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A black girl walks on a dirt path towards two boys talking to each other near a small, wooden building surrounded by bare shrubs and some plants. Trees fill in the background. Caption reads: "Negro children and their schoolhouse. Such buildings for…

A group of five black boys, four standing and one sitting, paddle a boat. Two are looking at the camera, one holds a large glass bottle, and two hold paddles. Boats are moored in the background near houses.

"A sermon preached in the Village Church, before the College and the united Congregations of the town of Amherst, Mass., on the National Fast Day, Thursday, September 26, 1861."

Sermon preached by Rev. William A. Stearns, president of Amherst…

A house boat resting on land near a river. Some trees grow behind it. A truss bridge crosses the river in the background.

A black girl stands in the open gate next to two younger children while a boy rests his hand on the gate facing them. A wooden fence extends on both sides and the roof of a wooden building is on the right. Caption: "Four neighbros, three of whom are…

A coastal area overgrown with wild grass. A man stands near a boat while another man is walking away from the camera. Two more boats are moored further up and a steamship is in the background. A round building stands on the right.

A white priest sits on a stone bench holding a parasol and reading a book. Some trees grow in the background. A woman sits, mostly out of shot on the right holding a parasol.

A white woman stands at the door of a wooden house resting her right hand on the frame, looks at a second woman, identified as Anna McTweed Johnson. A shed to the right of the of the house has two signs, one reading: "PELGIAN HARES FOR SALE HERE" and…

A white man pulling on a pole of a well sweep with the pail's rim visible above the top of the well. A boy and a second child stand near the well looking on. A pile of logs rest near the well sweep with a grindstone, chair and a tree nearby. A woman…

A young man wading in shallow water pushing a canoe among the rocks of the stream. Trees grow on each shore and some branches and leaves were penciled in on the trees on the right.

A cover design of the Natural History of Selborne Vol. I by Gilbert White. The title and author are written on top and a wreath of flowers is below with the words: "HAWTHORN EDITION" written inside it. The spine is done in pencil with "White's…

A sketch of flowers and leaves with the mirror image of the book title partly visible above it.

A basic sketch of five-petal flowers and leaves on a branch.

A pencil sketch with the words "THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE GILBERT WHITE" written on top and a small rectangular box showing a tower among treetops and clouds and birds in the sky. Small flowers are scattered on the cover.

View of the Natural History Museum taken from across the Quadrangle courtyard. A woman sits on the steps of the museum and a solitary tree grows in front of the entrance.