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  • Joseph Wright, American artist, 1756-1793 / by Monroe H. Fabian ; foreword by Alan Fern

    Date
    1985
    18th century
  • Mrs. Anthony Robinson ?, (painting)

    Date
    Ca. 1775
  • Ryōkan meihinsen / hen, kaisetsu, satsuei Iijima Tachio

    Date
    1994
    Edo period, 1600-1868
  • Gu gong bo wu yuan cang Ming Qing gong ting jia ju da guan / Gu gong bo wu yuan bian ; Hu Desheng zhu

    Date
    2006
    Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
  • Fragments of Revolutionary history Edited by Gaillard Hunt

    Date
    1971
    1892
    Revolution, 1775-1783
  • A mighty empire : the origins of the American Revolution / Marc Egnal

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    1988
    Revolution, 1775-1783
    1775-1783
  • Mrs. Bowler Cocke (Elizabeth Hill Carter) (d. 1771), (painting)

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    18th c
  • The history of Castillo de San Marcos & Fort Matanzas, from contemporary narratives and letters, edited by Albert C. Manucy

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    1943
    Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Worked animal bone

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    probably AD 1550–1850
  • Travels into print : exploration, writing, and publishing with John Murray, 1773-1859 / Innes M. Keighren, Charles W.J. Withers, and Bill Bell

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    2015
    18th century
    19th century

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