![Communications interesting to the public. [consists of letters from Adam Ott, John Stull regarding Dr. Cruse of Baltimore] 1789.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1789/01/01/communications-interesting-to-the-public-consists-of-letters-from-adam-ott-640.jpg "Communications interesting to the public. [consists of letters from Adam Ott, John Stull regarding Dr. Cruse of Baltimore] 1789.")
![Queries, to the voters of Baltimore County. [Signed] Antismithites, January- 1789. [Baltimore: Printed by William Goddard? 1789]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1789/01/01/queries-to-the-voters-of-baltimore-county-signed-antismithites-january-1789-640.jpg "Queries, to the voters of Baltimore County. [Signed] Antismithites, January- 1789. [Baltimore: Printed by William Goddard? 1789]")
![To the voters of Maryland. On Monday next, you are to elect six representatives in Congress; but your choice is limitted [limited] to the characters mentioned in the two tickets proposed by the late meeting at Annapolis, and by Baltimore-Town ..](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1790/01/01/to-the-voters-of-maryland-on-monday-next-you-are-to-elect-six-representatives-640.jpg "To the voters of Maryland. On Monday next, you are to elect six representatives in Congress; but your choice is limitted [limited] to the characters mentioned in the two tickets proposed by the late meeting at Annapolis, and by Baltimore-Town ..")
![Map of the middle states of North America with part of Canada shewing the situation of the principal towns, viz. Columbia [i.e. Washington, D.C.], Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Rhode Island, Boston & Montreal, also their several communications with respect to Lake Ontario.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1791/01/01/map-of-the-middle-states-of-north-america-with-part-of-canada-shewing-the-situation-640.jpg "Map of the middle states of North America with part of Canada shewing the situation of the principal towns, viz. Columbia [i.e. Washington, D.C.], Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Rhode Island, Boston & Montreal, also their several communications with respect to Lake Ontario.")
![Plan of the town of Baltimore and it's [sic] environs.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1792/01/01/plan-of-the-town-of-baltimore-and-its-sic-environs-640.jpg "Plan of the town of Baltimore and it's [sic] environs.")
![Baltimore County, to wit: the subscriber [blank] justices of the peace, for the County aforesaid certify that [blank] together with [blank] appeared before [blank] the subscriber, and superceded a certain judgment obtained by [blank] against abo](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/baltimore-county-to-wit-the-subscriber-blank-justices-of-the-peace-for-the-640.jpg "Baltimore County, to wit: the subscriber [blank] justices of the peace, for the County aforesaid certify that [blank] together with [blank] appeared before [blank] the subscriber, and superceded a certain judgment obtained by [blank] against abo")
![Schedule of the whole number of persons in the District of Maryland. [blank] Baltimore. December 21st, 1801.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1801/01/01/schedule-of-the-whole-number-of-persons-in-the-district-of-maryland-blank-baltimore-640.jpg "Schedule of the whole number of persons in the District of Maryland. [blank] Baltimore. December 21st, 1801.")
![[Surrey chapel (St. Georges Fields, England) and Independent Church (Baltimore, Md.). Transverse sectional elevations]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1803/01/01/surrey-chapel-st-georges-fields-england-and-independent-church-baltimore-md-640.jpg "[Surrey chapel (St. Georges Fields, England) and Independent Church (Baltimore, Md.). Transverse sectional elevations]")
![You [blank] jointly and severally confess judgment to [blank] for the sum of which were recovered by the said [blank] against the said [blank] on the [blank] one of the justices of the peace, in and for Baltimore County, the said sum of money an](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1809/01/01/you-blank-jointly-and-severally-confess-judgment-to-blank-for-the-sum-of-which-640.jpg "You [blank] jointly and severally confess judgment to [blank] for the sum of which were recovered by the said [blank] against the said [blank] on the [blank] one of the justices of the peace, in and for Baltimore County, the said sum of money an")
![General Hull and the defence of Fort M'Henry. A new song, called the surrender of General Hull. The defence of Fort M'Henry, (Baltimore.) A new song [The Star Spangled Banner] [1813?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1813/01/01/general-hull-and-the-defence-of-fort-mhenry-a-new-song-called-the-surrender-640.jpg "General Hull and the defence of Fort M'Henry. A new song, called the surrender of General Hull. The defence of Fort M'Henry, (Baltimore.) A new song [The Star Spangled Banner] [1813?].")
