Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India...
Relief shown pictorially. South America labeled in German, geographic features otherwise in Latin. Appears in the author's Cosmographei. Basel, Switzerland. 1550. Available also through the Library of Congress ... more
[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virgi...
Engraving by Theodor de Bry. Illus. in: A briefe and true report..., Francoforti ad Moenvm : Typus I. Wecheli, sumtibus ver T. de Bry, 1590. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, o... more
[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a ri...
Plate 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Wil... more
[Arms] By His Excellency the Governor. Whereas it hath been of absolut...
Ford 191.; Evans 619. 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 33, Folder 25c.
By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, Captain General and Governor in C...
Negative Photostat.; Proclamation. 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 140, Folder 5b.
Canaan, or The Land of promise.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
The Catholic remedy. An excellent new ballad To the tune of, To all yo...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Verse. 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 34, Folder 25.
Speciel Land Charte von Pensilvanien, Neu Jersey, Neu York, und von de...
Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows trails. Includes descriptive notes and distance chart. LC Maps of North ... more
An accurate map of the Holy Land Divided into the XII Tribes of Israel...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
[Property survey of tracts and land grants in part of Maryland near Ti...
Cadastral map covering tracts named Jamaca, Port Royal, Burns Neglect, Elenor, Gleenings, Gordons Meddows, Knock, Houp Yard, and Cern Abbey Mannor. "Beginning of 'Cern Abbey Mannor' being a resurvey on Duddingt... more
A map of the Land of Canaan or Holy Land, as divided among the twelve ...
Shows territories of the twelve tribes. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian appears to be Ferro. Includes inset of: "A map of the fourty years sojourning of the children of Israel through the wilderness to... more
A plan of the land between Fort Mossy and St. Augustine in the provinc...
Scale ca. 1:7,900. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Shows "Spanish old fields overgrown with scrubs." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1635 LC Luso-Hispanic World, ... more
The above plan is a discription of a new township containing the quant...
Scale ca. 1:43,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. "A true copy compared, A. Oliver, sect." Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 833 Available... more
The above plan is a discription of a new township called Royalsborough...
Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows township lots and owners. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 834 Available also through the Librar... more
Advertisement. To be sold by public vendue, on Thursday the 14th of Ap...
Imprint 2.; Not in Evans/.; On verso: 1768, Advertisement for the Sale of Sword's Land. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. ... more
A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land / Webber del. ; Cook ...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.
[Arms] The speech of the statute of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl ...
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 104, Folder 14.
[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom...
Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas. 1932. Cover title: George Washington; survey of land in Ohio, a grant from the Colony of Virginia to Washington for military service... more
[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land grant...
Scale ca. 1:40,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Has watermarks. Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr... more
Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun...
Scale not given. Title from certificate mounted below map. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... more
An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...
Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct ... more
An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...
Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy annotated, in black ink, in lower right marg... more
An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...
Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca. 1:200,000]--The bar and ha... more
George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, April 6, 1775, Records of Virginia L...
Records of Virginia Land Grants
[An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian fronti...
Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. Imperfect: Part of title wanting. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca... more
New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, w...
Battle of Lexington and Concord.; Imprint 2.; On verso: Apr 23, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera C... more
George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, April 5, 1775, Records of Virginia L...
Records of Virginia Land Grants
An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...
Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.... more
A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full and exact descri...
Scale ca. 1:275,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Shows ship channels. Includes list of subscribers and "Tide table." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... more
A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Carol...
Scale ca. 1:26,200. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789 1545 British squadron represented pictorially. Inset: Plan of the platform in Sulivans Fort, by Lt. Colonel Thos. James of the ... more
A chart of Delaware Bay and River, containing a full & exact descripti...
Scale ca. 1:280,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and "Tide table." Accompanied by: Directions for navigating up Delaware-Bay from the capes to Reedy-Island by Capt... more
John Allison and John Lee to Virginia General Assembly, May 1776, Peti...
Petition by Marines to Join Virginia Land Troops
[A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Caro...
Scale ca. 1:25,500. Title from engraved map published by Faden in 1776. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes inset "Plan of the platform in Sullivan's Fort." Annotated by Lt. Colonel Thos. James of ... more
The taking of Miss Mud I'land
Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... more
[The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting...
Scale ca. 1:32,400. Title from the author's The course of Delaware River ... 1778. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Shows soundings, disposition of ships, etc. Names "Fort Mifflin" and "F... more
The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting ...
Scale ca. 1:33,200. Hand colored. Shows soundings and disposition of ships, etc. Includes "A sketch of Fort Island" and "Profile and plan of the sunk frames or chevaux de frise which formed the stackadoes in th... more
Virginia Committee on Laws, 1779, Suggested Revision for Land Office
Suggested Revision for Land Office
A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt,
Scale ca. 1:600,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown pictorially. The title, land tract boundaries with owners' initials, and some place names have been identified as annotations by Geor... more
[Allegorical cartouche showing America as the land of plenty]
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: De nieuwe groote lichtende zee-fakkel ... / Claes Janszoon Vooght. Amsterdam : G.H. van Keulen, 1782, no. 28. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and pri... more
Thomas Jefferson, 1784-89, Note on Land Owned by Count de Langeac
Note on Land Owned by Count de Langeac
A Draught of ten lots of ground in the northern liberties of the city ...
Scale ca. 1:650. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth and paper backing with reinforced edges. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and torn. Cadastral map. Includes "Annexed coloured plan," ca. 1... more
Eastern lands for sale. The public are hereby notified. That there are...
