Plan of 50 townships to be sold by lottery lying between the rivers Pe...
Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. "NB. All the townships within the red line are ordered for sale by lottery." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 832 Available also through the Library of Congre... more
![An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on Piseatagua [sic] River in yr. province of New Hampshire on the continent of America](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1705/01/01/an-explanation-on-the-prospect-draft-of-the-fort-william-and-mary-on-piseatagua-640.jpg "An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on Piseatagua [sic] River in yr. province of New Hampshire on the continent of America")
An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...
Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... more
![Wir Endes unterschriebene sämtliche Einwohner der Gegend Broad-Bay genannt, in dem Ost-Theil der Provintz Neu-Engelland in America, Urkunden und bezeugen heimit, we[l]cher Gestallt, wir Anno 1742 im Monat Juny, nach einer Reise von 5 Wochen und](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1750/01/01/wir-endes-unterschriebene-samtliche-einwohner-der-gegend-broad-bay-genannt-640.jpg "Wir Endes unterschriebene sämtliche Einwohner der Gegend Broad-Bay genannt, in dem Ost-Theil der Provintz Neu-Engelland in America, Urkunden und bezeugen heimit, we[l]cher Gestallt, wir Anno 1742 im Monat Juny, nach einer Reise von 5 Wochen und")
Survey of the River St. Johns from Fort Frederick in the Bay of Fundy ...
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
![Wir Endes unterschriebene sämtliche Einwohner der Gegend Broad-Bay genannt, in dem Ost-Theil der Provintz Neu-Engelland in America, Urkunden und bezeugen heimit, we[l]cher Gestallt, wir Anno 1742 im Monat Juny, nach einer Reise von 5 Wochen und](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1750/01/01/wir-endes-unterschriebene-samtliche-einwohner-der-gegend-broad-bay-genannt-1-640.jpg "Wir Endes unterschriebene sämtliche Einwohner der Gegend Broad-Bay genannt, in dem Ost-Theil der Provintz Neu-Engelland in America, Urkunden und bezeugen heimit, we[l]cher Gestallt, wir Anno 1742 im Monat Juny, nach einer Reise von 5 Wochen und")
Plans of Fort Halifax in Nova Scotia and Fort Western and Fort Francfo...
Title provided by cataloger. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Plan of Fort Pownal at Penobscot built 1759.
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. "No. 21." Watermark: J. Whatman. Includes 3 profile views. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 837 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... more
![Sketch of St. Jo[hn's] Harbour, and part of the river.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/10/sketch-of-st-johns-harbour-and-part-of-the-river-2ef9e8-640.jpg "Sketch of St. Jo[hn's] Harbour, and part of the river.")
Sketch of St. Jo[hn's] Harbour, and part of the river.
Scale ca. 1:150,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Deteriorating along upper edge of border. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster im... more
A map of the sources of the Chaudière, Penobscot, and Kennebec rivers,
Scale ca. 1:390,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing with reinforced edges. Relief shown pictorially. Shows campsite locations for the author's expedition from Quebec into Maine... more
A sketch of St. John's Harbour and part of the river;
Scale ca. 1:150,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651
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
Map of the River St. John in the Province of Nova Scotia, exhibiting t...
Scale ca. 1:185,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows townships. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 650/1; 651/2; 650/3
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
[Falmouth Harbour.
Scale ca. 1:24,900. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. No. "7" attached to upper right corner. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along margins. Available also through the Library o... more
Part of Oxford and Cumberland counties, Me.
Scale ca. 1:220,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Land grants and No. 4 township dated 1771. Shows townships, land grants, and landownership of Cumberland County and ... more
[Coast of New England from Cape Elizabeth, Me. to Newburyport, Mass.
Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC copy imperfect: Western half missing; deteriorated along left and right edges. Shows Maine coast from Cape Elizabeth to York River. Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... more
[Coast of New England from Cape Elizabeth, Me. to Newburyport, Mass.
Scale ca. 1:130,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along fold and edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 816 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... more
[Coast of Maine from Salter Island to Portland Head.
Scale ca. 1:48,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 856 Available also through the Library of Co... more
[Mount Desert Island and neighboring coast of Maine.
Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coast of Hancock County, Maine. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
The entrance of the River St. John
Print shows ship in the foreground at the entrance to Saint John River, New Brunswick, with two islands identified, on the right, "A. Partridge Island N.E.b.N. 7 leagues distant" and left of center, "B. Meogene... more
[Coast of Maine showing entrances of Blue Hill Bay, Isle of Haut Bay, ...
Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges and deterioration along fold. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 857 Available also through the Lib... more
[Coast of Maine showing entrances of Blue Hill Bay, Isle of Haut Bay, ...
Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along the bottom right edges... more
Mechios River near the mills A sketch of Mechios mills.
Prints show the Machias River along the coast of Maine and the mills (under construction) on the river. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain... more
![[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the entrance to Boston Harbor]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/views-from-offshore-of-the-new-england-coastline-and-islands-at-the-entrance-640.jpg "[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the entrance to Boston Harbor]")
[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the e...
Prints show distant views of Castle Island and Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, hills along the southeast coast of Maine, and the entrance to Boston Harbor. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The Atl... more
A Plan of the late Province of Main as far as Kennebeck River.
Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and a section of the upper left corner missing. In 2 sections, mounted on cloth backing. Oriented with north toward th... more
[Penobscot River and Bay, with the operations of the English fleet, un...
Scale ca. 1:46,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right... more
Plan de la baie et du havre de Casco et des îles adjacentes,
Scale ca. 1:85,000. Depths shown by soundings. Plate no. "335." Appears in France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine's Neptune Americo-Septentrional. 1778-80. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 843 Avail... more
Draught of St. Johns River in the Bay of Funday
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Pen-and-ink with ink wash on eight irregularly shaped sheets of paper, following the course of the river. Some spots of red pigment, apparently accidental. M... more
![[View of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from across the Piscataqua River]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1780/01/01/view-of-portsmouth-new-hampshire-from-across-the-piscataqua-river-640.jpg "[View of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from across the Piscataqua River]")
[View of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from across the Piscataqua River]
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record contains unverified, ol... more
A view of Campo Bello at the entrance of Passamaquady Bay
Print shows Campobello as seen from an inland vantage point looking out toward Passamaquoddy Bay. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by J... more
The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775
Print shows bird's-eye view of the burning of Falmouth, Maine, by Captain Henry Mowat, whose ships, in the foreground, fire on the town.
Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Adams and John Lowell, August 17, 1786, Pro...
Property in Maine Claimed by Madame de Gregoire
A map of the great river St. John & waters (the first ever published) ...
Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to the in. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: A plan of the city of St. John. LC copy annotated in brown ink. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Va... more
![...An act authorizing the secretary of the Treasury to finish the light-house, on PortlandHead, in the district of Maine. [New York: Printed by Francis Childs and Hohn Swaine, 1790.].](http://picryl-test-processed.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/photo/2019/10/12/an-act-authorizing-the-secretary-of-the-treasury-to-finish-the-light-house-81287a-640.jpg "...An act authorizing the secretary of the Treasury to finish the light-house, on PortlandHead, in the district of Maine. [New York: Printed by Francis Childs and Hohn Swaine, 1790.].")
...An act authorizing the secretary of the Treasury to finish the ligh...
Caption title: at head of title: Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday, the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.; Signed:Fr... more
![... An act for erecting a lighthouse on the island of Seguin in the district of Maine, and for erecting a beacon and placing three buoys at the entrance of Saint Mary's river, in the state of Georgia ... [Followed by] An act further to authorize](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1794/01/01/an-act-for-erecting-a-lighthouse-on-the-island-of-seguin-in-the-district-of-640.jpg "... An act for erecting a lighthouse on the island of Seguin in the district of Maine, and for erecting a beacon and placing three buoys at the entrance of Saint Mary's river, in the state of Georgia ... [Followed by] An act further to authorize")
... An act for erecting a lighthouse on the island of Seguin in the di...
Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the first session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thous... more
![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.].")
Parson Messenger, at York. A new consolatory song and lecture to the R...
Imprint 2. 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 26, Folder 3.
Plan of Portland.
Cadastral map of Portland, Maine, that shows lot lines, some lot numbers, and some names of landowners. Gift; Boylston A. Beal; 3 Jan. 1934. Pen-and-ink. Includes index of selected buildings and note on proper... more
To the honest and independent freemen of the County of York. Fellow Ci...