![Capture of Washington [Cut] On Wednesday, August 24, there was a severe action at Bladensburgh, six miles from the Capitol. "Baltimore has acquired immortal honor by the brave resistance of Commodore Barney, his sailors and the bold volunteers."](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1814/01/01/capture-of-washington-cut-on-wednesday-august-24-there-was-a-severe-action-640.jpg "Capture of Washington [Cut] On Wednesday, August 24, there was a severe action at Bladensburgh, six miles from the Capitol. \"Baltimore has acquired immortal honor by the brave resistance of Commodore Barney, his sailors and the bold volunteers.\"")
The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived tha...
Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier.
The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived tha...
Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier.
A view of Fort McHenry, and the entrance of the harbour of Baltimore /...
Print shows a pastoral scene at the entrance to the harbor at Baltimore with Fort McHenry on the left and some people enjoying the scenery on the right.
![All hail old hickory! Headquarters, Baltimore. November 8th, 1828 ... [Signed] Sioul Trah.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1828/01/01/all-hail-old-hickory-headquarters-baltimore-november-8th-1828-signed-sioul-640.jpg "All hail old hickory! Headquarters, Baltimore. November 8th, 1828 ... [Signed] Sioul Trah.")
![Headquarters, Baltimore. 1st December 1828. Great official news. [Signed] Sioul Trah.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1828/01/01/headquarters-baltimore-1st-december-1828-great-official-news-signed-sioul-trah-640.jpg "Headquarters, Baltimore. 1st December 1828. Great official news. [Signed] Sioul Trah.")
![[Washington Monument looking north on Washington Place in Baltimore, Maryland]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1828/01/01/washington-monument-looking-north-on-washington-place-in-baltimore-maryland-640.jpg "[Washington Monument looking north on Washington Place in Baltimore, Maryland]")
[Washington Monument looking north on Washington Place in Baltimore, M...
Drawing shows view of monument beyond First Unitarian Church, originally First Independent Church of Baltimore, designed by Maximilian Godefroy, completed in 1818.
![Letter from Mrs. Barney to Gen. Jackson. Baltimore. June 13th, 1829. Sir Your note of the 22d April, addressed to me through your private secretary, accompanying the return of my papers ... [Signed] Mary Barney. Curtis, Pa. [1829].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1829/01/01/letter-from-mrs-barney-to-gen-jackson-baltimore-june-13th-1829-sir-your-note-640.jpg "Letter from Mrs. Barney to Gen. Jackson. Baltimore. June 13th, 1829. Sir Your note of the 22d April, addressed to me through your private secretary, accompanying the return of my papers ... [Signed] Mary Barney. Curtis, Pa. [1829].")
![Washington monument [Baltimore] Printed by James Young, 114 West Baltimore Street [183-?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1830/01/01/washington-monument-baltimore-printed-by-james-young-114-west-baltimore-street-640.jpg "Washington monument [Baltimore] Printed by James Young, 114 West Baltimore Street [183-?].")
![To the freemen of Baltimore City and County ... Peter Little [183-].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1830/01/01/to-the-freemen-of-baltimore-city-and-county-peter-little-183--640.jpg "To the freemen of Baltimore City and County ... Peter Little [183-].")
Map of the country embracing the various routes surveyed for the Balt....
Map of Baltimore, Ann Arundel, Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington counties, Md, showing drainage, roads, and important place names. [From published bibliography]
Map of the railroads and canals, finished, unfinished, and in contempl...
Important early map of the United States. Includes drainage, canals, and cities and towns. Contains route profiles for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Columbia Railroad, Pa., and the Massachusetts railroads.
![A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which will connect with the Balt. & Susqa. Rail Road at York; drawn by G. F. de la Roche. C. Engr.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1835/01/01/a-map-of-the-principal-canal-and-rail-road-improvments-sic-which-will-connect-640.jpg "A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which will connect with the Balt. & Susqa. Rail Road at York; drawn by G. F. de la Roche. C. Engr.")
A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which w...
Outline map covering New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio; shows drainage, canals, important cities, and railroad connections, chartered in 1828, opened to York in 1838.
![[Trade advertisement for T. Palmer & Co. Looking glass and fancy hardware store, & importers of French and German looking glass plates, no. 108 Baltimore St. Baltimore] / lithog. designed & drawn by J. Penniman.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1835/01/01/trade-advertisement-for-t-palmer-and-co-looking-glass-and-fancy-hardware-store-640.jpg "[Trade advertisement for T. Palmer & Co. Looking glass and fancy hardware store, & importers of French and German looking glass plates, no. 108 Baltimore St. Baltimore] / lithog. designed & drawn by J. Penniman.")
