Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Convention of Delegates, July 1776, Decli...
Declines Reappointment
In the House of representatives, June 26, 1776. Whereas repeated appli...
Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 Collectio... More
To the Right Honorable Richard, Lord Viscount Howe, of the Kingdom of ...
Not in Evans.; On verso: Gift of Mr. B. Jones of Boston, Rec'd Jan 24, 1933. (Rec'd from Ac. Div., Jan. 31, 1933) Ac. 4555. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile ... More
In the House of representatives, February 13, 1776. Whereas it appears...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Stamped on verso: 504. 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 Eph... More
United States Lottery. No. [blank] class the first : This ticket entil...
Imprint supplied by Evans; date is Nov. 18, 1776. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 6, p. 1126. Evans 15194 Journals of the Continental Congress, 132 LC copy is no. 5m974 and signed: Da. Jackson. Pri... More
Extract form the resolves of the General Court of the State of Massach...
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 39, Folder 18b.
Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...
Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army
George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, November 11, 1776, British Troop Mov...
British Troop Movements in New York
A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full and exact descri...
Scale ca. 1:275,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Shows ship channels. Includes list of subscribers and "Tide table." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More
A plan of the attack of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, and of t...
Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive index. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1159 Available also through the Library of ... More
Virginia Delegates in Continental Congress to Virginia Convention, Apr...
Appointment of Surgeons; Canadian Campaign; Notation on Coin Production
The American Crisis. by the author of Common Sense [Thomas Paine] "The...
Written in Dec. 1776. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412 DB This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. Rev.; Broadsides [1776]; BI WORKS; RBD; Shelf.
George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, October 28, 1776, Memorandum Grantin...
Memorandum Granting Permission for Jefferson's to Use Wythe's House in Williamsburg, Virginia
Continental Congress, July 1776, Suggestions on Tenure of Delegates
Suggestions on Tenure of Delegates
[Plan of the country at and in the vicinity of Forts Lee and Independe...
Scale ca. 1:160,000. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows British and Hessian troop positions in eastern Bergen County, New Je... More
Tabula geographica generalis Imperii Russici ad normam novissimarum ob...
Also shows parts of the Aleutian Islands and Eastern Europe. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Coast of New England from Cape Elizabeth, Me. to Newburyport, Mass.
Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC copy imperfect: Western half missing; deteriorated along left and right edges. Shows Maine coast from Cape Elizabeth to York River. Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More
Petard, a brass pot fixed upon a strong square plank, which has an iro...
Print shows a bomb-like device used to blow apart doors or gates. Title from item. Caption continues: This pot is filled with powder; which, when fixed, breaks every thing about it; and thereby makes an opening... More
A map of Connecticut and Rhode Island with Long Island Sound, &c.
Shows Fairfield, New Haven, and New London counties in Connecticut, towns, roads, rivers, and place names in Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Long Island. Includes copper mine near Simsbury, Conn. Also sho... More
[A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity. nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:50,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 951 LC copy imperfect: De... More
[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt.
Scale ca. 1:700,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. In pencil: Montresor, 1776. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows river course from New... More
Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, rema...
Title page from published response to Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages,...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Second impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 49 Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de l... More
One sixth of a dollar
Verso of bill showing emblem of thirteen states linked as a circle. Center of circle has the text "American Congress, We Are One"
A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines, batteri...
Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps and Charts, 1750-1789, 930 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More
Foulke, July 24, 1776, Testimony on British and American Sympathies of...
Testimony on British and American Sympathies of Various Soldiers; Hughes, et al
A card. Cassius presents his compliments to the freeholders and freeme...
Evans 14674.; On verso: S; Jan 18, 1776. 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 109, Folder 4b.
To the freemen and freeholders of New York. Gentlemen. As the time of ...
Evans 15105.; On verso: S; Jan 18, 1776. 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 109, Folder 4a.
To [blank] Sir, You are hereby impowered immediately to inlist a compa...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Stamped on verso: 504. 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 Eph... More
In Provincial Congress, New-York, May 31, 1776. Whereas the present go...
