RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
French Naval Small Sword
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sword
Sword; Edged Weapons; Navy; Small
Date made: 1782
associated date: 1782
place made: France
associated place: France
Physical Description: leather (grips material)
metal, brass (hilt material)
Measurements: overall: 4 1/2 in x 30 in; 11.43 cm x 76.2 cm
Credit line: Bequest of Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
Topics: Revolution and the New Nation
Transportation
Military
Description: This French naval small sword has a brass hilt and leather grip. The blade is etched with a French anchor emblem and the date “1782”. Although it is a foreign weapon, American sailors would have seen and used such swords. Weapons of all sorts, from cannon to knives, were traded internationally as well as bartered, captured, stolen, purchased, smuggled or otherwise easily obtained.
Cutlass Pistol
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pistol-Sword
Pistol-Sword; Flintlock; Muzzle Load; Sa
Date made: 1796
associated date: 1796
place made: France
Physical Description: metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 6 1/4 in x 32 in; 15.875 cm x 81.28 cm
Credit line: Bequest of Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
Topics: Revolution and the New Nation
Transportation
Military
Description: This cutlass with brass hilt and folding guard, featuring flintlock pistols on either side of the blade, was a combination weapon well suited for a privateer’s hand-to-hand combat. The sword grip is leather, with the date “1796” engraved on the back strap. After both barrels were fired, the cutlass could be used.
1 Dollar, United States, 1799
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1799
maker: United States Mint
place made: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2.3 mm x 40.5 mm; 3/32 in x 1 19/32 in
Credit line: Martha Caroline Pradeau in memory Dr. Alberto Francisco Pradeau
50 Cents, United States, 1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1806
maker: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1.5 mm x 32.8 mm; 1/16 in x 1 9/32 in
Credit line: Martha Caroline Pradeau in memory Dr. Alberto Francisco Pradeau
Description (Brief): One (1) 50 cent coin
United States, 1806
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with draped bust. 13 stars.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1806
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle. 13 stars above.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Edge Text: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
cup
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Cup
associated date: 1976
Physical Description: styrofoam (overall material)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 3 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 8.255 cm
cup
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Cup
associated date: 1976
Physical Description: styrofoam (overall material)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 3 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 8.255 cm
lancet
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Lancet
Date made: 1775-1783
Physical Description: metal (overall material)
wood (?? material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in x 5 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 13.335 cm
Credit line: Col. J B Bowman
Piece of the Bastille, Paris, France, ca. 1380
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: building fragment
date made: 1789
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
associated place: France
France: Île-de-France, Bastille Saint-Antoine
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 1/4 in x 3/8 in; .635 cm x .635 cm x .9525 cm
Credit line: Mrs Sarah Ella Cummings
Topics: Government
Social reformers
Souvenir Nation
Politics
Description: The storming of the Bastille, a former royal garrison and prison in the city of Paris, on July 14, 1789, was a seminal event in the history of the French Republic and a revolutionary symbol that has been celebrated in Franco-American relations ever since. The demolition of the Bastille left a debris field that fed the market for Revolutionary relics in France, England, and the United States. The Marquis de Lafayette, for example, presented George Washington with a key to the Bastille that Washington proudly displayed in the center hall at Mount Vernon.
Gift of Mrs. Sarah Ella Cummings, 1924
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napkin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Napkin
associated date: 1976
1926
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Spoon
Date made: 1783-1814
maker: Anthony, Jr., J.
