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A hand colored map of the island of Jamaica, depicting colonial Jamaica's counties, mills, slave quarters, ports, places to drop anchor, pictorial reliefs. The map also includes two images alluding to the wealth of Jamaica.

The Assembly of Jamaica assures the King of England of her loyalty and need of security and protection while also criticizing the Colonies of North America. The rhetoric seeks to assuage the crown and parallels that of the British, underscoring the…

An oil painting depicting two German officers who participated in the Siege of Gibraltar; Copley made it as a preparatory study for a larger painting on the siege.

A pair of silver sugar tongs attributed to the 18th century New York silversmith Myer Myers.

Newspaper article describing two runaway servant boys

An advertisement for a sale of assorted jewelry and hardware in New York.

A jeweler and goldsmith advertises swords in a New York Newspaper

Newspaper Advertisement for a New York goldsmith and jeweler selling his wares

Newspaper ad for New York merchant with imports from London

Newspaper advertisement offering a reward for a black man who ran away from his master in Staten Island, New York