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Washington, D.C. Regular attendants at the Franklin Park lectures. The man on the right claims to be 2,000 years old, and to have written "Ben-Hur"

Washington, D.C. Regular attendants at the Franklin Park lectures. The...

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The grand committee consisting of Mr. Stone, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Gerry, Mr. Howell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. De Witt, Mr. Dick, Mr. Hand, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Read, to whom were referred an act of the legislature of Connecticut, and a letter from the governor of Massachusetts respecting the expences of that state in an expedition against the British forces at Penobscot, and other matters, submit the following resolves. ...

The grand committee consisting of Mr. Stone, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Gerry,...

Followed by: The grand committee to whom was referred a letter of the governor of Massachusetts, of the 28th of October 1783, relative to the continental bills of credit of the old emissions, submit the followi... More

Heffern claims, gelatin silver print,  Panoramic Photograph

Heffern claims, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H128284 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; June 12, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal.

German Claims Commission, [10/30/22]

German Claims Commission, [10/30/22]

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas and Oklahoma farmers who filed homestead claims. Faro Caudill taking down the chimney from his dugout before he tears down the dugout

Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas a...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas and Oklahoma farmers who have filed homestead claims Homesteader and his wife in the living room of their new adobe house. This couple came out seven years ago from Oklahoma, and lived in a log cabin until they built the adobe house that winter.

Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas a...

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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Removing abandoned trolley tracks to provide much needed scrap for Uncle Sam. Here, in Asheville, North Carolina, a local inventor demonstrates his "railjerk" for doing the trick. He claims his device, employing three men, can pry loose a mile of track a day

Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Removing abandoned ...

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People waiting around to file Yuma Land claims, Los Angeles

People waiting around to file Yuma Land claims, Los Angeles

A group of men sitting on a bench in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German Claims Commission, 11/1/22

German Claims Commission, 11/1/22

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Mexican Claims Commission, 3/14/29

American Mexican Claims Commission, 3/14/29

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"Senator" Jim Morrison. Although Jim Morrison was defeated in the recent election, he claims that he would have been elected if the ballots had been properly counted and habitually calls himself "Senator Morrison." He is a leader of the strawberry farmers, organizing the first cooperative union of the strawberry growers in Louisiana. He conducts the auction to which these growers consign their berries

"Senator" Jim Morrison. Although Jim Morrison was defeated in the rece...

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Bus which was bought to transport workmen to the construction work at the naval air training base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Notice that there is no license on the bus. The bus company was advised that twenty-five buses would be required to transport workmen but have had to put less than half of the special buses in operation. Fare to the base is ten cents and the city bus company claims that it is losing money because the shifts are so changed that the buses go out full and return empty

Bus which was bought to transport workmen to the construction work at ...

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American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Convention between Her Majesty and The United States of America, for the settlement of outstanding claims by a mixed commission commission. Signed at London, February 8, 1853. [Ratifications exchanged at London, July 26, 1853.] ... Done at Londo

Convention between Her Majesty and The United States of America, for t...

1837-1901 (Victoria).; U. S. Treaties, etc. 1850-1853 Fillmore. 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. Print... More

Dr. Wilhelm Kiesselbach, German War Claims Commission

Dr. Wilhelm Kiesselbach, German War Claims Commission

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In Italy the trains stop at the stations and the passengers get down to buy papers, candy and wine Judging by the numbers of police at the stations in Italy a criminal would have little chance of escaping from punishment  ;  Mussolini claims to have discharged all the useless railway employees but here are three men whose duty it is to attend to the few trains a day and close the doors of the compartments.

In Italy the trains stop at the stations and the passengers get down t...

Photographs show passengers and a food vendor near a train station, police officers at a train station, and railroad workers closing doors of railway cars, Italy. On page: no. 1554 (top image), no. 1553 (middl... More

New Assistant Att'y General. Washington, D.C., March 15. Sam E. Whitaker, Chattanooga, Tenn., is being congratulated by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings after the former had taken the oath of office as Assistant Attorney General in charge of claims. The ceremony took place today. Whitaker succeeds James W. Morris as head of the Claims Division. Whitaker is on the right

New Assistant Att'y General. Washington, D.C., March 15. Sam E. Whitak...

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Galento puts up 10-grand note as challenge to Joe Louis. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. Roly Poly Tony Galenton today deposited with the D.C. Boxing Commission ten thousand dollars as a challenge to Joe Louis for a championship bout. Tony claims Joe Louis ran out on him when he accepted a bout with John Henry Lewis instead. Left to right - sitting- Secretary Harvey L. Miller of the D.C., Boxing Commission - Tony Galento, Joe Jacobs, his manager. Standing is Herman Taylor, Philadelphia promoter whose schedules bout between Galento and Louis was postponed because of Tony's illness, 11/9/38

Galento puts up 10-grand note as challenge to Joe Louis. Washington, D...

