Philadelphia, August 22, 1777 : By an express arrived last evening fro...
Signed: Published by order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Includes a letter from General Benjamin Lincoln and a copy of instructions from Lieut. General John Burgoyne to Lieut. Colonel Bern. Evans 15686 ... More
In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army ...
Forty-five numbered resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department, dated June 10, 11 and 16, 1777. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Signed: Extracts from t... More
Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, April 18, 1777, Letter of Intro...
Letter of Introduction for Strother Jones
A view of Louisbourg from the north east
Print shows a distant view of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record... More
A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world / Mathina [or Matt...
"A lady sits, in profile to the right, at a dressing-table; she is dipping a brush into a pot marked Rouge, other toilet implements and a looking-glass are on the table..." (Source: George) This record contains... More
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages ...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Dual impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. Formerly in collection of the French geographer Henri Vignaud. LC Maps of North Americ... More
Carte des possessions angloises dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, pour s...
Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset of Isles Lucayes, Cuba, la Jamaique, Saint Dominigue. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vau... More
Port Royal in South Carolina : taken from surveys deposited at the Pla...
Scale ca. 1:63,360. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "VII." "45." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1534 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Derrotero hecho por Antonia Vélez y Escalante, misionero para mejor co...
Covers sections of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Thomas Jefferson, February 1777, Draft of Subscription to Support a Cl...
Draft of Subscription to Support a Clerk to Assist Charles Clay as Minister in Charlottesville, Virginia
State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, March 15,...
Imprint 3. 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 10.
Hartford, August 21, 1777 The following is a narrative of part of the ...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evan.; Imprint 2. 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 44.
[The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting...
Scale ca. 1:32,400. Title from the author's The course of Delaware River ... 1778. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Shows soundings, disposition of ships, etc. Names "Fort Mifflin" and "F... More
A plan of the Forts Montgomery & Clinton as taken by His Majesty's for...
Scale ca. 1:18,000 (not ca. 1:6,000 as depicted by bar scale). Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Pictorial map. Includes index entitled "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1189 Available... More
Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge, with the proposed redouts coulou...
Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows proposed British redoubts, "rebel redout," and "Fort Indepe... More
Progress of the army from their landing till taking possession of Phil...
Scale ca. 1:350,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows camps and battles between Elkton, Md., Valley Forge, and Philadelphia. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... More
Battle of Brandywine, 11th Septr. 1777, in which the rebels were defea...
Scale ca. 1:14,000. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Includes "References." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1334 Available also through the Library of Congr... More
[Map of defenses of New York Island from Fort Washington to Fort Indep...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
British camp at Trudruffrin from [sic] with the attack made by Major G...
Scale ca. 1:31,680. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Title annotated in pencil to read: British camp at Trudruffrin from the date with the attack made by Major General Grey agai... More
Good news from the Northern army. Boston, October 13th, 1777. This mor...
1614B2 Dec 6 42.; Rec. R. B. 1-15-43.; On verso: 01998.112C. 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
Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, August 25, 1777, Troop and Flee...
Troop and Fleet Movements in New York and Canada; Relations with Europe
Massachusetts and New York General Assembly, February 1777, Correspond...
Correspondence on Limiting the Prices of Commodities
October 31, 1777, Dunmore, Beckford Parish, for act to empower vestrie...
Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Great news from New York [Cut]. Salem, January 6, 1777. At half past o...
Photograph.; Washington, George. Crossing the Delaware. 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
[Zehn Karten und Ansichten den Schlachtfelden des amerikanischen Unabh...
Relief shown by hachures on some maps and by landform drawings on some views. Individual map/view titles in German; statements of attribution in Latin. Statements of attribution differ: Ioh. Martin Will excudit... More
Virginia General Assembly, 1777, Memorandum Comparing American and Bri...
Memorandum Comparing American and British Legislatures
John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, October 25, 1777, John Burgoyne's Sur...
John Burgoyne's Surrender of British Army to Horatio Gates; Troop and Fleet Movements
John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, October 25, 1777, John Burgoyne's Sur...
