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| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall. |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Fort Shelby, built by the Americans during the War of 1812. In 1814 the fort surrendered to British forces led by Captain Andrew W. Bulger who renamed it F... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | A view of Fort Crawford (the second site and buildings of 1829-?). |
| Date: | 1831 |
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| Description: | Fort Winnebago, a print published in Mrs. John H. Kinzie's Wau-bun (1856). |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and gam... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View down slope towards shoreline. On the opposite side of the river is an army base and portions of a small town. In the distance there is a cupola of a R... |
| Date: | 1777 |
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| Description: | Map showing the Hudson River in three sections, from New York City up through Lake Champlain, including cities, forts, roads, topographical features, and n... |
| Date: | 1782 |
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| Description: | Map of America east of the Mississippi River. It shows regions, state boundaries extending to the Mississippi River, cities, forts, Native American lands, ... |
| Date: | 1777 |
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| Description: | Map of Colonial America east of Lake Michigan showing regions, cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Crossed swords and small ... |
| Date: | 1735 |
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| Description: | Map of the Chesapeake Bay region and surrounding areas, with north oriented towards the right. A few forts, rivers, and bays are labeled, as are the region... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Map of New York and parts of the neighboring states. It shows cities, forts, towns, roads, mountains, lakes, and rivers. several different boundary lines a... |
| Date: | 1760 |
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| Description: | Map showing upstate New York, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River during the last, decisive battle of the French and Indian War. The main map shows a ... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Detailed topographical and political map of the area from Lake Champlain to Albany and the Hudson River. Relief is shown through hachures. The map shows ci... |
| Date: | 1778 |
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| Description: | Map of the land between Fort Ticonderoga and Albany. It shows cities, forts, mills, roads, mountains, swamps, waterfalls, lakes, and rivers. A few annotati... |
| Date: | 10 1776 |
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| Description: | Broadside map showing the British invasion of New York city in August and September of 1776. The map shows important cities, forts, roads, hills, mountains... |
| Date: | 02 1777 |
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| Description: | Map depicting the campaigns of October and November 1776, in Manhattan, Westchester, and part of New Jersey, published only a few months after the conclusi... |
| Date: | 03 1777 |
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| Description: | Map showing the British and Hessian attack on Fort Washington in November of 1776. The movements and fortifications of the British and Hessian troops appea... |
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