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Watercolor painting of General George Washington.

Print shows George Washington in winter, standing by a tree with the U.S. Capitol dome in the background.

Engraving based on original painting by Chappel. Romanticised depiction of Ethan Allan, along with the Green Mountain Boys, demanding the surrender of the Fort.

The Battle of Saratoga , a turning point in the American Revolution, and secured a French alliance for the Americans. General Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates led the cause against the British General John Burgoyne.

Benedict Arnold is the subject of a poem comparing his treason to the fall of Lucifer from heaven.

Print shows members of the Declaration Committee (left to right: Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and John Adams) working at a table.

Print shows a "Virginian loyalist" being forced to sign a document, possibly issued by the Williamsburg Convention, by a club-wielding mob of "liberty men". On the left, a man is being led towards a gallows standing in the background on the right and…

The map demonstrates the geography of Valcour Island in the defeat of the American fleet held under control by Benedict Arnold by British commander Captain Pringle.

In addition to showing the attack and defeat of the American Fleet under Benedict Arnold, the map also shows notes related to British and rebel naval forces.

Print shows George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette on horseback, visiting soldiers at their winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.