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Lady claims one seventh of property of U.S. Post office--posts her part. Washington, D.C., July 22. Mrs. Samuel A. Wimsatt who says that one seventh of the property upon which a postoffice was built at Rockville, MD., near here, is still hers because it was not legally bought from her. This morning she appeared at the scene upon which a dedication was scheduled and began posting 'No Trespassing' signs upon the part of the land which she claims. She threatened to have any trespassers locked up. Part of the ceremonies was to be a tour of inspection of the building, and when the time came, no arrests were made, although Mrs. Wimsatt began writing names upon the back of a 'No Trespassing' sign and threatens action Monday morning against visitors to the building. On the sidewalk behind her is her sister, Mrs. Claude Tschiffely who aided her in posting the signs, 7/22/39

Lady claims one seventh of property of U.S. Post office--posts her par...

A woman holding a sign in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, who developed a visual-lamp indicator to test field telephone switchboards and which the U.S. Army Signal Corps claims has saved the equivalent of almost thirty-seven years work, shown at his testing instrument. He received one of the first five "Citations of Individual Production Merit" for his idea which has an outstanding effect on the entire war effort

Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for ...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at army camp "somewhere in the South." In addition to being a prize fighting man, one of Private Smuda's claims to fame is his widowed, fifty-five-year-old mother who works six days a week in the Frankford, Pennsylvania arsenal tapering cartridges for 50mm machine gun shells. Mrs. Smuda is one of that great army of American women who work just as hard for victory as their sons on the front lines

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at ar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southeast Asia : strategic straits and maritime claims.

Southeast Asia : strategic straits and maritime claims.

Shows maritime claims of Southeast Asian countries. Includes table showing length, minimum channel width, and governing depths of strategic straits in the region. "718677 (545533) 5-90." Available also through ... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

In Italy the trains stop at the stations and the passengers get down to buy papers, candy and wine. Note black shirt fascisti with ribbons for service Mussolini claims to have discharged all the useless railway employees but here are three men whose duty it is to attend to the few trains a day and close the doors of the compartments.

In Italy the trains stop at the stations and the passengers get down t...

Photograph shows newspaper vendors at railroad stations and railroad employees closing doors of a train car, Italy. On page: no. 1556 (top image), no. 1557 (middle image), and no. 1558 (bottom image). Text und... More

Washington, D. C. Ivo Capet, who claims descent from the Kings of France, exhibiting the chart which illustrates his system for the rehabilitation of post-war France, with himself as the ruler

Washington, D. C. Ivo Capet, who claims descent from the Kings of Fran...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Abstract of the Claims of Virginia against the United States 1775-89.

Abstract of the Claims of Virginia against the United States 1775-89.

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

Wilbur Wright Dead; Typhoid Claims Cause [Baltimore Sun, 30 May 1912]

Wilbur Wright Dead; Typhoid Claims Cause [Baltimore Sun, 30 May 1912]

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

General Claims Commission of U.S. and Mexico

General Claims Commission of U.S. and Mexico

A group of men sitting around a long table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Caricature showing Chinese Minister handing "claims of China" to Secretary of State Bayard, who is seated under sign which reads "the Chinese have no votes and no rights which this government is bound to respect, 1886"]

[Caricature showing Chinese Minister handing "claims of China" to Secr...

Color lithograph, after drawing by J.A. Wales. Illus. in: Puck, 1886 March 17, p. 33. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHINA U.S. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

German Am. Claims Com., 11/1/22

German Am. Claims Com., 11/1/22

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Collects RFC loans. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. Responsibility for the collection of loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation falls on the shoulders if Henry A. Mulligan, Treasurer of the agency. How well he has done his job is indicated by the record of the last few months that shows that repayment of loans to the RFC has exceeded its disbursements. Mulligan was born in Newburgh, West Virginia., but now claims Wilmington, Del., as his home

Collects RFC loans. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. Responsibility for the ...

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[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.]  Location: [Opelika, Alabama]

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph i...

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Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.  Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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Old swears in the new. Washington, D.C., Aug. 9. C.E. Maceachran, (right) retiring Chief Clerk of the State Department, administering the oath of office to his successor, Edward Yardley. Yardley was formerly an attorney in the American Agency of the General Claims Commission. The post of Chief Clerk of the Department of State also carries with it the title of Administrative Assistant, 9/9/37

Old swears in the new. Washington, D.C., Aug. 9. C.E. Maceachran, (rig...

Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas and Oklahoma farmers who filed homestead claims ... Mrs. Stagg helps her husband in the field with plowing planting, weeding corn and harvesting beans. She quilts while she rests during the noon hour.

