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Everyday life in 19th century America - Religion
 Charles Fraser (1782-1860) Church at St. Andrews. South CarolinaPavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian-born American genre artist, 1787-1839) A Philadelphia Anabaptis Immersion during a StormWilliam Russell...
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AME Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-c 1857 Cape May, New Jersey
.Mrs Jarena Lee , Preacher of the A.M.E. Church, Aged 60 years in the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844, Philadelphia 1844 Jarena Lee was an evangelist for the AME church in the first half of the 19th...
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Mother Mary Elizabeth Clarisse Lang 1794-1882 Baltimore, Maryland
Mother Mary Lange, the foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, was born Elizabeth Lange in the around 1794, in Santiago de Cuba, where she lived in a primarily French speaking community. She...
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Juliann Jane Tillman (fl 1830-1845) from Delaware
In the first half of the 19th century, Juiann Jane Tillman was an AME evangelist. In 1816, Richard Allen (1760-1831) and his colleagues in Philadelphia broke away from the Methodist Church and founded...
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On finding a wife in 1830s rural America
Women in the BackwoodsFriedrich Gerstäcker, the son of a celebrated opera singer, was born in Hamburg on May 6, 1816. Destined to see the world, he came at the age of 21 to New York in 1837 where he...
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Comfort Dogs + a Few Hats by American artist Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) The Girl Holding the DogMary Cassatt (1844-1926) Woman By A Window Feeding Her Dog 1880Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Simone In A Large Plumed Hat Seated Holding A Griffon DogMary...
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Women at Sunset
George Cochran Lambdin (1830-1896) Sunset Musings 1887Henry Inman (1801-1846) Mrs Robert LowdenGeorge Cooke (1793–1849) Mrs Robert Donaldson (Susan Jane Gaston)Henry Inman (1801-1846) Frances Kemble...
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Everyday Life in 19th-Century America
William John Hennessy (American artist, 1839–1917) Out and About after the SnowfallWilliam Hahn (American artist, 1829–1887) The ConvalescentLouis Lang (Amreican artist, 1814–1893) The Sewing...
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John Lewis Krimmel Paintings of Everyday Life Around Philadelphia 1810-1820
John Lewis Krimmel (German-born American artist, 1786-1821) 4th of July 1819 in PhiladelphiaOne of the early artists who was attracted to painting 4th of July celebrations was immigrant John Lewis...
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AME Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Do coloured people have souls? - at...
Jarena Lee (1783-1857), Preacher of the A.M.E. Church, Aged 60 years in the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844, Philadelphia 1844 Jarena Lee (1783-1857) - Do coloured people have souls? - Returning to Cape...
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Woman Evangelist Phoebe Worrall Palmer (1807-1874)
Phoebe Worrall Palmer (1807-1874) Born Phoebe Worrall on Dec. 11, 1807 in NYC to devout Methodist parents. In 1827, she married Walter Clarke Palmer, a 24 year old physician who was also a devout...
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AME Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Back to Philadelphia with her son 1822
Jarena Lee (1783-1857), Preacher of the A.M.E. Church, Aged 60 years in the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844, Philadelphia 1844 Jarena Lee - Returning to Philadelphia with her sonI had my little son with...
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Everyday life in 19th century America - Working Together
Thompkins H Matteson (American painter, 1813-1884) Hop Picking 1862Eastman Johnson (American genre painter, 1824-1906). At Camp Spinning Yarn and WhittlingEastman Johnson (American genre painter,...
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AME Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - "A speaking woman is like an ass" - in...
Jarena Lee (1783-1857), Preacher of the A.M.E. Church, Aged 60 years in the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844, Philadelphia 1844 Jarena Lee - "A speaking woman is like an ass" - in New JerseyIn November,...
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Summer with American artist Winslow Homer 1836-1910
Winslow Homer (American artist, 1836-1910) Weaning the CalfWinslow Homer (American artist, 1836-1910) Waiting for an AnswerWinslow Homer (American artist, 1836-1910) Two Girls at the Beach,...
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AME Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching in Delaware 1822
Jarena Lee (1783-1857), Preacher of the A.M.E. Church, Aged 60 years in the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844, Philadelphia 1844 Jarena Lee - Preaching in DelawareJune 24, 1822Â I left the city of...
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Everyday life in 19th century America - Children
Seymour Joseph Guy (American artist, 1824-1910) An Interesting Book  John Eastman (American Painter, fl 1842-1880) The Scissors Grinder 1870Seymour Joseph Guy (American artist, 1824-1910) A Bedtime...
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AME Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching in Maryland 1822
Jarena Lee (1783-1857), Preacher of the A.M.E. Church, Aged 60 years in the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844, Philadelphia 1844 Jarena Lee -Â Preaching in MarylandI now travelled to Cecil country, Md.,...
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Paintings of 1800s Americans heading West
 Francis William Edmonds (Amrican genre painter, 1806-1863) The SpeculatorPittsburgh, circa 1804 by George BeckEdward Lamson Henry (American genre artist, 1841–1919) In East Tennessee Fanny Palmer...
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AME Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching in New York 1823
Jarena Lee (1783-1857), Preacher of the A.M.E. Church, Aged 60 years in the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844, Philadelphia 1844 Jarena Lee - Preaching in New YorkThe call of the Lord was for me now to go...
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