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Painting

Eleazer Williams

Date: 1836
Description: Waist-up portrait of Eleazer Williams. Label on painting reads: "Eleazer Williams. Born ca. 1792 -- Died 1857. Pretender to French Throne. George Catlin, A...
Photograph

Father Florimond Bonduel

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Description: Sketched quarter-length portrait of Father Florimond Joseph Bonduel.
Print

The Missionary

Date: 1892
Description: Photographic print of an engraved image showing a robed missionary standing in a birch bark canoe paddled by four Native Americans and another man who appe...
Map or Atlas

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites

Date: 1710
Description: A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit...
Map or Atlas

Le Cours de Missisipi, ou de St. Louis: Fameuse Riviere de L'Amerique Septentrionale aux Environs de Laquelle se Trouve le Païs Appelle Louisiane

Date: 1718
Description: This map shows the Mississippi River, with latitude and longitude coordinates, ad covers east to Lake Ontario and south to Illinois. The inset map (the top...

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