George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, April 1, 1792
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Thomas Jefferson to George Hammond, July 9, 1792
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James Blake, July 12, 1793, Passport to Spain
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Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, March 25, 1793
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Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, January 6, 1805
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Thomas Jefferson to Congress, February 10, 1807
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St. George Tucker to James Madison, November 22, 1826.
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James Ruggles to Andrew Jackson, August 1, 1829
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James Madison to Unknown. Note-Portfolio Edition, Memoir of Jefferson....
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James Madison to Caleb Cushing, February 9, 1836.
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Andrew Morrison to Andrew Jackson, May 11, 1839
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United States Congress, September 1, 1781, Printed Table of Currency S...
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[Western Union telegraph envelope]
Addressed to Wm. E. Ingle, Farmen H. Fiers[?], Drop in P.O. off[...]; bears 1 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem
[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag and stalk of whea...
Addressed to Otis B. String, Huntsburgh, Geauga County, Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp; barely legible postmark. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem
Civil War envelope showing Continental Army soldier with sword, cannon...
Addressed to Mrs. T.R. King, Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio ; postmarked Kanawha C.H., Va., Feb. 12 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem
[Cherub in baseball cap holding bat]
Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine.
Portion of an illustrated Japanese or Chinese manuscript or scroll tha...
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Albany anti-suffragist Mrs. W. W. Crannell, to campaign in South Dakot...
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Tournament Day. The lost ball -- time's almost up
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Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Word of Welcome, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks
Anne Fitzhugh's welcome to Lochland piazza party
Elizabeth Smith Miller: bloomer costume
Pictures show Elizabeth Smith Miller in bloomer costume in 1852 and at 84 with praise for her kindness.
Letter from Fletcher Collins to Alan Lomax, Page 1, December 11, 1941
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Letter from Aaron Copland to William Strickland, June 11, 1943.
[Samuel Goldwyn stationery]
The Evolution of Interstellar Space Flight
This drawing, created by a 10-13 year-old Carl Sagan, presents a vision for space flight as a collage of newspaper headlines from the future. Some of the headlines announce technological developments, like an ... More
Diagram of mountaintop removal - Public domain document scan
This graphic illustration of mountaintop removal appears on page 25 of The Stripmining Handbook: A Coalfield Citizens' Guide to Using the Law to Fight Back Against the Ravages of Strip Mining and Underground Mi... More
[Manuscript painting of Heezen-Tharp "World ocean floor" map by Berann...
Relief shown by land form drawings, shading, and gradient tints. Depths shown by land form drawings, shading, gradient tints, and soundings. Also covers land areas of the world. Title supplied by cataloger. Han... More
Tian wen tu zhu xiang yi fu : bu fen juan
This work was comprised of two categories of 'xing zhan' (astronomy) and 'yun qi' (floating clouds) then were revised into an incomplete work with four volumes of 'yuan', 'heng', 'li', 'zhen'. Ms. In case. Also... More
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...
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Letter, Benedict Arnold to George Washington pleading for mercy for hi...
Reproduction number: A80 (color slide; page 1); A81 (color slide; page 2) Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) of the Continental army had fought gallantly for the American side since the beginning of the Rev... More
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Continenta...
Lists of Brigadier Generals and Colonels
Letter, John Adams to Thomas Jefferson describing the cordial greeting...
Reproduction number: A51 (color slide; page 1); A52 (color slide; page 2) In this 3 June 1785 letter, written in his secretary's hand, John Adams (1735-1826), Revolutionary patriot and later president of the Un... More
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Jonathan T...
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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: John Gill ...
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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Joseph Swe...
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The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Ex...
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 statesman who lived in th... More
Letter, Elizabeth Blackwell to Baroness Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron c...
Reproduction number: A11 (color slide; pages 1 and 4); A12 (color slide; pages 2 and 3) I do not wish to give [women] a first place, still less a second one--but the most complete freedom, to take their true pl... More
U.S. Constitution: Acts of Congress Relating to Slavery
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 statesman who lived in th... More
Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to J.H. Reed
Addressed to Mr. J.H. Reed, Lynchburge, Va.; postmarked Charlottesville, Va.; bears two 5 cent stamps. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, Lincoln, Delaware, June 2018. pp/liljmem
Article by Alexander Hume Ford, "Our American Colony at Jerusalem," fr...
