Library of Congress Open Archive Initiative Repository 1
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This is an extensive repository containing material relating to the American experience, a large portion of it digitised from the Library of Congress' collections. It includes, but is not limited to, images, monographs, sheet music, sound and visual recordings, pamphlets and posters. It is subdivided into over 100 thematic collections based on original documentation format, subject, author or donor. The site also benefits from an extensive range of background documentation and information on the creation, maintenance and development of this repository. Individual sections of the collection are periodically highlighted, and materials advising on the use of this repository's contents in a classroom situation are also provided. Each major subsection has a discrete site design and interface, although they are all part of the overarching whole.
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The tomb-stone
Print shows several men, George Grenville, Lord Bute, the Duke of Bedford, and, as a small dog wearing clerical robes, Dr.
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Antisejanus Drink deep, or taste not the Porterian Spring.
Scott) reading from a book, "The Perils of Poetry." In the background a winged donkey flies over a stream spilling from a barrel, labeled "Trin : Coll," on which sits an owl.
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The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765
Print shows George Grenville holding a balance with scales "Debts" and "Savings", the debt far outweighs savings; among those in line to contribute their savings is a Native American woman representing America, she wears a yoke labeled "Taxed without representation".
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The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west
Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the pedestal are standing Mr.
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The new country dance, as danced at C***, July the 30th 1766
Print shows a number of prominent figures in a line dancing, above the dancers is John Wilkes riding behind a witch on a broom, he is defecating on Lord Bute; other dancers include the Prince of Wales, William Pitt (the Earl of Chatham), a Native American woman representing America, the devil dancing with Henry Fox (Lord Holland), Charles Townsend, the Earl of Northington, George III playing the fiddle, the Earl of Rockingham, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Temple, Frank Hayman, and the Earl of Winchelsea.
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Common-wealth - the colo8sus
Print shows William Pitt walking on stilts; the right stilt, labeled "Sedition", points to New York, the left, labeled "Popularity", is firmly planted in London.
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The north star
Print shows Lord Bute seated on clouds from behind which project rays of the sun, he holds a cat-o'-nine-tails in one hand, a purse in the other, his feet rest on an open volume of "the Laws of England".
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The conference
William Beckford, Esq; the Right Hon.
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The patriot - dedicated to the freeholders of Middlesex
Britannia, armed to defend Wilkes, stands at the base of the statue with her lion who is leaping at the Duke of Grafton who faces the statue with sword drawn, he bears the horns of cuckoldry.
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What may be doing abroad - what is doing at home
Print shows two simultaneous scenes, on the top, the Kings of Spain, France, and Prussia, and Queen Maria Theresa carve out portions of the British empire for themselves, while on the bottom, members of the Duke of Grafton's ministry haggle over internal disputes and problems with the colonies in America; behind his ministers, George III stands in a doorway weeping.
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Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition
Broadside showing, above three columns of text (comprising the petition), George III seated on his throne receiving several men, one, kneeling before him, presents the petition, on May 24th 1769.
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The city carriers
Print shows Samuel Turner, Lord Mayor of London, at the head of a procession, alongside Liberty, to present the petition of the Livery of London to the king.
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The Chevalier D'--n producing his evidence against certain persons
Print shows opposing groups of government officials; Chevalier D'Eon, portrayed as an ape, vomits on Lord Bute who stands before other members of the Duke of Grafton's ministry and astride the Earl of Hillsborough(?).
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The machine to go without asses
Print shows George III and Liberty riding in a carriage labeled "Magna Charta" as it passes over the Duke of Grafton, the Earl of Bute, Lord Holland, and Lord Mansfield.
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The courtiers assembled, on hearing the news of the death of the Rt. Honble. Wm. Beckford
Depicted are Jeremiah Dyson, John Montagu Sandwich, William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augustus Henry Grafton, John Russell Bedford, Henry Fox Holland, Lord Hillsborough (Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire), John Stuart Bute, and possibly Thomas Thynne Bath (Viscount Weymouth).
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The dissolution of P[arliamen]t
Print shows members of Parliament riding in a large carriage past a building commemorating "John Wilkes Esqr.".
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The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller
Print shows Lord North and another minister with the Devil who has conjured a Native male figure, representing America, standing on a prostrate soldier and holding a building, representing Parliament, from which the floor has given way causing the occupants to fall out; the ministers look on in horror.
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The thistle reel
Print shows Lords Bute, North, and Mansfield dancing around a large thistle entwined with a garter ribbon bearing the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense"; Mansfield is holding the "Quebec Bill" in his left hand.
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