March 24: Joel Barlow, The Popular Poet Who Died A Distant Death

  Joel Barlow, American poet and one of Connecticut’s most ambitious — albeit not always successful — learned men of the late-18th century, was born today in 1754 in the west…

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John Trumbull, Francis Bayard Winthrop (1754-1817), c. 1808 #johntrumbull #museumarchive https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/305065
From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Francis Bayard Winthrop (1754-1817)

Francis Bayard Winthrop (1754-1817)

Images of the Great Siege of Gibraltar and its aftermath

Recently, having read a reference to the Great Siege of Gibraltar of 1779-1783, I went to Wikipedia, where I found information , but also se...

From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections George Washington (1732-1799)

George Washington (1732-1799)