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  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

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    Image of the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress (incorrectly labeled as the signing of the Declaration of Independence) inspired by the painting by John Trumbull in the United States Capitol; the Committee of Five (John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert Livingston of New York, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia) present their draft at center while members of Congress sit along the edges of the room; flags and musical instruments on wall in background.

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  • Delaware : city of Wilmington

    Delaware : city of Wilmington

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    Image of an elevated landscape view of a waterfront scene with boats, and the city of Wilmington, Delaware, in the distance, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of Connecticut and landscapes, with busts of Thomas McKean and George Read, two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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  • Our candidates for president, Stephen Grover Cleveland, of New York. For vice-president, Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana

    Our candidates for president, Stephen Grover Cleveland, of New York. For vice-president, Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana

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    Image of a Democratic campaign poster for the presidential election of 1884; jugate pair of portraits of running mates Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks framed by an angel, American flags, and the White House; portraits of prior United States presidents interspersed with information on presidential voting by year, on Cleveland and Hendricks, the Democratic platform, and state and territorial statistics.

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  • Centennial exposition of American presidents

    Centennial exposition of American presidents

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    Image of a group of portraits of United States presidents until 1876 in celebration of the United States Centennial: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant; presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress at center; bald eagle with Union shield and American flags at top center.

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  • Design of bronze monument, commemorative of American Independence

    Design of bronze monument, commemorative of American Independence

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    Image of an eye-level view of a fountain monument commemorating American Independence and tiered with cannons, statues of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, American Revolutionary War generals and soldiers, and images of United States presidents, with George Washington on a horse atop the monument; description printed in margin in English and German.

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  • North Carolina Mecklenburg declaration of independence

    North Carolina Mecklenburg declaration of independence

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    Image of a commemorative version of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May 20th, 1775; two allegorical women figures at top center; bust-length portrait of man with mustache at center surrounded by text of the declaration resolutions on banners; image of the Capitol building of Charlotte, North Carolina, at bottom center flanked by printed signatures of the declaration supporters; ornate decorative border with Union shields and American flags inset at corners.

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