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Sculpture "Eagle; Justice Above All Else" at Jacob K. Javitz Federal B...

Artist: Theodore Roszak, 1970. Bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogr... more

Gillender Building, New York City

Historic Sites

City Hall subway station, New York

St. Paul Building, New York City

Historic Sites

World's Fair. Soviet Socialist Republics Building at night

Taft Parade, Admiral Coghlan in auto, New York

Irving Trust Bldg., 1 Wall St.

JO8624 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C 20599. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., N.Y.C.

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night II

World's Fair. Arctic Girl's tomb of ice II

View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, September 11, 2001

Pictores operis, Heinricus Fullmaurer, Albertus Meyer, sculptor Vitus ...

Portraits of the three men who created the illustrations for this botanical book. Heinrich Füllmaurer transferring drawing to woodblock, Albrecht Meyer drawing the plant on the table, and Veit Rudolph Speckle, ... more

[Map of the coast of Virginia in 1585] / autore Ioanne With ; sculptor...

Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590. Engraving by Theodor de Bry after watercolor by John White. The New World [...] / ... more

[The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]

Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... more

Vniversale descrittione di tvtto il monde /

Relief shown pictorially. Probably the second state of the map. Differs from the first state in the reworking of Tierra del Fuego to include the Straits of Magellan. Presents Staten Island, west of Tierra del F... more

[Adoration of the shepherds: night piece]

Print shows a group of shepherds, one at center holding a lantern and removing his hat, stand to the left with Mary, Jesus, and Joseph at the edge of the shadows on the right. Title from shelflist card. Trimmed... more

Manatvs gelegen op de Noot [sic] Riuier.

Manuscript. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Covers New York City region. Pictorial map showing buildings and points of interest. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... more

Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ : nec non partis Virginiæ tabula multis in ...

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.

New Yorke : 1695

Facsim. of ms. original in British Library. "By permission from the New York History Co." Original version: [1696?]. Includes index to points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... more

New York Jackson Guards to Andrew Jackson

A Portion of New York from the Hudson River west to the Unadilla Branc...

Scale ca. 1:65,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on parchment. Area is divided into the various tracts of land with the owners identified. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1079 Available also thr... more

Nun will ich valedieren nun so will ich. [12 stanzas of verse] [New Yo...

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 112, Folder 25.

By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont Captain General and Govern...

Evans 942.; On verso: 666 II. P.R.O., July 26, 1700, Cal. 1700, No. 666 II., Evans 942. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. ... more

To the Whigs of 1776. Fellow citizens. You cannot but remember the cry...

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 134, Folder 33.

Know all men by these presents that I for and in consideration of the ...

By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq; His Majesties Lieut Governour and ...

Evans 1010.; On verso: 758. IV P.R.O., June 1, 1701, Cal. 1701. No. 758 IV. Evans 1010. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGM... more

By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq; His Majesties Lieut. Governour and...

Evans 1012.; On verso: 915. VII P.R.O., August 19, 1701, Cal. 1701. No. 915 VII. Evans 1072 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in... more

An ordinance for erecting & establishing a High Court of Chancery in t...

Evans 1013.; On verso: 915. VIII P.R.O., August 28, 1701, Cal. 1701, No. 915 VIII. Evans 1013. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text ... more

By the Honourable John Nanfan, His Majesties Lieut Governour and Comma...

Evans 1008.; On verso: 758. II P.R.O., June 1, 1701, Cal. 1701, No. 758 II. Evans 1008. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML... more

By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq. His Majesties Lieut. Governour and...

Not in Evans.; On verso: 1206. XXXVI, P.R.O., March 10, 1701-02, No. 1206, XXXVI. Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text... more

By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General an...

Evans 1084; On verso, Piece 1: 409. III P.R.O., May 3, 1702, Cal. 1702, No. 409 III, Dup.; On verso, Piece 2: 408. I. P. R. O., May 3, 1702, Cal. 1702, No. 408 I. Evans 1084. This item has been renumbere... more

By His Excellency. Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General a...

Evans 1090.; On verso: 1206 XLVIII P.R.O., September 17, 1702, Cal. 1702, No. 1206 XLVIII. Evans 1090. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as ful... more

An ordinance of His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, Capt. General and...

Evans 1091.; On verso: 1206, XLV P.R.O., June 13, 1702, Cal. 1702. No. 1206 XLV. Evans 1091. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in... more

By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General an...

Evans 1087.; On verso: 1206. 2 , P.R.O., Septmeber 17, 1702, Cal. 1702, No. 1206 e. Evans 1087. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text... more

By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General an...

Evans 1086.; On verso: 1206. XLIX P.R.O., September 17, 1702, Cal. 1702, No. 1206 XLIX. Evans 1086. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full ... more

By His Excellency. Edward Lord Cornbury, Capt, General and Governour i...

Evans 1088.; On verso: 1206. ZI P.R.O., September 17, 1702, Cal. 1702. No. 1206 l. Evans 1088. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full tex... more

By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General an...

Evans 1085.; On verso: 1206, XLVI P.R.O., September 8, 1702, Cal. 1206 XLVI. Evans 1085. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML... more

By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General an...

