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Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Wo...

See also, HAER No. VT-27, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads. Significance: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on the conservation history and the evol... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Wo...

See also, HAER No. VT-27, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads. Significance: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on the conservation history and the evol... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Wo...

See also, HAER No. VT-27, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads. Significance: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on the conservation history and the evol... More

Farewell polka - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Unknown to Thomas Jefferson, September 24, 1808

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Lia ̈morta - Leah is dead; Canto populare

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Mother's wedding ring - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

My Lord's writing all the time - Public domain American sheet music, 1...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Autumn leaves - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Correspondence: Unbound letters---1822

Robert B. Semple to Thomas Jefferson, October 24, 1808

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to...

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Newspaper clippings, Voices from the dust bowl, 1940-1941

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

State Department, March 26, 1790, Establishment of Ministers and Other...

Establishment of Ministers and Other Officials Abroad

Kr̲ - Sn̄ger - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Watchman tell us of the night - Public domain American sheet music, 18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Bound volume---9 December 1823-9 February 1828

Morse's first wife, Lucretia, died suddenly at the young age of twenty-five on February 7, 1825. Morse was away in Washington, D.C., taking up a commission to paint the Marquis de Lafayette's portrait. His fath... More

Children's joy polka - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Grow old along with me! - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The First steps in violin playing

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

If I only could - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Edward Carrington to James Madison, May 28, 1789.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Milestones C, F, G, K, FFF & JJJ, Various Milton locations, Milton, No...

Survey number: HABS MA-128-1 Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Milestones C, F, G, K, FFF & JJJ, Various Milton locations, Milton, No...

Survey number: HABS MA-128-1 Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Vaughan, December 29, 1786, with Jefferso...

with Jefferson's Drawings of "Hygrometer" Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Drink from the mountain spring - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Alexander Wilson to Thomas Jefferson, September 30, 1805

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Polonaise, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Sweet dreamland - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Heimweh, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1880

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Dance Col. Lincoln's quick step - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Swiss cottage schottisch - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Fest march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Standard musical library, no. 6 - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Dance Victory storm-march - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Souvenir de Nahant - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[George Graham, Philadelphia Phillies, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Thomas Jefferson to George Washington Adams, August 9, 1824

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Spring vale mazurka - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Fortune teller, The - La Calabrese - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Fortune teller, The - La Calabrese - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Appalachian music. Money Musk [music transcription]. Note sheet.

Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Compass: 8 Strains: 3 (high-low-(high), 2-2-(4)), where ( ) = first strain of "Devil's Dream" Rendition: 1r-2r-(1r)-2r-1r-2r-1r-2... More

Come where the wood-bird sings - Public domain American sheet music, 1...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Henry Dearborn to James Madison, October 14, 1811.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

A Simple flower - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, April 6, 1798, with Design

with Design Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Peter's parlor music, no. 10 - Public domain American sheet music, 187...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

With a heartache - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Pansy social; Polka - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Benjamin Rush to James Madison, July 17, 1790.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

John Manners to Thomas Jefferson, May 20, 1817

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Nothing wrong - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

All is changed at home, ballad - Public domain American sheet music

companion to "Ben Bolt" From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes... More

Thomas Jefferson to Wilhelm Willink, et al, June 19, 1788, Order for P...

Order for Payment to Frederick William Ast

General Correspondence: Toulmin, Harry A., 1911

Correspondence from Harry Toulmin made available here with permission from Virginia B. Toulmin. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American in... More

The farmer's boy, ballad - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Put my foot in de golden shoe - Public domain American sheet music, 18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

New York seventh regiment march - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[John T. Meyers/C. Mathewson, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Center photo caption: "Devlin gets his man." Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Leroy-Bayard & Company to Thomas Jefferson, May 20, 1817

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Spring, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Flugmaschine Wrig...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Sheet music for schools, no. 1, 2nd series

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

A Drinking song - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

My mother's evening prayer - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Tench Coxe to James Madison, May, 1810.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Karl's lullaby; or, Sweetly sleep my baby darling

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

O happy day, O day so dear! Fantasie-transcription

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Laurel polka - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Bound volume---2 April 1860-7 July 1862

Thomas Jefferson to John Page, August 20, 1785

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Seven exercises and studies - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

James Madison to John Armstrong, October 8, 1813. Extract.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Aesthetic polka - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Fellsburg Methodist Episcopal Church, Webster Road & State Route 201 (...

Survey number: HABS PA-608 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fellsburg Methodist Episcopal Church, Webster Road & State Route 201 (...

Survey number: HABS PA-608 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand concert variations on maiden's prayer

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Mazurka, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Could you fancy me - Public domain American sheet music, 1871

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Down the autumn valley - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Greeting to the woods - Public domain American sheet music, 1876

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

General Correspondence: Arnold, Henry H., 1911-1913, 1919-1931, 1938-...

Correspondence from Henry H. Arnold, made available here with permission from Robert Arnold, Chandelle of Sonoma, Inc., P.O. Box 2167, Glen Ellen, California 95442. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a co... More

Where the rich man is no better than the poor

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Christmas 1880 annual - Public domain American sheet music, 1880

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Tit for tat; Schottisch - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

General Correspondence: Brewer, Griffith, 1928-1929

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Of mice and men [rough sketches]

Question: do we need MGM's permission for these?

Princesse-valse [piano 4-hands] - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

James Madison to William Pinkney, January 20, 1810.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Oh rise and shine! - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Anonymous to Thomas Jefferson, June 26, 1801, Signed Kentucky Citizen

Signed Kentucky Citizen Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Tancredi; Overture - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Thomas Jefferson to Horatio Gates, October 28, 1780

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1790, Notes and Figures on Weights and Measu...

Notes and Figures on Weights and Measures

Muses schottisch - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Midwinter waltzes - Public domain American sheet music, 1876

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Dreams of the past - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Three new American polkas, op. 160, no. 3

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Postcard from John A. Lomax to Harold Spivacke

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Forget not to forget - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)