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William Cecil, Lord Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598 CE) was Elizabeth I of England's most important minister for much of her reign (1558-1603 CE). Lord Burghley was Secretary of State for both Edward VI of England (r. 1547-1553 CE) and Elizabeth...
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Meeting of Isaac Brock and Tecumseh
The meeting of British General Isaac Brock and Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh on the eve of the Siege of Detroit (August 1812) is an iconic event in Canadian folklore. Illustration by Charles William Jefferys, first published in Tecumseh: a chronicle...
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William "Box" Peel Jones' Escape From Slavery - Primary Narrative and Frederick Douglass' Complaint
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 (1819-1902) in Philadelphia and then traveled on, with assistance from the...
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William Bradford
William Bradford (l. 1590-1657 CE) was one of the leading members of the congregation of pilgrims who came to North America aboard the Mayflower, a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and the second governor of the Plymouth Colony after the...
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Portrait of Tecumseh
Portrait of Tecumtha (c. 1808), platinum print after a watercolor portrait of Tecumseh (1778-1813), a Shawnee chief and leader, by Benson John Lossing, 1915.
Toronto Public Library, Canada.
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Death of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames
Tecumseh's death at the Battle of the Thames (5 October 1813), lithograph by N. Currier, 1846.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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William Barret Travis - The Unlikely Hero of the Alamo
William Barret Travis (1809 to 1836) is best known as the commander of the Alamo during the 13-day siege (23 February to 6 March 1836), dying in the Battle of the Alamo on 6 March at the age of 26. Arguably, however, Travis should receive...
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William Brewster
William Brewster (l. 1568-1644 CE) was an elder of the Leiden congregation of separatists (later known as pilgrims) and their spiritual leader while onboard the Mayflower and later after the establishment of the Plymouth Colony. The pastor...
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Sherman Tanks, El Alamein
A photograph showing US-made Sherman tanks of the British Eight Army during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)
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Tecumseh and Brock at Fort Detroit
Tecumseh and General Isaac Brock at the surrender of Fort Detroit. Though their partnership is iconic in the annals of Canadian folklore, their capture of Detroit is the only instance of them working together. Illustration by A.M. Wickson...