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| Date: | 1825 |
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| Description: | Lithographic portrait of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801). Inscription reads: "Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a Painting by B. Ot... |
| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | Front view of girl's faded gray coat with red velvet trim. Worn by Jane Larned (Williamson) Hague (born 1819) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| Date: | 08 05 1820 |
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| Description: | Sketches of Native American marks in James Doty's travel journal. Most of the marks represent different types of fish. |
| Date: | 1828 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Ne... |
| Date: | 1825 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of boats being towed by horses through the Erie Canal at Lockport Erie Canal at Lockport. The horses can be seen on a high towpath at right. ... |
| Date: | 1825 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri... |
| Date: | 1828 |
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| Description: | Drawing by Increase Lapham showing the geological profile of the land between Utica and Knob Creek, Kentucky at a scale of 1/2 inch to a mile. |
| Date: | 07 22 1827 |
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| Description: | Letter from Benjamin Sillman to Increase Lapham requesting information about the canal around the rapids of the Ohio River for inclusion in The Journal ... |
| Date: | 1827 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing of a rig designed by Mr. Orange Dibble for removing rocks and other large debris from deep canal cuts. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Wash drawing of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hollman, who were early settlers in Platteville, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 02 1823 |
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| Description: | A map featuring the North American expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Edwin James. |
| Date: | 07 03 1821 |
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| Description: | Two pages of a letter written by Thomas Forsyth. |
| Date: | 1827 |
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| Description: | Baby mittens knitted of blue and white wool yarn. |
| Date: | 1826 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and her child, originally titled "Chippeway Squaw and Child." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, ... |
| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder. |
| Date: | 09 1825 |
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| Description: | Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov... |
| Date: | 01 08 1825 |
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| Description: | The second page of the handwritten treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Watercolor miniature of Isaac Winnesheek, Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief. |
| Date: | 1827 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Ker-o-menee, a celebrated Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted by J.O. Lewis at the Treat... |
| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th... |
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