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A jeweler and goldsmith advertises swords in a New York Newspaper

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

Newspaper article describing two runaway servant boys

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

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.

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…

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.

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.

A British official implores Patriots of Charleston, South Carolina to be loyal to the British crown and asks Tories to help convert traitors.

Map-maker James Cook draws out the geography of the Province of South Carolina for government officials in 1773, focusing in on metropolitan areas such as Charleston.