by Alexa Noseworthy | May 3, 2021
This museum holds the American Natural History Book Part 1. It was written between 1826 to 1828. The artist of the book is Godman, John D. Godman was a physician, sailor, professor, and author. He studied medicine and anatomy at the University of Maryland. He became a...
by Stacey Salvia | May 2, 2021
The Great Treaty held at Prairie du Chien was created by James Otto Lewis in 1825. In 1825, Governor Lewis Cass of the Michigan Territory was commissioned to negotiate peace treaties among the Indians of the Great Lakes region. Between 1825 and 1827, Cass employed...
by Kya Amaro | Apr 26, 2021
From the moment that America was founded as a nation, slavery has played a critical role in its economy – especially during the 1800s. During this time, the southern states’ most profitable crop was cotton and plantation owners had slaves to harvest this cotton for...
by Katrina Bonus | Apr 13, 2021
The following image recalls one of the first settlements of the New World during the early 1600s. Located in what is now Virginia, the Virginia Company settled in the area with a mission to fulfill King James I’s demands. Historian James horn notes, “The ‘main ends’...
by Alyssa Kajian | Nov 4, 2020
This political cartoon,((Keppler, Udo J., Artist. A trifle embarrassed / Keppler. , 1898. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, August 3. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647587/. )) titled “A Trifle Embarrassed,” was created by Udo J. Keppler 1891....