[A commander (Aga) of the Janissaries of the Ottoman Turkish army dres...
Illus. in: Der Turckische Schau-Platz erofnet und ..., Hamburg, T. von Wiering, 1685. cf: Victory at Vienna: The Ottoman Siege of 1683, p. 16. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption car... more
[Man with drum on camel used by the Grand Vezir's army in the siege of...
Illus. in: Der Turckische Schau-Platz erofnet und ..., Hamburg, T. von Wiering, 1685. cf: Victory at Vienna: The Ottoman Siege of 1683. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card traci... more
[Diagram of battle formation of British Army battalion]
Reference copy also available in LOT 4424. Illus. in: A new exercise, to be observed by his majesty's troops on the establishment of Great Britain, and Ireland. By his majesty's special command, 1757, p. 3.
[Charts of various battle formations for British Army units]
Reference copy also available in LOT 4424. Illus. in: Gt. Brit. Adjutant General's Office. Manual exercise, for 1758, v. 1089, no. 2, p. 15.
[Diagrams and chart of various battle formations for British Army unit...
Reference copy also available in LOT 4424. Illus. in: Gt. Brit. Adjutant General's Office. Manual exercise, for 1758, v. 1089, no. 2, p. 21.
Plan of the fort and fortress at Crown Point with their environs. With...
Scale 1:7,200; 200 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "References."... more
A new manual exercise, for the foot, very useful for the army and mili...
Positive Photostat of t. p. 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 102, Folder 40.
A plan of the town and citadel of Fort Royal in Martinico : the last l...
Also shows Bay and Cul de Sac Royal. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Differs slightly from the map of Fort Royal in London Magazine, April 1762, v. 31. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, ... more
A general map of the country on the Ohio and Muskingham showing the si...
Map showing Native towns in the Ohio River Valley. Illus. in: An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year 1764 [...] / published from authentic documents by a lover of his coun... more
A view of the fall of Montmorenci and the attack made by General Wolfe...
Print shows British warships on the Saint Lawrence River disembark troops below cliffs at the Plains of Abraham, waterfall in the foreground. Title from item. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robe... more
In council, December 1, 1775. Whereas it is of the utmost importance t...
Positive Photostat.; Original in Washington papers Vol 21 no. 43 Mss. Div.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text... more
Cambridge, 21st August, 1775. Wanted for the Continental army. One mil...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Not in Ford.; Stamped on verso: 452. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copi... more
Headquarters, Cambridge. November 1775. The generals flatter themselve...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Not in Ford.; 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. Printed Ephemera... more
A view of the lines thrown up, on Boston Neck, by the Ministerial Army...
Print with legend shows and identifies several locations in the vicinity of Boston, including John Hancock's house, Beacon Hill, the British encampment on McHill, and a blockhouse. Title from item. Illus. on ma... more
Fresh advices from the American army. Camp at Cambridge, May 28, 1775....
Evans 14045.; 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 164, Folder 10.
Head-Quarters, Cambridge, November 1775. The generals flatter themselv...
Ford 1835.; Evans 14556.; 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. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 3... more
Cambridge 21st August 1775. Wanted for the Continental Army ...
Public requisition of supplies, including bricks, firewood, lumber, charcoal, hay, straw, corn, oats, shovels, spades, pickaxes, handsaws, and lime. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412A. This record contains unve... more
In Congress, at Watertown, April 30, 1775. Gentlemen, The barbarous mu...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Stamped on verso: Mss Division.; On verso: Ac 373. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 ... more
Charles Lee, Esq'r. - major general of the Continental Army in America...
Print shows Charles Lee, three-quarter length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly left, gesturing with right hand, cannon firing in the background next to flag "An Appeal to Heaven." T... more
Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...
Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In the House of representatives. February 10 1776. Whereas the votes a...
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
General Howe, Esqr. of the Conecticut [i.e., Connecticut] and comander...
Print shows William Howe, wearing military uniform, seated on horse. Title from item. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress /... more
David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army agai...
Print shows David Wooster, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, holding pike in right hand, left hand resting on cannon. Title from item. Forms part of: British cartoo... more
A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & e...
