RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Put it in the Cage Again.
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: drawing
drawing, watercolor
Painting; Pictures; Watercolor
date image made: ca 1790
Date made: delete
place acquired: United States: Massachusetts, Northampton
Physical Description: watercolor (image material)
ink (image material)
paper (image material)
pine, white (frame, backboard material)
bole (frame material)
gilt (frame material)
glass (glazing material)
brass (old hanging hardware material)
wire (old hanging hardware material)
Measurements: overall: 6 3/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 7/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 18.7325 cm x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: The Eleanor and Mabel van Alstyne Marsh American Folk Art Collection
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: book
date made: 1798
place made: United States: Connecticut, New London
place used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: paper, laid (overall material)
ink (overall material)
thread (binding material)
Measurements: overall, encased: 3/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 20.6375 cm x 14.2875 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Slavery
Copp Collection
Description: <i> A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Related by Himself</i> was published by C. Hold at the Bee-Office in New London, Connecticut in 1798. As noted in the title, the book was “related” by Venture to his teacher, Elisha Niles, and published the same year. Venture’s was captured as a 10 or 11 year old from West Africa and sold to slavers, who sold him to Robinson Mumford, from Rhode Island. As a slave in New England, Venture married his wife Meg, also a slave, who gave birth to their daughter, Hannah. After Hannah’s birth in 1754, Venture was sold to Thomas Stanton of Stonington, Connecticut and continued to toil as a slave, ending up with Captain Oliver Smith in 1760. Five years later he was allowed to purchase his freedom for 71 pounds. Working as a free man, Venture purchased his sons in 1769and his wife, Meg, in 1772. In 1775 he purchased his daughter Hannah, reuniting his entire family. He lived in East Haddam, Connecticut until his death in 1805.
While the slave narrative was becoming a popular genre at the end of the 18th century, the presence of this book in the Copp’s library is rather interesting due to a family relationship with Thomas Stanton, the “villain” in the story. Margaret Stanton, who married Samuel Copp in 1721, was Thomas Stanton’s third cousin.
The Copp Collection contains about 150 books of early American imprint and shows a wide range of reading matter typical of a New England Puritan family living in a port town. Literacy was expected of many New Englanders, as Puritan doctrine required everyone to read the Bible. The abundance of multiple Bibles, psalms, hymnodies, sermons, and morality tales reflects the Copp’s religious beliefs. Other highlights of the library include the works of Shakespeare, almanacs, historical and political texts, and travel narratives.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF VENTURE, A NATIVE OF AFRICA:
But resident above sixty years in the United States of America.
RELATED BY HIMSELF.
New-London:
PRINTED BY C. HOLT, AT THE BEE-OFFICE.
1798.
DL*006868.003
Dutch Church Psalms, Copp Bible
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
book
date made: 1804
owner; user: Copp, Jr., Samuel
Copp Family
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
leather (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 8.5725 cm x 14.605 cm
Credit line: John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Bible
Religion
Dutch Reformed
Description: This is a book of Dutch Church Psalms belonged to Samuel Copp Jr., born in Stonington, Connecticut in 1787. The Copp family had a long association with the First Congressional Church in Stonington, beginning with Jonathan Copp in 1699. His son Samuel became a deacon in 1802; this book was used by Samuel’s son Samuel Jr. around 1804. The book of Dutch Church Psalms contained the Psalms of David (set to a proper meter so they could be sung in church) as well as the Catechism, Compendium, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy for the Dutch Reformed Church. The book was printed and sold by Charles R. and George Webster in Albany, New York.
Firesteel
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: firesteel
Fire-Steel; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: France
Physical Description: brass (handle material)
steel (striking bar material)
Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 3 in x 1 3/8 in; .635 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tobacco Bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl
date made: March 1799
associated date: 1798-07-09 to 1799-06-15
place made: Indian Ocean
associated place: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
China: Canton, Canton
Physical Description: coconut (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 3/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 10.4775 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: Tobacco Use
Ocean
Sailors
China Trade
DL*388621, DL*388621
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chair, side
date made: 1790 - 1800
place made: United States
place used: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
Physical Description: mahogany (primary wood material)
poplar, tuulip (secondary wood material)
cloth (seat material)
Measurements: overall: 36 5/8 in x 21 in x 19 in; 93.0529 cm x 53.34 cm x 48.26 cm
Credit line: The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
Topics: Furnishings
William Ramsay's Desk and Bookcase
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Slant-Front Desk and Bookcase
desk
date made: 1770s or earlier
place made: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
place used: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
Measurements: overall, lock: 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.6675 cm x 5.08 cm
overall, hinges, each: 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; .635 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.4925 cm
Credit line: The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
Publisher: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
Topics: Furnishings
Description: This desk, known as a “secretary”, has an attached two-shelf bookcase. Made entirely out of dark wood this piece boasts myriad compartments and drawers to house the many financial records and books of its owner, William Ramsay, a merchant and shopkeeper. The desk is embellished with intricate carvings and is ornamented at its topmost point with a finial.
