, 1775 be "set apart as a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer; that a total Abstinence from servile Labor and Recreation be observed, and all their religious assemblies solemnly convened..." The broadside is dated four days before the Battle of Lexington and Concord.Handwritten note on verso reads '3' for...
Dates:
1775 April 15
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Jonathan Harrington collection, 1848-1966
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: A2014-003