English Colony Gallery

Mayflower passengers landing at Plymouth Rock, 1620

John Alden and Mary Chilton landing at Plymouth from the Mayflower, December 1620.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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John Hancocks home in Boston, 1700s

Horse-drawn carriage in front of John Hancock's mansion on Beacon Hill, Boston, 1700s.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Lenape wampum in honor of Penns treaty

Wampum received by William Penn in commemeration of his treaty with Native Americans in Pennsylvania.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the artifact

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