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A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina, British Cartoon Print

A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows satire of American women from Edenton, North Carolina, pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods.
Plate V.
Attributed to P(hilip?) Dawe, BMC no. 5284B.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5284
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 681.
Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 183.
Exhibited: "Steeped in History : The Art of Tea" at the Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009.

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01/01/1775
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Contributors

Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher
Dawe, Philip, artist
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Library of Congress
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