“The Battle of Princeton” by James Peale, ca. 1782

“The Battle of Princeton” by James Peale, ca. 1782

The Battle of Princeton was a painting created by James Peale in 1782 to portray the Battle of Princeton that took place on the nights of January 2-3, 1777. James Peale fought under Washington’s Continental Army in the American Revolution against the British alongside...
The Salem Witch Trials

The Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witchcraft Papers The Salem Witch Trials were a series of court hearings and prosecutions of people who were accused of committing witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts from early 1692 to mid-1693. [1]The hysteria began when two young girls in the household of...