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Colonial Slave Quarters, Mount Vernon
Interior of the slave quarters on the colonial American Mount Vernon estate.
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Slave Cabin, Mount Vernon
A slave cabin on George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, which has been maintained as a historic site.
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Slave Cabin Interior, Mount Vernon
A slave cabin on George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, which has been maintained as a historic site.
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Massachusetts Two Shilling Bill, 1741 CE
A bill worth two shillings, or a "2s", from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Collection of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Pine Tree Shilling
The silver "pine tree" shilling minted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by John Hull in 1652.
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Five Shillings from Colonial Delaware
A Delaware bill worth five shillings. The bottom caption reads: "To Counterfeit is Death". Minted in Delaware by James Adam (1724-1792 CE) under the authority of George III of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1760–1820 CE). Collection of the...
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Eight-Dollar Continental Bill, 1775
An eight-dollar bill minted by the Continental Congress in 1775. Collection of the Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
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Spanish Silver Dollar, 1771
Spanish silver dollar from the reign of Charles III of Spain (r. 1759–1788). Minted in Mexico, under the authority of the Kingdom of Spain, 1771.
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Silver Continental Dollar, 1776
A silver Continental dollar, minted in 1776. This currency is thought to have been designed by Benjamin Franklin and minted by Elisha Gallaudet at a private mint in Freehold, New Jersey. This early run of coins was produced for approval...
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George Washington at Princeton
George Washington at Princeton, 1779 CE, by American painter Charles Willson Peale (l. 1741-1827 CE). Peale painted over 60 portraits of Washington (1732–1799 CE) and many of other notable figures of the time. George Washington at Princeton...
