Gillender Building, New York City
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St. Paul Building, New York City
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Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey's - from the original pa...
Print shows King Henry VIII seated with Anne Boleyn in the left foreground and Cardinal Wolsey with other members of the court at a gathering in the background.
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
![Manatvs gelegen op de Noot [sic] Riuier.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1670/01/01/manatvs-gelegen-op-de-noot-sic-riuier-640.jpg "Manatvs gelegen op de Noot [sic] Riuier.")
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
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 York? 17- ?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/16/nun-will-ich-valedieren-nun-so-will-ich-12-stanzas-of-verse-new-york-17--14b576-640.jpg "Nun will ich valedieren nun so will ich. [12 stanzas of verse] [New York? 17- ?].")
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.
![To the Whigs of 1776. Fellow citizens. You cannot but remember the cry in favor of the "men of 1776" which has continuously been kept up by the Democratic party, and which now again begins to be revived ... An old solder. [n. p. n. d.].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1700/01/01/to-the-whigs-of-1776-fellow-citizens-you-cannot-but-remember-the-cry-in-favor-640.jpg "To the Whigs of 1776. Fellow citizens. You cannot but remember the cry in favor of the \"men of 1776\" which has continuously been kept up by the Democratic party, and which now again begins to be revived ... An old solder. [n. p. n. d.].")
![By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General and Governour in chief of the Province of New York ... A proclamation [Dissolving the General Assembly and that another General Assembly shall be called] Given at New York this](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1702/01/01/by-his-excellency-edward-lord-cornbury-his-majestys-capt-general-and-governour-1-640.jpg "By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury, His Majesty's Capt. General and Governour in chief of the Province of New York ... A proclamation [Dissolving the General Assembly and that another General Assembly shall be called] Given at New York this")
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
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. For arresting, imprisoning and keeping the Plaintif Ten weeks in prison, at the suit of Joseph Weldon, without authority ... [Dated New York, August 25th, 1733].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1733/01/01/new-york-mayors-court-william-trusdell-against-francis-harison-esq-for-arresting-640.jpg "New York Mayor's Court. William Trusdell against Francis Harison, Esq. For arresting, imprisoning and keeping the Plaintif Ten weeks in prison, at the suit of Joseph Weldon, without authority ... [Dated New York, August 25th, 1733].")
![[Arms] By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the Province of New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America. A proclamation. Whereas several desertions have late](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/11/arms-by-the-honourable-james-de-lancey-esq-his-majestys-lieutenant-governor-ff55c7-640.jpg "[Arms] By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the Province of New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America. A proclamation. Whereas several desertions have late")
[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
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]CC,LV](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1755/01/01/a-plan-of-the-city-of-new-york-from-an-actual-survey-anno-domini-mdcclv-640.jpg "A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, M[D]CC,LV")
A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, M[D...
A plan of the City of New York/Ed Holland, mayor
![Prospect of Saratogha [i.e. Saratoga], 1757, taken from the saw mill 1. Hudsons River; 2. Road to Fort Miller; 3. Retrenchment; 4. Camp.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1757/01/01/prospect-of-saratogha-ie-saratoga-1757-taken-from-the-saw-mill-1-hudsons-river-640.jpg "Prospect of Saratogha [i.e. Saratoga], 1757, taken from the saw mill 1. Hudsons River; 2. Road to Fort Miller; 3. Retrenchment; 4. Camp.")
![[Arms] By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in chief in and over the Province of New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America, A proclamation. Whereas this government, from a due](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1758/01/01/arms-by-the-honourable-james-de-lancey-esq-his-majestys-lieutenant-governor-640.jpg "[Arms] By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in chief in and over the Province of New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America, A proclamation. Whereas this government, from a due")
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 militia [arms] New York: Printed and sold by Hugh Gaine, at the Bible and Crown in Hanover Square 1759.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1759/01/01/a-new-manual-exercise-for-the-foot-very-useful-for-the-army-and-militia-arms-640.jpg "A new manual exercise, for the foot, very useful for the army and militia [arms] New York: Printed and sold by Hugh Gaine, at the Bible and Crown in Hanover Square 1759.")