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. ...

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Antarctica, research stations and territorial claims.
American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Limestone blocks in the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County. Initials on many of the stones show masons' claims for work

Limestone blocks in the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Liberty claims her own! / Alex. O. Levy.

Liberty claims her own! / Alex. O. Levy.

Allegory showing the figure of Liberty gathering up the specters of fallen soldiers from a cemetery.

Gentlemen, I am shagrined [...] so hinted Rep. Nat Patton (D. of Tex) when it was inferred by testimony of Eugene Sellers, NRA employee, that the box of cigars he received some time ago from utilities Chief John Carpenter was "not a box of cigars" and was a "pastebord box instead of a wooden one." Rep. Patton is seen here displaying the package he claims to have recieved, before the Senate Lobby hearing Friday, 7/26/35

Gentlemen, I am shagrined [...] so hinted Rep. Nat Patton (D. of Tex) ...

A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prospector's monument in Cochise Couty, Arizona. There are still many old time prospectors throughout this section and they stake claims in the old time way with the claim deed in a tin can buried under a pile of rocks

Prospector's monument in Cochise Couty, Arizona. There are still many ...

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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. It's no good under the ground, but it can be used to smash the Axis. Thousands of tons of buried trolley tracks are being unearthed these days to answer Uncle Sam's call for scrap. An Asheville, North Carolina machine shop operator is shown here demonstrating his "railjerk" which he claims can remove a mile of track a day

Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. It's no good under ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Food in England. Smiling with health, this former London dressmaker who joined the Women's Land Army in Britain claims she won't go back to dressmaking. More than 100,000 women this year will be enlisted in the Women's Land Army

Food in England. Smiling with health, this former London dressmaker wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blood flows at post office dedication over question of property rights. Washington, D.C., July 22. When Mrs. Claude Tschiffely and her sister, Mrs. Samuel A. Wimsatt appeared this morning in front of the Rockville, MD., post office which was to be dedicated later in the day, armed with hatchet and signs and began posting the property which she claims was not legally sold and thus is still hers. P.C. Wroe, superintendent of construction, also began posting 'keep off the grass signs'. An argument began over who had the right to post signs on whose property, and during the course of events, Mr. Wroe got his hand cut with Mrs. Wimsatt's hatchet. The iodine which he applied can be seen in the above photo on the hand resting upon one of his own 'no [...]

Blood flows at post office dedication over question of property rights...

A man in a suit holding a sign that says no trespassing. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. Wilhelm Kiesselbach, German War Claims Commission

Dr. Wilhelm Kiesselbach, German War Claims Commission

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.  Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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Sam Whitaker, Ass't to the Attorney General in Claims Division, 3/17/1936

Sam Whitaker, Ass't to the Attorney General in Claims Division, 3/17/1...

A black and white photo of a man eating a donut. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A dinner Toter who claims to have regular job in Eagle Mill, Columbus, Ga.  Location: Columbus, Georgia.

A dinner Toter who claims to have regular job in Eagle Mill, Columbus,...

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Victim of Chicago steel strike riot. Washington D.C. June 30. Attending today's hearing of the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, Harry Harper of Chicago, claims he was a vicitim of the shooting by the police during the strike riots at the South Chicago Plant of the Republic Steel Corp., last May 30. Harper, who is shown with his wife, is expected to take the stand later. 6/30/37

Victim of Chicago steel strike riot. Washington D.C. June 30. Attendin...

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Washington, D.C. Banner which Ivo Capet, who claims descent from the French kings, hopes to reestablish as the National Emblem of France

Washington, D.C. Banner which Ivo Capet, who claims descent from the F...

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Limestone blocks in the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County. Initials on many of the stones show masons' claims for work

Limestone blocks in the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.  Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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Thomas Jefferson, 1782, Notes on Virginia Claims in Western Territory
(Circular.) American and foreign agency for claims, Uc. under the direction of Aaron H. Palmer ... New York, December 7, 1829.
James G. Birney. The character and claims of a candidate for the highest office in the nation are always proper topics for public consideration and discussion ... Signed Q. [n. p. 184-].

James G. Birney. The character and claims of a candidate for the highe...

At head of title Standard - Extra.; In mss. at bottom of page by E. Quincy. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephe... More

Department of State, Washington, July 8, 1869. The convention lately concluded between the United States and the Republic of Mexico provides that all the claims on the part ... of the United States, upon the government of the Mexican Republic ..

Department of State, Washington, July 8, 1869. The convention lately c...

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 236, Folder 31.

Mexican Ambassador presents check for $500,000 to State Department. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Mexico today made its sixth annual payment of $500,000 to the United States in payment for American claims made to the Mexican Government for mixed claims. He is shown here talking to Capt. Colon Eloy Alfaro, Ambassador for Ecuador, when they met at the State Department

Mexican Ambassador presents check for $500,000 to State Department. Wa...

