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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 221

    Caption: "CHICAGO AND BENNINGTON, OFFICERS & CREW." View of the USS Chicago. The flagship of the US fleet in the Pacific at the time, the USS Chicago was called to the fort after a boiler explosion on the USS Bennington killed sixty-six and wounded dozens more. A board of inquiry into the cause of the explosion was convened on board the Chicago. The board found that no error on the part of the Bennington's crew contributed to the explosion.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 240

    Caption: "Historic North Church, Boston. Where Signal was Hung for Paul Revere, Sept. 5, 1934." View of the clock tower and steeple of the Old North Church, built in 1723. The church is said to be the site where Paul Revere, after his famous midnight ride, caused two lanterns to be hung as the signal that British troops were advancing into the area by sea rather than by land.

    Date: 9/5/1934

  • Rio de las Cosumnes al Norte or Omachumnes Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Rio de las Cosumnes al Norte or Omachumnes boundaries. Volume 2, page 22.

    Date: 1844