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Connecticut Militia Orderly Book, August-September 1778
Artifact
Orderly book
Summary
During August 1778, a regiment from the Connecticut militia joined other Continental forces at the Battle of Rhode Island as they attempted to retake the city of Newport from the British. The militia's time in Rhode Island was documented in this orderly book, a journal that kept track of general orders, muster rolls, and the day-to-day happenings of each military unit.
Keywords
United States, Rhode Island, Portsmouth
Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778
American Revolution, 1775-1783
Greene, Christopher, 1737-1781
Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789
Chapman, Samuel, b. ca. 1720-1803
Object ID
2015.0.9.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
On Exhibit
Not on exhibit to the public.
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Connecticut Militia Orderly Book, August-September 1778
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Inventory of Slaves from Mulberry Hill and White Hall Plantations, Bryan County, Georgia, December 1823
Details
Inventory of Slaves from Mulberry Hill and White Hall Plantations, Bryan County, Georgia, December 1823
Artifact
Inventory
Summary
Before the Civil War, large Southern rice and cotton plantations depended on enslaved African Americans to operate successfully. Mulberry Hill and White Hall Plantations, located in Bryan County, Georgia, had more than 130 slaves when Richard James Arnold took over in 1823. (The plantations were part of his wife's dowry.) This inventory lists the names, ages and capabilities of Arnold's newly acquired captive workforce.
Keywords
United States, Georgia, Richmond Hill
United States, Georgia, Bryan county
Arnold, R. J. (Richard J.), 1796-1873
Object ID
64.167.23.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Inventory of Slaves from Mulberry Hill and White Hall Plantations, Bryan County, Georgia, December 1823
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Lewis Miller Sketchbook of Watercolor Drawings of Central Park in New York, with Handwritten Notes, 1864
Details
Lewis Miller Sketchbook of Watercolor Drawings of Central Park in New York, with Handwritten Notes, 1864
Artifact
Sketchbook
Date Made
1864
Summary
Lewis Miller is known today as a Pennsylvania folk artist. A carpenter by trade, Miller is noted for his many journals, illustrated with watercolors of historical and everyday events. He traveled widely in Europe and America. This 54-page album documents the early features and structures of New York City's Central Park--the greatest landscape project in 19th-century America.
Creators
Object ID
66.142.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
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Lewis Miller Sketchbook of Watercolor Drawings of Central Park in New York, with Handwritten Notes, 1864
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