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![To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin, on the death of his lady … [Signed] Phillis Wheatley. Boston, June 16th, 1772. [Boston 1772].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzIvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLXJldi1tci1waXRraW4tb24tdGhlLWRlYXRoLW9mLWhpcy1sYWR5LWFuZHgyMDI2LXNpZ25lZC1waGlsbGlzLXdoZWF0bGV5LTEwMjQuanBn/320/650/jpg "To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin, on the death of his lady … [Signed] Phillis Wheatley. Boston, June 16th, 1772. [Boston 1772].")
![To the freemen of Pennsylvania ... [On the excise law] [Signed] Civis. [Philadelphia 1772].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzIvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLWZyZWVtZW4tb2YtcGVubnN5bHZhbmlhLW9uLXRoZS1leGNpc2UtbGF3LXNpZ25lZC1jaXZpcy1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "To the freemen of Pennsylvania ... [On the excise law] [Signed] Civis. [Philadelphia 1772].")
![Boston news letter. From Monday April 17 to Monday April 24, 1704. [Boston, 1704].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDIvYm9zdG9uLW5ld3MtbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tbW9uZGF5LWFwcmlsLTE3LXRvLW1vbmRheS1hcHJpbC0yNC0xNzA0LWJvc3Rvbi0xNzA0LTNkYjM4Yy02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "Boston news letter. From Monday April 17 to Monday April 24, 1704. [Boston, 1704].")
![Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtZGVhZC12aWV3LWF0LXRoZS1lZGdlLW9mLXRoZS1yb3NlLXdvb2RzLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863]")
![Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view looking toward the orchard on the Rose farm, July 5, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtZGVhZC12aWV3LWxvb2tpbmctdG93YXJkLXRoZS1vcmNoYXJkLW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view looking toward the orchard on the Rose farm, July 5, 1863]")
![[Preparedness parade, Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 1916]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvcHJlcGFyZWRuZXNzLXBhcmFkZS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtYXZlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtMTkxNi02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Preparedness parade, Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 1916]")
![Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead gathered for burial, July 5, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtZGVhZC1nYXRoZXJlZC1mb3ItYnVyaWFsLWp1bHktNS0xODYzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead gathered for burial, July 5, 1863]")
