1776 Gallery

Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776

Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams meet at Jefferson's lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia, to review a draft of the Declaration of Independence. Date c1932 July 28

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Ann Brown and George Mattocks in the operatic version

Miss Ann Brown and Mr. George Mattocks in the characters of Miranda and Ferdinand in an operatic version of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Covent Garden Theatre, 1776. George Mattocks was an actor, singer and dancer, 1735-1804. Ann Brown, later Mrs. Ann Cargill, was a British opera diva who died in a shipwreck of Nancy in 1784. Date: 1776

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America - George Washington 1st HQ in Cambridge,Mass

House Of The Presidents Of Harvard College which Was George Washington 1st HQ in Cambridge, Massachusetts Date: 1776

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