Evans 14934.; 3035 Cl.; 5 Jy 44.; Rec. 9-2-44.; On verso: Evans 14934; 3035CI 5 Jy 44. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. P... More
A vaudevil, sung by the characters at the conclusion of a new farce ca...
Positive Photostat.; Verse.; Boston Blockade. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collect... More
In the House of representatives, Feb. 14, 1776. Whereas many constable...
Copies 2 and 3 are positive photostats.; Copy 1 formerly numbered as Portfolio 39, Folder 1ha. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 39, Folder 1ha. Available also through the Library of Congress web sit... More
The provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, an...
Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions. From Thomas Jeffery's American atlas. 1778. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New Yo... More
Plan of the works opposite Hell-Gate.
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1153 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
The Attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold by t...
Scale ca. 1:70,000. Manuscript, pen and ink. Relief shown by hachures. Date in title changed to "11th" of "Octr." Annotation added to title: From a sketch taken by an officer on the spot. Engraved by Wm. Faden,... More
Plan of the attack the rebels on Long Island, by an officer of the Arm...
Scale ca. 1:125,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Annotated showing additional names in a different hand. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1147 Available al... More
Georges Louis le Rouge - Philadelphie, Historic map, Library of Congre...
Scale ca. 1:10,600. Oriented with north toward the right. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1313 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vau... More
The coast of New England. nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:520,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 822 Available also through the Library of Congress W... More
Map of the maritime parts of Virginia exhibiting the seat of war and o...
Scale ca. 1:700,000. Hand colored. "For the Pennsa. Mag. p. 184." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1442 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Fort on Dorc̃ester Point.
Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by... More
[Coast of Maine showing Blue Hill Bay, Penobscot Bay, Belfast Bay, Isl...
Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges and deterioration along fold. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 859 Available also through the Lib... More
Oh heigh oh--Or a view of the back settlements
Rear view of woman with large, elaborate hairstyle. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Hair, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Sarat... More
George Washington, Esq'r. - general and commander in chief of the Cont...
Print shows George Washington, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, gesturing with right hand toward battle in background. Title from item. Formerly filed under: PGA ... More
A Plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, the key of Charlestown, in South...
Scale ca. 1:20,700. Hand colored. Oriented with north to the right. British squadron represented pictorially. In lower margin: The following description of the attack of Fort Sulivan, was received in a letter f... More
Plan of Princeton, Dec. 31, 1776.
Scale not given. Title on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1271 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Reconnaissance map showing "Gen Les... More
A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America.
General street map showing selected letter-keyed buildings in built-up area and field lines with generalized land use in rural areas. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows "Road to Kings Bridge where the Rebels ... More
Plan of the city and environs of Quebec, with its siege and blockade b...
Scale ca. 1:6,900. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes historic notes and index to important buildings and military defenses. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 611 Avai... More
Carte des possessions des colonies Anglaises dans le continent de l'Am...
Scale ca. 1:3,800,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Suplement pour les possessions des colonies Anglaises au sud de la Louisiane. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More
Carte générale du Canada, de la Louisiane, de la Floride, de la Caroli...
Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "N.B. Les traits rouges marquent la subdivision de cette carte générale représentée plus au large dans les trois suivantes." Includes inset of the ... More
The following was written with and expectation that I should have the ...
Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 Collectio... More
Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, 1776. We the subscribers, do each of us s...
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 347, Folder 12.
In the House of representatives, April 19, 1776. Whereas sundry person...
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 39, Folder 13. Copy scanned: 1
The attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold, by ...
Scale ca. 1:70,000. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "An account of the expedition of the British fleet on Lake Champlain, under the command of Captain Thomas Pringle, and of the defeat of the rebel fleet, co... More
A perspective view of the salt works in Salisbury, New England
Print shows view of a salt works on the Merrimack River, near Newburyport, Massachusetts, with large meadow in the foreground. Title from item. Engrav'd for the Penna. Magazine. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Maga... More
The coast of West F[lorid]a and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of F...
Scale ca. 1:1,390,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." "DG.4." LC copy mounte... More
Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet, British C...
Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - A... More
A plan of Boston, and its environs, shewing the true situation of His ...
Relief shown by hachures. Includes "References" to points of military and general interest. Oriented with north toward the upper right. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 932 Available also through the Librar... More
At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the Colony of Con...
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 3, Folder 41a.
In Committee chamber, Worcester. Nov. 18, 1776. As expedients are no l...
Positive Photostat.; 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; Portfolio 39, Folder 22.
To the inhabitants of the City and County of New-York. My dear country...
Imprint 2.; Political campaign.; On verso: S; Apr 15, 1776. 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
New York, October, 18, 1776. To the public. Considerations on the pres...
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; Portfolio 109, Folder 26.
State of the Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, Decem...
Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 Collectio... More
Fresh news from Boston. Copy a letter from a person of distinction at ...
Evans 14763.; On verso: 1776; Mar. 21; Ny Broadside. 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
Committee-Chamber. New York, April 13, 1776 The following persons of t...
Imprint 3.; Political campaign.; On verso: S; Apr 13, 1776. 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
We whose names are under-written, do hereby severally inlist ourselves...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Ford.; Not in Evans.; Stamped on verso: 595. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera... More
By His excellency, George Washington, Esq; Captain-General and Command...
Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 504. 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 Collectio... More
Thomas Jefferson, October 1776, Notes on Shaftesbury; Virginia Laws an...
Notes on Shaftesbury; Virginia Laws and Statutes Covering the Church of England
Yodaime ichikawa danzō
Print shows Ichikawa Danzō I, a kabuki actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding a sword over right shoulder, possibly in the role of a samurai or as Shoki the demon queller.
Broadside of Revolutionary War period: [Enlistment authoriz. Watertown...
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rare Bk. Div.; Shelf.
A map of the middle British colonies in North America. First published...
Scale ca. 1:2,350,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, list of townships, distance charts, and inset "A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R. &c... More
Thomas Jefferson, June 1776, Draft Fragment of Declaration of Independ...
Draft Fragment of Declaration of Independence
[Illus. of 3 constellations: "Le Bouvier" (Bootes - the Ploughman), "L...
Illus. in: Atlas Celeste, Paris, 1776. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dogs; Agriculture; Astornomy; RBD; Shelf.
Plan of the island of Tobago, laid down by actual survey under the dir...
Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Cadastral map. "To William Hewitt ... for adjusting & settling the differences & disputes which have arisen or may arise with respect to ... More
Sketch of the engagement at Trenton, given on the 26th of December 177...
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1267 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... More
Edmund Pendleton to Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress, Ju...
Private Addenda to Letter of Same Date; Pennsylvania-Virginia Boundary Dispute; Indian Lands
The blessed effects of venality, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a man, possibly George III, chopping a leg "Commons" of a three-legged stool, "Lords" and "Privy Council" being the other two legs, which may represent the Parliament and its openness to corruption,... More
Sandaime segawa kikunojō, Shunk Katsukawa
Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More
Nakamura kumesaburō, Shunsh Katsukawa
Print shows the actor Nakamura Kumesaburō, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a woman walking near a stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More
Seta no sekishō, Shunsh Katsukawa
Print shows bird's-eye view of bridge spanning inlet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ōmi hakkei : Eight views of Ō... More
Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the followin...
Title page from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Title from item. Caption continues: I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hered... More
[Rough draught of Boston and harbour.
Scale ca. 1:18,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Shows location of troops a... More
A tracing relating to Fort Washington or Knyphausen.
Scale ca. 1:9,300. Alternate title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection: The northern part of the island of New York. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title and constructio... More
A plan of the Narrows of Hells-gate in the East River, near which batt...
Scale ca. 1:2,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. In upper margin: no. 6. Includes "References." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1154 Available also throug... More
[Coast of Maine from Mosquito Head to Spurwink River.
Scale ca. 1:125,000. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 852 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
[Country between North River and Croton River.
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. French. Mounted portion on right side wanting. ... More
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke no soga no gorō, Shunsh Katsukawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Same print as 2355. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsw... More