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 Virginia, with five Indians posed in architectural border]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1590/01/01/title-page-of-a-briefe-and-true-report-of-the-new-found-land-of-virginia-with-640.jpg "[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, with five Indians posed in architectural border]")
![[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a river]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1646/01/01/explorers-working-on-land-houses-in-the-distance-two-boats-on-a-river-640.jpg "[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a river]")
![[Arms] By His Excellency the Governor. Whereas it hath been of absolute necessity, that a certain number of men should be impressed, for the service of their Majesties, in defence of this their Province, both at sea and land, against the common](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1692/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-the-governor-whereas-it-hath-been-of-absolute-necessity-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency the Governor. Whereas it hath been of absolute necessity, that a certain number of men should be impressed, for the service of their Majesties, in defence of this their Province, both at sea and land, against the common")
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.
![Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour of China [dancing with] Philobanter Suckbottle, Prime Dancing Minister to ye Ancient Noddificators of the famous city in the Land of Nod](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1700/01/01/mandarina-tottidumpa-original-dancing-mistress-to-the-first-emperour-of-china-640.jpg "Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour of China [dancing with] Philobanter Suckbottle, Prime Dancing Minister to ye Ancient Noddificators of the famous city in the Land of Nod")
![The Catholic remedy. An excellent new ballad To the tune of, To all you ladies now at land, &c. [Boston] America: Printed in the year 1732.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1732/01/01/the-catholic-remedy-an-excellent-new-ballad-to-the-tune-of-to-all-you-ladies-640.jpg "The Catholic remedy. An excellent new ballad To the tune of, To all you ladies now at land, &c. [Boston] America: Printed in the year 1732.")
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
![[Property survey of tracts and land grants in part of Maryland near Tiber Creek, now central Washington D.C.].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1760/01/01/property-survey-of-tracts-and-land-grants-in-part-of-maryland-near-tiber-creek-640.jpg "[Property survey of tracts and land grants in part of Maryland near Tiber Creek, now central Washington D.C.].")
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
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
![[Arms] The speech of the statute of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham to the virtueous and patriotic citizens of New York. Gentlemen. After a tedious passage over the Atlantic, I am at last arrived in this land of liberty ... [New Yor](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/23/arms-the-speech-of-the-statute-of-the-right-hon-william-pitt-earl-of-chatham-67b4d8-640.jpg "[Arms] The speech of the statute of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham to the virtueous and patriotic citizens of New York. Gentlemen. After a tedious passage over the Atlantic, I am at last arrived in this land of liberty ... [New Yor")
[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 on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1771/01/01/plat-of-a-survey-of-2314-acres-of-land-being-the-first-large-bottom-on-the-640.jpg "[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]")
![Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun[t]y. Surveyed for George Washington 2950 acres of land (by virtue of a warrant for 5,000 acres granted by His Excellency the Governor to said Washington agreeable to His Majesty proclamatiom issued in the year 1763) lying in the county of Botetourt on the n.e. side of the Great Kanhaway about a mile and half above the mouth of Cole River, joining the upper end of the Poketillico survey ... Novemr. 6th, 1774.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/copy-of-a-survey-returnd-by-mr-sam-lewis-surveyor-of-botetourt-county-surveyed-640.jpg "Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun[t]y. Surveyed for George Washington 2950 acres of land (by virtue of a warrant for 5,000 acres granted by His Excellency the Governor to said Washington agreeable to His Majesty proclamatiom issued in the year 1763) lying in the county of Botetourt on the n.e. side of the Great Kanhaway about a mile and half above the mouth of Cole River, joining the upper end of the Poketillico survey ... Novemr. 6th, 1774.")
[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
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 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
![New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, were this day received here, by two vessels from Newport, and by an express by land [The first news of the battle of Lexington and Concord] [New York, 1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/new-york-sunday-23d-april-1775-the-following-interesting-advices-were-this-640.jpg "New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, were this day received here, by two vessels from Newport, and by an express by land [The first news of the battle of Lexington and Concord] [New York, 1775].")
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
![[An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontier, shewing in a distinct manner all the mounta]ins, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; with the roads and Indian paths; as well as the boundary or provincial lines, the several townships, and other divisions of the land in both the provinces;](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/an-accurate-map-of-north-and-south-carolina-with-their-indian-frontier-shewing-1-640.jpg "[An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontier, shewing in a distinct manner all the mounta]ins, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; with the roads and Indian paths; as well as the boundary or provincial lines, the several townships, and other divisions of the land in both the provinces;")
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. 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. "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
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
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
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
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
![Land entry for William Deal with a court memorandum, [Kentucky County, Virginia]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1779/01/01/land-entry-for-william-deal-with-a-court-memorandum-kentucky-county-virginia-640.jpg "Land entry for William Deal with a court memorandum, [Kentucky County, Virginia]")
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]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1782/01/01/allegorical-cartouche-showing-america-as-the-land-of-plenty-640.jpg "[Allegorical cartouche showing America as the land of plenty]")
[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
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.
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 States north-west of the River Ohio. [1792?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1792/01/01/a-bill-providing-for-the-sale-of-land-in-the-territory-of-the-united-states-640.jpg "A bill providing for the sale of land in the Territory of the United States north-west of the River Ohio. [1792?].")
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.
