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The Battle of Princeton (3 January 1777) was a small, yet significant, battle of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) in which the American Continental Army surprised and defeated a British force at Princeton, New Jersey...

The Philadelphia Campaign (July 1777 to June 1778) was a major military operation during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in which a British army under Sir William Howe attempted to capture the revolutionary capital...

The Battle of Fort Washington (16 November 1776) took place during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) as part of the British effort to seize control of Manhattan Island. It saw a British and Hessian force capture...

William "Box" Peel Jones was an enslaved African American who, in 1859, was shipped in a box from an unknown location to the home of the abolitionist William Still...

The Battle of Germantown (4 October 1777) was a major battle of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) in which General George Washington launched an unsuccessful assault on the British army garrisoned in Germantown, Pennsylvania...

A marble head of a figurine from Iraq, 3rd Millennium BCE. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology).

An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, print engraved by John Carwitham, c. 1778. Based on the original illustration by George Heap, 1752. This panoramic view of the bustling Philadelphia harbour and cityscape...

Manuscript of Amos 2, image by UPenn Library, c. 550 CE. A manuscript of the second chapter of the ancient biblical book of Amos by a scribe in the 6th century CE. This was a copy of an original from the 8th century BCE...

A marble bust of Roman emperor Constantius II, reign 337-361 CE. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology)

The establishment of the Middle and Southern English Colonies of North America was encouraged by the earlier English settlements of Jamestown Colony of Virginia in the...