Carte du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis dix lieues audessus de la No...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows the lower Mississippi River from the vicinity of New Orleans to its mouth, east portion of lake Pontchartrain, and estuaries. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Map in 2 sections mounte... more
A plan of Fort St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Jago & of St. Philip scituat...
In lower margin: To his grace Iohn Duke of Montagu, this plan is most humbly dedicated by his graces, most dutifull & most obedient servant, Iohn Thomas. Oriented with north to the left. Pen-and-ink and waterco... more
Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauv...
Shows the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans from Colapissas to English Turn, lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, location of Native American settlements, fortifications, and natural features. Pen-a... more
Embouchures du fleuve St. Louis ou Mississipi. 1763.
Scale ca. 1:13,200. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I. No. 44." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 776 Available al... more
Carte de la coste de la province de la Louisiane et des bouches du Mic...
Scale ca. 1:700,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows the coast from "Baye de l'Ascencion," Louisiana to "Baye St. Joseph," Florida. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,... more
Five hundred pounds reward. [For the capture of the Viginia built pilo...
Positive Photostat.; Printed in French and English.; Title.; Evans 15877. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... more
Dédiée a Monsieur Coustard de Massi, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Mil...
Print shows "Le Suffren," the balloon of Anne-Pierre Coustard de Massy and R.P. Mouchet, ascending from Nantes, France. (Source: Le Temps des Ballons, www.perso.wanadoo.fr.)
Pennsylvania ss. By the President and the Supreme Executive Council of...
Imprint 3.; Proclamation.; Evans 18687. 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 146, Folder 25.
[Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to M...
Date from accompanying text. Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills. Some place names in both English and French. Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and Joh... more
St. Louis Mo. St. Louis, C. Witter [18--?].
Panoramic view of St. Louis from the river, with other illustrations bordering a blank center area. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full tex... more
The progress of freedom. On the 6th of April St. Louis elected a mayor...
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 71, Folder 23.
Carte du Missouri : levee ou rectifiée dans toute son etendue /
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
[Lewis and Clark map, with annotations in brown ink by Meriwether Lewi...
Pen and ink. Author information provided by Prof. Donald Jackson, 1/12/1977. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. See also: pp. 97-103 of Allen's Passage through the garden... more
[Mississippi river, with Ohio, Rock, Iowa River de Moins, Missouri, Wh...
Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. Includes 7 "Indian boundary lines." In lower left corner in pencil: 91. On verso: Transferred from Interior Department, Office of Indian Affairs. Jan. ... more
U.S. Reports: Willing v. The United States, 4 U.S. (4 Dall.) xxxiv (18...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 4; Dallas Volume 4; October Term, 1807; Willing et al. versus The United States.
A chart of the internal part of Louisiana : including all the hitherto...
Scale ca. 1:2,450,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. "Plate II." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2
Missouri territory formerly Louisiana.
Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
Missouri territory formerly Louisiana.
Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory depicted differently from other copies (42nd and 49th parallels) Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
A map of Mexico, Louisiana, and the Missouri Territory : including als...
Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes, ill., and tables of coordinates and other statistical data. Imperfect: Backed... more
Map of "countries bordering on the Mississippi and Missouri", in Henry...
Illus. in: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Journal of a tour...of Missouri, London, Printed for Sir R. Philips & Co., 1821. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card traci... more
Essai sur la danse, antique et moderne ...
All of Mme. Voiart's manual is devoted to the history of dance. Quoting heavily from many previously published materials, including a number of travelogues, this book discusses the origins of dance and devotes ... more
Tivoli. Le dimanche 22 aout, 1824, grand fete extraordinaire a l'occas...
Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Jean Margat, August 22, 1824, Tivoli, Paris, at a festival on the occasion of St. Louis Day. Text indicates Margat will stand on an oblong platform below a ... more
Respected friends. By direction of the Board of managers of the Cheste...
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 153, Folder 3a.
U.S. Reports: Soulard and others vs. The United States, 29 U.S. (4 Pet...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 29; Peters Volume 4; January Term, 1830; Julie Soulard, Widow, and others, Appellants vs. The United States John T. Smith, Appellant vs. The United States
St. Louis skating rink waltz
LOT subdivision subject: Sports Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Compton & Doan. Lithograph by Studley & Co. Date not recorded on caption card or item. Date bas... more
U.S. Reports: Craig et al. vs. The State of Missouri, 29 U.S. (4 Pet.)...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 29; Peters Volume 4; January Term, 1830; Hiram Craig, John Moore and Ephraim Moore vs. The State of Missouri
U.S. Reports: Strother v. Lucas, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 763 (1832)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 31; Peters Volume 6; January Term, 1832; Daniel F. Strother, Plaintiff in Error v. John B.C. Lucas, Defendant in Error
Bellvue. Mr. Dougherty's agency on the Missouri / Ch. Bodmer pinx ad ...
