Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
Speaker:
Joseph J. Ellis
Stacy Schiff (moderator)
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 6:30pm
EVENT DETAILS
Joseph J. Ellis and Stacy Schiff examine a crescendo moment in American history: the summer of 1776. The summer represented the most dramatic few months in the story of our country’s founding, when the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire while Britain dispatched the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic.
Le General Washington
Title
Le General Washington
Date
1780
Medium
Paper engraving
Credit Line
New-York Historical Society
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803)
Title
Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803)
Date
after 1832
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Credit Line
New-York Historical Society, Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number
1956.123
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jean-Baptiste Belley
Title
Jean-Baptiste Belley
Date
1797
Medium
Oil on canvas
Credit Line
Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, France. Photo Credit: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Notes on the State of Virginia
Title
Notes on the State of Virginia
Date
1785
Medium
Book
Description
Thomas Jefferson’s copy of Notes on the State of Virginia, his only book, inscribed to the Abbé Morellet, and used by the latter to make the first French translation.
Credit Line
Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cross-section of a model of a slave ship
Title
Cross-section of a model of a slave ship
Date
ca. 18th Century
Medium
Wood
Description
A wooden model of the slave ship Brookes, produced for the French revolutionary leader Mirabeau, intended to be used as a prop in the National Assembly’s debate on ending slavery in France.
Credit Line
Bibliotheque de L'Arsenal, Paris, France/Archives Charmet/The Bridgeman Art Library
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Haitian Declaration of Independence
Title
Haitian Declaration of Independence
Date
1804
Description
The only known surviving copy of the first printing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence (1804, National Archives, London), recently discovered and exhibited here to the public for the first time.
Credit Line
On loan from the National Archives, UK
Object Number
CO 1371111
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vue de l'incendie de la ville du Cap Français
Title
Vue de l'incendie de la ville du Cap Français
Date
1795
Medium
Engraving on paper
Credit Line
Conseil général de la Martinique, Archives départementales
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Common Sense
Title
Common Sense
Date
1776
Medium
Paper pamphlet
Credit Line
New-York Historical Society
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Clarkson's African Box
Title
Thomas Clarkson's African Box
Description
Chest with various contents.
Credit Line
Wisbech & Fenland Museum
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
