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The Liver Tablet
A detailed baked clay model of a sheep's liver from ancient Babylon. Written records may be representative of signs on the organ and were probably used to improve divination. Old Babylonian period, Sippar, 1900-1600 BCE. The British...
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Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814, American poet, playwright, and political activist during the American Revolution. Oil on canvas portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1763.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Siege of Charleston
Siege of Charleston, South Carolina (29 March to 12 May 1780) during the American Revolutionary War, painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1862.
Brown University, Providence.
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Americans Raise the South Carolina Flag over the Spring Hill Redoubt
American Sgt. Jasper raises the South Carolina flag over the Spring Hill redoubt during the assault on Savannah, 9 October 1779. Moments later, the British defenders of the redoubt opened fire, killing Jasper and forcing the Americans to...
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General Benjamin Lincoln
Portrait of Benjamin Lincoln, a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (no relation to Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president). Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, October 1784. Independence National...
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Archibald Campbell
Portrait of Archibald Campbell, British army officer who captured Savannah, Georgia, in December 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. Oil on canvas portrait by George Romney, c. 1790.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Map of the Siege of Savannah
Map depicting the Siege of Savannah, 16 September to 20 October 1779. Illustration from page 171 of the book British Battles on Land and Sea Vol. 2, by James Grant, London, 1873.
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Death of Pulaski
Casimir Pulaski is mortally wounded while leading the American cavalry on 9 October 1779 at the Siege of Savannah. Illustration from page 442 of Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the...
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Hurricane Maintenance, North Africa
A 1941 photograph of maintenance being carried out on a Hawker Hurricane fighter in Libya during the North African campaign in the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Sea Hurricanes
A 1941 photograph of a flight of Sea Hurricanes, the naval equivalent of the RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter plane. (Imperial War Museums)