Illustration shows buildings, paddocks, settlers, ox cart and Indians at Bellvue, Major John Dougherty's trading post on the Missouri River. Title from item. Title also in French and German. Illus. in: Voyage d... more
U.S. Reports: Sampetreac and Stewart v. United States, 32 U.S. (7 Pet....
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 32; Peters Volume 7; January Term, 1833; Bernardo Sampetreac and Joseph Stewart, Appellants v. the United States, Appellees
Explosion of Biddle & Cos. Congress water fount
A satire on the failure of the combined efforts of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Calhoun, and Nicholas Biddle to thwart Andrew Jackson's treasury policy. In 1833 Jackson ordered that federal deposits be remo... more
U.S. Reports: Robinson v. Noble's Administrators, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 181...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 33; Peters Volume 8; January Term, 1834; William Robinson, Jun., Plaintiff in Error v. William Noble's Administrators
U.S. Reports: Byrne v. the State of Missouri, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 40 (183...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 33; Peters Volume 8; January Term, 1834; Morgan Byrne, Plaintiff in Error v. the State of Missouri
U.S. Reports: Delassus v. the United States, 34 U.S. (9 Pet.) 117 (183...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 34; Peters Volume 9; January Term, 1835; Charles Dehault Delassus, Appellant v. the United States
U.S. Reports: Chouteau's Heirs v. the United States (No. 2), 34 U.S. (...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 34; Peters Volume 9; January Term, 1835; Auguste Chouteau's Heirs, Appellants v. the United States
A map of a portion of the Indian country lying east and west of the Mi...
Accompanied by: Geological report of an examination made in 1834 of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers / by G.W. Featherstonhaugh. Washington : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. (97 p., [... more
Map showing the lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas an...
From: [Documents concerning Col. Henry Dodge's expedition to the Rocky Mountains], House Document 181, 24th Cong., 1st session, 1835-36, serial 289. LC Many nations, 200 Exhibition: Indians of North America, Li... more
U.S. Reports: Smith v. The United States, 35 U.S. (10 Pet.) 326 (1836)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 35; Peters Volume 10; January Term, 1836; John Smith, T., Appellant v. The United States
U.S. Reports: Mackey v. The United States, 35 U.S. (10 Pet.) 340 (1836...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 35; Peters Volume 10; January Term, 1836; Sabella Mackey Widow, John Zenon Mackey and Others, Heirs of James Mackey, Appellants v. the United States
6 cents. Humbug glory bank
Another mock bank note parodying the "shinplasters" of the 1837 panic. Such small-denomination notes were based on the division of the Spanish dollar, the dominant specie of the time. Hence they were issued in ... more
Fifty cents. Shin plaster
Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... more
Uncle Sam sick with la grippe
A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... more
Treasury note
A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... more
U.S. Reports: Choteau v. Marguerite, 37 U.S. (12 Pet.) 507 (1838)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 37; Peters Volume 12; January Term, 1838; Pierre Choteau, Senior v. Marguerite, a Woman of Colour, Defendant
U.S. Reports: Strother v. Lucas, 37 U.S. (12 Pet.) 410 (1838)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 37; Peters Volume 12; January Term, 1838; Daniel F. Strother v. John B. C. Lucas, Defendant
U.S. Reports: Bagnell et al. vs. Broderick, 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) 436 (183...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 38; Peters Volume 13; January Term, 1839; Carey Bagnell and the Executors of Morgan Byrne vs. George W. Broderick
Dog sledges of the Mandan Indians / ch. Bodmer pinx. ad nat. ; René Ro...
Mandan Indians using two dogs to drag a toboggan on the frozen Missouri River. Illus. in: Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 / von Maximilian Prinz zu Wied. Coblenz : J. Hoelscher, 183... more
Fort Clark am Missouri (Februar 1834) : sur la Missouri (février 1834...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Illus from: Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 / von Maximilian Prinz zu Wied. Coblenz : J. Hoelscher, 1839-41, tab. 36. D... more
Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic] with p...
Outline map showing major drainage, some relief by hachures, state boundaries, canals, and important place names. Finished and proposed railroads are indicated.
