1776

James Madison, June 7, 1776. John C. Payne's copy of Thomas Jefferson ...

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Seconde suite d’estampes, pour servir a` l’histoire des modes, et du c...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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Sir, Please to deliver for the [blank] armed vessel under my command, ...

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Sandaime sawamura sojūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Thomas Jefferson, June 1776, Drafts and Notes on the Virginia Constitu...

Drafts and Notes on the Virginia Constitution; Plans for Two Houses

Thomas Jefferson, June 1776, Drafts and Notes on the Virginia Constitu...

Drafts and Notes on the Virginia Constitution; Plans for Two Houses

North-Carolina, St. By His Excellency Josiah Martin, His Majesty's Cap...

Imprint 3.; Proclamation. 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 135, Folder 2.

A general map of the southern British colonies in America, comprehendi...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "The seat of war, in the southern British colonies, comprehending North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, &ca." Hand colored. Insets: Plan of C... More

Thomas Jefferson, June 1776, Rough Draft of the Declaration of Indepen...

Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence

United States Lottery. No. [blank] class the fourth : The bearer of th...

Not in Evans; imprint based on Evans 15194. LC copy is no. 22m802 and signed by J. Bullock. Five asterisks printed at lower left corner. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

United States Lottery. No. [blank] class the second : This ticket enti...

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A survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point, and St...

Scale ca. 1:400,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows naval actions at Valcour Island and Buttonmold Bay in Oct. 1776. From the publishers' The American military pocket atlas. [1776] Includes index... 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. Engrav'd for the Penna. Magazine. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Magazine: or America... 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

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

Continental Congress, July-August 1776, Printed Proposals for Articles...

Printed Proposals for Articles of Confederation

October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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Miss Carolina Sulivan - one of the obstinate daughters of America, 177...

Cartoon shows Sullivan's Island, portrayed as a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman who looks like William Pitt, right profile, with large hairdo meant to conceal fortifications, cannons, and several battle ... More

Day book for Isaac Shelby's company station, Beaver Creek, Southwest V...

The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.

Print shows Joseph Warren on bended knee, right hand over chest, left hand on rifle for support, after being mortally wounded during the battle of Bunker Hill, three soldiers stand nearby. Illus. in: The battl... More

Plano de la Ya. y Pto. de Sta. Cathala. en la costa del Brasil sitdo. ...

Also shows naval battle information in red ink. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the right. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Mounted on cloth bac... More

Gabion, a cylinder basket, open at both ends, about three feet wide, a...

Print shows a gabion. Caption continues: They serve in sieges to carry on the approaches under cover, when they come pretty near the fortification. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictio... More

This map of the province of Nova-Scotia and parts adjacent.

Scale ca. 1:3,750,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, and the St. Laurence River Valley between 1755 and 1757. Inscribed to "His Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia ... " LC... More

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America. Containing V...

Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "The seat of war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca." Inset: A sketch of the upper parts of ... More

Joseph Thayendaneken the Mohawk chief, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), half-length portrait, facing right; in oval. Caption continues: From an original drawing in the possession of James Boswell, Esqr. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1776... More

[Coast of Maine from Salter Island to Portland Head. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:48,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 856 Available also through the Library of Co... More

[Coast of Maine showing entrances of Blue Hill Bay, Isle of Haut Bay, ...

Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along the bottom right edges... More

Yodaime iwai hanshirō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing, portraying a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format:... More

Volume 2: Weather Record, 1776-1818

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October 22, 1776, Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, Dissenters, for reli...

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Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique angloise contenant tout ce que les Angloi...

Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Tobias Conrad Lotter's Atlas géographique. 1778. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Two copies. ... More

Seconde suite d’estampes, pour servir a` l’histoire des modes, et du c...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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Concerto di cembalo - Public domain music sheet scan

del sig. cav. Amadeo Wolfg. Mozart. (statement of responsibility) Holograph, in ink. Title from caption. At head of title: No. 8. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress... More

News from America, or the Patriots in the dumps, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Lord North standing on a platform holding letter announcing successful campaign by British troops in America. A distraught woman "America" holding a liberty cap, sits at the base of the platform; ... More

Colonel Arnold - who commanded the provincial troops sent against Queb...