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: metal, silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm x 22.225 cm
Credit line: Gift of Madeleine Curtis Berry
license plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: License Plate
associated date: 1976
associated place: United States: Pennsylvania
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
license plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: License Plate
associated date: 1976
Credit line: Ripley
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
bumper sticker
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bumper Sticker
associated date: 1976 07 05
associated institution: Republican National Party
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Horse America, Throwing His Master, the
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: lithograph
Date made: 1779
associated person: White, William
Physical Description: drawing?, pen? and? ink? (overall production method/technique)
Topics: Government
Social reformers
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Politics
Liberty
The Unanimous Declaration of the United States of America
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
associated date: 1845
referenced; depicted (sitter): Washington, George
Physical Description: hand-painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 29 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 74.93 cm x 54.61 cm
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Declaration of Independence (United States)
pennant
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pennant
associated date: 1976
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Credit line: Tip-Top
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
newspaper sheet
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper Sheet
date made: 1790
associated date: 1790 04 10
associated person: Franklin, Benjamin
associated place: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Measurements: overall: 12 1/2 in x 12 in; 31.75 cm x 30.48 cm
The Maryland Journal and the Baltimore Advertiser
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1773
Measurements: overall: 17 in x 10 1/2 in; 43.18 cm x 26.67 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Henry Soloman
Armenian-American Bicentennial Banner, 1976
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Banner
Physical Description: textile (overall material)
white, red, brown, blue (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 28 in x 26 in; 71.12 cm x 66.04 cm
Credit line: Gift of Zaven Seraidian
Topics: Emigration and immigration
Government
Social reformers
American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Politics
independence
Liberty
Description: Zaven Seraidian, an immigrant from Armenia, created this banner in 1976 to celebrate the bicentennial. According to Seraidian: the Armenian letter for A symbolizes “the beginning” and the letter for B expresses “continuity”; the Armenian cross is a symbol of Christianity brought from the old world to the new; the two American eagles are for strength and victory; and the flag represents independence and liberty from tyrannical oppression.
banner
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Banner
Credit line: AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION (THROUGH RICHARD BAIN)
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
banner
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Banner
Physical Description: yellow (fringe color)
Credit line: AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION (THROUGH RICHARD BAIN)
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
cord
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Cord
Credit line: AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION (THROUGH RICHARD BAIN)
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
banner
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Banner
Credit line: ELIZABETH C. GRANT
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
rug
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Rug
Measurements: overall: 46 1/2 in x 35 in; 118.11 cm x 88.9 cm
Credit line: Carpet City, Inc
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
quilt model
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Quilt Model
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Banner, 1860s
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Banner
date made: c1860s
associated date: 1776 07 04
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
red, white, blue, black (overall color)
wood (overall frame material)
Measurements: overall: 21 1/2 in x 25 in x 2 1/4 in; 54.61 cm x 63.5 cm x 5.715 cm
Topics: Government
Social reformers
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Politics
Patriotism
Description: Creating celebrations helped to establish national identity. The Fourth of July, widely observed during the American Revolution, was the first national holiday. It quickly became a day of patriotic symbolism and a tribute to the founding principles of equality and liberty and revolutionary ideals of democracy. For Americans still fighting for those freedoms, the holiday became a day to remind the country of the promise yet to be fulfilled.
sweatshirt
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sweatshirt
associated date: 1976
Credit line: PEOPLES BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION (THROUGH NOREEN BANKS)
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Letters to a Nobleman
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Date made: 1779
... Address to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pamphlet
Date made: 1777
... Consequences of American Independence
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Date made: 1780
Kings People
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Date made: 1773
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
white, black (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 7 in x 9 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm
Topics: Government
Social reformers
Politics
hat
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Hat
associated date: 1976
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
... Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia ...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Date made: 1803
associated date: 1802 01 26
associated place: United States: Virginia
Physical Description: leather (cover material)
Rights of Great Britain Asserted Against the Claims of America, the
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Date made: 1776
Pocket compass from the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: compass, pocket
Date made: ca 1804
user: Clark, William
maker: Whitney, Thomas
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: wood, mahogany (overall material)
brass (overall material)
silver plate (overall material)
Measurements: closed: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm
Credit line: Mary McCabe
Publisher: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
Topics: Government
Social reformers
Transportation
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Science
In Pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness
Politics
Mathematics
Military
Description: In the spring of 1803, Meriwether Lewis began to purchase scientific and mathematical instruments for a pending expedition into the northwestern region of North America. Among the items he purchased from Philadelphia instrument maker Thomas Whitney were three pocket compasses for $2.50 each, and this silver-plated pocket compass for $5. It has a mahogany box, a silver-plated brass rim that is graduated to degrees and numbered in quadrants from north and south, a paper dial, two small brass sight vanes, and a leather carrying case. Whether Lewis purchased the silver compass for himself or intended it as a special gesture for William Clark is not known.
Following the instructions of President Thomas Jefferson, the Corps of Discovery, under the leadership of Lewis and Clark, ascended the Missouri River in May 1804 to obtain detailed information on the natural resources of the region, to search for a northwest passage, and to make official diplomatic contact with Indian leaders.
