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Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire on 14 June 1645 was one of the most important battles of the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). The Royalists, led in person by King Charles, were soundly defeated by the Parliamentarians'...
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Blaurock's Origin of the Anabaptists
George Blaurock (l. c. 1491-1529) was one of the three founders of the Swiss Brethren (known by their opponents as Anabaptists) along with Conrad Grebel (l. c. 1498-1526) and Felix Manz (l. c. 1498-1527). His Origin...
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Trial Notice of John Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read
The November 1720 trial notice of John Rackham (aka 'Calico Jack'), Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Issued as part of a pamphlet by the authorities of Jamaica a few days after the trial. All three were...
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The Mechanical Turk
The Mechanical Turk, illustration in Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz's pamphlet On Mr. von Kempelen's Chess Player and its Replica, 1789. This drawing depicts how von Racknitz believed the so-called Mechanical Turk, a supposed...
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Title Page of Common Sense
The title page of an early edition of Common Sense by the Anglo-American philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809). The pamphlet was first published in 1776 and therein Paine argued for independence for the 13 American colonies...
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Jay Treaty
A 1795 pamphlet containing the text of the controversial Jay Treaty. Published in Philadelphia, PA, c. 1795.
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Four Mohawk Kings
A London pamphlet about the arrival of the so-called Four Mohawk Kings, circa 1710.
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Anna Murray Douglass - First Wife of Frederick Douglass
Anna Murray Douglass (1813-1882), photograph by unknown photographer in Anna Murray Douglass, My Mother As I Recall Her by Rosetta Douglass Sprague, 1900. This photograph shows Anna Murray-Douglass...
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The Confession of Nat Turner | Read by Brock Peters (1968) | John Henrik Clark
From the liner notes– read by Brock Peters with Martin Donegan as T. R. Gray The reading of, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" by the distinguished actor, Brock Peters, represents...