John Burgoyne's Surrender of British Army to Horatio Gates; Troop and Fleet Movements
An act for the service of the United States. Whereas it is represented...
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 28, Folder 13.
The North-American pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryl...
At head of title: Part the second. 1795 ed. published under title: A new edition, much enlarged, of the second part of the North American pilot for New England ... LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1702 Avai... More
December 10, 1777, Cumberland, Littleton Parish, for advice regarding ...
Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
In Congress. The delegates of the United States of New-Hampshire, Mass...
Signed: Dated at [blank] By order of the Congress, [blank] president. Attest [blank]. LC copy signed in ms. by Henry Laurens, president, and attested by Charles Thomson, secretary. Also available in digital for... More
Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, May 20, 1777, False Rumors of P...
False Rumors of Plague in Continental Army
John Goodrich, Sr. to Virginia Colony, August 10, 1777, Bill for Expen...
Bill for Expenses; Gun Powder Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Thomas Jefferson, September 1777, Two Drafts of Resolution on the Appo...
Two Drafts of Resolution on the Appointment and Resignation of John Sullivan as Continental Army General
Thomas Jefferson, September 1777, Two Drafts of Resolution on the Appo...
Two Drafts of Resolution on the Appointment and Resignation of John Sullivan as Continental Army General
Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of Ne...
Signatures: [A]² B-D²; horizontal chain lines. Followed by the letter of transmittal to the states: In Congress, November 17, 1777; recommendations to the legislatures relating to taxes etc.: In Congress, Novem... More
Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of Ne...
Signatures: [A]² B-D²; horizontal chain lines. Followed by the letter of transmittal to the states: In Congress, November 17, 1777; recommendations to the legislatures relating to taxes etc.: In Congress, Novem... More
In Congress, April 14, 1777 : Whereas the state of Pennsylvania is thr...
Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary. Place and date of publication from Evans. Followed by: In Congress, April 15 : The committee appointed by Congress on the 14th day of April, to conf... More
Continental Congress, October 14, 1777, Lawful Prize
Lawful Prize Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
A map of the Province of New York, with part of Pensilvania, and New E...
Scale ca. 1:320,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows administrative divisions. Inscribed: To the Right Honourable Sir Jeffery Amherst ... by his most obliged humble servant, John Montrésor, engi... More
State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, February ...
Imprint 3. 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 8.
John Goodrich, Sr. to Thomas Jefferson, January 20, 1777, Complaints a...
Complaints about Poor Conditions During Imprisonment
George Montgomery, Esq'r. major general of the American armies - kill'...
Print shows Richard Montgomery, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, leaning against hillside and holding sword in right hand. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Com... More
State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives. February ...
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
Chi mi vela é in periglio e chi mi svel / C. Coltellini pinx. ; Gio. L...
Print shows title page illustration, an allegorical scene with naked female figure reclining in pastoral setting with two cherubs, admiring herself in a mirror. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le ... More
A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere showing the tracks of some of the m...
Circular map, with "tables containing latitudes and longitudes of islands recently discovered in the South Pacific". Illus. in: James Cook, A voyage towards the South Pole..., London, 1777, v. 1. No ref. copy. ... More
State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, September...
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 40, Folder 3f.
State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, January 2...
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. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 40, Folder 3a.
State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council. January 9, 1777. Whereas by a ...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Ford.; 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 4... More
In Convention of the representatives of the state of New York, at King...
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 32.
Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops...
Scale ca. 1:113,000. Hand colored. LC copy trimmed to border. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. Includes tables... More
Les marches du corps du Lord Cornwallis de Billinsport jusqu'a Philade...
Scale ca. 1:53,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink on tracing paper. Relief shown by hachures. Camps are dated Nov. 18 at Billinsport to Nov. 25 at Gloucester. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1277 Available also ... More
A plan of the town of Newport in Rhode Island.
Scale ca. 1:6,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the left. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1013 Available also through the Library of Congre... More
A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New...