North Bend game cock
A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... more
Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with ...
Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at ... more
A political movement
The artist forecasts with obvious relish the ouster of Van Buren and his cronies from office by William Henry Harrison. Van Buren is shown leaving Washington in a large cart drawn by supporters (left to right) ... more
Full tilt for the Capitol
The artist envisions public repudiation of Democratic hard-money policies, and the triumph of administration opponent Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, a conservative Democrat. Tallmadge, on horseback and armed with a l... more
Lawless burning of men by the many
Print shows a Black man named McIntosh, who had stabbed an officer that had arrested him, tied to a tree and being burned, St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 1896; and text. Illus. in: Anti-Slavery Almanac, 1840, p. 23.... more
Military despotism! Arbitrary arrest of a judge [Regarding Andrew Jack...
Jackson, Andrew.; Hall, Dominick A. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portf... more
$500 reward!! Whereas the clerk's office of the steamboat Patrick Henr...
Reward.; 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 17, Folder 16.
Notice. The undersigned, having chartered the steam-boat Eagle for the...
Title.; Pinckard, P. M.; 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 17, Folder 5.
$200 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber, on the night of Thursday, th...
Reward offered by Wm. Russell for apprehension of the slaves, St. Louis, 1 Oct. 1847. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI;... more
The explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralte...
Crew of H.M.S. Malabar (foreground, left) watch as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from accidental fire after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior.
U.S. Reports: Walsh v. United States, 42 U.S. (1 How.) 28 (1843)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 42; Howard Volume 1; January Term, 1843; Joseph W. Walsh, Administrator of William Rector, deceased, v. The United States
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. Scale 1:2,471,040. LC Railroad maps, 74 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Libr... more
U.S. Reports: Chouteau v. Eckhart, 43 U.S. (2 How) 344 (1844)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 43; Howard Volume 2; January Term, 1844; Pierre Chouteau, Sen., Plaintiff in error, v. William Eckhart
Jefferson City E. Sachse del
Drawing shows a scene near the waterfront with a capitol building atop a hill next to the Missouri River where a steamboat approaches the shore; shows other buildings along the waterfront and, in the foreground... more
U.S. Reports: Stoddard et al. v. Chambers, 43 U.S. (2 How) 284 (1844)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 43; Howard Volume 2; January Term, 1844; Simeon Stoddard, Curtis Stoddard, Daniel Stoddard, Anthony Stoddard, William Stoddard, Joseph Bunnell and Lucy his wife, Jonas Foster an... more
[Xavier Donald MacLeod, half-length portrait, nearly facing front, wit...
Author, teacher, editor of the St. Louis Leader. Alternative identification: McLoud. Scratched on back of plate: Mc-Loud. Written in ink on back of plate: 434. Identification from engraving by Capewell & Kimmel... more
U.S. Reports: Camden v. Doremus et al., 44 U.S. (3 How.) 515 (1845)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 44; Howard Volume 3; January Term, 1845; John B. Camden, Plaintiff in Error, v. Thomas C. Doremus, Cornelius R. Suydam, James Suydam, and John M. Nixon, Defendants in Error
Funeral obsequies of free-trade
A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... more
U.S. Reports: Mackay et al. v. Dillon, 45 U.S. (4 How.) 421 (1846)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 45; Howard Volume 4; January Term, 1846; Isabella L. Mackay, Executrix of James Mackay, Zeno Mackay, George Anthony Mackay, James Bennett Mackay, Reuben-Coleman and Eliza Lucy, ... more
U.S. Reports: Les Bois v. Bramell, 45 U.S. (4 How.) 449 (1846)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 45; Howard Volume 4; January Term, 1846; Marie Nicolle Les Bois, Plaintiff in Error, v. Samuel Bramell, Defendant
The Democratic funeral of 1848
Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... more
Cass & his cabinet in 1849
The satire imputes to the Democrats of 1848, led by candidate Lewis Cass, the corrupt practices of the Van Buren-era party. The artist also criticizes Whig repudiation of stalwart party leader Henry Clay in fav... more
Map and view of St. Louis, Mo.
Includes illus. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 438 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2
U.S. Reports: Missouri v. Iowa., 48 U.S. (7 How.) 660 (1849)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 48; Howard Volume 7; January Term, 1849; The State of Missouri, Complainant, v. The State of Iowa, Respondent. The State of Iowa, Complainant, v. The State of Missouri, Responde... more
Republican extra--- St. Louis, March 5, 5. P. M. President Taylor's in...
