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Philadelphia PA Ricketts and his horse, Cornplanter, performing John Bill Ricketts (1769–1802) [ 1 ] was an English [ 2 ] equestrian who brought the first modern circus to the United States. Biography
John Singleton Copley / ˈ k ɑː p l i / RA (July 3, 1738 [1] – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was believed to be born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish.
1769 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1769th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 769th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of ...
The Journal of Occurrences, also known as Journal of the Times and Journal of Transactions in Boston, was a series of newspaper articles published from 1768 to 1769 in the New York Journal and Packet and other newspapers, chronicling the occupation of Boston by the British Army.
At the Freedom Plaza in Northwest Washington, D.C., there is a monument to the Great Seal of the United States. This includes a plaque of the seal, [7] followed by an inscription that reads: In 1776 the continental congress adopted a resolution calling for the creation of a seal for the new nation. In June 1782 the United States Congress ...
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Philip Pell, only member in attendance, adjourns the Congress of the Confederation sine die (March 2) Members of the 1st United States Congress begin to take their seats at Federal Hall, New York (March 4) House of Representatives first achieves a quorum and elects its officers (April 1) Senate first achieves a quorum and elects its officers ...
Original design for the Great Seal of the United States, by Simitiere (1776) Raising the Liberty Pole in New York City, 1770 pen and ink drawing by Simitiere depicting one of six liberty poles to be alternately raised and later removed over ten years in confrontations among the Sons of Liberty and British troops stationed in the city prior to the American Revolutionary War.