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Samuel
Samuel is a character in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, uniquely depicted as having served several roles, as judge, military leader, seer, prophet, kingmaker, priestly official, and loyal servant of Yahweh. He is traditionally thought...
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Samuel Bellamy
Captain Samuel Bellamy, aka 'Black Sam' Bellamy (d. 1717), was a British pirate active during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Bellamy’s final ship Whydah was wrecked off Cape Cod in a storm, and the pirate captain drowned along with...
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Joseph Warren
Doctor Joseph Warren (1741-1775) was a physician from Boston, Massachusetts, who became an important political leader of the Patriot movement during the early years of the American Revolution (c. 1765-1789). Known for dispatching Paul Revere...
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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of political protest carried out by American colonists on 16 December 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. Disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, the colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest...
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act, was legislation passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764 to crack down on molasses smuggling in the American colonies and to raise revenue to pay for the colonies'...
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Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon (29 August to 19 December 1793) was a decisive military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), conducted by a French Republican army to retake the port city of Toulon from rebels, who were supported...
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Samuel de Champlain arrives to Quebec
A painting from 1909 portraying the arrival of Samuel de Champlain, the father of New France, on the site of Quebec City. Samuel de Champlain (c. 1567-1635) was a French explorer who made multiple trips across the Atlantic Ocean. He founded...
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Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House
Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House, oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1780.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.
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Samuel Morse's First Telegraph Machine
A model of the first telegraph machine developed by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) of Massachusetts, probably made around 1835. (Science Museum, London)
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Hannah Giving Her Son Samuel to the Priest
Hannah Giving Her Son Samuel to the Priest, oil on canvas by Jan Victors, 1645.
Berlin State Museums.