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A 1775 Officer's Camp Chest belonging to Hugh Cossart Baker of the British Army's 27th Regiment. It was made from oak, birch, cedrella, iron, steel, brass, papter, paint, and ink. It was made in England and sold in Halifax.
A register of the provisions for troops already in America.
Copy of the petition made by Bristol manufacturers and other citizens to George III promoting American sympathies, including almost 1000 signatures
A newspaper article in theCaledonian Mercurydescribing recent petitions that have gone before Parliament in defense of the British slave trade.
Porcelain, blue and white glaze, floral decoration, maker's mark on base ("X"), molded into vine-leaf form.
This is a miniature portrait of a young John Wright Stanly, hanging in the Stanly House. It is simple, and Stanly dresses in modest attire, reflecting his standing as a merchant, and not an aristocrat. That Stanly was able to finance a portrait of…
Swiss-born artist Jeremiah Theus paints wealthy Charleston citizen John Dart
A portrait of William Ellery, painted in 1876 over fifty years after his death.
A watercolor painting of Rose Fortune by an unknown artist at an unknown date.