1770

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Full page of text and illustration for the maxim. Illus. in: Thomas Dilworth's A New Guide to the English Tongue (Phila., 1770). Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from... More

Yabase no kihan

Print shows three women in a small sailboat.

Satsuki ame, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women walking beneath an umbrella and a young woman about to open an umbrella as it has started to rain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Capt. Paul Jones's victory. [177-?].

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 40, Folder 39.

To the independent freeholders and freemen, of this City and County. I...

Imprint 2.; Title.; On verso: S; June 4, 1770. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1... More

[Powder horn with hand-drawn map of the Hudson River (above Albany), M...

Untitled pictorial depiction of rivers and fortifications on conical powder horn. Present title devised by cataloguer. Manuscript: Black/brown inks on bovine horn, shellacked. Has pewter pouring spout attached ... More

The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Title from item. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other woun... More

[Boston Harbour, with the surroundings, &c. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Dept... More

Le General Arnold un des chefs de l'armée Anglo-Americaine.

Benedict Arnold, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing uniform; in oval with ornate border.

Summer and winter habitations in Kamtschatka / Webber del. ; J. Goldar...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

A Boxing match in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Carta plana que contiene el Estrecho de Sonda con una parte de la Ysla...

New York. May 17, 1770. Advertisement. The subscribers to the non-impo...

Positive Photostat.; Advertisement. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 104, Folder 11.

Thursday, September 20, 1770. At this juncture, when measures are purs...

A notice of the Patriot party.; Imprint 2.; Not in Hildeburn.; Patriot party. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Eph... More

William Jackson, an importer; at the Brazen Head, North side of the To...

Positive Photostat.; Jackson, William.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfo... More

To the sons of liberty in this City. Gentlemen. It's well known, that ...

On verso, Copy 1: S; Feb 3, 1770; N.Y.H.S.; On recto, Copy 2: 1770, Feb 3; 15. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 104, Folder 8a. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms... More

Plano de la Bahía de Compcessión de Chile situado en los 36 gs. 40 ms....

Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Oriented with north to the left. Watermark: Fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic Worl... More

[Engraving from Diderot, Encyclopédie, v. 1, pl. 9, Agriculture]

Illus. in: Diderot, Encyclopédie, v. 1, pl. 9. Illus. in: Diderot. Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, v. 1, pl. 9. Livourne, 1770-1775. Reference copy may be in LOT 4... More

[New York Island and East Jersey. Unfinished.

Scale ca. 1:17,000. Title from manuscript catalog of the Peter Force map collection. Variant title in Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Topography of upper part of Manhattan Island from about 85th... More

Plano que contiene la Bahía de Tabla con la ciudad del Cabo /

Shows coastal area of the Cape of Good Hope region. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. M... More

A draught of Delaware Bay. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:127,000. Title on verso: Delaware River from Capt. Hamond. River Delaware, 226. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Depths shown by soundings. Shows s... More

Carta plana que contiene parte del Archipielago de las Philipinas y .....

Shows South China Sea between Philippines and Vietnam. Also shows routes of expeditions. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Black, red, and green inks. Mounted on cloth backing... More

Paul Revere - [Britannia frees the dove of peace]

Newspaper masthead illustration showing Britannia freeing the dove of peace. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, no. 769 (1770 January 1), title page. Published i... More

Plano de Valparayzo / Historic map, Library of Congress

Kubihiki, Shigemasa Kitao

Print shows two boys watching two boys seated with their feet pushing against the other's and with a long strip of cloth looped over their heads in a game of tug-of-war. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Canoes of Oonalashka / Webber del. ; Birrell sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land / Webber del. ; Cook ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late ...

Print shows William Beckford stands full-length, with his back to a wall of windows, treading on the male figure of tyranny bound with chains at his feet, with his right hand on the shoulder of Britannia in a c... More

The Auction; or modern conoisseurs, British Cartoon Print

Print depicts a group of fashionable ladies and gentleman attending an an auction. The two porters exhibit a picture turned upside down, but the audience does not notice. Title from item. Cartoon published in T... More

The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the Kings son in Tongataboo [i.e. ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.

The pleasures of the married state / W. Proud del. et sculp., British ...

Print shows a family gathering around a table, the husband, seated, is instructing a son who stands next to him with an open book, and the wife, seated opposite, holds an infant daughter, the children mimic the... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie shin-yoshiwara sōjimai no zu

Print shows many women gathering together, some still entertaining men, in a large open hall in the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Minazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a bench at a teahouse overlooking the Sumida River, the waitress standing before him holding a fan and teapot, is looking over her left shoulder. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Bunker's Hill on N. York Island

Drawing shows distant view of wooded landscape with a few buildings. Title from item. Inscriptions on front are difficult to decipher. Inscribed in ink on the back: Montresor. Possibly owned or drawn by John Mo... More

Soundings of the bar of Sandy Hook at low water & the marks made use o...

