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Print shows British General Burgoyne trying to surrender his sword to General Horatio Gates after the Battle of Saratoga.

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of rope hanging from a gibbet in the…

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 advertisement states the association of the Sons of Liberty are expected to meet at City Hall in New York to discuss business of the utmost importance.

Royal Governor Jonathan Trumbull issued a proclamation restricting Connecticut shipping.

The following map details the attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold.

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.

Mezzotint

The Articles of Confederation layed out the original plan for government in the United States of America.