A man, holding an axe in one hand and woodworking instrument in the other, is making board shingles. There is another man working on the side. There is a pile of shingles in the background.
Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
Color lithograph image, with very wide margins on large folio. Detailed rendering of a Native American with black hair, dark brown skin, ruffled white collar,; and blue tunic with red fringes.
Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...