By the time they returned to St. Louis in September 1806, few of the instruments that were purchased for the trip had survived the journey. The pocket compass, however, was kept by Clark as a memento. He later gave the compass to his friend, Capt. Robert A. McCabe, whose heirs donated it in 1933 to the Smithsonian Institution.
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tumbler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Tumbler
associated date: 1976
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
broadside
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Broadside
date made: 1787
associated date: April 16, 1787
place made: United States: District of Columbia
Measurements: overall: 16 1/2 in x 13 in; 41.91 cm x 33.02 cm
Credit line: J.M. Noah
Topics: Legislators
Princeton Posters
carpet segment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Carpet Segment
Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
An Indian Prayer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Wounded Knee Massacre
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: Battle of Wounded Knee, 1890
American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Black Hawk's War
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Black Hawk War, 1832
Pontiac
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Geronimo
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Sitting Bull
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Pocahontas
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Red Cloud
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Osceola
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Seattle
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Tecumseh
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Sequoya
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Montana Plains
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
John Ross
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Wovoka
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Joseph
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Joseph Brant
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Lucayan
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Arawak
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
The Texas Plains
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Hayenwatan
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Standing Bear
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Pennsylvania
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Manuelito
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
Ouray of the Ute
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
Credit line: US Government American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Topics: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976)
watch fob
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Watch Fob
date made: 1797
associated date: 1789
1797
associated person: Washington, George
Physical Description: metal, yellow (overall material)
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
date made: 1797
associated date: 1797
associated person: Washington, George
Physical Description: metal, bronze (overall material)
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
letter
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: letter
date made: 1789
associated date: 1789 02 07
associated person: Washington, George
Measurements: overall: 12 in x 8 in; 30.48 cm x 20.32 cm
Credit line: Americana Mail Auction
Copies of Letters Regarding Washington's Body
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: letter
date made: 1799
associated date: 1799
1800 01 08
associated person: Adams, John
Washington, Martha
Measurements: overall: 12 in x 8 in; 30.48 cm x 20.32 cm
Credit line: Americana Mail Auction
Topics: Government
Social reformers
Politics
National Symbols
Description: Copies of the announcement by President John Adams that he was requesting George Washington's body from his widow, Martha, to be entombed beneath the Capitol, and Martha's reply.
Though Martha felt it her duty to allow Washington to be buried in the capitol, she was very grieved by the idea. It never came to pass, and Washington's remains are still at Mount Vernon, his home estate, today.
The Maryland Journal and the Baltimore Advertiser
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1773
Measurements: overall: 17 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 44.45 cm x 27.305 cm
Credit line: Harold E Kemble, Jr
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1776
Measurements: overall: 18 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in; 47.625 cm x 31.115 cm
Credit line: Leonard C. Grimshaw
The Spectator
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1799
Measurements: overall: 20 in x 13 in; 50.8 cm x 33.02 cm
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1797
Measurements: overall: 20 in x 9 in; 50.8 cm x 22.86 cm
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1810
Measurements: overall: 19 in x 12 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 31.75 cm
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1804
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1773
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Credit line: Americana Mail Auction
Topics: Government
Social reformers
Newspapers
Politics
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1799
Measurements: overall: 20 in x 13 in; 50.8 cm x 33.02 cm
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1808
newspaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1802
The Virginia Independent Chronicle
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1787
Measurements: overall: 16 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 41.91 cm x 26.67 cm
Credit line: Smithsonian Institution
Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Date made: 1790
Measurements: overall: 19 3/4 in x 12 in; 50.165 cm x 30.48 cm
Credit line: Smithsonian Institution
The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
date made: 1784
associated date: 1784 09 21
Measurements: overall: 18 in x 12 in; 45.72 cm x 30.48 cm
Credit line: Smithsonian Institution
note
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Note
Note; Manuscript
date made: 1794
associated date: 1794 04 21
associated person: Harrison, William
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 8 in; 8.89 cm x 20.32 cm
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
document
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: document
Signature
date made: 1802
associated date: 1801 02 14
1802 11 19
associated person: Monroe, James
Physical Description: skin (?? material)
wax (seal material)
Credit line: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana