| Description | English: View of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now Harpers Ferry, West Virginia), from an 1842 magazine |
| Date | 1842 |
| Source | Graham’s Magazine (https://archive.org/details/grahamsmagazine2021grah/page/n91/mode/2up) |
| Author | Painter illegible; A. L. Dick, engraver |
From The Virginia Tourist, 1870.
From Historical Collections of Virginia, 1852. This courthouse, built in 1735, is still used today. It was where Patrick Henry made his reputation in the Case of the Parson’s Cause.
From Historical Collections of Virginia, 1852.
From Historical Collections of Virginia, 1852.
On the old Illustrations site, “Sean” commented:
That is almost certainly USS Pennsylvania. America’s only 3 decker ship of the line, she was launched in 1837, taken to the Chesapeake and left there until being scuttled to prevent her falling into the hands of the Confederacy.
Now West Virginia. From Historical Collections of Virginia, 1852.
From The Analectic Magazine, 1817.
From Gleason’s Pictorial, 1853. —The tomb of Washington is in the foreground. The caption reads “Mount Vernon, the Birthplace and Residence of George Washington”; but in fact Washington had the good sense to be born at the George Washington Birthplace National Monument. When this engraving was made, Mount Vernon was for sale, and was in serious danger of being turned into a commercial resort. Five years later it was rescued by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, who still own it today.
| Description |
English: Birthplace of George Washington, from an 1860 engraving
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| Source | Life of George Washington by Washington Irving, 1860 (https://archive.org/stream/lifeofgeorgewash01irvi#page/n5/mode/2up) |
| Author | Hays, engraver |
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