Scale ca. 1:50,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and form lines. Inscribed "To the Right Honourable Hugh Earl Percy ... with His Lordship's permission ... by ... Wm. Faden." Includes text... More
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages,...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Sixth impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 52 Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de la... More
A map of the bay of Narraganset with the islands therein and part of t...
Scale ca. 1:63,360. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "References" to the fortifications and defenses of the region. LC Maps of North America,... More
A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the seve...
Scale 1:14,400; 400 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Annotated: John Montresor, chief engineer. Map sections individually titled: Fort Mifflin on Great Mud Island... More
A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...
Scale ca. 1:460,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferron. Relief shown pictorially. Includes note "Camp of the colonists 1776," across the Hudson River from Kings Bridge and insets "Ichnographia por... More
[Lake Champlain and Lake George, and the country between the Hudson an...
Scale ca. 1:640,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Imperfect: Right upper corner i... More
John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, October 18, 1777, Political and Milit...
Political and Military Matters; Enclosures Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, October 18, 1777, Political and Milit...
Political and Military Matters; Enclosures Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, chart...
Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, chart...
Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old city plan, fortifications, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
In Congress. November 1, 1777. Forasmuch as it is the indispensible du...
Imprint 3.; Thanksgiving 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 40, Folder 14.
Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, April 29, 1777, Political and M...
Political and Military Matters; Bribes; Recruitment
In Congress. May 12, 1777 : Resolved, that all post-masters, post-ride...
Signed: Extract from the minutes. Cha. Thomson, secry. Imprint supplied from Evans. Evans 15669 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
State of Massachusetts-Bay The Honorable Henry Gardner, Esq; Treasurer...
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 9a.
Andrew McCan to Nicholas Lewis, August 18, 1777, Imprisonment and Esca...
Imprisonment and Escape Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
In Congress, April 1, 1777 : For the better regulating the pay of the ...
Signed: Extract from the minutes. Published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary. Includes also resolutions dated April 2, 9, and 10. Evans 15658 Journals of the Continental Congress, 157 Also avail... More
[Zehn Karten und Ansichten den Schlachtfelden des amerikanischen Unabh...
Relief shown by hachures on some maps and by landform drawings on some views. Individual map/view titles in German; statements of attribution in Latin. Statements of attribution differ: Ioh. Martin Will excudit... More
[Zehn Karten und Ansichten den Schlachtfelden des amerikanischen Unabh...
Relief shown by hachures on some maps and by landform drawings on some views. Individual map/view titles in German; statements of attribution in Latin. Statements of attribution differ: Ioh. Martin Will excudit... More
To the inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts-Bay. Friends and fell...
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 14a.
James Madison to James Madison, Sr., March, 1777.
Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.
In Congress, April 29, 1777 : Resolved, that it be recommended to the ...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
December 5, 1777, Caroline, Favors assessment for support of religion.
Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The North-American pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryl...
At head of title: Part the second. 1795 ed. published under title: A new edition, much enlarged, of the second part of the North American pilot for New England ... LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1702 Avai... More
Virginia Militia, April 1777, Roll of Captains and Their Troops
Roll of Captains and Their Troops
Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, May 20, 1777, False Rumors of P...
False Rumors of Plague in Continental Army
Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of Ne...
Signatures: [A]² B-D²; horizontal chain lines. Followed by the letter of transmittal to the states: In Congress, November 17, 1777; recommendations to the legislatures relating to taxes etc.: In Congress, Novem... More
Forty dollars reward. Baltimore County, October 5, 1777. Ran way last ...
Reward.; Imprint 3. 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 28, Folder 12.
An act for raising volunteers to join the Grand Army, [Williamsburg: P...
Evans 15691.; Imprint 3. 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 25.
John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, December 29, 1777, Clothing and Suppl...
Clothing and Supplies for Continental Army; Relations with France; Avarice
John Goodrich, Sr. to Thomas Jefferson, January 20, 1777, Complaints a...
Complaints about Poor Conditions During Imprisonment