Philip II letter, 1578 Dec. 2.
ALS, written in Madrid, to Pedro Moya de Contreras, Archbishop of Mexico. Philip II complains to the Archbishop of Mexico City about his practice of appointing monolingual priests to Indian benefices. Philip ha... more
![The retort - an hieroglyphic epistle from the Revd. Dr. [Whitefield] to Saml. [Foote] Esqr. / J Hill, invt. seul.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1760/01/01/the-retort-an-hieroglyphic-epistle-from-the-revd-dr-whitefield-to-saml-foote-640.jpg "The retort - an hieroglyphic epistle from the Revd. Dr. [Whitefield] to Saml. [Foote] Esqr. / J Hill, invt. seul.")
The retort - an hieroglyphic epistle from the Revd. Dr. [Whitefield] t...
A satirical letter, rendered in rebus form, supposedly from Evangelical Methodist minister Dr. George Whitefield to playwright Samuel Foote. In his 1760 play, "The Minor", Foote mimicked Dr. Whitefield, causing... more
Virginia Colony to George III of England, April 1, 1772, Petition Agai...
Petition Against Importation of Slaves from Africa
![Proceedings of the Committee of correspondence in New York. Committee-Chamber July 13, 1774 Presents [28 names] The persons appointed at the last meeting of this Committee, to draw up a set of resolves, met for that purpose, but doubts arising,](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/proceedings-of-the-committee-of-correspondence-in-new-york-committee-chamber-640.jpg "Proceedings of the Committee of correspondence in New York. Committee-Chamber July 13, 1774 Presents [28 names] The persons appointed at the last meeting of this Committee, to draw up a set of resolves, met for that purpose, but doubts arising,")
![[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence responds to the Boston Port Bill. May 12, 1774]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/revolutionary-war-broadside-the-boston-committee-of-correspondence-responds-640.jpg "[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence responds to the Boston Port Bill. May 12, 1774]")
![Extract of the proceedings of the committee of correspondence of this city [Relative to calling meetings of the citizens without approval of the committee.] [Dated] July 8th, 1774. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/extract-of-the-proceedings-of-the-committee-of-correspondence-of-this-city-640.jpg "Extract of the proceedings of the committee of correspondence of this city [Relative to calling meetings of the citizens without approval of the committee.] [Dated] July 8th, 1774. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].")
![To the military officers, select-men, and Committee of correspondence in the town of [blank] Gentlemen, Your are hereby most earnestly requested to procure the execution of the subsequent resolve with the greatest possible expedition. In Provinc](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/to-the-military-officers-select-men-and-committee-of-correspondence-in-the-640.jpg "To the military officers, select-men, and Committee of correspondence in the town of [blank] Gentlemen, Your are hereby most earnestly requested to procure the execution of the subsequent resolve with the greatest possible expedition. In Provinc")
Boston, January 31, 1775. Yesterday a vessel arriv’d at Marblehead fro...
Photographic reproduction.; 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 duplica... more
Virginia Colonial Safety Committee; Edmund Pendleton, et al to Thomas ...
Printed Commission as Commander of the Albemarle County, Virginia, Militia
Charles Lynch to Thomas Jefferson, November 20, 1775, Saltpeter Deposi...
Saltpeter Deposits in Virginia
![In the House of representatives. December 11 1775. Resolved, that it be, and it hereby is strongly recommended to the Committee of correspondence and safety of the town of [blank] and in case of a deficieny of both said committees, to the select](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/in-the-house-of-representatives-december-11-1775-resolved-that-it-be-and-it-640.jpg "In the House of representatives. December 11 1775. Resolved, that it be, and it hereby is strongly recommended to the Committee of correspondence and safety of the town of [blank] and in case of a deficieny of both said committees, to the select")
Thomas Jefferson, June 1776, Draft Fragment of Declaration of Independ...
Draft Fragment of Declaration of Independence
Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...
Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army
Edmund Pendleton to Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress, Ju...
Private Addenda to Letter of Same Date; Pennsylvania-Virginia Boundary Dispute; Indian Lands
![Philadelphia. January 16, 1776. [Extracts of correspondence between Robert Howe and Lord Dunmore forwarded to the president of the Convention at Norfolk.] [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1776].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/philadelphia-january-16-1776-extracts-of-correspondence-between-robert-howe-640.jpg "Philadelphia. January 16, 1776. [Extracts of correspondence between Robert Howe and Lord Dunmore forwarded to the president of the Convention at Norfolk.] [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1776].")
Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...
Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army; Incomplete
![Philadelphia. January 16, 1776. [Extracts of correspondence between Robert Howe and Lord Dunmore forwarded to the president of the Convention at Norfolk.] [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1776].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/philadelphia-january-16-1776-extracts-of-correspondence-between-robert-howe-1-640.jpg "Philadelphia. January 16, 1776. [Extracts of correspondence between Robert Howe and Lord Dunmore forwarded to the president of the Convention at Norfolk.] [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1776].")
![Boston, Feb. 19th, 1777. In pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly of this State entitled. "An act to prevent monopoly and oppression;" the select-men and Committee of correspondence ... [Boston, 1777].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/boston-feb-19th-1777-in-pursuance-of-the-act-of-the-general-assembly-of-this-640.jpg "Boston, Feb. 19th, 1777. In pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly of this State entitled. \"An act to prevent monopoly and oppression;\" the select-men and Committee of correspondence ... [Boston, 1777].")
Ambrose Dudley, Thomas Bush, et al, November 1, 1777, Certification of...
Certification of Membership in the Virginia Baptist Church