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.
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 glass ware-house, ... [New York, 176-].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1760/01/01/new-york-176-mr-bought-of-james-gilliland-at-his-earthen-and-glass-ware-house-640.jpg "New York, 176-- Mr.-- Bought of James Gilliland, at his earthen and glass ware-house, ... [New York, 176-].")
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.
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.
![A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on which is fixed the line of forty five degrees north lattit. terminating the boundarys betwe[e]n the provinces of Quebec and New York agre[e]able to his Majesty's proclamation done by order and instruction of the Honourable James Murray, esqr., Governor of the Province of Quebec and the Honourable His Majestys Council](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1765/01/01/a-survey-of-lake-champlain-including-crown-point-and-st-iohns-on-which-is-fixed-640.jpg "A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on which is fixed the line of forty five degrees north lattit. terminating the boundarys betwe[e]n the provinces of Quebec and New York agre[e]able to his Majesty's proclamation done by order and instruction of the Honourable James Murray, esqr., Governor of the Province of Quebec and the Honourable His Majestys Council")
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
![Plan of Governor's, Kennedy's, and Brown's Islan[ds] and Red Hook together with part of the Bay and soundings, shewing the position they bear to each other and to New York, September 18th. 1766. By order of His Excellency Major General Gage, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1766/01/01/plan-of-governors-kennedys-and-browns-islands-and-red-hook-together-with-part-640.jpg "Plan of Governor's, Kennedy's, and Brown's Islan[ds] and Red Hook together with part of the Bay and soundings, shewing the position they bear to each other and to New York, September 18th. 1766. By order of His Excellency Major General Gage, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America.")
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 Islands, with Paulus and Red Hook together with part of the bay and soundings shewing the position they bear to each ether [sic] and to New York.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1766/01/01/plan-of-governors-kennedys-and-browns-islands-with-paulus-and-red-hook-together-640.jpg "Plan of Governor's, Kennedy's, and Brown's Islands, with Paulus and Red Hook together with part of the bay and soundings shewing the position they bear to each ether [sic] and to New York.")
![To the worthy freeholders and freemen. The son of the most upright Judge, the best of Governors, and the greatest patriot ever known in this Country [In favour of the election of Peter Livinston to the Assembly] New York, March 8, 1768.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1768/01/01/to-the-worthy-freeholders-and-freemen-the-son-of-the-most-upright-judge-the-1-640.jpg "To the worthy freeholders and freemen. The son of the most upright Judge, the best of Governors, and the greatest patriot ever known in this Country [In favour of the election of Peter Livinston to the Assembly] New York, March 8, 1768.")
![To the worthy freeholders and freemen. The son of the most upright Judge, the best of governors, and the greatest patriot ever known in this country [In favour of the election of Peter Livingston to the Assembly] New York March 8 1768.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1768/01/01/to-the-worthy-freeholders-and-freemen-the-son-of-the-most-upright-judge-the-640.jpg "To the worthy freeholders and freemen. The son of the most upright Judge, the best of governors, and the greatest patriot ever known in this country [In favour of the election of Peter Livingston to the Assembly] New York March 8 1768.")
A south east view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud...
Print shows two men sitting on a knoll under a tree in the foreground and a distant view of New York City with King's College, now Columbia University, the most prominent building visible.
![[Arms] By His Excellency, the Honourable Thomas Gage, general and commander in chief of all his Majesty's forces in North America, &c. &c. &c. Whereas, complaints have at times been made by the country people of not obtaining the payments due to](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1769/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-the-honourable-thomas-gage-general-and-commander-in-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency, the Honourable Thomas Gage, general and commander in chief of all his Majesty's forces in North America, &c. &c. &c. Whereas, complaints have at times been made by the country people of not obtaining the payments due to")
The managers on the part of New-York, beg leave to the Court, that in ...
Dated July 26, 1769.; On verso: LL 54 2021 My 14, 38; Regs. 38, p. 7, No. 40. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ep... more
