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Margaret Johnston Bard

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Margaret Johnston Bard poses for a formal portrait, wearing a long velvet dress. Though few of her personal papers remain, Margaret Bard was known for her intelligence and religious devotion. Her family fortune brought wealth to John Bard through…

March thro’ a swamp, Or March in Terra Firma

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engraving in J. G. Stedman’s Narrative of Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild coast of South America in the Years 1772 to 1777

Map of Ward Manor as run by New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor

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Map of Ward Manor as it was used by the New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor

Machete

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Machetes were versatile tools possibly used at Montgomery Place for cutting cane and fodder, cutting wood, clearing plant growth and chopping compost.

Machete

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Machetes were versatile tools possibly used at Montgomery Place for cutting cane and fodder, cutting wood, clearing plant growth and chopping compost.