Courting mirror
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mirror
date made: c. 1800
place used: United States: New England
place made: Europe
Physical Description: basswood (frame material)
linden (frame material)
paint (glass panels material)
glass (glass panels material)
mirrored glass (mirror material)
Scots pine (frame support material)
pine (box frame material)
Measurements: overall: 18 5/8 in x 12 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 47.3075 cm x 30.7975 cm x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
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Tray
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tray
date made: 1800 - 1850
place made: United States: Maine
Physical Description: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
asphaltum (overall decoration material)
paint (overall decoration material)
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 8 1/2 in x 12 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 21.59 cm x 30.7975 cm
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Single-sheet, oblong octagonal, japanned tray painted along the angled ends of the well with wide white bands containing garlands of oval red fruits or buds with alizarin and white overtones and pairs of yellow-highlighted, curved and pointed green leaves with parallel yellow side veins; black curved and crossed lines and dots. A yellow ribbon on straight sides of well and a yellow line around inside edge of design. Made in one piece, cut and folded, with folded rim and flat bottom. Exterior painted black. No marks.
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chair, side
Chair; Furniture; Side
date made: ca 1800
place made: United States: South Carolina, Charleston
Physical Description: mahogany (chair material)
fabric (upholstery material)
Measurements: overall: 37 3/4 in x 20 in x 18 1/4 in; 95.885 cm x 50.8 cm x 46.355 cm
Credit line: Gift of Bertrand H. Merwin
Topics: Furnishings
Chinese Courting Mirror
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mirror
date made: ca 1800
place made: United States: New England
Europe
Physical Description: basswood (frame material)
linden (frame material)
mirrored glass (mirror material)
pine, Scots (frame support; backboard material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in x 12 5/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 32.0675 cm x 18.7325 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Furnishings
Description: This mirror belonged to a member of the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the late 18th and early 19th century. Museum documentation notes that the mirror is likely of Chinese origin, like many similar “courting mirrors” of the time. These courting mirrors were given by suitors to young women as gifts, and were prized due to their Eastern origin and refinement. Many were kept in wooden protective cases like this one to protect it during its travels.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
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Wooden Box
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: box
date made: ca 1800
user: Copp Family
place used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
wood (overall material)
colonial (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 in x 7 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 10.16 cm x 19.685 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Furnishings
Description: This rectangular wooden box was owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th century. The box is covered with Chinese flowered paper.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
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Stand
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: table
date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Connecticut
United States: Rhode Island
place used: United States: Massachusetts, Norwood
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
iron, wrought (brace material)
Measurements: overall: 23 1/4 in x 17 3/4 in x 15 in; 59.055 cm x 45.085 cm x 38.1 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
Topics: Furnishings
Wooden Box
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: box
date made: ca 1800
user: Copp Family
place used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (accents material)
colonial (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 3 in x 3 3/4 in x 6 in; 7.62 cm x 9.525 cm x 15.24 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Furnishings
Description: This rectangular wooden box was owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th century. The box is painted with a floral design.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
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Porringer Bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, porringer
date made: ca 1775
user: Copp Family
place made: United States: New England
place used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 14.9225 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Furnishings
Food
Description: Basin-type porringer bowl with narrow-reeded flat rim, tapered sides, and flat bottom; significantly damaged with handle missing, dents and holes in well. No marks apparent.