The fate of city Rem- - -ces, British Cartoon Print

"An engraving showing George III. seated at a table approached by his son, the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., who, taking off his plumed coronet, says to his father:---"Papa, I want some Paper to make ... More

Mrs. Newell silhouette, American

Bust portrait silhouette of woman identified as "Mrs. Newell", facing left. She wears a bonnet with ribbon at top and fastened beneath the chin. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top center: Mrs. Newell. (DL... More

Myra Newell silhouette, American

Bust portrait silhouette of a young girl identified as "Myra Newell", facing right. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top center: 7. Inscribed in ink at botom left: Myra Newell. (DLC/PP-1998:151.27, .28, .29... More

A few thoughts compose’d on the sudden & awful death of Mrs. Fessenden...

Positive Photostat.; Verse.; Not in Evans.; Not in Ford. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Por... More

Seven hints for all who will take them by a Church of England-man. [Ph...

Anti non-importation circular. Signed J. S.; Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collect... More

Two letters A circular letter, from the late Committee of this City in...

Imprint 2.; Non-importation.; Not in Hildeburn. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 14... More

A funeral elegy, on the Revd. And renowned George Whitefield, chaplain...

Positive Photostat.; Differs from another issue which has cut of coffin and skull and cross bones at head. Also differs in size.; Whitefield, George.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web s... More

Wide o'er the ocean while Britannia reigns / Bonnor, del. et sculp.

Print shows a Roman soldier guiding Britannia, with key in hand, to a temple, the crests of France and Spain lie on the ground before her, and at her side a cherub carries her shield and lance. Title from item.... More

The merchants, and all others, who are any ways concerned in, or conne...

Nakamura kanzaburō, Bunch Ippitsusai

Print shows the actor Nakamura Kanzaburō, full-length portrait, facing right, holding fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

Kannazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a veranda, reading, an incense urn next to him, and a woman standing at a door looking over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More

Plan of Fort Rosalia.

Oriented with North to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Falmouth Harbour. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:24,900. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. No. "7" attached to upper right corner. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along margins. Available also through the Library o... More

A new and accurate map of Virginia wherein most of the counties are la...

Scale ca. 1:400,000. Hand colored. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Williamsburg. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1440 Av... More

[A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope att...

Title from item. Possibly from series published by Carrington Bowles; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5232. Forms part of: Briti... More

A funeral elegy, on the Rev’d and renowned George Whitefield, Chaplain...

Positive Photostat.; Another issue lacks the cut of coffin and skull and cross bones; Verse.; Whitefield, George.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimil... More

The Tschuktschi, and their habitations / Webber, J. del. ; W. & J.(?) ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

The macarony shoe maker, British Cartoon Print

Woman seated with her leg on a stool, holding up her skirt, as a shoemaker kneels before her, about to adjust a very little shoe to her foot. She wears an enormous headdress and holds a book, The Whole Duty of ... More

New York. January 8, [1770]. All the real friends of liberty, and our ...

Imprint 2.; Election by ballot.; On verso: S; Jan 2, 1770. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; ... More

[Arms] The speech of the statute of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl ...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 104, Folder 14.

New-York, June 12, 1770. Advertisement. Whereas a number of persons, w...

Positive Photostat.; Advertisement. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 104, Folder 15.

A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, & settlements...

Scale ca. 1:500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1926 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Incl... More

Plano del Puerto de Mauricio, situado a la parte del no. de la Ysla de...

Shows vicinity of Port Louis. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cl... More

Ōgiya ureshino shūgetsu

Print shows two women in an embrace, standing next to opening in a brothel.

The hon. James Otis, jun. Esq.

Print shows James Otis, bust portrait, flanked by Hercules crushing a snake with his foot and Minerva holding a staff topped with a liberty cap. Title from item. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... B... More

Partie de la carte du Capitaine Cluny auteur d'un ouvrage anglois inti...

Scale ca. 1:50,000,000. "Suppl. carte 10." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Risshun, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a veranda, turned to look at a woman standing in a doorway. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Ichikawa danzō, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danzō, half-length portrait, facing right in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the... More

Portrait of Kaneena, a chief of the Sandwich Islands in the North Paci...

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.

Paul Revere - [The coffin of Patrick Carr]

Print shows section of newspaper column with illustration of the coffin bearing skull and crossbones and the initials of Patrick Carr, who died from wounds received during the Boston Massacre. Title devised by ... More

Copy Major John Thornton's platt.

