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Newspaper advertisement of a New York Merchant's sale of household items.

A magazine article listing the postings of British troops throughout the empire.

A page from the "Monthly Chronicle" section of the Westminster Magazine.

At the Edenton Tea Party, fifty-one women, largely of North Carolinian, upper-class backgrounds, signed a declaration supporting the non-importation of tea. The Edenton women attempted to replicate the 1773 Boston Tea Party, but were largely ignored…

This June 1775 page from the North Carolina Gazette contextualizes Philip Dawe's satirical critique of the October 1774 Edenton Tea Party. It shows explicit references to slavery—underlining the continued importance of the practice to the North…

A citizen of Charleston promotes an auction selling imported goods such as silk, Irish linens, and sugar.

A British medal with Dutch inscriptions depicting the Battle of Rhode Island. The medal was struck as a manner of propoganda, attempting to dissuade the Dutch from joining the Treaty of Armed Neutrality.

A letter supposedly written by Sir Robert Pigot, the commander of British forces during the Battle of Rhode Island to Sir Henry Clinton. The letter follows with commentary by an anonymous "American Officer" who generally states that Pigot overstated…

Advertisement for Bristol Porcelain to be sold at auction by Mssrs. Christie and Ansell.