Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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| Powder Horn: Abner Eley (R-131), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Scene of Bacchus with a Wine Cask | 1890 | 1907.36.309 | |
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Whooping Crane (Grus americana), Havell plate no. 226 | 1821–22; 1829–33 | 1863.17.226 |
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Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover | 1950 | 1956.7 |
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World Trade Center Construction Site: The Big Dig Underway--Exposing the Walls of the "Bathtub" | 1968 | 2002.43.1 |
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Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus), Male Spring | c. 1554-1564 | 1889.10.4.45 |
| Jumel Terrace | 1971 | 1982.65 | |
| Engagement Between the U.S. Brig "Enterprise" and H.M.S. Brig "Boxer" | c. 1815 | 1925.138 | |
| Washington's Headquarters, Wallace House, Somerville, New Jersey; verso: Washington Standing in a Doorway | 1936.857 | ||
| 6 photos: searching for Revolutionary War relics | INV.5628 | ||
| Uniforms of the American Revolution: Grenadier, 5th Foot Company, British Army | c. 1910 | X.380 |