![Caveat filed for Charles M[y]nn Thruston, Woodford County, Kentucky](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1793/01/01/caveat-filed-for-charles-mynn-thruston-woodford-county-kentucky-640.jpg "Caveat filed for Charles M[y]nn Thruston, Woodford County, Kentucky")
![[Cadastral survey map of land tracts in central Washington D.C. ca. 1793].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1793/01/01/cadastral-survey-map-of-land-tracts-in-central-washington-dc-ca-1793-640.jpg "[Cadastral survey map of land tracts in central Washington D.C. ca. 1793].")
![Map of Carroll's land : [central Washington, D.C.] /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1793/01/01/map-of-carrolls-land-central-washington-dc-640.jpg "Map of Carroll's land : [central Washington, D.C.] /")
[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
![Plan of part of the city of Washington exhibiting the property of James M. Ling[a]n ; A map of part of a tract of land called the Hopyard : being part of the estate of William Baily Esq. situated in the city of Washington ... : surveyed by order of the Commissioners Nov. 4th 1794, George Fenwick /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/18/plan-of-part-of-the-city-of-washington-exhibiting-the-property-of-james-m-lingan-7cfc77-640.jpg "Plan of part of the city of Washington exhibiting the property of James M. Ling[a]n ; A map of part of a tract of land called the Hopyard : being part of the estate of William Baily Esq. situated in the city of Washington ... : surveyed by order of the Commissioners Nov. 4th 1794, George Fenwick /")
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, called the Gore, granted by patent, to Jeremiah Halsey and Andrew Ward, Esquire. [Hartford, 1795].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1795/01/01/articles-of-agreement-for-conducting-the-business-respecting-the-land-called-640.jpg "Articles of agreement for conducting the business respecting the land, called the Gore, granted by patent, to Jeremiah Halsey and Andrew Ward, Esquire. [Hartford, 1795].")
![[Cadastral map of part of S.W. Washington D.C. showing land tracts and buildings belonging to Notley Young].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1796/01/01/cadastral-map-of-part-of-sw-washington-dc-showing-land-tracts-and-buildings-640.jpg "[Cadastral map of part of S.W. Washington D.C. showing land tracts and buildings belonging to Notley Young].")
![The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodney Welch one of the editors of The Times, of Chicago, a native of Monmouth, Kennebec county, Me. [Chicago? Ill.].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/the-land-of-our-birth-the-following-poem-was-then-read-by-prof-rodney-welch-640.jpg "The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodney Welch one of the editors of The Times, of Chicago, a native of Monmouth, Kennebec county, Me. [Chicago? Ill.].")
![[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in northwestern Pennsylvania].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/land-ownership-map-of-the-william-bingham-estate-in-northwestern-pennsylvania-1-640.jpg "[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in northwestern Pennsylvania].")
![[Property survey map of the eastern end of Washington D.C. showing land tracts and householders' names].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/22/property-survey-map-of-the-eastern-end-of-washington-dc-showing-land-tracts-cae365-640.jpg "[Property survey map of the eastern end of Washington D.C. showing land tracts and householders' names].")
[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
![[Blue bird about to land on a branch of a fruit tree]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/blue-bird-about-to-land-on-a-branch-of-a-fruit-tree-640.jpg "[Blue bird about to land on a branch of a fruit tree]")
Choctaw Indians, October 1803, Memo on Land Purchase
Memo on Land Purchase
![[Survey map of land tracts in Washington D.C. named Pleasant Plains, Plain Dealing and Mount Pleasant] /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1804/01/01/survey-map-of-land-tracts-in-washington-dc-named-pleasant-plains-plain-dealing-640.jpg "[Survey map of land tracts in Washington D.C. named Pleasant Plains, Plain Dealing and Mount Pleasant] /")
![[Map of the area of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida, from Bayou Sara north to the land of James Kavenaugh, below Tunica Bend].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1805/01/01/map-of-the-area-of-feliciana-district-spanish-west-florida-from-bayou-sara-640.jpg "[Map of the area of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida, from Bayou Sara north to the land of James Kavenaugh, below Tunica Bend].")
![Map of land patents from original surveys : [Newburgh city region, New York State] /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1805/01/01/map-of-land-patents-from-original-surveys-newburgh-city-region-new-york-state-640.jpg "Map of land patents from original surveys : [Newburgh city region, New York State] /")
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
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" sounded through this happy land, and although peculiarly applicable to that time, cannot but be received with approbation at the present day. [36 stanzas printed in two columns] [1](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1812/01/01/american-taxation-this-song-was-written-when-the-trump-of-war-sounded-through-640.jpg "American taxation. This song was written when the \"Trump of war\" sounded through this happy land, and although peculiarly applicable to that time, cannot but be received with approbation at the present day. [36 stanzas printed in two columns] [1")
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 Chataugé].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1815/01/01/plat-of-land-along-the-rio-de-la-movila-near-its-juncture-with-bayou-chatauge-640.jpg "[Plat of land along the Rio de la Movila near its juncture with Bayou Chataugé].")
![[Unfinished map of a portion of land along Perdido Bay, Spanish West Florida].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1815/01/01/unfinished-map-of-a-portion-of-land-along-perdido-bay-spanish-west-florida-640.jpg "[Unfinished map of a portion of land along Perdido Bay, Spanish West Florida].")
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.
