James Madison Porter Secretary of War 1843 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap The Keepers Vigil Rockland Lake

The Keepers Vigil Rockland Lake Lighthouse Blueprint charts the squat Hudson River sentinel that once blinked above the ice-cutters and brick sloops off Rockland Landing — its stubby masonry tower and pitched keeper's quarters drawn with the patience of a man who knew this little river light answered to currents

The year places it squarely in the long shadow after the war

Taylor's Victories on the Rio Grande 1846 — a campaign lithograph trumpeting Zachary Taylor's opening triumphs at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma

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James Madison Porter Secretary of War 1843 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap The Keepers Vigil Rockland LakeJames Madison Porter Secretary of War 1843 a cabinet portrait of Tyler's brief appointee, the Pennsylvania jurist whom the Senate would refuse to confirm, his tenure at the War Department a footnote in the bruised politics of a presidency without a party. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic publishers