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Citizens of Troy, New York, on suppression of duellingPetition requesting action on the part of Congress to suppress dueling
Citizens of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, praying passage of law to prevent any person connected with duel from holding any office under General GovernmentPetition requesting action against the practice of dueling in D.C., especially amongst government officials.
To the PublicJohn McCarty attacking Armistead Mason's character in a public letter
The new code of chivalry or what we would have doneA depiction of the late John Cilley in minstrel attire being held by Webb's companions as Webb murders him. It presents a counterfactual scenario in…
Scene in WashingtonCartoon satirizing James Webb for his involvement in a recent fatal duel between Cilley and Graves
The Bladensburg Duelling GroundsPart of an article listing duels which took place at Bladensburg
Drawing of Mount VernonA sketch of Mount Vernon with a key.
The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792, Vol. 2, Pg. 100John Mason recollecting Gunston Hall when he was a child.
Negros Belonging to George Washington in His Own Right and by MarriageA list of all the enslaved people living at Mount Vernon
To the Public