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A gouache on paper painting titled The Declaration of Independence 1776 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Philip Livingston, John Adams, George Washington...

A photograph of the leaders of the USSR and USA, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt, in discussion during the Yalta Conference of February 1945 which discussed how to best end the Second World War (1939-45) and what the post-war world...

Poor Richard, 1739. An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1739, written by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders, 1739. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

The tattered coat worn by Confederate Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne (1828-1864) when he was killed at the Battle of Franklin on 30 November 1864. Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox, Virginia. Photo taken by Farrargirl, 2017.

Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne of Field and Staff, 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Confederate States Army General Staff in uniform. Photograph by Ben Oppenheimer, between 1861 and 1864. Cleburne, known as "Stonewall of the...

Portrait of Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, photograph by Godfrey Argent, 1970. Depicted here is New Zealand-born biophysicist Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004), who worked at King's College in London with English chemist Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958...

Portrait of John M. Corse, c. 1860-1870. On 5 October 1864, Brigadier General John Murray Corse (1835-1893), having taken command of the Federal garrison at the Allatoona mountain pass, repulsed a Confederate strike meant to disrupt and...

Although it was published in 1995, Richard R. John's Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse remains a must-read in the media history academia. This book practically shaped today's academic research in this genre...

The Thirteen Colonies were a cluster of British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard of North America. Founded for a variety of reasons – economic, political, and religious – the colonies emerged with their own distinct governments...

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. A prominent figure of the American Revolution, he wrote the Declaration of Independence and later served as the first...