Article printed in Appleton's Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 6 (Dec. 1906): 643-655. On the formation and functions of the American Colony in Jerusalem and the various controversies it faced, including those with the... More
Alma Mahler to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Dear Maestro "
George Washington Papers, Series 7, Applications for Office, 1789-1796...
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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Charles Si...
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Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...
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Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to William H. Branch
Addressed to Wm. H. Branch Esqr., Tallahassee, Florida; postmarked Warrenton, N.C.; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, Lincoln, Delaware, June 2018... More
Clara Barton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1849-1947; Articles a...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Press clippings, 1950-1970
Program to "Twilight Time" a musical production featuring Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, ca. 1949
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Hurston, Zora Neale
Zora Neale Hurston to Alan Lomax, 1957-02-04
Greek Manuscripts 150. Four Gospels
Manuscript was filmed and made available in 1952. Copied on vellum. Includes 9 illuminations.
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: S...
Judicial appointment in Missouri
Walt Whitman Papers: Literary file; Prose; "Idea of Piece Peace in a S...
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Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...
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Souvenir Inaugural Ball, March 4th 1889
Forms part of Benjamin Harrison papers, 1780-1948; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009029 This is a souvenir program with heavy, textured cream-colored paper covers that con... More
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Oversize, 1...
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Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...
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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Asa Dougla...
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Music by Ernst - Blenda. Libretto. Swedish Opera
af Ludvig Josephson och Ernst Wallmark ; musiken af P.A. Ölander. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Price on front cover: 50 öre; spelling of composer's name on front cover: A.P. Ölander... More
"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...
Printed issue (Nov. 1882) vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 161-168, with illustrations. By "The Editor." Published by Thomas Wilson, Chicago, Ill., and W. H. Guest, Pateroster Row, London, England. Illustrated with views of... More
The dancing master; or, Directions for dancing country dances with the...
Vol. 2, 2d ed., has imprint: Printed for H. Playford, 1698. First ed. published 1651 [i.e. 1650] under title: The English dancing-master. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile pag... More
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Miscellany,...
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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Speech on Taylor and veto
Das nüv Schiff von Narragonia ..
Unauthorized reprint containing a number of additions not by Brant. Cf. Goedecke's Grundriss, 2nd ed., I, p. 385. Rosenwald 172 Goff B-1084 GW 5050 (variations) IGI 2042 Schramm, XX, p. 4 and illus. Bound with ... More
Young People's Concerts Scripts: Berlioz Takes a Trip typescript on pi...
From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series
Clara Barton Papers: Scrapbooks, 1835-1930; 1903, Butler, Pa.
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Spain, 1952-1953
November 1952; Galicia; multiple copies of the same documents, some are very faded
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, writings, publi...
Sonderdruck aus Research Film Vol. 6, No. 6, 1969, by Alan Lomax, Irmgard Bartenieff, Forrestine Paulay; also a manuscript of "Cross-Cultural Study of Dance: Description and Implications" by Irmgard Bartenieff ... More
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Miscellany,...
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Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...
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Zhi shi nü fu ren chan bao bai wen : er juan. Chan bao za lun : yi jua...
Preface written by Wang Jin in 1127; the title "Chan yu bao qing ji" is given in the contents, however the main contents differ from "Chan yu bao qing fang" as found in the "Yongle da dian"; it is likely that t... More
Notebook by Alexander Graham Bell, from December 29, 1891 to June 5, 1...
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The New England primer, improved : for the more easy attaining the tru...
Signatures: [A]⁸ B-E⁸. Heartman, C.F. New England primer, 198 Shaw & Shoemaker 4726 Includes a small illustration for each letter of the alphabet, and an illustration of John Rogers, martyr. LC copy imperfect:... More
Promissory Notes, Frederick Douglass papers
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 statesman who lived in th... More
Woodrow Wilson Papers: Series 6: Peace Conference Documents, 1898-1921...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Calendars and address books
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Unnamed Sufi treatise - Persian manuscript
Untitled Sufi text on meditation containing both poetry and prose. Manuscript. Persian; colophon in Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Written by ʻAlī al-Ḥusaynī (calligrapher)--Colophon. Probably written ... More
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Miscellany,...
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Photograph album, Locust plague of 1915
Black leather photograph album, bound vertically, containing 57 hand-colored prints ( ca. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2") depicting the effects of the locust plague of 1915 in Palestine. Attributed to Lewis Larsson, photograp... More