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| 1 |  | "Anne Sterling" Clara Maria Ingrassia "Anne Sterling" from the movie 'Bluebeard' in 1944 |
Date: 1920-1962 |
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| 2 |  | "Frankie Miller" Deborah Harrell aka "Frankie Miller" |
Date: 1950 |
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| 3 |  | (Historic) Barons'Letter 1301 Unknown mediaeval scribe - Howard de Walden, Lord, Some Feudal Lords and their Seals 1301, published 1903 Barons' Letter, 1301 to the Pope, exemplar A, held at National Archives, Kew, ref: E26 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barons'_Letter_of_1301#/media/File:Barons%27Letter1301Acopy.jpg |
Date: 1301 |
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| 4 |  | (Historic) Bookplate of John Lowell Jr. | ||
| 5 |  | (Historic) Bretwaldas The entry for 827 in the [C] manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, listing the eight bretwaldas, Ceawlin's name can be seen in the fifth line, spelled "Ceaulin" |
Date: 827 AD |
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| 6 |  | (Historic) Charter to Sir Andrew Judde | ||
| 7 |  | (Historic) Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the engrossed version and original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who convened at Pennsylvania State… |
Date: 4 Jul 1776 |
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| 8 |  | (Historic) Domesday Book At Christmas 1085, William ordered the compilation of a survey of the landholdings of him and his vassals throughout the kingdom, organised by counties, a work now known as the Domesday Book. Each county's listing gives the holdings of each landholder, grouped by owners. The listings describe the holding, who owned the land before the Conquest,… |
Date: 1085 |
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| 9 |  | (Historic) Edict of Fontainebleau The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state. By the Edict of Fontainebleau, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and ordered… |
Date: 22 Oct 1685 |
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| 10 |  | (Historic) Edict of Nantes Edict of Nantes (French: édit de Nantes), signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic at the time. In the edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity. The edict separated civil from… |
Date: 13 Apr 1598 |
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| 11 |  | (Historic) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (originally written in the German language with the title "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott") is one of the best known hymns by the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnwriter. Luther wrote the words and composed the hymn tune between 1527 and 1529 It was a tribute to Luther's friend Leonhard Kaiser, who… |
Date: Abt. 1527 |
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| 12 |  | (Historic) Engraved copperplate of Dirck Keyser Rev Dirck Gerrits Keyser + http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=14592211&PIpi=54863415 |
Date: 1635-1714 |
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| 13 |  | (Historic) Gaveston Cornwall charter Initial from the charter granting Gaveston the earldom of Cornwall, showing the arms of England at top, and Gaveston's coat of arms impaled with those of de Clare below. | ||
| 14 | | (Historic) Guilford Covenant On June 1, 1639, more than a month before Guilford’s founders reached the New England shore, 25 Puritan men bound their lives to each other in a Covenant, setting forth their vision for the community they would create together. Aboard the English ship St. John, these men signed their names to a document that stated their intentions to settle… |
Date: 1 Jun 1639 |
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| 15 |  | (Historic) Little Women Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869 at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author… |
Date: 1868 |
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| 16 |  | (Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta |
Date: 1215 |
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| 17 |  | (Historic) Monteagle Letter My Lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift your attendance at this parliament; for God and man hath concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement, but retire… |
Date: 26 Oct 1605 |
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| 18 |  | (Historic) Mothers Old Fashioned Religion Lettice Wyott Twomey "Mother's Old Fashioned Religion" by Wm P. Twomey Tacoma, Wash Edwin R. Ray Printer 1906 |
Date: 1906 |
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| 19 |  | (Historic) Program for HARRINGTON Arabella Dever Program from family reunion showing the headstone for Arabella Gray Dever Harrington |
Date: June 29, 1986 |
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| 20 |  | (Historic) Signature-BLOUNT James William Blount's signature for North Carolina on the U.S. Constitution's signature page. |
Date: 1787 |
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| 21 |  | (Historic) Signature-BOTWRIGHT John John Botwright signature | ||
| 22 |  | (Historic) Signature-CONANT Richard Richard Conant's signature on his will dated 1629 |
Date: 1629 |
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| 23 |  | (Historic) signed by US President Woodrow Wilson Columbia Gives to Her Son the Accolades of the New Chivalry of Humanity -- Served with Honor in the World War and Died in Service of His Country |
Date: 1919 |
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| 24 |  | (Historic) SMITH Samuel (Dedication) Dedication of the Samuel Smith Memorial |
Date: 1975 |
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| 25 |  | (Historic) The Talisman David of Scotland pictured in Sir Walter Scott's 1832 crusader novel The Talisman. Although emphasising his own story is fiction, Scott's Introduction states that David did go on crusade with Richard the Lionheart "and was the hero of some very romantic adventures on his way home". | ||
| 26 |  | (Historic) Waiting for the Chariot Waiting for the Chariot Carl Sandburg's poem about Frances Gaines Cartwright: Can bare fact make the cloth of a shining poem? In Sangamon County, Illinois, they remembered how The aged widow walked a mile from home to Bethel Chapel Where she heard the services and was called on "To give her testimony," rising to speak freely, ending: … | ||
| 27 |  | (Historic) Witchcraft (Sarah Good) Transcript of Sarah Good's Examination |
Date: 1692 |
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| 28 |  | (Historic) Witchcraft (Thomas Carrier) The Examination of Tho. Carrier Taken before Dudly Broadstret Esq'r on of their Majesties Justices of the Peace |
Date: Aug 1692 |
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