Melissa Davenport BerryOct 31, 20201 minDiscover The Digital AthenæumThe Digital Athenæum is a collection of over 1200 PDFs of public domain books from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries for my personal...
Melissa Davenport BerryOct 31, 20201 minGeorge Thorpe's Inventory of 1624: Virginia's Earliest Known Appraisal Photo from Chipstone.org Apothecary jar, Aldgate, London or Netherlands, 1590–1610. Tin-glazed earthenware. H. 7 1/4". (Courtesy,...
Melissa Davenport BerryOct 31, 20201 minRare Book by Elias Brewster Hillard: The Last Men of the Revolution at Skinner Auction Samuel Downing (1761-1867) "He was the last one of the Revolutionary Pensioners". Sylvester in "History of Saratoga County" says Samuel...
Melissa Davenport BerryOct 31, 20201 minCleveland Ohio Millionaires' RowMark Twain called Euclid Avenue, aka Millionaires' Row, "The grandest, most beautiful street in all the world." Twain lived with the...