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Sampson Battis: Β Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolution, fiddles, & deep connections to native roots…
“What do we mean by ‘THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION’?”π₯ John Adams (1818)
Effecting REAL change in the “Minds & Hearts of the People”…
COMMON CAUSE (1763-1773)β Acts of Parliament before the Revolution
An 8-page mini to help keep all these PRE-WAR LAWS in order…
“This Tea Is Too Cheap!” #2 π« (Boston Tea Party / 16 Dec. 1773)
Hot-takes from Abigail + Sam + John Adams & the Town of Boston…
REVOLUTION @ Dover, NH π “Country of Immigrants”
New immigrants talking American Revolution, 1776… / May 2026
“The King of America” πβοΈ Thomas Paine / Common Sense (1776)
It’s early 1776, & Tom Paine has an idea for a new civic holiday…
“This Tea Is Too Cheap!” #1 π« (Boston Tea Party / 1767-1773)
Revolution’s brewing in colonial Boston…
“Under Absolute Despotism” π Declaration of Independence (1776)
Revolution as civic duty…
JUDE HALL #3: Jude Hall’s Grandsons in the Civil War!
Drawn in memory of the many generations of Halls who lived in Exeter & served their community & country…
REVOLUTION @ Exeter, NH π “Creation Myths”
Drawing common purpose @ a BIG WATCH event / April 2026
MYSTERY ISLAND! #2 π Night on Mystery Island
DRAWN w/ MY 2nd GRADE ARTIST CREW! The bunnies spend their first night under the stars… How will they ever escape the island?!
“From a Small Spark” π₯ Thomas Paine (1792)
Envisioning worldwide awakening in “The Rights of Man (Part the 2nd)”
“Objects of the most Stupendous Magnitude⦔ π John Adams (9 June 1776)
Writing from the Continental Congress, on the eve of the Declaration of Independence!
REVOLUTION @ Walpole, NH π “These Truths”
Drawing @ a BIG WATCH event / 7 April 2026
REVOLUTION @ Hopkinton, NH π “Origin Stories”
Drawing @ a BIG WATCH event / 31 March 2026
Freeman Colby Vol. 4 Poster+Page Gallery
Sample poster art & sources from SUMMER 1864 …
Painting at Bull Run π£π¨ (21 July, 1861)
An artist aims to paint a patriotic masterpiece… (Drawn w/ my 7th grade Civil War comics students!)
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 4 (1864) π
JUNE-JULY, 1864: Freeman Colby rejoins his regiment for one last march on Richmond, but there’s no end in sight to the wider struggleβ¦
NH State COMICStitution πβοΈ 1776 Preamble
“WE, the members of the CONGRESS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE…” ~ Drawn from the world’s first modern constitution!
“THE CONGRESS SHALL…” π Quick Reference Guide to Article 1 Powers
US Constitution/Art.1/Sec.8. For use as a poster AND/OR pocket reference guide!
CONSTITUTION COMICS #1: “New, Strange & Terrible Doctrines” π (w/ Prof. Updike-Schulzke)
“For the People [are] the Source of all Authority…” ~ John Adams!
INTRODUCING Revolution Sketchbook
Join us for this year-long statewide project! Drawing as many places & stories as possible… π¬
1776 CRIMES OF THE KING
Drawn from the “List of Grievances” in the US Declaration of Independence…
NATIONAL & STATE CONSTITUTIONS: What’s the Difference? π (w/ Prof. Williams)
“50% of Americans don’t even realize they have a STATE constitution!”
Ona Judge β΅(Portsmouth, 1796)
A young woman dodges the president’s slave-catchers…
INKING: Battle of the Crater π₯ (30 July 1864)
Inking a 2-page spread from Freeman Colby Vol. 4…
The Bill of Rights π Quick Reference Guide
A super-quick overview of Amendments #1-10 to the US Constitution… For use as a poster AND/OR a pocket reference guide!
Know Your FIRST AMENDMENT Rights π The Mini-Comic
A little legal mashup mini to keep in your pocket out there…
Thomas Sims βοΈ (Boston, 1851)
US Law in chains…
Anthony Burns βοΈ (Boston, 1854)
A President sends federal troops into a Northern city to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law…
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