Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
18th century map including the headwaters of the Big Cole River
This representation of 50,096 acres surveyed for Edward Dillon was entered in Montgomery County Deed Book E, page 158, in the spring of 1795. It includes the headwaters of the "Big Cole" River, as well as the h... More
November, 1786, Lancaster, Christ Church Parish inhabitants for reject...
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Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of ...
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Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of ...
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Sayrelands, Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, NY
Significance: It was probably built in the late 18th century by Captain Nathan Post, its center-hall plan, clapboard front facade with shake-covered sides and rear, and white oak framing characterize it as typi... More
High Street Market - Philadelphia
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June 3, 1777, Miscellaneous, Presbytery of Hanover, to exempt dissente...
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Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. ...
1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Tovar "Cannonball" house is one of a very limited of St. Augustine's remaining First Spanish Period houses. Although the exact date of construction... More
Ionia, Barn, Route 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia
Significance: This late 18th-century barn of heavy-timber construction is one of the oldest in Virginia. It is an excellent example of an English barn design adapted to the New World landscape. Of special not... More
[Governor Keith's commission to Joseph Pidgeon] 1722.
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Mayfield, U.S. Route 460 (moved from original location), Petersburg, P...
Significance: Mayfield, the oldest brick house in Dinwidde County, was built ca. 1750 and is an excellent example of mid-18th-century Virginia residential architecture. Distinguishing features of this period fo... More
November 8, 1785, Winchester Borough, German Lutheran Church, for lott...
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October 26, 1793, Isle of Wight, Co-heirs of Rice Bolton Peirce, decea...
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A Vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and...
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A Vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and...
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Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...
Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More
Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...
Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More
St. Helena Island Parish Church Ruins, Junction County Roads 45 & 37, ...
Significance: The St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease is significant as an intact example of mid-18th century tabby construction as for its association with St. Helena Episcopal Parish, both as a primary and secon... More
December 10, 1785, Miscellaneous, Menonist Church, for exemption from ...
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Hext House, 207 Handcock Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Significance: An early 18th century house, thought to be the oldest remaining in Beaufort, with notable architectural features. Survey number: HABS SC-289 Building/structure dates: after 1700 Initial Construction
Theatre de Voltaire; dessins par Gravelot
Title lettered on case. 45 mounted pencil and pen sketches for the illustrations to the Collection complète des oevres de Voltaire, Genève, Cramer, 1768-96. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collectio... More
Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME
Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More
November 1, 1786, Miscellaneous, Baptist Association, against incorpor...
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Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...
Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More
Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...
Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More
October 24, 1793, Frederick, For repeal of act exempting members of ce...
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Journal of the House of Representatives at the first session of the Ge...
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Journal of the House of Representatives at the first session of the Ge...
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Thomas Barclay to Francisco Chiappe, July 15, 1786, Commission for Fra...
Commission for Francis, Joseph, and Girolamo Chiappe to Serve as Temporary Consuls in Morocco (city), Mogadore, and Tangiers
May 17, 1774, Bedford, John Brander, minister of Russell Parish, for r...
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November 5, 1789, Norfolk County, Overseers of the Poor, requesting ac...
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December 8, 1797, Spotsylvania, St. George's Parish Church, for lotter...
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October 31, 1787, Miscellaneous, Ministers and lay representatives of ...
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The several acts relative to the stamp duties, passed at the late and ...
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The several acts relative to the stamp duties, passed at the late and ...
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The several acts relative to the stamp duties, passed at the late and ...
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Orizuru o tsukuru shōjo - Public domain drawing
Print shows two young women folding paper to form cranes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Koban Nishikie. Forms part ... More
Wakefield, State Route 204, Wakefield Corner, Westmoreland County, Vir...
Significance: Complex, on the site of Washington's birthplace, is a memorial to the first president, but also attempts to recreate and interpret the typical physical environment of an early 18th century farmste... More
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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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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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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Deposition of Joseph Baird before Judge George Turner, Knox County, Te...