Scale ca. 1:85,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows information to Sept. 23, 1776. Pictorial map. Annotated in lower right corner in pencil: 3rd impression. Includes "Re... more
A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of Gener...
Scale ca. 1:85,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1054 Available also through the Library of C... more
Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...
Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army; Incomplete
Whereas it appears to this Court, that the part of the militia of this...
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
A survey of Frog's Neck and the rout[e] of the British Army to the 24t...
Scale 1:24,000; 2,000 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Includes "References to the plan." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1152 Available also th... more
The Committee of both houses on the letter this morning received by th...
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
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
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.
[Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt...
Scale ca. 1:14,400. Title from engraved copy published by William Faden, 1780. (Faden 68). Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1180 Available also through the... more
An abstract from resolves containing the encouragement offered by the ...
Copy 2 formerly numbered as Portfolio 40, Folder 7. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 40, Folder 7. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and ... more
Commissary General's Office. Philadelphia. Oct. 10. The farmers and ot...
Positive Photostat.; Evans 15338. 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 144, Folder 42.
[Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt...
Scale ca. 1:14,400. Title from engraved map published by William Faden, 1780. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... more
Position of the army on the 8th Octbr. 1777.
Scale ca. 1:7,200. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows British and German troop positions. Includes key to the military units. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1179 Avail... more
Battle of Brandywine, in which the rebels were defeated, September the...
Scale ca. 1:15,200. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated in ink above legend to change "Reference" to the attack made by the left under the command of Lt. Genl. Earl Cornw... more
A sketch of the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army under the c...
Scale ca. 1:130,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings. Centered on the Hudson River and New York Bay from Sandy Hook to Haverstraw. Includes index entitled "Referenc... 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
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.
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
Horatio Gates to John Burgoyne, October 12, 1777, Protest at Cruelty o...
Protest at Cruelty of Retreating British Army; with note from Burgoyne
A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of Gener...
Scale ca. 1:84,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. LC Copy 1 on verso: Plan of operations at New York. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1055 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ... more
Battle of Brandywine, 11th Septr. 1777, in which the rebels were defea...
Scale ca. 1:14,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Title on verso: Batle [sic] of Brandy Wine. American battles. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Unfinished map showing topography and ... more
[Operations of the British army, from the 25th August to 26th Sept. 17...
Scale ca. 1:100,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 699: Map showing the march of the British upon Philadelphia. Man... more
Plan of the position which the army under Lt. Genl. Burgoyne took at S...
Scale ca. 1:108,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1178 Available also through the Library of Congress ... more
State of Massachusetts Bay In the House of representatives, September ...
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
In Congress, February 27, 1778. Resolved that a company of bakers be r...
Imprint 2.; 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 40, Folder 16.
Sketch of part of the road from Freehold to Middle Town shewing the sk...
Scale ca. 1:15,500 (not 800 paces to an in.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows position of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. "No. 10." LC Map... more
Sketch of part of the road from Freehold to Middle Town shewing the sk...
Scale ca. 1:12,000; 400 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. No. 9 shows positions of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. Accompanied by ... more
This is to certify that has enlisted himself as a waggoner or team-dri...
Imprint 1.; 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 145, Folder 5.
Sketch of part of the road from Freehold to Middle Town shewing the sk...
Scale ca. 1:15,500 (not 800 paces to the in.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows position of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. LC Maps of Nort... more
Battle of Brandywine in which the rebels were defeated, September the ...
Scale ca. 1:15,480. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored. "Note: The operations of the column under the command of His Excellency Lieutenant General Knyphausen is engraved from a plan drawn on the spot by S. ... more
State of New Hampshire, In the House of representatives, December 28th...
Imprint 3.; On verso: The Selectman Warner. 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 88, Folder 20.
Virginia General Assembly, November 27, 1779, Resolution on Benefits f...
Resolution on Benefits for Virginia Troops in the Continental Army
The desponding hero of the Coldstream - a military madrigal
Print shows dejected members of the Coldstream Guards sitting around a banquet table bemoaning a possible assignment in America. Includes five stanzas of verse. Title from item. Forms part of: British Cartoon ... more
A map of the country in which the army under Lt. General Burgoyne acte...
