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Hendersonville, TN
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Colima, Mexico
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First Oil Well, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859
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John Osborne, Dickinson College
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engraving
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No
Original caption
Drake's First Oil Well
Source citation
Howard M. Jenkins, Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal, A History: 1608-1903, Volume III (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Historical Publishing Association, 1903), 445.
Reading, Pennsylvania, 1840
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John Osborne, Dickinson College
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engraving
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Original caption
Reading in 1840. From an old print
Source citation
Howard M. Jenkins, Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal, A History: 1608-1903, Volume III (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Historical Publishing Association, 1903), 512.
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1869
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John Osborne, Dickinson College
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engraving
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No
Courtesy of
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Original caption
Main Street, Salt Lake City
Source citation
Alexander K. McClure, Three Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869) 154.
Dinwiddie County, Virginia (Howe)
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 242.
DINWIDDIE was formed in 1752, from Prince George, and named from Robert Dinwiddie, governor of Va. from 1752 to 1758. The surface is rolling, and its form hexagonal, with a diameter of about 28 miles. The Appomattox runs on its N., the Nottaway on its S. boundary, and the great southern railroad through its eastern portion. Pop. 1830, 21,901; 1840, whites 9,847, slaves 9,947, free colored 2,764 ; total, 22,558. The court-house is centrally situated upon a branch of the Nottaway.
Life in Virginia, circa 1850
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John Osborne, Dickinson College
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Life in Eastern Virginia. The Home of the Planter. Life in Western Virginia. The Home of the Mountaineer.
Source citation
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia .... (Charleston, S.C.: William R. Babcock, 1852), 153.
Petersburg, Virginia (Howe)
Gazetteer/Almanac
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 242.
The large, wealthy, and flourishing town of Petersburg, is situated at the northeastern angle of the county, on the south bank of the Appomattox, 22 miles S. of Richmond, and 9 S. W. of City Point, on the line of the great southern railroad, with which last-named place there is also a railroad communication. The harbor admits vessels of considerable draught, and even ships come up as far as Walthall's' Landing, 6 miles below the town, where there is a branch railroad about 3 miles in length, connecting with the Richmond and Petersburg railroad.
Abingdon, Virginia, circa 1850
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John Osborne, Dickinson College
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Original caption
Abingdon.
Source citation
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia .... (Charleston, S.C.: William R. Babcock, 1852), 499.
Lynchburg, Virginia, circa 1850
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John Osborne, Dickinson College
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LYNCHBURG. The above shows as it appears from the northern banks of the James River. On the left, is shown the bridge across the river and in front, the town, which is finely situated on rising ground, in the midst of bold and romantic scenery.
Source citation
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia .... (Charleston, S.C.: William R. Babcock, 1852), 212.