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Château de Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. A simple fortified tower in the 11th century, the château was transformed over the centuries to become the gem we can admire today. In the 16th century, the castle was transformed into a...

Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Formerly known as the Manoir du Cloux, the Château de Clos Lucé was originally built in 1471 as a former fiefdom of the Château d'Amboise. Passing through several hands before being purchased...

Pocket portrait of John Laurens (1756-1782), a colonel in the Continental Army and aide-de-camp to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. Watercolor on ivory by Charles Willson Peale, 1780. National Portrait Gallery...

An unfinished oil sketch depicting the Treaty of Paris of 1783, by Benjamin West, c. 1783. The American commissioners depicted from left to right are John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin...

A slave trader advertisement in a Charleston, South Carolina newspaper, taken out by Henry Laurens and his partners, published on 26 April 1760. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C.

Henry Laurens (1724-1792), an American politician during the American Revolution who served as a president of the Continental Congress. Oil on canvas portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, c. 1781-84. United States Senate Collection...

Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was a residence of the prominent Lee family of Virginia and the birthplace of two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Henry Lee (1742-1794) and Francis Lightfoot...

A sketch of Richard Henry Lee; on his left hand, he wears a black silk glove to hide the injury he sustained in a hunting accident that cost him four of his fingers. Engraving by Alonzo Chappel, 1861. New York Public Library, Emmet...

Portrait of Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Virginian statesman during the American Revolution and Founding Father of the United States. Oil on canvas by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1795-1805. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution...

St. Finbarr's Oratory, Gaugane Barra, Ireland. According to Cardinal Timothy Manning, Archbishop of Los Angeles, as posted on the St. Finbarr's Oratory website: This hallowed shrine of St. Finbarr dates back to the 6th century where...