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Jim Wald

Distracted by my day job, I am remiss in posting about many historical anniversaries in revolutionary history.

March 18 alone, for example, is the anniversary of

-the repeal of the 1766

- the Battle of Neerwinden, 1793, a French defeat that, followed by Dumouriez's treason, led to increased Jacobin power and radicalization of the Revolution

-the declaration of a German republic in Mainz under French auspices, 1793 1/n

Jim Wald

Here, belatedly marking the repeal of the , March 18, 1765 (well, not that belatedly by historical standards: it took two months for the good news to travel from England to the Colonies, so I guess I am okay)

avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_centu

Commemorative teapot, Cockpit Hill factory, (”Derby Pot works”),
Lead-glazed and hand-painted earthenware,
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

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cream-colored teapot on black pedestal seen in profile: Stamp Act Repeal'd in red letters in decorative circular border derived from floral patterns teapot seen in profile facing right: handle and spout in shape of tree branches
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Jim Wald

18-21 March 1793: under the influence of the , declaration of the first democratic republic on soil in Mainz

bpb.de/izpb/195470/18-maerz-17

hand-colored engraving of the Liberty Tree and pikes erected there on 13 January: "Peace to the Peoples, War on Tyrants" 3/n

small hand-colored copper engraving of liberty tree (actually a tree stripped of branches except for the crown, which is topped by a red liberty cap. The trunk like the poles of the two pikes (one on each side) topped by liberty caps, are wrapped in the blue-white-red French colors. A scale at left indicates height (half inch=6 feet) placard on tree: paix aux peuples GUERRE aux tirans Caption at bottom Abbildung des Freiheits:Baums, und der Piken, so zu Mainz d 13t. Jänner 1793 gepflanzt worden
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