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The Gorton Party Attacked at Shawomet

The Gorton party attacked at Shawomet; a line of soldiers from Massachusetts fire towards a block-house, at Shawomet, in order to capture and bring Samuel Gorton to court in Boston. A group of men in the foreground take more weapons out of a box. Gorton and his religious followers had had a complaint filed against them to the Massachusetts authority, by two minor Sachems who accused Gorton of unjust dealing in purchasing land from them. He refused the summons, was arrested and brought to Boston, where the charges against him were for his extreme religious view and conduct, not land misdealing. Date: 1643

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WW2 poster, Official scrap iron dumps

WW2 poster, Official scrap iron dumps, bring victory nearer. The Ministry of Supply requesting old iron such as ploughshares, railings, fenders and fire irons for converting into munitions. Date: early 1940s

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Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies, WW1

Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies to the trenches under heavy fire. After the horses had bolted, 670 Private Crapper of the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment (TF), volunteered to bring back a limber of supplies. He succeeded in doing this under heavy fire, thus enabling the companies in the front line to get their ration. For his conspicuous gallantry, Crapper was awarded the DCM (gazetted 15.3.16). Deeds That Thrill The Empire, by George Derville Rowlandson (b.1861)

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