United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 48 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
Cole Family papers, 1752-1951
Collection
Identifier: A2007-001
Commission (facsimile)
Item — Box 463
Identifier: GL2004-10377
Scope and Contents
John Hancock's commission (facsimile) to George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies
Dates:
1689-1956
Commonwealth of Massachusetts proclamations, 1902-1969
Collection — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1992-037-010
Scope and Contents
41 proclamations by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the years 1902 and 1938-1969 (with exception of 1941, 1943, 1948-1951, 1955-1957, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968). The 1902 Thanksgiving Proclamation is accompanied with an envelope addressed to the Minister of Methodist Episcopal Church, in Woods Hole, Mass. with return address of Woodward Booth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Secretary's Department, postmarked 1902. The majority are Thanksgiving Proclamations. Other proclamations celebrate...
Dates:
1902-1969
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
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
For the recovery of claims due American citizens, 1845
Item
Identifier: A2019-178-1035-010
Scope and Contents
Item regarding "invalid and Revolutionary" War Pensions administered under the direction of Giles Fonda Yates. He was responsible for obtaining pensions for county men, who served in the Revolutionary War, representing them and writing to the necessary military entities, thereby establishing the records necessary for the application of pensions.
Dates:
1845
Grave of British soldiers in Concord, Mass. postcard, circa 1907
Item — Box 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2009-090-001