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The colonies reduced ; Its companion

Two cartoons. The upper cartoon, "The colonies reduced," shows Britannia seated with arms and legs (labeled Pennsyl, New York, New Eng, and Virg) cut off. The lower cartoon, "Its companion," shows France defend... More

The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught

The fair Indian damsel America held down by Lord Mansfield while Lord North forces tea down her throat. Boston is cannonaded in the background. Published the day after the Boston Port Bill closed Boston's port ... More

The Scotch butchery, Boston, 1775

Print shows Lords Bute and Mansfield conferring, to their right stands Simon Fraser and Lord Wedderburn, "Deputies" to the aforenamed. On the far right are soldiers wearing Highland dress (of the 71st Regiment ... More

The political cartoon, for the year 1775

Mansfield drives an open coach carrying George III and North toward a cliff. North looks on with approval -- only Chatham and Camden try to stop the coach. Across the waters America burns. Courtesy of Boston Pu... More

The new country dance, as dance at C****. July the 30th, 1766

Satire on George III's court (the king plays the fiddler). Wilkes is carried off by a witch as he relieves himself on Lord Bute. Pitt talks with a half-naked Indian representing America and the devil dances wit... More

A plan of the town and harbour of Boston, and the country adjacent wit...

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The patriotick barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds

Cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston over Time - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Eleazer Brooks scrapbook, 1740-1790, Lincoln town archives

Deeds (Middlesex County), military commissions, and other legal documents, pew rents, correspondence, estate inventories, and other papers, of and relating to Eleazer Brooks (ca. 1740s-ca. 1790s), Revolutionary... More

Joseph Hawley correspondence and documents

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Plan de la ville et du port de Boston : capitale de la Nouvelle Anglet...

The talent and skill of Jean Lattré, a French publisher and engraver, are displayed in this attractive map of the immediate environs of Boston. The city and harbor command a sparse but forceful appearance in wh... More

Magna Britania her colonies reduc'd.

Britannia seated with arms and legs (labeled Pennsyl, New York, New Eng, and Virg) cut off. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston Massacre trial notes - American Revolution 1775-1783

One portion of John Adams' notes from the trial of the eight British soldiers accused of murder for their role in the Boston Massacre (Rex v. Wemms, et al.). This fragment is comprised of twenty pages, thirteen... More

A new method of Macarony making, as practiced at Boston.

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of... More

Philip Dawe - The Bostonians in distress, plate II.

Print shows ten Bostonians in a huge cage suspended from the Liberty Tree. British seamen hand them fish while cannons, ships and soldiers surround them in the background. This was published at the time Boston ... More

American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Tax Bill to Towns [Signed...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - List of Worcester Protest...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Appeals from Inhabitants ...

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Philip Dawe - The Bostonians in distress, plate II.

Plan of the town of Boston and circumjacent country shewing the presen...

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Situations plan der Englischen Armée vor und um Boston nebst der stel...

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Exact plan of General Gage's lines on Boston Neck in America

Based on a map published in the Pennsylvania Magazine (August 1775), this is one of the few maps to show how the British set up their blockade on Boston Neck. The blockade was designed to protect English troops... More

The thistle reel - Canada, 1775-1783

Bute, Mansfield, and North dance around the vision of a huge thistle while the devil plays the bagpipes in the clouds above. The government's policy toward America is attacked as inspired by Scottish influence,... More

American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Distribution of Munitions...

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The patriotick barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds, plate I...

Cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Print shows satire of American women from Edenton, North Carolina pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Accounts for Supplies and...

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Map of the environs of Boston - Public domain old map

Appearing August 28, 1775, in the London publication, The Remembrancer, this was one of the earliest British depictions of Boston and vicinity following the battle at Bunker Hill. This generalized sketch map fo... More

The seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer : with the ma...

Plan of Boston Harbour, from an actual survey | Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Account of Provisions Pai...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Bills and Receipts for Su...

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Virtual representation, 1775 - A drawing of a group of men in historic...

Bute aims a blunderbuss at an American gentleman with a club while Britannia falls into "the Pit Prepared for Others." In the background, Roman Catholic Quebec sits serenely on the hill while "the English Prote... More

A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns hou...

A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill | A view of Boston from Dorchester Neck Courtesy of Boston Public Library

American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Account of Payments to So...

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Calls for Supplies by the State of MA, 1775-1780

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Account of Provisions Pai...

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Orders for Payments for Supplies and Services, 1775-1779, n.d.

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List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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Petition to George III, King of Great Britain, 1775

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Philip Dawe - The alternative of Williams-burg

Print shows a "Virginian loyalist" being forced to sign a document, possibly issued by the Williamsburg Convention, by a club-wielding mob of "liberty men." On the left, a man is being led towards a gallows sta... More

List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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Minutes of the Committee of Brookhaven, Manor of St. George and Patent...

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A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced work...

Long Island open on the north side of Nicks Mate Island | Boston from Willis Creek Courtesy of Boston Public Library

List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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A political lesson - A black and white drawing of a man on a horse

A rider representing England falls off his horse on the road from Salem to Boston. At this time the port of Boston was closed and Salem was the nearest port open. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Call for Representation b...

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Plan of the battle, on Bunker's Hill : fought on the 17th of June 1775

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A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American pro...

This map and battle plan immortalized what came to be known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. The alphabetic key identifies British regiments and ships and narrates their actions. The plan also shows earthworks hel... More

A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp

Published in the July 1775 issue of the Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly edited by Thomas Paine, this was the earliest printed depiction of Boston after the battle at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. The in... More

List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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List of Homeless People Displaced by the Battle of Bunker Hill and Bil...

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Book of the negroe, No. 10427 - American Revolution 1775-1783

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A new and correct plan of the town of Boston

As an example of late 18th-century British journalistic cartography, this is a reduced version of Page's original map of Boston. Using pictorial symbols, it shows Charlestown in ruins following the British burn... More

Powder horn with map of Boston and Charlestown, 1777

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Finance Resolutions from ...

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The attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold, by ...

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Calls for Soldiers by the State of MA, 1776-1780

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Calls for Soldiers by the State of MA, 1776-1780

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Reports on Payments to So...

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Letter to his cousin, 1/5/1776 - Brookline public library manuscript c...

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News from America, or the patriots in the dumps

Lord North shows a letter from General Howe, whose victory at Long Island had just recently been announced. A dowdy, bare-breasted woman with a liberty cap falls down weeping and American ships sink in the back... More

American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Abatements, 1776

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Reports on Payments to So...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston : mit den umliegenden Gegende...

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Sketch of the country illustrating the late engagement in Long Island

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Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend le Canada, la Louisi...

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A plan of New York Island, part of Long Island &c. shewing the positio...

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : containing ...

Seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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A general map of the northern British colonies in America : which comp...

Published by a prominent London firm, this map illustrates the extent of the British colonies in northern North America at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Britain was keenly interested in maint... More

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Calls for Soldiers by the State of MA, 1776-1780

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A general map of the southern British colonies in America comprehendin...

Seat of war in the southern British colonies comprehending North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, &ca Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A general map of the northern British Colonies in America : which comp...

The provinces of New York and New Jersey : with part of Pensilvania, a...

We Are One: Samuel Johannes Holland compiled the first map of New York published after the French and Indian War. Holland was a Dutch military engineer who became the Surveyor General for the Northern District ... More

Calls for Soldiers by the State of MA, 1776-1780

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Certifications of Service...

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A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & e...

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Calls for Soldiers by the State of MA, 1776-1780

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Finance Resolutions from ...

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American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Finance Resolutions from ...

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Plan of the city and environs of Quebec, with its siege and blockade b...

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