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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 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

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

Bruce Greenhalgh Revolutionary War documents, 1778

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1988-006

Cole Family papers, 1752-1951

 Collection
Identifier: A2007-001
Dates: 1752-1951

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

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

Grave of British soldiers in Concord, Mass. postcard, circa 1907

 Item — Box 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2009-090-001
Dates: circa 1907

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1757-01-11 - 1804-07-12

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