Campaign.; Imprint 2 merit. 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 26, Folder 5.
![Peace between the United States of America and Great-Britain ratified by the President of the United States, February 17, 1815, By Thomas Shaw, of Standish. [Standish? 1815] [Reprinted] on sale at A. J. Huston's Portland. and at all Maine booksh](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1815/01/01/peace-between-the-united-states-of-america-and-great-britain-ratified-by-the-640.jpg "Peace between the United States of America and Great-Britain ratified by the President of the United States, February 17, 1815, By Thomas Shaw, of Standish. [Standish? 1815] [Reprinted] on sale at A. J. Huston's Portland. and at all Maine booksh")
Peace between the United States of America and Great-Britain ratified ...
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 26, Folder 12a.
Survey of the boundary between the District of Maine and the Province ...
Ms.; pencil, pen-and-ink, and watercolor. Shows 1-mile base points along survey line. Relief shown by hachures. Originally printed on 3 sheets, 51 x 34 cm. and 49 x 34 cm. Accompanied by: Survey of Grand Portag... more
The fire-wards of Portland ... C. B. Brooks, Chairman. Portland, Janua...
Imprint 2. 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 26, Folder 16.
To the citizens of the third Eastern district, in the State of Maine ....
Imprint 2.; Title. 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 191, Folder 12.
Maine /
Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Brittle, soiled, tears along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map exhibiting the principal original grants & sales of lands in the S...
Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2 Vault
Voice of Maine! Office of the Independent statesman and Maine Republic...
Positive Photostat.; Adams J. G.; Imprint 2. 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 26, Folder 25.
Map of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont : compiled from the latest aut...
Relief shown by hachures. Includes statistical tables and inset "North part of Maine". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy originally folded in cover, now lacking.
A copy of ... the fourth and fifth ranges of townships in the Kennebec...
Covers a portion of the Kennebec River region of Maine that is centered on the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead Rivers. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Available also th... more
A sketch of the north part of the Kennebec Million Acres.
Partial cadastral map showing timber lots and lot acreages. Covers a portion of the Kennebec River region of Maine that is centered on the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead Rivers. Date and authorship from a ... more
A sketch of the northern part of the "Million Acres" on the Kennebec R...
Partial cadastral map showing timber lots (tinted yellow), lot numbers, and lot acreages. Covers a portion of the Kennebec River region of Maine that is centered on the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead River... more
State of Maine. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Imprint 2. 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 26, Folder 34.
Map of the state of Maine.
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes population chart.
![Tax for the year 1833. State of Maine. Mark Harris, Treasurer of said State. To the assessors or selectmen of the town of [blank] In obedience to a law of this State, passed the second day of March 1833, entitled, "An act to apportion and assess](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1833/01/01/tax-for-the-year-1833-state-of-maine-mark-harris-treasurer-of-said-state-to-640.jpg "Tax for the year 1833. State of Maine. Mark Harris, Treasurer of said State. To the assessors or selectmen of the town of [blank] In obedience to a law of this State, passed the second day of March 1833, entitled, \"An act to apportion and assess")
Tax for the year 1833. State of Maine. Mark Harris, Treasurer of said ...
Filled in in mss for Waldoborough. 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 27, Folder 2a.
Isles of Shoals /
Scale ca. 1:24,000. Depths shown by soundings. "Engraved for the American coast pilot, 13th ed." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
U.S. Reports: Veazie v. Wadleigh, 36 U.S. (11 Pet.) 55 (1837)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 36; Peters Volume 11; January Term, 1837; Samuel Veazie v. Ira Wadleigh et al.
Scene in Washington. Sunday Feby. 25. 1838
A caricature of James Watson Webb, prominent Whig editor of the "Morning Courier and New York Enquirer." Webb is shown parading, armed to the teeth, along Pennsylvania Avenue. He carries a sword cane, a musket,... more
The new code of chivalry or what we would have done. As approved by "...
The second of two satires by Chambers on events surrounding the killing of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley by Kentucky Representative William J. Graves in a February 24, 1838, duel. (See also "Scene in Washin... more
Map of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and...
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: London and Washington D.C. "Entered according to Act of Congress, July 10th, 1839, by David H. Burr, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Col... more
Map of the state of Maine /
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy hand colored, sectioned in two, mounted on cloth. Darkened. Annotated in ink in upper left corner.