Evans 1089.; On verso: 1206 XLVII P.R.O., September 17, 1702, Cal. 1702, No. 1206 XLVII. Evans 1089. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full ... more

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Pennsylvaniae et partis Virginiae...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and view of New York. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. "329" stamped on lower left of verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... more

This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact obser...

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye county of Worcester, President of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council &... more

This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact obser...

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye county of Worcester, President of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council &... more

To His Excellency, William Burnet, Esq; Captain, General and Governour...

Evans 2377.; On verso: 1722. June 14 P.R.O., C. O. 5. 1053.1.79. Evans 2377. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed ... more

Theatrum historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimum : in quo tum Im...

Shows nations and their borders in color. Relief shown pictorially. Includes globe-shaped inset titled "Supplementum Theatro Historicum" showing continents of Africa, Europe, Asia and northern boundaries of Aus... more

A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on y...

Scale ca. 1:3,600,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Imprint date from Henry Stevens and Roland Tree's Comparative cartography, item 55c. Includes descriptive text. Insets: A v... more

New York Mayor's Court. William Trusdell against Francis Harison, Esq....

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 102, Folder 36.

Advertisement, Perth-Amboy, September 17, 1745, Whereas sundry of the ...

Addressed to the delinquent purchasers of Romopock lands. Appears also in No. 628 of the New York Weekly journal dated September 30, 1745.; 2101 E 19 29 My 46.; Rec. 6-21-46.; S115.00; On verso: 2101 E 19 29 M... more

A new and accurate map of New Jersey, Pensilvania, New York and New En...

Relief shown pictorially. From the author's A complete system of geography. 1747. Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "No. 100." Vault AACR2

Pensylvania, Nova Jersey et Nova York cum regionibus ad Fluvium Delawa...

Relief shown pictorially. Also covers New England (distorted) and northern Chesapeake region. Title in Latin; notes in German and Latin; legend in Latin, German, and English. Unidentified meridian. Provinces in... more

A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware cou...

Scale ca. 1:960,000. Hand colored. Has watermark. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows trails. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1035 Available ... more

A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware cou...

Scale ca. 1:960,000. 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 Am... more

N.W. parts of New York, no. 156.

Scale not given. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Edges deteriorating and hole in left center. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1081 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... more

A new and accurate map of New Jersey, Pensilvania, New York and New En...

Scale ca. 1:12,250,000. Hand colored. "No. 62" in lower left margin. Covers the area from the Bay of Fundy southward along the coast to Chesapeake Bay, and west to the Finger Lakes district in New York. Shows t... more

A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware cou...

Scale ca. 1:960,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. LC copy imperfect: Lower left corner missing. Shows trails. Includes descriptive... more

A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware cou...

Scale ca. 1:960,000. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows trails. Includes descriptive notes and distance chart. LC Maps of North America, 1750-17... more

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America; viz. Virgini...

Scale ca. 1:2,270,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. "Sold by R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, London, & by the author in Philadelphia." Includes inscription to "Thomas Pownall, Esq... more

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America; viz Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Cover title: Middle British colonies in America: Original wrappers. Hand colored, coloration does not agree with legend. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude west of London" and "fr... more

[Arms] By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenan...

Imprint 3. @+@; Proclamation.; Not in Evans.; On verso: 50914 '04, 30. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera ... more

A map of the British and French settlements in North America.

Scale ca. 1:8,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude w. from London." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 60 Includes list of French forts in Nova Scotia, New England, New York, "Pencilvania," "Ve... more

Partie de l'Amérique septentrionale, qui comprend le cours de l'Ohio, ...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Title on verso: "Cours de l'Ohyo." Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Covers the area from the Great Lakes to South Carolina and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River. Sho... more

A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, M[D...

Scale ca. 1:3,300; foot 660 to one 8 of a mile. "To the Honourable James De Lancey ... this plan of the City of New York is humbly dedict. by your honours most obet. & humble servant G. Duyckinck." Shows ward b... more

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle Yorck, et Pensilvanie.

Covers the area from Penobscot Bay to Chesapeake Bay and west to Lake Erie. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Indian tribal territory. Prime meridian: Paris. "Tom. XIV. in 4⁰, no. 9. Tome 14. in 8⁰, page 97"-- In... more

Prospect of Saratogha [i.e. Saratoga], 1757, taken from the saw mill 1...

Title from item. Transfer; Map Division.

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Includes numerous notes, especially concerning inland water communications and natural resources, 3 distan... more

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, text, 3 distance charts, and inset of "A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R... more

Map of the northern parts of New York.

Scale 1:126,720; 2 miles to an in. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the Hudson River from Albany to Fort Edward, the Mohawk and Hoosic rivers, Schoharie Creek, roads and villages ... more

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 712 Available also through the Library of Congress... more

[Arms] By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenan...

Imprint 3.; 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 102, Folder 39.

A north view of Crown Point

Drawing shows a British gunboat under sail on Lake Champlain with a view of Crown Point, New York in the background. Title from item. Drawing attributed to Thomas Davies.

A North view of Fort Johnson, drawn on the spot by Mr. Guy Johnson, Si...