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Copp Family Tree
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: drawing
date made: ca 1795
place made: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
place used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: ink (image material)
watercolor (image material)
paper, laid (image material)
wood (frame material)
paint (frame material)
brass (original hanging hardware material)
glass (glazing material)
Measurements: overall: 20 1/2 in x 17 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 52.07 cm x 43.4975 cm x 1.27 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Furnishings
Description: This framed watercolor of the Samuel and Dolley Copp’s family tree hung in the Copp family home in Stonington, Connecticut during the second half of the 18th century. The family tree is depicted as two intertwined branches sprouting from two overlapping hearts on a blue hill or base at bottom center. The names, birthdates and marriage date of parents Samuel Copp and Dolley Brown are in bottom segment of the tree. The names and birthdates of nine children (Sarah, Dolley, Jonathan, Betsey, Mary, John Brown, Esther, Nancy, and Samuel) are arranged above in three rows of three ovals suspended from flowering branches. The death date of Betsey is also given. Signed at bottom right by John Brown Copp (b. 1779), sixth oldest of the Copp children.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
DL*006820
Pot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pot
date made: 1800-1860
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron, cast (pot material)
iron, wrought (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 12 5/8 in x 15 in; 32.0675 cm x 38.1 cm
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Cooking pot on three, semicircular feet with a flared lip, bulbous body and a forged bail handle looped around triangular lugs or ears; no handle. Hollow cast with three fillets, one around rim and two around body; two vertical seams on upper half and two, parallel gate marks on bottom exterior. No additional marks.
Frying Pan
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pan, frying
date made: 1780-1820
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron, wrought (pan, handle material)
Measurements: overall: 6 3/4 in x 27 in x 11 3/8 in; 17.145 cm x 68.58 cm x 28.8925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss D. M. Russell
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Long-handled frying pan with flared sides, flat bottom and a straight, angled, chamfered-edge handle with sharply pointed end that is triple-riveted to side. No marks.
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: France
United Kingdom: England
place acquired: Switzerland: Genève, Geneva
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
brass (inlay material)
mother of pearl (inlay material)
wire, iron (hing pin material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.4925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: Spain
Physical Description: iron, wrought (firesteel frame material)
metal, white (cover, bottom material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: France
United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
wire, iron (hinge pin material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
year acquired: 1924
place made: France
United Kingdom: England
place acquired: France: Normandie, Rouen
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
wire, iron (hinge pin material)
Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: iron, wrought (box material)
flint (flint material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.4925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: Spain
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 5.3975 cm x 1.27 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: France
United Kingdom: England
place used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: iron, wrought (box material)
wire, iron (hinge pin material)
flint (flint material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Gift of Louisa B. Hazard
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: France
United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
wire, iron (hinge pin material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.175 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: Spain
Physical Description: brass (cover, bottom material)
iron, wrought (sides material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.81 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
late 18th - early 19th century
year acquired: 1924
place made: France
place acquired: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: brass (overall material)
iron, wrought (firesteel frame material)
flint (flint material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Pistol Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: ca 1800
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: brass (tinderbox; candle holder; boxlock plates; front support material)
iron (firing mechanism; trigger guard material)
walnut (grip material)
flint (gunflint material)
leather (flint pad material)
Measurements: overall: 4 7/8 in x 7 in x 2 7/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 17.78 cm x 7.3025 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 18th century
place made: United Kingdom: England, Guilford
Physical Description: brass (overall material)
tin (interior surfaces material)
wire, iron (hinges material)
flint (flint material)
steel (firesteel material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.4925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Ember Tongs
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tongs
date made: ca 1792
year ember tongs were brought over from Europe: 1792
place made: Denmark
place used: Denmark
United States
Physical Description: bronze (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 8 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 21.9075 cm x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Gift of C. A. Norton
Pocket Pistol Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
date made: 1780 - 1810
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: iron, wrought (boxlock; firing mechanism; trigger guard material)
walnut (grip material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 in; 2.54 cm x 13.0175 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Pistol Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
date made: 1780 - 1810
place made: United Kingdom: England
France
Physical Description: iron (boxlock; firing mechanism; trigger guard; front support material)
walnut (grip material)
flint (gunflint material)
leather (flint pad material)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 in x 1 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 12.7 cm x 4.1275 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Pistol Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Pistol; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 1780 - 1800
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
place acquired: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: brass (tinderbox; boxlock; candle arm, socket and drip pan; front support or base material)
iron (firing mechanism; trigger guard material)
walnut (grip material)
Measurements: overall: 4 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 18.0975 cm x 6.985 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
Pistol Tinderbox
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tinderbox
Tinder Pistol; Fire Making Apparatus
date made: 1780 - 1810
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: brass (pan; right and bottom cover plates material)
iron (firing mechanism; top and left cover plates; candle arm and holder; trigger guard material)
walnut (grip material)
flint (gunflint material)
leather (flint pad material)
Measurements: overall: 3 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 14.605 cm x 6.35 cm
Credit line: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer