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Old Fort Crawford

Date: 1817
Description: Elevated view of Old Fort Crawford. Caption reads: "Log Fort Crawford 1816-1829 Sketch Made From, Maj. S.H. Long's Description of 1817."
Photograph

Fort Shelby Diorama

Date: 1814
Description: Fort Shelby built in 1814 and named for the Governor of Kentucky, was surrendered to British forces later in 1814 and renamed Fort McKay. Pictured here is ...
Drawing

Fort Crawford

Date: 1817
Description: Sketch of an elevated view of Fort Crawford (1816-1829).
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Burning of Washington, D.C., Newspaper Coverage

Date: 08 27 1814
Description: Newspaper article on the "Capture and Destruction of the Capital" relating information on the burning of Washington, D.C. on August 24, 1814. The city was ...
Book or Pamphlet

U.S. Capitol after the Fire

Date: 1814
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol building after the fire in August. The Federal building was burned by British forces during the War of 1812. In the foreg...
Book or Pamphlet

Capture and Burning of Washington, D.C.

Date: 1814
Description: Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit...
Drawing

First State Buildings at Columbus

Date: 1815
Description: Engraved view of the first state buildings in Columbus, Ohio, including the United States Courthouse, Public Offices and the Old State House. A number of p...
Print

City of London

Date: 1810
Description: View of the city of Lincoln, England. Photocopy after an engraving by B.G. Topham.
Drawing

Pyramide de Cholula

Date: 1816
Description: The four-stepped, low-rising Pyramid of Cholula, covered in sparse vegetation, stands in a flat valley, surrounded by distant mountains. A stairway leads u...
Photograph

Fort Howard

Date: 1818
Description: Overhead view of the layout of the fort, with the Fox River at the top, and a "Cranberry Marsh of 1/2 mile in extent" below right. At the bottom is a rende...

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