Illustration showing fort and outbuildings in New York.

A new manual exercise, for the foot, very useful for the army and mili...

Positive Photostat of t. p. 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 102, Folder 40.

Ticonderoga as it was in 1759.

Scale ca. 1:84,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, on tracing paper. Includes index to military activities. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1118 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raste... more

Cartouche showing a French missionary, a trapper, and a naked Native a...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Atlas geographicvs maior ... / per Iohannem Baptistam Homannvm. Norimbergae : Curantibus Homannianis Heredibus, 1753-59 [i.e., 1781 ; v. 1, 1759], no. 139. Published ... more

B. New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania.

Shows boundary of East and West Jersey as of or before 1702. English. Title in German. Some place names, terms, etc., also have German work supplied. From the author's Atlas geographicvs major. 1753-59 [i.e. 17... more

New York, 176-- Mr.-- Bought of James Gilliland, at his earthen and gl...

Dated in mss. 1765.; Not in Evans.; On verso: Invoice of Stone Ware from James Gilliland. 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 the Cohoes or Great Fall of the Mohawk River taken from abov...

Drawing shows a waterfall on the Mohawk River at Cohoes in New York state. Transfer; Map Division.

[Map showing the Bowery Lane area of Manhattan.

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. In pencil: No. 33. Stamped on verso: John Montresor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1084 Available also through the Libra... more

The south prospect of the city of New York in America

Print shows the waterfront on the south side of New York City with ships and boats in the foreground; prominent features numbered, legend not included.

Plan of the city of New York ; An exact prospect of Charlestown : the ...

New York City map shows streets, wharves, ferries, principal buildings, and built-up area. Charleston view is panorama of waterfront and quays with principal buildings lettered for identification (no index pres... more

Partie du fleuve St. Laurent depuis Quebec jusqu'au Lac St. Francois. ...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Soundings shown by fathoms. "Tome, I, no. 10." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 241 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... more

Baye et port d'Yorc, capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc.

Scale ca. 1:63,000. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I. No. 32." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1223 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... more

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, New York, Pensilvanie et Nouveau Jers...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Covers the area from Penobscot Bay to Delaware Bay and west to the middle of Lake Ontario. Shows provinces, towns and cities, forts, and few roads, the dividing line between East and West... more

A general map of the middle British colonies in America viz. Virginia,...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Cover titles: An analysis of a map of the middle British colonies in America. Middle British colonies in America. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown picto... more

A letter to his most Excellent Majesty, George the third, King of Grea...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 10118.; On verso, Piece 1: NY 1765 66 S.; On verso, Piece 2: Gift Albert C. Read, Mar 19, 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile pa... more

A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on whi...

Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. In pencil, lower left margin: No. 10. Includes descriptive notes and... more

Common-wealth - the colossus

Print shows William Pitt walking on stilts; the right stilt, labeled "Sedition", points to New York, the left, labeled "Popularity", is firmly planted in London. He uses one crutch, labeled "Pension", for suppo... more

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the Nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Dedicated "To the Honble. Thos. Gage ... " Relief shown by hachures. Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the pr... more

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Relief shown by hachures. Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage. Described in I. N. P. Stokes' Iconography of Manhattan Island. Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset of "A chart of ... more

Designs for fortifying Governors Island near New York.

Scale 1:144; 12 ft. to an in. Title from verso. Manuscript; pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows "Section thro' A, B." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1141 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... more

Plan of Governor's, Kennedy's, and Brown's Islan[ds] and Red Hook toge...

Scale 1:4,800; 400 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Imperfect: Margins torn. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. Signed in different ink: W. B. Porter. LC M... more

Plan of Governor's, Kennedy's, and Brown's Islands, with Paulus and Re...

Scale 1:4,800; 400 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Soundings shown in fathoms. "No. 13." Stamped on verso: Montresor. On verso, in upper right corn... more

U.S. Reports: Riche, et al., v. Broadfield, 1 U.S. (1 Dall.) 16 (1767)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 1; Dallas Volume 1; April Term, 1767; Riche and Richards versus Broadfield

Cantonment of His Majesty's forces in N. America according to the disp...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes penciled note and listing of the composition of "Detachments." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 118 Available also through the Library... more

To His Excellency Sr. Henry Moore, Bart., captain general and governou...

"Survey'd in 1767." Shows ward names and boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. First state--before addition of Faden & Jefferys imprint. Includes index of "References" and coat-of-arms. Available also through t... more

Articles and regulations of the Friendly society of tradesman, house c...

Positive Photostat.; 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 102, Folder 44a.

The provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, a...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Title in upper margin: A chorographical map of the country between Albany, Oswego, Fort Frontenac, and les Trois Rivières ... Drawn from authentic surveys by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to ... more

To the worthy freeholders and freemen. The son of the most upright Jud...

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 102, Folder 43.

Crown Point & part of Lake Champlain.

Scale 1:7,920; 10 chains to 1 in. Title from manuscript on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 17... more

[The provinces of New York, and New Jersey, with part of Pensilvania, ...

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

To the worthy freeholders and freemen. The son of the most upright Jud...