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      popup_caption[1] ="The Many Faces of Jacob Leisler!";
      popup_text[1] =
                  "The enigma of Jacob Leisler is captured in this early "+
		  "twentieth-century German portrait. A savior to his followers, "+
		  "a madman to his enemies, but "+
//                "In fact, this woodcut comes from a twentieth century "+
//      		"book about Leisler, more than two centuries "+
//		"after his death. His real appearence remains a mystery. "+
//      		"But if Leisler lacks a face of his own, he nonetheless has "+
//      		"many that were given to him, like this one. 
		"who exactly was Leisler? "+
		"Why was he executed and why was he vindicated? And why did he attract "+
		"so many colorful portraits? ";  
 
      popup_caption[2] ="Jacob Leisler (1640-1691)";
      popup_text[2] =
                "Best known as a leader of a 1689 New York rebellion which came "+
		"to bear his name, Jacob Leisler was one of the most prominent "+
		"merchants, largest landholders, and foremost exponents of Reformed "+
		"religious orthodoxy and Orangist political ideology in late "+
		"seventeenth-century New York....";
//		 Leisler was intimately bound to the "+
//		"social, economic, and political development ofNew York from 1659, "+
//		"when he was employed as a nineteen-year-old in the "+
//		"Dutch West India Company's Amsterdam office, until his execution for "+
//		"treason in New York City in May 1691...."; 
 

      popup_caption[4] ="The Virtual Archive";
      popup_text[4] =
		"Human life has a particular affinity with the narrative form. And yet "+
		"this form has its limitations, which artists often exploited (Citizen Kane "+
		"comes to mind). Can a life be apprehended through a database? Can a life "+
		"be, not only told, but also queried? If, as has been said, 'all history "+
		"is history of the present', will the database be the historical form "+
		"of the internet age? ....";

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