The shipwreck
A Whig vision of the rout of Van Buren in the presidential election of 1840. In a stormy sea Van Buren grasps the mast (labeled "Maine") of a foundering vessel "O.K." (the initials for "Old Kinderhook," a Van ... more
Silver Cascade--White Mountains
Man fishing in mountain river.
![The rights of conjugal happiness contended By Mary G. Doe. Biddeford, Me. Printed on the "Eastern Journal Fast Engine Press [184-].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1840/01/01/the-rights-of-conjugal-happiness-contended-by-mary-g-doe-biddeford-me-printed-640.jpg "The rights of conjugal happiness contended By Mary G. Doe. Biddeford, Me. Printed on the \"Eastern Journal Fast Engine Press [184-].")
New England Convention Bunker Hill. September 10TH. 1840
Campaign badge produced for the New England Whig Convention in Boston, September 10-11, 1840. An aureole of light surrounds an oval bust portrait of Harrison, ringed by medallions of the arms of the states of... more
Map of Maine : constructed from the most correct surveys with sectiona...
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth and accompanied by 2 photocopies of the map, one positive and one negative, both sec... more
The new era Whig trap sprung
Democratic efforts to reelect Martin Van Buren are portrayed as hopeless in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. Here one of Harrison's campaign emblems, a log cabin, is ... more
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.
![[Ezra Bartlett French, half-length portrait, facing front]](http://picryl-test-processed.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/photo/2019/10/07/ezra-bartlett-french-half-length-portrait-facing-front-55d6dc-640.jpg "[Ezra Bartlett French, half-length portrait, facing front]")
[Ezra Bartlett French, half-length portrait, facing front]
Democratic congressman from Ohio, 1813-1816; U.S. Postmaster General, 1823-1829; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1829-1861. Scratched on back of plate: 119. Hallmark: 40M. Formerly identified as Ez... more
Map of the Portsmouth and Concord Railroad, shewing its connection wit...
Map showing parts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine indicating county lines, cities, towns, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography] Scale 1:190,080; 3 miles to an in. Oriented with nort... more
Order of exercises, in Eastport, Maine, Friday, March 31, 1848, occasi...
Adams, John Quincy. 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 27, Folder 6.
A map of the New England states, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massac...
Detailed county and township map indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and railroad stations. Scale [ca. 1:525,000]. LC also has 1853 edition. LC Railroad maps, 103 Descri... more
Plan and profile of the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad
Scale 1:60,000; 5,000 ft. to the in. "Aug. 1849." Relief shown by hachures. Includes statistical data and gradient profile. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/2; 710
Sketch illustrating the positions of the commercial cities and towns o...
Shows the United States between Maine and Virginia, west ot the Mississippi River. Indicates railroads and canals. Scale 1:3,706,560. LC Railroad maps, 78 Description derived from published bibliography. Availa... more
U.S. Reports: Veazie v. Williams et al., 49 U.S. (8 How.) 134 (1850)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 49; Howard Volume 8; January Term, 1850; Samuel Veazie, Complainant and Appellant, v. Nathaniel L. Williams and Stephen Williams, Defendants.
Map of the European and North American Railway, showing its connection...
Shows New England, eastern New York, and the Maritime Provinces. Gives completed, in progress, and proposed railroads. Indicates drainage, state boundaries, and larger cities. Slightly different edition, engra... more
Map of the city of Augusta, capital of the state of Maine /
General wall maps showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. Also shows some lots and lot numbers on map of downtown Augusta. Relief shown by hachures on map of downtown Augusta.... more
Colton's railroad & township map of the State of Maine, with portions ...
Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows longitude from Washington. Includes population statistics and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Two candidates at the door of nomination
A satire on the competition between Daniel Webster and Winfield Scott for the 1852 Whig nomination for the presidency. In the drawing, the candidates stand on opposite sides of a door, Scott on the left and Web... more
U.S. Reports: Veazie et al. v. Moor, 55 U.S. (14 How.) 568 (1853)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 55; Howard Volume 14; December Term, 1852; Samuel Veazie and Levi Young, Plaintiffs in error, v. Wyman B. S. Moor