Works by Amos Doolittle

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Plate I. The Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775

Plate I. The Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

Engraving on copper; colored. First advertised for sale in New Haven, Connecticut, on 13 December 1775. New York…

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Plate I. Reprint by National Park Service

Plate I. Reprint by National Park Service
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

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Plate II. A View of the Town of Concord, 1775

Plate II. A View of the Town of Concord, 1775
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

Engraving on copper; colored. First advertised for sale in New Haven, Connecticut, on 13 December 1775. New York…

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Plate II. Reprint by National Park Service

Plate II. Reprint by National Park Service
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

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Plate III. The Engagement at the North Bridge in Concord, 1775

Plate III. The Engagement at the North Bridge in Concord, 1775
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

Engraving on copper; colored. First advertised for sale in New Haven, Connecticut, on 13 December 1775. New York…

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Plate III. Reprint by National Park Service

Plate III. Reprint by National Park Service
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

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Plate IV. A View of the South Part of Lexington, 1775

Plate IV. A View of the South Part of Lexington, 1775
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

Engraving on copper; colored. First advertised for sale in New Haven, Connecticut, on 13 December 1775. New York…

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Plate IV. Reprint by National Park Service

Plate IV. Reprint by National Park Service
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832); Ralph Earl (1751—1801)

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A Looking Glass for 1787

A Looking Glass for 1787
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832)

Engraving and rocker work with watercolor on laid paper. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress…

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View of the Federal Edifice in New York, 1789

View of the Federal Edifice in New York, 1789
by Amos Doolittle (1754—1832)

Engraving (Peter Lacour, draftsman); printed in The Columbian Magazine (Philadelphia), August 1789. Rare Book…

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Monticello was a working plantation, and Jefferson was eager to make it pay. His slaves may have been members of his family, but they were units of production as well. Everywhere on his plantation he sought to eliminate pockets of idleness. If a slave was too old or too sick to work in the fields, he or she was put to tending the vegetable gardens or to cooking in the quarters. When one of his former head men named Nace became ill, Jefferson ordered that he be entirely kept from labour until he recovers; nevertheless, Nace was to spend his days indoors shelling corn or making shoes or baskets. Jefferson was willing to prescribe lighter work for women who were pregnant or raising infant children because they were actually breeding more property; thus, said Jefferson, a child raised every 2 years is of more profit than the crop of the best laboring man. This is one of the times, he said, when providence has made our interest and our duties coincide perfectly.

— Gordon S. Wood
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815 (2009)