0675 E 7 D 45.; $15.00.; On verso: 06755, .7245. 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 ... more
[Lampshade design with six views: "Kansas", "Jefferson City", "Erie R....
Title devised by Library staff. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.
U.S. Reports: Missouri v. Iowa, 51 U.S. (10 How.) 1 (1851)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 51; Howard Volume 10; December Term, 1850; State of Missouri, Complainant, v. The State of Iowa, Respondent, - Original Bill, The/State of Iowa, Complainant, v. The State of Mis... more
U.S. Reports: Menard's Heirs v. Massey, 49 U.S. (8 How.) 293 (1850)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 49; Howard Volume 8; January Term, 1850; Amedee Menard's Heirs, Plaintiffs in error, v. Samuel Massey.
Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.
Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... more
Scene in Uncle Sam's Senate. 17th April 1850
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of the moment during the heated debate in the Senate over the admission of California as a free state when Mississippi senator Henry S. Foote drew a pistol on Thomas Har... more
A map illustrative of the route of the proposed railroad : from St. Lo...
"The red line indicates the route of the Railroad. The green line is the route followed by Col. Fremont from the South Pass to Humboldt River."
The upper Mississippi and Missouri /
Covers the northwestern United States and western Canada. Relief shown pictorially. French. Title and notes in English. Traced by J.G. Kohl from the original map: Idee topographique des huts de Mississipi et du... more
U.S. Reports: Mills v. Stoddard et al., 49 U.S. (8 How.) 345 (1850)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 49; Howard Volume 8; January Term, 1850; Adam L. Mills, Plaintiff in error, v. Simon Stoddard, a Citizen of Indiana, Curtis Stoddard and Daniel Stoddard, Citizens of Ohio, Josep... more
U.S. Reports: United States v. Boisdore's Heirs, 49 U.S. (8 How.) 113 ...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 49; Howard Volume 8; January Term, 1850; The United States, Appellants, v. The Heirs of Boisdore. Same, Appellants, v. The Heirs of Powers. Same, Appellants, v. The Heirs of Turner.
St. Louis in 1832. From an original painting by Geo. Catlin in possess...
Print shows a side paddle wheel steamer named the "St. Louis" headed up the Mississippi River under steam, with a view of the Saint Louis waterfront in the background. Title from item. Based on an original oil ... more
U.S. Reports: Landes v. Brant, 51 U.S. (10 How.) 348 (1851)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 51; Howard Volume 10; December Term, 1850; Isaac Landes, Plaintiff in error, v. Joshua B. Brant
An Indian map of the Upper-Missouri, 1801.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor. English. Some place names in Blackfoot. Copied from a map in the London archives of the Hudson Bay Company. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image... more
The sad parting between two old friends
Senators Thomas Hart Benton and Henry S. Foote are paired here in a facetious farewell scene, as Benton departs the "Shop of the Senate." In reality Benton lost his Senate seat in a January 1851 election, large... more
Colton's new map of Missouri : compiled from the U.S. Surveys and othe...
Map shows Missouri with county borders and also parts of Nebraska and Indian Territory, colored by counties; shows towns, roads, railroads, rivers, post offices, and many other details. Table shows population n... more
A new map of the United States. Upon which are delineated its vast wor...
Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, state and county capitals, cities and towns, common roads, the "Oregon Route," canals, and railroads. One of... more
U.S. Reports: The United States v. Porche, 53 U.S. (12 How.) 426 (1852...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 53; Howard Volume 12; December Term, 1851; The United States, Appellants, v. Alexis Porche
New map of the state of Missouri
Shows parts of adjoining states and counties, townships, and transportation routes. Colored by county. Number "33" in lower right margin of map. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas,... more
The gladiators of the Senate! The bulley's of the House
The artist parodies recent outbreaks of violence in Congress, and offers a pointed comparison between the elevated rhetorical sparring in the Senate and a more physical brand of combat in the House of Represent... more
A dish of "black turtle"
The cartoonist mocks the opportunism evident in Winfield Scott's endorsement of both the abolitionist cause and the Missouri Compromise. Scott, in military uniform, is seated at a table with a plate of soup be... more
Map of Chicago & Rock Island, Peoria and Bureau Valley, and Mississipp...
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing "railroads completed or in progress" and "railroads proposed & authorized unless named as 'projected.'" Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. LC Railroad... more
Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary ...
Map showing Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and part of Texas. Shows drainage, cities and towns, and state boundaries, west of the Mississippi River. The adjoining area east of the Mississippi River shows only t... more