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![[Cover of pamphlet, Liberia, 1847-1893, showing flag of Liberia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvY292ZXItb2YtcGFtcGhsZXQtbGliZXJpYS0xODQ3LTE4OTMtc2hvd2luZy1mbGFnLW9mLWxpYmVyaWEtZDI0OGUzLTEwMjQuanBn/320/398/jpg "[Cover of pamphlet, Liberia, 1847-1893, showing flag of Liberia]")
![[Libby Prison as it appeared on August 23, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvbGliYnktcHJpc29uLWFzLWl0LWFwcGVhcmVkLW9uLWF1Z3VzdC0yMy0xODYzLThjNTkxMC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Libby Prison as it appeared on August 23, 1863]")
![[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjYvaW5hdWd1cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFicmFoYW0tbGluY29sbi1hdC10aGUtdXMtY2FwaXRvbC0xODYxLWZlMzNmNy02NDAuanBn/40/40/webp "[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]")
![[Henry Lane Wilson, 1857-1932; photo of flag-decked framed bust portr. facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvaGVucnktbGFuZS13aWxzb24tMTg1Ny0xOTMyLXBob3RvLW9mLWZsYWctZGVja2VkLWZyYW1lZC1idXN0LXBvcnRyLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Henry Lane Wilson, 1857-1932; photo of flag-decked framed bust portr. facing left]")
![[David A. Day, missionary in Liberia, bust portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvZGF2aWQtYS1kYXktbWlzc2lvbmFyeS1pbi1saWJlcmlhLWJ1c3QtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LWY1NzNjOC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[David A. Day, missionary in Liberia, bust portrait, facing right]")
![[Lillian Russell, 1861-1922, bust portrait, facing right, wearing plumed hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvbGlsbGlhbi1ydXNzZWxsLTE4NjEtMTkyMi1idXN0LXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC13ZWFyaW5nLXBsdW1lZC1oYXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Lillian Russell, 1861-1922, bust portrait, facing right, wearing plumed hat]")
![[Thomas Jefferson, 1743, 1826, reading rough draft of Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTcvMDEvMDEvdGhvbWFzLWplZmZlcnNvbi0xNzQzLTE4MjYtcmVhZGluZy1yb3VnaC1kcmFmdC1vZi1kZWNsYXJhdGlvbi1vZi1pbmRlcGVuZGVuY2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Thomas Jefferson, 1743, 1826, reading rough draft of Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin]")