Benedict Arnold, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, gesturing with right hand, wearing military uniform; view of Quebec, Canada in the background. [Page or plate] 89. Reference copy in LOT ... More

Philadelphia, May 6th, 1776. Just printed, published and now selling b...

Daimonjiya uchi tagasode, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women, courtesans, with two young attendants, wearing kimonos and geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: ve... More

I am a Patriot d- me Sir and I will be a Patriot ..., British Cartoon ...

Cartoon shows Charles James Fox, an English patriot, standing among a group that includes a small child, an old woman, a slave, and a shoeshiner. This cartoon is an apparent attack on the British Opposition to ... More

October 11, 1776, Prince Edward, For disestablishment.

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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United States Lottery. No. [blank] class the second : This ticket enti...

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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

In the House of representatives, January 16, 1776. The committee appoi...

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

Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the followin...

Title page from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Caption continues: I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession... More

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

In the House or representatives, November 1, 1776. Ordered, that the f...

Copy 2 formerly numbered as 39, Folder 20a.; Copy 1 is a Photostat, copy 2 is an original. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 39, Folder 20a. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in... More

Yodaime ichikawa danzō - Public domain portrait print

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.

[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.

Sandaime segawa kikunojō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

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

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

November 18, 1776, Loudoun, Spence Grayson, Rector of Cameron Parish, ...

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A general map of the middle British colonies, in America. Containing V...

Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "The seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca." From the author's The American mil... More

Four dollars. This bill entitles the bearer to receive four Spanish mi...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nat...

Joseph Brant, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. After a painting by George Romney. Proof before all letters; inscriptions written in ink; published 1779. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Cong... More

Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nat...

Joseph Brant, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. After a painting by George Romney. Proof before all letters; inscriptions written in ink; published 1779. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Cong... More

Cefalo e Procri : Cantata a tre voci /

In convention. June 12, 1776. A declaration of rights made by the repr...

Imprint 3. Page Order: Leaflet 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 178, Folder 22.

In Congress. December 30, 1776 : It appearing to Congress that it will...

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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

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

[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

October 22, 1776, Culpeper, German Lutheran Congregation, for exemptio...

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A topographical description of such parts of North America as are cont...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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October 16, 1776, Miscellaneous, "Ten-thousand name" petition by Disse...

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In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776 : Instructions to the commanders...

Signed: By order of Congress. John Hancock, president. Imprint from Evans. The third and fourth lines end: vessels, them. In other editions the third and fourth lines end: war, make; shall, vessels. Evans 15137... More

November 1, 1776, Albemarle, Amherst, Dissenters, for disestablishment...

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New York, Dec. 13, 1776. To the public. Considerations on the present ...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans.; On folder: M.C. # 09-82-038.69. 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

Silas Deane, 1776-78, Extracts from Cash Journal, Letterbook, and Dayb...

Extracts from Cash Journal, Letterbook, and Daybook

Day book for Isaac Shelby's company station, Beaver Creek, Southwest V...

Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston mit den umliegenden Gegenden ...

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Thomas Jefferson, 1776, Memorandum on Virginia Presbytery of Hanover's...

Memorandum on Virginia Presbytery of Hanover's Memorial on General Assessment

Ōtawaraya uchi wakamastsu, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Wakamatsu of Okawara-ya, a courtesan, full-length, walking, turned to the right, with several young apprentices walking with her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

[Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. nautical chart

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To His Excellency Sr. Henry Moore, Bart., captain general and governou...

Scale ca. 1:5,000. "Survey'd in 1767." Shows ward boundaries. Includes numbered index to buildings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1107 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

The Theatre of war in North America, with the roads, and tables, of th...

Scale ca. 1:7,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, "Evan's polymetric table of America," "Survey of the British colonies, by Thomas Templeman," and "A table of the population of the B... More

The seat of action, between the British and American forces; or, An au...

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Virginia. In convention. Present 112 members, Wednesday, May 15, 1776....

Negative Photostat.; Evans 15200. 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 178, Folder 20.

Kayoi komachi, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, possibly Fukakusa no Shosho, sleeping while leaning on the shaft of a horse-drawn wagon as Kayoi Komachi peers from behind a curtain on the wagon, which bears the traditional floral design as... More