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Dutch Reformed Church of Flatlands

LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH OF FLATLANDS CONSTRUCTED IN 1848 IN LATE FEDERAL STYLE, THIS EDIFICE OCCUPIES THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL OCTAGONAL SHINGLED CHURCH BUILT IN 1663 AND...

LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH OF FLATLANDS CONSTRUCTED IN 1848 IN LATE FEDERAL STYLE, THIS EDIFICE OCCUPIES THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL OCTAGONAL SHINGLED CHURCH BUILT IN 1663 AND...

  • brooklyn
  • flatlands
  • flatlands re...
  • federal style
  • 1848
  • 1663
  • 1794
  • 1654
  • johannes meg...
  • new york com...

Fort Greene Historic District

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

  • brooklyn
  • fort greene
  • fort greene park
  • 1855
  • 1875
  • 1848
  • walt whitman
  • 1867
  • frederick la...
  • calvert vaux

Cornelius Heeney

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CORNELIUS HEENEY FOUNDER OF THE BROOKLYN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IN 1845 DIED MAY 6, 1848, ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEES MARK HAYES, PRESIDENT EDWARD J. BREENPAUL W. FRESEARTHUR J....

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CORNELIUS HEENEY FOUNDER OF THE BROOKLYN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IN 1845 DIED MAY 6, 1848, ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEES MARK HAYES, PRESIDENT EDWARD J. BREENPAUL W. FRESEARTHUR J....

  • brooklyn
  • cobble hill
  • cornelius heeney
  • brooklyn ben...
  • 1845
  • 1848
  • 1948

31-33 Middagh Street

31-33 MIDDAGH STREET DOUBLE FRAME FEDERAL HOUSE CIRCA 1820 LISTED AS A PAINT STORE AND A MEN'S HAIRDRESSING PARLOR IN THE 1847/48 CITY DIRECTORYSubmitted by @lampbane

31-33 MIDDAGH STREET DOUBLE FRAME FEDERAL HOUSE CIRCA 1820 LISTED AS A PAINT STORE AND A MEN'S HAIRDRESSING PARLOR IN THE 1847/48 CITY DIRECTORYSubmitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn heights
  • middagh street
  • federal
  • federal house
  • 1820
  • paint store
  • hairdressing
  • 1847
  • 1848

A la Memoire Des 16 Paysans

A la memoire des 16 paysans tues ici le 15 juin 1848 lors d'un affrontment entre les forces de l'ordre et les revoltes d'Ajain Pionnat et Ladapeyre qui reusaient de payer l'impot exceptionnel des...

A la memoire des 16 paysans tues ici le 15 juin 1848 lors d'un affrontment entre les forces de l'ordre et les revoltes d'Ajain Pionnat et Ladapeyre qui reusaient de payer l'impot exceptionnel des...

  • 1848
  • farmers
  • taxes

Hidden Truths

Submitted by @gkatz

Submitted by @gkatz

  • chicago
  • great fire
  • 1848
  • cuba
  • url

Wesleyan Chapel, First Woman's Rights Convention

On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel where the First Woman's Rights Convention in the World's history was held July 19 and 20 1848  Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved this resolution which was...

On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel where the First Woman's Rights Convention in the World's history was held July 19 and 20 1848  Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved this resolution which...

  • 1848
  • woman's rights
  • voting

Charles Dickens

CHARLES DICKENS STAYED AT THE ROYAL HOTEL IN 1848-49 WHILST ENGAGED IN WRITING THE NOVEL,"DAVID COPPERFIELD" Submitted by @VPFA1

CHARLES DICKENS STAYED AT THE ROYAL HOTEL IN 1848-49 WHILST ENGAGED IN WRITING THE NOVEL,"DAVID COPPERFIELD" Submitted by @VPFA1

  • england
  • great yarmouth
  • dickens
  • 1848
  • whilst engaged in

Gold Discovered

1848  GOLD DISCOVERED News of the discovery of gold at Coloma reaches Monterey. Many people depart for the gold fields, leaving Monterey almost abandoned.

1848  GOLD DISCOVERED News of the discovery of gold at Coloma reaches Monterey. Many people depart for the gold fields, leaving Monterey almost abandoned.

  • monterey
  • california
  • 1848
  • gold
  • coloma

Site of Original Flagstaff

SITE OF ORIGINAL FLAGSTAFF WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS FIRST RAISED BY COMMODORE JOHN DRAKE SLOAT ON JULY 7TH 1846 TAKING POSSESSION OF CALIFORNIA IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LATER...

SITE OF ORIGINAL FLAGSTAFF WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS FIRST RAISED BY COMMODORE JOHN DRAKE SLOAT ON JULY 7TH 1846 TAKING POSSESSION OF CALIFORNIA IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED STATES OF...

  • monterey
  • california
  • 1846
  • 1848
  • sloat
  • flagstaff
  • hidalgo
  • taking possession of