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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Off to Ohio
Jarena Lee was the first woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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Off to Japan - Japonisme Parasols Painted By American Artists
.Here are a few parasols reflecting the Japonisme trend.Alberta Binford McCloskey (1863 – 1911) Eleanor, the Artist's DaughterEdward Horace Nicholson (1901 – 1966) Lady with UmbrellaEthel Mars (1876 –...
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Sarah Pierce 1767-1852 of The Litchfield Female Academy of Connecticut
A History of the Litchfield Female AcademySarah Pierce, born in 1767, was the 5th child and 4th daughter of Litchfield, Connecticut, farmer and potter John Pierce and his wife Mary Paterson. Sarah’s...
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Entrepreneurial Slaves at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello 1805-1808
Anne Cary Randolph’s Household Accounts of Monticello, 1805-1808The Library of Congress tells usthat the household and kitchen accounts maintained by Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter, Anne Cary...
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Women Giving 4th of July Orations & Presentations in Early 19C America
For the first 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Indpendence on the 4th of July, American women would present their appreciation of the nation's hard-won liberty as handiwork in the form...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl of North Carolina - The New Master &...
1894 Harriet Jacobs 1813-1894INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Harriet Ann Jacobs 1813-1897EDITED BY L. MARIA CHILD. BOSTON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR....
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl of North Carolina - Brother Ben
1894 Harriet Jacobs 1813-1894INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Harriet Ann Jacobs 1813-1897EDITED BY L. MARIA CHILD. BOSTON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR....
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl of North Carolina - The Master & Sex
1894 Harriet Jacobs 1813-1894INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Harriet Ann Jacobs 1813-1897EDITED BY L. MARIA CHILD. BOSTON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR....
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Chronological listing of Books by Women Authors: 1820-1829
Chronological listing of Books by Women Authors: 1820-18291820Brooks, Maria Gowen. Judith, Esther, and Other Poems.Cheney, Harriet Vaughan Foster. The Sunday School, or Village Sketches.Huntington,...
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Chronological listing of Books by Women Authors: 1830-1835
Chronological listing of Books by Women Authors: 1830-18351830Bullard, Anne Tuttle Jones. The Stanwood Family; or, The History of the American Tract Society.Farrar, Eliza Ware Rotch. The Children's...
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President Abraham Lincoln's July 4, 1864 celebration of African American...
On July 4, 1864, Abraham Lincoln attended a fundraiser for African American schools & religious groups in the District of Columbia. He allowed the group to hold a festival on the south grounds of...
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4th of July Celebrations in 19C America
This chronolgy offers a glimpse at how the 4th of July was celebrated in good times and bad in 19th-century America.1800- In New York, the first local advertisements for fireworks appear and at the...
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19C Presidents Celebrate the 4th of July in while in Office
This chronology offers us a glimpse at how America's 19th-century presidents celebrated the 4th of July, while they were in office.Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 1801-1809 1801- Jefferson hosts the...
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4th of July - 1st Celebration at the White House
The First Fourth of July Celebration at the President’s HouseThomas Jefferson by Charles Peale PolkAlthough John Adams was the first president to occupy the executive mansion, it was Thomas Jefferson...
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White House Receptions for the 19C General Public each July 4th
White House Receptions -Thomas Jefferson began the tradition of receiving citizens at the White House, which was called The President's House before 1812, to celebrate the Fourth of July in 1801. The...
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President John Tyler & Turtle Soup on the 4th of July
Turtle Soup -William Henry Harrison died only a month after his inauguration in 1841, and John Tyler, who succeeded him, held a Fourth of July dinner that year that included turtle soup. A giant 300...
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President Zachary Taylor's 4th of July fatal tragedy
A Fatal Fourth -After participating in July 4 ceremonies at the Washington Monument in 1850, Zachary Taylor fell ill. He drank freely of ice water during the event and after reaching the White House...
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Crowds mobbed Grover Cleveland & his very young bride Frances Folsom on July...
The Marine Band performed weekend summer concerts on the south grounds of the White House from June to September for many years. In 1886, Grover Cleveland and his new bride Frances Folsom made an...
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