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 43, Folder 18.
[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in Potter County, Pe...
Shows lots, boundaries, numbers, and dimensions. From the William Bingham estate maps. Sectional title label affixed on verso of each sheet. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Some sheets include note and ins... more
Noah's Ark improved, or an attempt to land in the teeth of the wind
A British satire on Charles Stanhope's Toleration Bill of 1789 which was an attempt to remove the yoke of religious obligations on persons seeking public office (cf. Test and Corporation Acts). Despite the fact... more
A bill providing for the sale of land in the Territory of the United S...
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 218, Folder 13.
[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in northwestern Penn...
Relief shown by hachures. From the William Bingham estate maps. Annotated in ink and watercolor to show land ownership. Philadelphia meridian. LC copy stained. LC has label annotated in ink on verso: N.W. Penns... more
[Cadastral survey map of land tracts in central Washington D.C. ca. 17...
Facsim. of ms. cadastral survey of tracts named Duddington Pasture, Duddington Manor, and New Troy. "The whole now called Cerne-Abbey Manor contains 1531 [acres]. The resurvey is distinguished by black lines." ... more
Map of Carroll's land : [central Washington, D.C.] /
Cadastral survey of land tracts named Duddington Pasture, Duddington Manor, New Troy, and Houps Addition, with owners' names. "The out lines of the Resurvey as made for Charles Carroll Jun'r the 16th day of May... more
[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in northeastern Penn...
Relief shown by hachures. Base map title: A map of the stat[e] of Pennsylva[nia] / by Reading Howel[l] MDCCXCII. From the William Bingham estate maps. Annotated in ink and watercolor to show land ownership. Inc... more
Plan of the island of Bequia laid down by actual survey under the dire...
Relief shown by contours. "To George Etherington Esqr. Lieutenant Colonel, in the 60th. or Royal American Regiment of Foot; This Plan of the Bequia is most respectfully Inscribed By His greatly Obliged, and mos... more
Plan of part of the city of Washington exhibiting the property of Jame...
Cadastral maps showing original landholdings with 1858 street system superimposed. Lingan map covers area bounded by W, 16th, H, 22nd, and Boundary streets N.W. Baily map covers area bounded by F, 14th, N, and ... more
Articles of agreement for conducting the business respecting the land,...
Not in Evans.; Imprint 2.; Gore grant. 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 4, Folder 4.
A plan exhibiting the squares on which Robert Peter's buildings stood ...
Covers area bounded by 28th, K, 24th, and H streets N.W. Shows block numbers and lot lines and numbers in block no. 5. Probably drawn by Nicholas King. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: D&C Blauw (with hor... more
[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in northwestern Penn...
From the William Bingham estate maps. Annotated in ink and watercolor to show land ownership. Philadelphia meridian. LC copy stained and lacks sections along fold lines. LC copy has label annotated in ink on ve... more
The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodne...
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 18, Folder 27.
[Blue bird about to land on a branch of a fruit tree]
Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
[Property survey map of the eastern end of Washington D.C. showing lan...
Shows tracts named Bealls Adventure Englarged, Fortune Enlarged, Bailys Purchase, Aaron, and Stony Hill. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript--ink and pencil. Hemmed with green cloth. On verso in pencil: From t... more
Choctaw Indians, October 1803, Memo on Land Purchase
Memo on Land Purchase
[Survey map of land tracts in Washington D.C. named Pleasant Plains, P...
Manuscript--ink and pencil. On cloth backing in pencil: From Joseph M. Toner papers. Mounted on cloth backing. Includes text and statistical tables. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... more
Map of land patents from original surveys : [Newburgh city region, New...
Cadastral map of original land patents, real-property tracts, dates when properties were established, acreages, and landowners' names in the Newburgh city region west of the Hudson River (parts of Orange and Ro... more
A plan of the section of land on which the Believers live in the state...
Selected buildings shown pictorially. Cadastral map. Pen-and-ink. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Division of part of a tract of land in Washington County D.C. called "...
Cadastral survey map showing landowners' names and "Centre line of tunnel of W.A. extension." Also covers Meridian Hill, Columbia Heights, Howard University, and adjacent tracts. "March 18th 1884." Black ink, r... more
Map of state land tract, Greene Co. / done pursuant to law, Simeon DeW...
Blueprint copy of manuscript survey map of real property and land grants in central Greene County (N.Y.). Shows tract numbers, acreages, line measurements in chains, line declinations in degrees/minutes, and na... more
Albert Gallatin, March 18, 1810. Notes for James Madison, Land Claims.
Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at http://www.loc.gov/collection/james-madison-papers/about-this-collection/.
American taxation. This song was written when the "Trump of war" sound...
Verse.; 1812 Ballad? 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 228, Folder 10.
[Plat of land along the Rio de la Movila near its juncture with Bayou ...
Shows area in Mobile County, Alabama. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Place names in Spanish. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Oriented with north to the right. Watermarks: D & C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in a sh... more
[Unfinished map of a portion of land along Perdido Bay, Spanish West F...
Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil. From the papers of Vicente Sebastián Pintado. Described in: Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Surveyor General of Spanish West Florida, 1805-17 : the m... more
Rules and regulations to be observed in substantiating claims to bount...
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 228, Folder 39.
U.S. Reports: Duvall v. Craig, 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.) 45 (1817)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 15; Wheaton Volume 2; February Term, 1817; Duvall v. Craig et. al.
James P. Preston, January 26, 1818, Certificate of Land Grant
Certificate of Land Grant