A blacksmith
A busboy
A Lady
A Lady
A Lady
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson [1767-1845] the sixth President of the United States
Bartender looking at beer
Bartender looking at beer
Boy whistling
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution Webster's magnificent reach of thought and profound reverence for the Union is best expressed in his speeches. The most famous one is his brilliant "Reply to Hayne." Senator Hayne, of South Carolina, had delivered an able speech, in which he put the authority of the State before that of the Union, and said that the Constitution supported that doctrine. Webster, then a senator from Massachusetts, had but one night to prepare an answer. But he knew the Constitution by heart, for he had been a close student of it since the days of childhood, when he had learned it from the cotton handkerchief. Senator Hayne's masterly speech caused many people to question whether even Daniel Webster could answer his arguments, and New England men especially, fearing the dangerous doctrine of State Rights, awaited anxiously the outcome. When, therefore, on the morning of January 26, 1830, Mr. Webster entered the Senate Chamber to utter that memorable reply, he found a crowd of eager men and women waiting to hear him. "It is a critical moment," said a friend to Mr. Webster, "and it is time, it is high time, that the people of this country should know what this Constitution is." "Then," said Webster, "by the blessing of Heaven they shall learn, this day, before the sun goes down what I understand it to be." Nationality was Webster's theme, his sole purpose being to strengthen the claims of the Union. For four hours he held his audience spellbound while he set forth with convincing logic the meaning of the Constitution. The great orator won an overwhelming victory. Not only were many of his hearers in the Senate chamber that day convinced, but loyal Americans all over the country were inspired with more earnest devotion to the Union. His last words "Liberty and Union! one and inseparable, now and forever" electrified his countrymen and became a watchword of national progress.
Excited man shouting
Excited man shouting
Gentleman explaining
Gentleman explaining
Gentleman smoking a cigar
Gentleman smoking a cigar
How do you do
Jane Porter
This engraving represents our accomplished author as a lady of a chapter belonging to a chivalric order. The high compliment from a German court was paid to the merit of Thaddeus of Warsaw. This portrait, as contrasted with that of her sister, well justifies the appellation bestowed upon them by mutual friends - they went by the names of L'Allegro and Il Penseroso.
Large man looking at the puny chair
Man
Man carrying a top hat
Man carrying girl downstairs
Man cleaning his glasses with a handkerchief
Man cleaning his glasses with a handkerchief
Man in checked pant
Man in pub having a beer
Man in pub having a beer
Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man on the stage
Man on the stage
Man reading on stage
Man reading on stage
Man rubbing his hands
Man shrugging
European man with hat in hand shrugging
Man smoking a cigar
Man smoking a cigar
Man walking
Man walking
Man watching girl aleep in bed
Man with hat in his hands
Man with long beard
Man with long beard
Man with money in his hand
Man looking at the money in his hand
Man wringing his hands
Man wringing his hands in anticipation of making some money
Map of Louisiana Purchase
Map of Louisiana Purchase; also United States in 1803.
Marshfield—Home of Daniel Webster
Marshfield—Home of Daniel Webste
Men
Men
Old Lady
Patronizing stance
Man standing in a patronizing stance
Pleased to meet you
Pleased to meet you, man showing respect when greeting someone
Smiling and rubbing his hands
Man smiling and rubbing his hands
The Bowery night-scene
The Bowery night-scene
The Butler
The pawnbroker
The Rocket 1830
In 1830 all this had disappeared, and we find in Mr. Nasmyth's sketch a regular fire-box, such as is used to this moment. In one word, the Rocket of 1829 is different from the Rocket of 1830 in almost every conceivable respect; and we are driven perforce to the conclusion that the Rocket of 1829 never worked at all on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway; the engine of 1830 was an entirely new engine.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Through the achievements of early pioneers and settlers, of whom Daniel Boone is the type, the region lying between the Alleghany Mountains and the Mississippi River came into the possession of the United States. In a very different way did the territory lying between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains become a part of the national domain. It was acquired not by exploration or settlement, but by purchase, and the man most intimately associated with this purchase was Thomas Jefferson.
Two gentlemen talking
Two gentlemen talking
Ulysses S. Grant
With the news that the Southern troops had fired upon the flag at Fort Sumter, Grant's patriotism was aroused. Without delay he rejoined the army and at once took an active part in the preparations for war. First as colonel and then as brigadier-general, he led his troops. At last he had found a field of action in which he quickly developed his powers as a leader.
Unhappy man with cigar
Unhappy man with cigar