The Election of 1848, the Whig Party Candidates

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Grand national Whig banner: press onward/lith. & pub. by N. Currier 152 Nassua St....N.Y.
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Lithograph Collection, Library of Congress

The Steamship Marion, evacuating families of Federal troops in Charleston to New York, passes Fort Sumter, 1861

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The stemship Marion on her way to New York with the wives and children of the soldiers in Fort Sumter - manning the ramparts and cheering of the men as the steamer passes the fort the parting salute from Fort Sumpter (sic) / from a sketch by our special artist now in Charleston
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Periodical Illustration Collection, Library of Congress
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Originally appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 23, 1861, p. 212.

The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 12-13, 1861

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Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1861
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Lithograph Collection, Library of Congress
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Currier and Ives, circa 1861

"Am I not a Man and a Brother?"

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Am I not a man and a brother?
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Broadside Collection, Library of Congress
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Seal of the Society of the Abolition of Slavery in England, adopted in the United States. This copy from New York City, 1837.

Zachary Taylor, daguerreotype, circa 1848, detail

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Zachary Taylor, half-length portrait, head in profile to the right
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Daguerreotype Collection, Library of Congress
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DAG No.277

Zachary Taylor, daguerreotype, circa 1848

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Zachary Taylor, half-length portrait, head in profile to the right
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Daguerreotype Collection, Library of Congress
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DAG No. 277

Samuel Joseph May, engraving, detail

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Samuel Joseph May, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right
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Lithograph Collection, Library of Congress

Samuel Joseph May, engraving

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Samuel Joseph May, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right
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Lithograph Collection, Library of Congress

Henry "Box" Brown, lithograph, detail

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The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, who escaped from Richmond Va. in a bx 3 feet long 2 1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft wide
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Detail from the much larger image.

Lucretia Mott (Friend's Intelligencer)

Obituary
“Mott,” Friend’s Intelligencer, November 20, 1880, p. 636.
MOTT.— On Fifth-day, Eleventh month 11th, 1880, at her residence, Roadside, Chelterham, Pa., Lucretia, widow of James Mott, in the 88th year of her age; a valued minister of the Monthly Meeting of Philadelphia.
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