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John Hunter Tavern, Topsham-Bowdoinham Road (State Route 24), Topsham,...
Significance: Stated to have been the oldest building in the Brunswick-Topsham area, structure was tavern on stage route from Brunswick to Bowdoinham, Richmond and beyond. Building was large unaltered; was in s... More
John Hunter Tavern, Topsham-Bowdoinham Road (State Route 24), Topsham,...
Significance: Stated to have been the oldest building in the Brunswick-Topsham area, structure was tavern on stage route from Brunswick to Bowdoinham, Richmond and beyond. Building was large unaltered; was in s... More
Onna yu, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Tanrokudo modern reprint (Showa) probably Takamizawa product. Printed on a single sheet. Purchase; H... More
Miles Cobb Farmhouse, Main Street & State Route 131 (Hinchley's Corner...
Significance: This structure is characteristic of a small late 18th century farmhouse native to the area. The compact dwelling unit centered around its fireplaces and the attached outbuildings clearly indicate ... More
Office for Foreign Affairs, October 13, 1785 : The secretary of the Un...
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Daniel Blake Tenement, 6-8 (2-4) Courthouse Square, Charleston, Charle...
Significance: Built between 1767-72 by Daniel Blake, a planter at Newington Plantation on Ashley River, is an imposing brick Georgian style double dwelling, 3 1/2 stories high. Dual pedimented entries, highligh... More
Daniel Blake Tenement, 6-8 (2-4) Courthouse Square, Charleston, Charle...
Significance: Built between 1767-72 by Daniel Blake, a planter at Newington Plantation on Ashley River, is an imposing brick Georgian style double dwelling, 3 1/2 stories high. Dual pedimented entries, highligh... More
[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...
Inscriptions: "Design of the House of Captain William Pennock in the Main street, Norfolk." "Sketch at Norfolk" "1." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Libr... More
Pennsylvania. Several proceedings in the two late sittings of Assembly...
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Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More
Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More
Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...
Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More
Letter from James McHenry to James Wilkinson
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[Portrait of Dr. Michael Leib] - Public domain portrait engraving
Head and shoulders portrait of Philadelphia surgeon, patriot, and politician Dr. Michael Leib, facing left. Leib, a Republican, served as Representative from Pennsylvania, 1799-1806 and Senator from Pennsylvani... More
[Drawings of annual guild days of Norwich, England, 1705]
Drawings show two men carrying a slaughtered pig, a man addressing a crowd, men on horseback charging, and two men with a globe.
Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: The house was built in the middle of the 18th century, intended as the first section of a later-to-be-completed house. Although the companion house was completed in the 19th century, only minor ad... More
November 28, 1777, Lancaster, Christ Church Parish, against dissolutio...
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Estate Annaberg, Bake Oven, Adrian, St. John, VI
Significance: Estate Annaberg is an 18th century sugar estate. During the last two decades of the 18th century and through most of the 19th century, Annaberg was operated together with Mary Point Estate to the... More
November 10, 1786, Miscellaneous, Protestant Episcopal Church, opposed...
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Lyles House, Livingston Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County,...
Significance: These are the remains of an important example of early 18th-century Maryland architecture. Although in ruinous condition, much can be learned of the construction and architecture of this period f... More
New Market, in South Second Street, Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania. Several proceedings in the two late sittings of Assembly...
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Pennsylvania. Several proceedings in the two late sittings of Assembly...
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Benkei; fukuro musha tsuru no hitokoe
Prints show the samurai Benkei, full-length, fighting a warrior; and the envelope shows a crane flying, carrying in it's beak a rod with tassels attached to each end. Title and other descriptive information com... More
December 11, 1797, Berkeley, Evangelic Lutheran Church of Martinsburgh...
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Eyre Hall, U.S. Route 13 & State Route 636 vicinity, Cheriton, Northam...
Significance: One of the Eastern Shore's most notable 18th century houses, with relatively complete surviving plantation complex, including dairy, smokehouse, overseer's house, graveyard and orangery (ruins). ... More