Images

Memory of Washington: To the Citizens of the United States. 1801. A broadside urging the creation of a monument to George Washington.

The Fourth of July and the Washington National Monument. 1854. Library of Congress.

Fight Between the Rioters in Kensington. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

Scene of the Conflagration Tuesday Night. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

Hibernia Fire Engine Company No. 1, lithograph. Villanova University’s Digital Library.

Burning of Saint Michael’s Church on Wednesday afternoon, May 8th. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

St Michaels Church, On Fire. From The Full Particulars of the Late Riots, 1844. Library of Congress.

Burning of the Nunnery or School House. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

Alderman Hugh and Patrick Clark’s Houses, Which Were Burned by the Mob on Wednesday Afternoon, May 8th. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

Saint Augustine Church, On Fire. From The Full Particulars of the Late Riots, 1844. Library of Congress.

Saint Augustine’s Church. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

Major General Patterson and the First City Troops of Cavalry. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

Aftermath of the Kensington Riots. From A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Pennsylvania, J.B. Perry, 1844. Library of Congress.

Riot in Philadelphia, July 7th, 1844. H. Bucholzer. Library of Congress.