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French Revolution

Submitted by mattd on Fri, 2010-08-06 08:59
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Fall of Bastille July 14 1789
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Fall of the Bastille

French Revolution

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French Revolution
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Fall of Bastille July 14 1789
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Fall of the Bastille

Wrist Cushion

Submitted by mattd on Fri, 2010-08-06 08:59
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Wrist Cushion

Wrist Cushion. Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.Artist/Maker: Unknown[1]

Created: c. 1812

Origin/Purchase: America, possibly Monticello

Materials: wool, linen

Dimensions: 3.8 x 24.1 x 12.1 (1 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Thaddeus (Tadeusz) Kosciuszko (1746-1817)[1] was a Polish freedom fighter and engineer.  Kosciuszko endeared himself to this country during the American Revolution and later gained even greater recognition in defense of his native Poland.

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Jefferson Engraving by Sokolnicki (Engraving)

Wrist Strap

Submitted by mattd on Fri, 2010-08-06 08:59
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Wrist Strap

Wrist Strap. Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.Artist/Maker: Unknown

Created: c. 1812

Origin/Purchase: America, possibly Monticello

Materials: leather, brass

Dimensions: L: 19.1 (7 1/2 in.); W: 2.5 (1 in.)

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Wrist Strap. Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.

The Men Who Lost America

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British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

By Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy

Publication Date: June 11, 2013

Advance Praise for "The Men Who Lost America"

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“Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy has written a remarkable book about an important but curiously underappreciated subject: the British side of the American Revolution. With meticulous scholarship and an eloquent writing style, O'Shaughnessy gives us a fresh and compelling view of a critical aspect of the struggle that changed the world. This is a great book.” —Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power and the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

"The Men Who Lost America" Author Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy

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Andrew Jackson O’ShaughnessyAndrew O’Shaughnessy is the Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, as well as a Professor of History at the University of Virginia.

Zebulon Pike

Submitted by aberkes on Tue, 2011-02-15 13:08
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) was a soldier who is best known as an early explorer of the Louisiana Territory. In the late summer of 1805, General James Wilkinson, the governor of the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, sent Pike on the first of two expeditions through the territory, a mission to find the source of the Mississippi River. Although Pike was unable to find the source of the river, he did hold significant talks with various tribes in the regions he passed through.

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The Louisiana Purchase

Zebulon Pike

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Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) was a soldier who is best known as an early explorer of the Louisiana Territory. In the late summer of 1805, General James Wilkinson, the governor of the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, sent Pike on the first of two expeditions through the territory, a mission to find the source of the Mississippi River. Although Pike was unable to find the source of the river, he did hold significant talks with various tribes in the regions he passed through.

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The Louisiana Purchase