Seal of the state of Michigan, 1904

Michigan seal

Seal of the state of Michigan, 1904

Seal of the state of Missouri, 1904

Missouri seal

Seal of the state of Missouri, 1904

Seal of the state of Montana, 1904

Montana seal

Seal of the state of Montana, 1904

Seal of the state of Montana, 1904

Montana seal

Seal of the state of Montana, 1904

Seal of the state of Nevada, 1904

Nevada seal

Seal of the state of Nevada, 1904

Seal of the state of New Jersey, 1904

New Jersey seal

Seal of the state of New Jersey, 1904

Seal of the state of New York, 1904

New York seal

Seal of the state of New York, 1904

Seal of the state of New Mexico, 1904

New Mexico seal

Seal of the state of New Mexico, 1904

Seal of the state of New Mexico, 1904

New Mexico seal

Seal of the state of New Mexico, 1904

Seal of the state of North Dakota, 1904

North Dakota seal

Seal of the state of North Dakota, 1904

Seal of the state of Oklahoma, 1904

Oklahoma seal

Seal of the state of Oklahoma, 1904

Seal of the state of Oregon, 1904

Oregon seal

Seal of the state of Oregon, 1904

Seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1904. Motto: Virtue, Liberty, Independence.

Pennsylvania Seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1904. Motto: Virtue, Liberty, Independence.

Seal of the state of Rhode Island, 1904

Rhode Island seal

Seal of the state of Rhode Island, 1904

Seal of the state of South Carolina, 1904

South Carolina Seal

Seal of the state of South Carolina, 1904

Seal of the state of South Dakota, 1904

South Dakota seal

Seal of the state of South Dakota, 1904

Seal of the state of Tennessee, 1904

Tennessee seal

Seal of the state of Tennessee, 1904

Seal of the state of Texas, 1904

Texas seal

Seal of the state of Texas, 1904

Seal of the state of Utah, 1904

Utah seal

Seal of the state of Utah, 1904

Seal of the state of Utah, 1904

Utah seal

Seal of the state of Utah, 1904

Seal of the state of Vermont, 1904

Vermont seal

Seal of the state of Vermont, 1904

Seal of the commonwealth of Virginia, 1904

Virginia Seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Virginia, 1904

Seal of the state of Washington, 1904

Washington seal

Seal of the state of Washington, 1904

Seal of the state of Washington, 1904

Washington seal

Seal of the state of Washington, 1904

Seal of the state of West Virginia, 1904

West Virginia seal

Seal of the state of West Virginia, 1904

Seal of the state of Wisconsin, 1904

Wisconsin seal

Seal of the state of Wisconsin, 1904

Seal of the territory of Wyoming, 1904

Wyoming Seal

Seal of the territory of Wyoming, 1904

Seal of the territory of Wyoming, 1904

Wyoming Seal

Seal of the territory of Wyoming, 1904

(1607-1683) Founder of the State of Rhode Island.

Roger Williams

(1607-1683) Founder of the State of Rhode Island.

Alexandria, Pharos Island Lighthouse

Pharos Island Lighthouse

Alexandria, Pharos Island Lighthouse

The seal is an aquatic mammal, whose limbs are formed into flippers. The tail tapers at the end of the body. The front flippers are used as paddles while the rear paws help to steer the animal.

Seal

The seal is an aquatic mammal, whose limbs are formed into flippers. The tail tapers at the end of the…

Liberty Bell

Liberty Bell

Liberty Bell

Seal of the commonwealth of Virginia, 1875

Virginia seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Virginia, 1875

Seal of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1875

Massachusetts Seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1875

Seal of the colony of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts seal

Seal of the colony of Massachusetts.

Seal of the state of New York, 1875

New York seal

Seal of the state of New York, 1875

Seal of the state of Maryland, 1875

Maryland seal

Seal of the state of Maryland, 1875

Seal of the state of Connecticut, 1875

Connecticut seal

Seal of the state of Connecticut, 1875

Seal of the state of Rhode Island, 1875

Rhode Island seal

Seal of the state of Rhode Island, 1875

Seal of the state of New Jersey, 1875

New Jersey seal

Seal of the state of New Jersey, 1875

Seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1875

Pennsylvania Seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1875

Seal of the state of North Carolina, 1875

North Carolina Seal

Seal of the state of North Carolina, 1875

Seal of the state of South Carolina, 1875

South Carolina Seal

Seal of the state of South Carolina, 1875

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1875

Georgia seal

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1875

In some perennial herbs, prostrate stems or branches underground are thickened with this store of nourishment for their whole length.

Solomon's Seal Root

In some perennial herbs, prostrate stems or branches underground are thickened with this store of nourishment…

Native American dwellings on Manhattan Island, before the Dutch settlement

Manhattan Island Before the Dutch Settlement

Native American dwellings on Manhattan Island, before the Dutch settlement

Treasury Department seal

Treasury Department seal

Treasury Department seal

Hind feet of Seal; Pinnigrada

Carnivore foot

Hind feet of Seal; Pinnigrada

The Greenland Seal has well-developed hind limbs.

Seal

The Greenland Seal has well-developed hind limbs.

Description of the parts of a flower.

Parts of a Flower

Description of the parts of a flower.

One of the companions of Columbus on his second voyage. concuered the island of Porto Rico from Spain.

Juan Ponce de Leon

One of the companions of Columbus on his second voyage. concuered the island of Porto Rico from Spain.

The former Great Seal of Florida, featuring an indian, palm tree, the sun, and some uncharacteristic mountains.

Florida Seal

The former Great Seal of Florida, featuring an indian, palm tree, the sun, and some uncharacteristic…

Born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1814; died in Newark, N.J., Spet. 20, 1883. Completed Benton's "Abridgment of the Debates of Congress"; edited the "Queens of England"; and was editor of "The Mining Magazine".