Thomas Jefferson's copy of a 1718 survey by Francis Eppes of property at the junction of the Rivanna and Fluvanna Rivers. Gift; Janet Hall; Mar. 10 1995. Accompanied by manuscript letter and photo copy of verso... More

A line to the modern ladies: found among the writings of Joseph Hopkin...

[St. Eustatius, Leeward Islands].

Shows aerial view of the port of Sint Eustatius in the northern Leeward Islands of the West Indies including buildings, ships, and fortifications. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. Pen-and-ink and penc... More

The Body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death in Otaheite / Webbe...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Mitate rajōmon, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man departing, holding a closed umbrella over his right shoulder, looking back at a young woman standing on a veranda, leaning against a post. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Takema no uguisu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two young women on a country path gathering plants and listening to a warbler in bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Plat of Carrollsburg / Historic map, Library of Congress

Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers and some initials of proprietors. Alternate title in ink on verso: Plan of Carrollsburg that now forms a part of Washington City. Brown and red inks. Oriented with north... More

[Chart of Plymouth Bay. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Hand colored. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 960 Vault AACR2

Draught of the R. Ibbeville.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

A View of the habitations in Nootka Sound / Webber del. ; Birrell sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island.

Fontenelle / gravé sur acier par Hopwood.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, half-length portrait, facing front, in rectangular frame.

A Human sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] / Webber, J. de...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

To the public [acknowledgement of William Semple, Alexander Bartram, J...

Of the Waggoner and Hercules

Fable illustrating the maxim, "the Lord helps those who help themselves". Full page of text and illustration. Illus. in: Thomas Dilworth's A New Guide to the English Tongue (Phila., 1770). Reference copy may be... More

Thursday, September 27, 1770. Many respectable freeholders and inhabit...

Imprint 2.; Not in Hildebirn. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1... More

A card. Number 1. A member of the Church of England, and A Son of Libe...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 104, Folder 16.

Carta plana que contiene el Estrecho de Banca y el de biliton, nuebame...

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Pen-and-ink and green and red watercolors. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic Wo... More

View of Fort William

Topographical drawing shows Fort William on an island near Boston Neck in Massachusetts in 1770. The fort, Neck, lighthouse and a ship sailing out of the harbor are all identified. Published in: The American Re... More

[Xinxi Ying yu tu]

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title supplied. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the fortress and existing military deployment of Xinxi ying in Xinping County, Yunnan Province. Hum... More

Tho. Dilworth, schoolmaster, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head and shoulders, facing right; writing. Illus. in: Dilworth, A New Guide to the English Tongue, Phila., 1770. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. Title from item. "Bradford's edition" above portrait. This r... More

The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar, sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

[Map showing Caribbean area including West Indies and Gulf of Mexico.

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1696 LC Nautical charts on vellum ; 33 Manuscript, pen-and-ink, green watercolor, and pencil, on vellum. A narrow elongation, 19 x 3 cm., extending fr... More

Draught of an intrenched camp proposed to be erected near Elisabeth To...

Scale not given. Title on verso: Fortified camp at Elizh. Town, Jersey ... Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1290 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Tomizawa hanzaburō, Bunch Ippitsusai

Print shows the actor Tomizawa Hanzaburō, half-length portrait framed by a fan, in the role of a female servant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Vuë de la place capitale a Quebeck. Prospect des haupt plazes der unte...

Print shows street view with soldiers marching, and pedestrians in Québec; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. Title from item (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed i... More

... A riddle. There has appeared in this City, a tall man, well made, ...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 143, Folder 12.

The character and death of the late Rev. George Whitefield ... [Portsm...

Not in Evans.; Imprint 3.; Whitefield, George. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 87,... More

To the inhabitants of the City and County of Philadelphia. Gentlemen. ...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 143, Folder 14.

Robt. [Robert] Newell silhouette, American

Bust portrait silhouette of a young boy identified as "Robt. Newell", facing right. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top center: 5 Robt. Newell. Inscribed in ink at botom left: Rob' N. (DLC/PP-1998:151.27, ... More

A Man of Mangea and a woman of Eaoo / Webber del. ; Cook sculp.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Sanada no yoichi to matano no gorō, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows two warriors fighting at night, with Sanata no Yoichi on top of Matana no Gorō, about to strike him with his sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Takasago

Print shows two travelers standing beneath a pine tree at the seashore at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Chu... More

The courtiers assembled, on hearing the news of the death of the Rt. H...

Print shows a group of ministers seated around a table commenting on the news of William Beckford's death. Depicted are Jeremiah Dyson, John Montagu Sandwich, William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augu... More

Dai nijūichi zu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman using a long (opium?) pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More