A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oldest boy of family of nine, seventeen years old, claims two years schooling; living with his family in open field, on U.S. Route 70 between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee

Oldest boy of family of nine, seventeen years old, claims two years sc...

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A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation, and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayors Day following.
Libbie S. Bailey to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 30, 1860  (Claims to be Lincoln's sister)
Libbie S. Bailey to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 30, 1860  (Claims to be Lincoln's sister)
At a meeting held in Washington, on the 22d August, 1854, a statement was submitted by Mr. John L. Hayes, Counsellor at Law, on the condition and prospects of the Earl of Stirling's claims ... [Washington, 1854].

At a meeting held in Washington, on the 22d August, 1854, a statement ...

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 201, Folder 37.

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

American and Haytien Claims Commission

American and Haytien Claims Commission

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Samuel Chase, February 1, 1792, Observations on Great Britain Claims in Maryland
Samuel Chase, February 1, 1792, Observations on Great Britain Claims in Maryland
Convention between Her Majesty and The United States of America, for the settlement of outstanding claims by a mixed commission commission. Signed at London, February 8, 1853. [Ratifications exchanged at London, July 26, 1853.] ... Done at Londo

Convention between Her Majesty and The United States of America, for t...

1837-1901 (Victoria).; U. S. Treaties, etc. 1850-1853 Fillmore. 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. Print... More

Convention between Her Majesty and The United States of America, for the settlement of outstanding claims by a mixed commission commission. Signed at London, February 8, 1853. [Ratifications exchanged at London, July 26, 1853.] ... Done at Londo

Convention between Her Majesty and The United States of America, for t...

1837-1901 (Victoria).; U. S. Treaties, etc. 1850-1853 Fillmore. 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. Print... More

John Jay to United States Congress, August 17, 1786, Report on Territorial Claims of France and Spain Regarding Mississippi River Navigation

John Jay to United States Congress, August 17, 1786, Report on Territo...

Report on Territorial Claims of France and Spain Regarding Mississippi River Navigation

John Jay to United States Congress, August 17, 1786, Report on Territorial Claims of France and Spain Regarding Mississippi River Navigation

John Jay to United States Congress, August 17, 1786, Report on Territo...

Report on Territorial Claims of France and Spain Regarding Mississippi River Navigation

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.]  Location: [Opelika, Alabama]

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The committee to whom was referred the memorial of Mr. P. Landais, report : that they have examined the claims and accounts of Mr. P. Landais, late captain of the frigate Alliance ...

The committee to whom was referred the memorial of Mr. P. Landais, rep...

Reported April 18, 1785. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 921 (#470); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC,... More

Samuel Chase, February 1, 1792, Observations on James Russell Claims in Maryland
Samuel Chase, February 1, 1792, Observations on James Russell Claims in Maryland
Crawford to James Madison, February 5, 1817. Georgia Land claims from the state of Georgia.

Crawford to James Madison, February 5, 1817. Georgia Land claims from ...

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

Eli C. Blankinship to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 01, 1860  (Claims Lincoln owes him money)
The Claims of the Negro - Public domain document scan

The Claims of the Negro - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

The Claims of the Negro - Public domain document scan

The Claims of the Negro - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Resolution from Kentucky's congress regarding payments to the widows and orphans of War of 1812 soldiers
H. Jeffords to Abraham Lincoln, November 1860  (Claims to have raised the largest turnips and pumpkins in Ohio)
Timberland on Heffern claims,  Panoramic Photograph

Timberland on Heffern claims, Panoramic Photograph

H128285 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; June 12, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal.

To the Honourable the committee appointed to receive claims of such as have right and propriety in the Narraganset Country, or Kings province, in New-England. The declaration of claim in the name and behalf of the proprietors, and owners of the

To the Honourable the committee appointed to receive claims of such as...

Positive Photostat.; Public lands.; Not in Evans. 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 Co... More

"Gladiator" cotton claims. Statement of Mr. William B. King before the Committee on war claims, House of representatives
"Gladiator" cotton claims. Statement of Mr. William B. King before the Committee on war claims, House of representatives
That upon supplies furnished by impressment or otherwise, or services rendered by individuals, to the United States, from the year 1781, to the present period--the claims whereof against the United States, by payment of the principal, or other satisfactory compensation, are transferred from the individual, to the state of which he is a citizen ...

That upon supplies furnished by impressment or otherwise, or services ...

Motion made by James Monroe, June 22, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 28, p. 473-474. Ascribed to the press of Francis Childs by Bristol and JCC, v. 29, p. 924. Not in Evans. Bristol B6197 Sh... More

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