William Jewett Tenney

Born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1814; died in Newark, N.J., Spet. 20, 1883. Completed Benton's "Abridgment…

Fort Beauregard, at Bay Point, on the point opposite Fort Walker, was built of sand and palmetto logs on a sand spit on the extreme southerly end of Hunting Island. The work on the harbor or sea front was what is termed a lunette, and mounted twelve guns. To the right of this lunette was a small salient mounting three guns, and to the left, a small work, or redan, mounting two guns. In the work was a large magazine which, when captured by the Frederal Troops, contained one thousand five hundred rounds of fixed ammunition, and in the wet ditch were large quantities of loose powder, destroyed by the Confederates before they evacuated the fort.

Interior View of Fort Beauregard

Fort Beauregard, at Bay Point, on the point opposite Fort Walker, was built of sand and palmetto logs…

View of the camp of the twentieth Indiana Regiment; also of Fort Hatteras and the anchorage at Hatteras inlet, N.C. This camp, was formed when Federal troops occupied the island. It first recieved Colonel Bendix and his German regiment. On their return to Newport News it was taken possession of by the Ninth Zouaves; who vacated it upon the arrival of the Twentieth Indiana Regiment, October 5, 1861, the Ninth removing to Camp Wool.

Fort Hatteras

View of the camp of the twentieth Indiana Regiment; also of Fort Hatteras and the anchorage at Hatteras…

Fort Pulaski, on Cockspur Island at the entrance to the Savannah River, Georgia, was built by the United States Government in 1829-31, for the defense of Tybee Roads and the Savannah River approach to the city of Savannah, Georgia. In January, 1861, it was seized and occupied by the military authorities of the State of Georgia, and held by them until transferred to the Confederate Government, by whom it was strongly armed and garrisoned. In form it was pentagonal; its walls were forty feet high, and presented two faces on the sea approach. The full armament of the fort consisted on the lower tier of 65 32-pounders, and the upper tier of 53 24-pounders, 4 18-pounders flanking howitzers, 1 13-inch mortar, 12 8-inch columbiads, and 7 10-inch mortars. The interior of the fort was well supplied with massive furnaces for heating shot, officers' quarters, soldiers' barracks, magazines, and a tolerable supply of shot and powder.

Fort Pulaski

Fort Pulaski, on Cockspur Island at the entrance to the Savannah River, Georgia, was built by the United…

"Siege of Island No. 10, on the Mississippi River- night bombardment by the Federal mortar boats, ten o'clock P. M., March 18th, 1862. On the 16th of March, 1862, the mortar fleet and the gunboats, consisting of the <em>Cincinnati, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Silver Wave, Carondelet, Mound City, Conestoga, Louisville, Rob Roy, Alps, Wilson, Lake Erie, Great Western</em> and <em>Torrence</em>, and nine mortar boats, arrived near the Point. These were accompanied by several tugboats. On the 18th they opened fire, which, after some hours' delay, was returned by the Confederate batteries. This continued for several days, with very little loss to the Federal troops, owing to the iron casing of the vessels. The study of mortar firing is very interesting. Our sketch represents the manner in which the smoke rolls, and a small column frequently splits out when the shell passes. The shell itself can be seen at night during its entire flight, the fuse having the appearance of a star, which appears and disappears as the shell rolls through the air, very like the twinkling of the celestial orbs. The explosion of the shell at night is a magnificent and fearful sight, sending a glow of surpassing brightness around it as though some world of combustible light had burst." &mdash; Frank Leslie, 1896

Siege of Island

"Siege of Island No. 10, on the Mississippi River- night bombardment by the Federal mortar boats, ten…

"Blowing up the Confederate forts on Craney Island, by Commodore Goldsborough, June 2nd 1862." &mdash; Frank Leslie, 1896

Craney Island

"Blowing up the Confederate forts on Craney Island, by Commodore Goldsborough, June 2nd 1862." —…

"Bombardment of Island No. 10 and the fortifications opposite, on the Kentucky Shore, by the Federal mortar boats and gunboats, March 17th, 1862. From a sketch by our special artist Mr. H. Lovie, on board the gunboat "Conestoga." On the 16th of March, 1862, the mortar fleet and the gunboats, consisting of the <em>Cincinnati, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Silver Wave, Carondelet, Mount City, Conestoga, Louisville, Rob Roy, Alps, Wilson, Lake Erie, Great Western</em> and <em>Torrence</em>, and nine mortar boats, arrived near the Point. These were accompanied by several tugboats. On the same day they opened fire, which, after some hours' delay, was returned by the Confederate batteries. This continued for several days, with very small loss to the Federal side, owing to the iron casing of the vessels engaged, and a superior range." — Frank Leslie, 1896

Bombardment of Island No. 10

"Bombardment of Island No. 10 and the fortifications opposite, on the Kentucky Shore, by the Federal…

"General Edward Ferrero was born in Granada, Spain, January 18th, 1831. His parents were Italian, and he was brought to the United States when an infant. At the beginning of the war he was lieutenant colonel of the Eleventh New York Militia Regiment. In 1861 he raised the fifty-first New York Regiment, called the "Shepard Rifles," and led a brigade in Burnside's expedition to Roanoke Island, where his regiment took the first fortified redoubt captured in the war. He was in the battles of South Moutain and Antietam, and for his bravery in the latter engagement was appointed brigadier general, September 19th, 1862. He served with distinction at Fredericksburg, Vicksburg and the siege of Petersburg. He was brevetted a major general, December 2nd, 1864, and mustered out in 1865." &mdash; Frank Leslie, 1896

Edward Ferrero

"General Edward Ferrero was born in Granada, Spain, January 18th, 1831. His parents were Italian, and…