Scale ca. 1:640,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Has watermarks. Second copy of sheet 1: complete set of maps at Faden, William [Maps of the expedition from Canada of Gen. Burgoyne] LC Maps of North... more
Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt....
Scale ca. 1:14,400. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650
State of Massachusetts Bay. In the year of our Lord one thousand seven...
Copy 2 & 3 Photographic reproduction.; Imprint 3. 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 Col... more
At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Conn...
Imprint 3.; 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 3, Folder 55.
Thomas Jefferson, March 1780, Memorandum on Virginia Troops in Contine...
Memorandum on Virginia Troops in Continental Army; with table
Map for the interior travels through America, delineating the march of...
Scale ca. 1:2,400,000. Hand colored. Designed to be colored in 6 colors. LC copy has 4 colors only. Relief shown pictorially. From T. Anbury's Travels through the interior parts of America. Available also throu... more
[The Investiture of Charleston, S.C. by the English army, in 1780. Wit...
Scale ca. 1:17,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1559 ... more
View of the British fortress at Stoney-Point, stormed and carried by a...
Print shows the British fort at Stony Point with American forces positioned for the assault. Includes legend. Title from item. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1780, verso of title page. ... more
By Horatio Gates, Esquire, Major General and commander in chief of the...
Imprint 2.; 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 172, Folder 7.
His excy. Nathaniel Green, Esq., major general of the American Army / ...
Print shows Nathanael Greene, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval medallion suspended above allegorical illustration of America nurturing two infants representing diverse racial groups; in the ba... more
A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Riv...
Scale ca. 1:240,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Depths shown by soundings. Annotated "London, Published by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, Novr. 26th 1781." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1464 Available also thro... more
A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak Bay, with James and York rivers; w...
Scale ca. 1:250,000. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the publisher's Atlas of battles of the American Revolution.[1845] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1465 Available also through the Library of Congr... more
An act for enlisting soldiers to serve in the Continental Army. [Dated...
Imprint 3.; 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 179, Folder 3.
Thomas Jefferson to the First Magistrate of Each Virginia County, Janu...
Printed Proclamation on Supplying Continental Army with Provisions
Cape Fear River, with the counties adjacent, and the towns of Brunswic...
Shows shoals and a few soundings at the entrance to the river, "Fort Johnson," the towns of Brunswick and Wilmington with the distance of each town from Charleston, S.C., and bridges and houses along the river.... more
In Council, March 30, 1781. Sir. The act of October 1780 for recruitin...
On verso: Small drop of red sealing wax. 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 179, Folder 2a.
State of Rhode Island and Providence plantations. In General Assembly,...
Evans 17340.; 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 165, Folder 8.
In Council, April 12, 1781. Sir. Having received an application from t...
Imprint 2.; 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 179, Folder 2.
The honle. Horatio Gates, Esqr., major general in the American Army / ...
Print shows Horatio Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its comme... more
Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constr...
Scale ca. 1:5,850. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1473 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... more
The hon'le. Anthony Wayne, Esqr., major general in the American Army /...
Print shows Anthony Wayne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and... more
The honble. Marquis Lafayette, major general of the American army
Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval with laurel banner. Title from item. Etching attributed to John Norman (1748?-1817). Illus. in: An impartial history ... more
The honle. Henry Knox, Esqr., major general of the artillery in the Am...
Print shows Henry Knox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in oval.
The hon'le. B. Lincoln, Esq., major general in the American Army / J. ...
Print shows Benjamin Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain ... more
The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt...
Print shows Charles Lee at his capture by British troops. Title from item. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England :... more
This map of Kentucke : drawn from actual observations, is inscribed wi...
Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Border hand col. Includes inscriptions. Gift and purchase; Partially funded by J. Thomas Touchton, made in memory of his Kentucky-born grandmother, Ruth E... more
His excy. William Heath, Esqr., major general in the American army
Print shows William Heath, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, with military encampment in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in Amer... more