[Trade advertisement for T. Palmer & Co. Looking glass and fancy hardw...
Advertisement for store which sold "looking glass & fancy hardware."
![[Blank certificate for donors to the Washington National Monument Society, Washington, D.C.] / Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1835/01/01/blank-certificate-for-donors-to-the-washington-national-monument-society-washington-640.jpg "[Blank certificate for donors to the Washington National Monument Society, Washington, D.C.] / Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore.")
[Blank certificate for donors to the Washington National Monument Soci...
Certificate includes vignettes of the proposed Washington Monument with a pantheon and as an obelisk; medallion portrait of George Washington; and Washington's grave at Mount Vernon. The signatures are for Z. T... more
Our country's flag! A new national song
Cover illustration for a patriotic song composed by George F. Cole, copyrighted in 1836. A young American seaman, holding an American flag with his right hand and raising his hat aloft with his left, stands on... more
Baltimore / Swett ; P. Haas sc.
Print showing a man leaning on a fence, looking in the direction of Baltimore, Maryland.
Battle monument, Baltimore / W.H. Bartlett ; H. Griffiths.
Print shows "Battle Monument", shaped like a fasces on a tall pedestal and topped with a female figure holding a wreath, on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
![Map shewing [sic] the several routes, examined with a view to the extension of the route of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-Road through north western Virginia from the Potomac to the Ohio river; as well as the different railways and canals completed and projected within that state,--and also the various lines of improvement existing and proposed between Cincinnati on the Ohio and Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston on the Atlantic coast.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1840/01/01/map-shewing-sic-the-several-routes-examined-with-a-view-to-the-extension-of-640.jpg "Map shewing [sic] the several routes, examined with a view to the extension of the route of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-Road through north western Virginia from the Potomac to the Ohio river; as well as the different railways and canals completed and projected within that state,--and also the various lines of improvement existing and proposed between Cincinnati on the Ohio and Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston on the Atlantic coast.")
Map shewing [sic] the several routes, examined with a view to the exte...
Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, important cities, the existing railroads, turnpike roads, canals, and the projected railroads; a statement below the title explains th... more
![Rates of charges between New-York, New Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Havre de Grace, Baltimore and Washington ... [184-?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1840/01/01/rates-of-charges-between-new-york-new-brunswick-princeton-trenton-philadelphia-640.jpg "Rates of charges between New-York, New Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Havre de Grace, Baltimore and Washington ... [184-?].")
Fanny Elssler and the Baltimoreans
A scornful look at the reception of German ballerina Fanny Elssler in Baltimore. The New York artist ridicules the adulation given the touring performer by the Baltimore public. During her July 1840 visit there... more
Baltimore Convention, Old Tippecanoe, a patriotic song
An illustrated sheet music cover for a "Patriotic Song. Written, to be sung at Baltimore during the Young Men's Whig Convention" of May 1840. The composer is identified as "a Pennsylvanian." The illustration, l... more
Map shewing the connection of the Baltimore and Ohio-Rail-Road with ot...
Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. [From published bibliography]
The poor man's friend
A Whig campaign ribbon, "Dedicated to the Young Men's National Convention," probably issued for the Baltimore ratifying convention of May 4, 1840. (Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison was actuall... more
New Hampshire delegation. Young Men's National Convention
A campaign badge produced for the New Hampshire delegation to the Baltimore "Young Men's National Convention" of May 4, 1840. It is quite similar to the "Poor Man's Friend" badge (no. 1840-9), having the rounde... more
Our country's hope. Harrison & reform 4th May 1840
A Whig campaign ribbon, produced for the Young Men's National Convention held in Baltimore in May. At the top in a corona of stars is a fasces. Below it an eagle holds a streamer with the words "Union for the S... more
The Baltimoreans going the whole ass tail and all
Caricature of Fanny Elssler, in carriage being drawn by men with ears of jackasses, going to Baltimore.
![Tippecanoe March 4, 1841. Inauguration ball, the managers request the honor of company at Carusi's Saloon, on Thursday evening, 4th of March, 1841. Baltimore: Murphy [1841].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1841/01/01/tippecanoe-march-4-1841-inauguration-ball-the-managers-request-the-honor-of-640.jpg "Tippecanoe March 4, 1841. Inauguration ball, the managers request the honor of company at Carusi's Saloon, on Thursday evening, 4th of March, 1841. Baltimore: Murphy [1841].")
![Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing the various lines surveyed or reconnoitred [sic] for the extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road to its western terminus referred to in the report of the chief engineer of September 20th, 1843.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1843/01/01/map-of-the-county-west-of-cumberland-towards-the-ohio-river-showing-the-various-640.jpg "Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing the various lines surveyed or reconnoitred [sic] for the extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road to its western terminus referred to in the report of the chief engineer of September 20th, 1843.")
Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing t...
Lightly colored map on tracing linen showing western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, parts of Virginia and West Virginia and most of Ohio.
Map, exhibiting the railway route between Baltimore & St. Louis, toget...
Map covers area from Portland, Maine, to Norfolk, Va., and west to the Mississippi River.
![Young men's whig national convention held in Baltimore May 2d 1844. [Campaign badge printed on satin].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1844/01/01/young-mens-whig-national-convention-held-in-baltimore-may-2d-1844-campaign-640.jpg "Young men's whig national convention held in Baltimore May 2d 1844. [Campaign badge printed on satin].")
The honest statesman, his country's steadfast friend. Harry of the Wes...
Campaign badge produced for the Whig National Convention held at Baltimore in May 1844. A bust-length portrait of Whig candidate Henry Clay appears in an oval, against a backdrop of American flags. The oval is... more
Baltimore National Convention of Ratification. Clay and the tariff
A crude campaign badge produced for Whig National Convention held at Baltimore in May of 1844. There are two illustrations: above, a sailor with a hammer nails an American flag with the words "HENRY CLAY" to a ... more
Leaving French Town, head of Chesapeak Bay, route to Baltimore, July 2...
Drawing shows view of the Elk River; in the distance, a sailboat.
Present Presidential position
Once again Polk's handling of the Oregon territorial dispute between the United States and Great Britain is criticized. (See "Polk's Dream" and "War! or No War!" nos. 1846-2 and 1846-4). Here the artist seems t... more
The telegraphic candidates
In a race between the railroad and the telegraph the "telegraphic candidates," Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, are first to the White House. The artist ridicules Zachary Taylor for his hazy stance on major ca... more
Lithographic establishment of Edward Weber & Co. Maps, title pages, pl...
Print shows advertisement for lithographer with ornamental border and scene from Hamlet.
Map & profile of the location of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road from C...
Topographical map of part of the middle Atlantic region showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, turnpikes, railroads in operation, final location of lines, surveyed lines, and r... more
![Map of the Reading & Columbia Rail Road connecting New York via the Jersey Central, Reading and Columbia, with Baltimore and Washington, together with Western R.R. connections to Wheeling and Pittsburg [sic]; compiled by S. P. Kase.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/map-of-the-reading-and-columbia-rail-road-connecting-new-york-via-the-jersey-640.jpg "Map of the Reading & Columbia Rail Road connecting New York via the Jersey Central, Reading and Columbia, with Baltimore and Washington, together with Western R.R. connections to Wheeling and Pittsburg [sic]; compiled by S. P. Kase.")
Map of the Reading & Columbia Rail Road connecting New York via the Je...
Sketch map of eastern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland indicating the railroad network and the connections with the coal fields. Shows major drainage, cities and towns, and four main coal field areas.
![Map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad shewing [sic] its connections.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/map-of-the-philadelphia-wilmington-and-baltimore-railroad-shewing-sic-its-connections-640.jpg "Map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad shewing [sic] its connections.")
Map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad shewing [sic...
Sketch map showing the area between Philadelphia and Baltimore indicating drainage, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. Consolidated February 5, 1838.
![[Lexington market, Baltimore, Maryland]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/lexington-market-baltimore-maryland-1-640.jpg "[Lexington market, Baltimore, Maryland]")
[Lexington market, Baltimore, Maryland]
Photograph shows people near tables where fruit and flowers are being sold at the Lexington market in Baltimore, Maryland.
The book for the traveler! Illustrated guide over the Philadelphia, Wi...
Print shows the Southern and Western Railroad Station, at Broad and Prime Streets, Phila.
White Mountains in labour
The artist belittles the Democrats' relatively undistinguished choice for presidential nominee in 1852, Franklin Pierce. The cartoon is based on Aesop's fable about the mountain which, being in labor, groaned s... more
Position of the Democratic Party in 1852. "Freemen of America, how lon...
A crudely drawn satire bitterly attacking Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and appealing to the "Freemen of America." The print, possibly executed by a free black, criticizes the Democrats' pla... more