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![David Pieterz. de Vries [...]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1653/12/31/david-pieterz-de-vries-455d54-640.jpg "David Pieterz. de Vries [...]")
![Sir Walter Raleigh Knt. [...]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1735/12/31/sir-walter-raleigh-knt-437dea-640.jpg "Sir Walter Raleigh Knt. [...]")
![Letter to Gov. [Horatio] Sharpe [Annapolis, Md.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1757/12/31/letter-to-gov-horatio-sharpe-annapolis-md-2e7170-640.jpg "Letter to Gov. [Horatio] Sharpe [Annapolis, Md.]")
![A view of the bishop's house with the ruins as they appear in going down the hill, from the upper to lower town [Quebec].](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1761/12/31/a-view-of-the-bishops-house-with-the-ruins-as-they-appear-in-going-down-the-66eda0-640.jpg "A view of the bishop's house with the ruins as they appear in going down the hill, from the upper to lower town [Quebec].")
![The most Noble Granville Leveson Gower, Earl Gower, Visc. Trentham [...]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1765/12/31/the-most-noble-granville-leveson-gower-earl-gower-visc-trentham-d5246d-640.jpg "The most Noble Granville Leveson Gower, Earl Gower, Visc. Trentham [...]")
![The Rt. Honble. Charles Pratt, Lord Camden, Baron Camden [...]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1766/12/31/the-rt-honble-charles-pratt-lord-camden-baron-camden-6b7e50-640.jpg "The Rt. Honble. Charles Pratt, Lord Camden, Baron Camden [...]")
![Ionathan Mayhew D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston[...]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1767/12/31/ionathan-mayhew-dd-pastor-of-the-west-church-in-boston-40c79e-640.jpg "Ionathan Mayhew D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston[...]")
![[Col. Barré.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1771/12/31/col-barre-5a1cb1-640.jpg "[Col. Barré.]")
![[Barry St. Leger.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1794/12/31/barry-st-leger-08ae0c-640.jpg "[Barry St. Leger.]")
![[Shield with inset portraits of Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, etc.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1798/12/31/shield-with-inset-portraits-of-franklin-jefferson-adams-etc-2e873d-640.jpg "[Shield with inset portraits of Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, etc.]")
