The American moose-deer, or Away to the River Ohio
"An engraving showing an American moose-deer surrounded by kings, and standing on the banks of the "Ohio"..." (Source: Stephens)
![General Forbes' route on the march against Fort Du Quesne, 1758 : this map is a copy of the original map, "General Forbes' marching jurnal [sic] to the Ohio J. Potts" in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1758/01/01/general-forbes-route-on-the-march-against-fort-du-quesne-1758-this-map-is-a-640.jpg "General Forbes' route on the march against Fort Du Quesne, 1758 : this map is a copy of the original map, \"General Forbes' marching jurnal [sic] to the Ohio J. Potts\" in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania /")
A general map of the country on the Ohio and Muskingham showing the si...
Map showing Native towns in the Ohio River Valley.
![[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1771/01/01/plat-of-a-survey-of-2314-acres-of-land-being-the-first-large-bottom-on-the-640.jpg "[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]")
![In the Society of the Cincinnati, established in the State of South-Carolina: additional rules agreed to, and ratified the 4th day of July, 1786 viz ... Charleston: Printed by Bowen, Vandle, and Andrews, at Franklin's Head, No. 31 Bay [1786].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1786/01/01/in-the-society-of-the-cincinnati-established-in-the-state-of-south-carolina-640.jpg "In the Society of the Cincinnati, established in the State of South-Carolina: additional rules agreed to, and ratified the 4th day of July, 1786 viz ... Charleston: Printed by Bowen, Vandle, and Andrews, at Franklin's Head, No. 31 Bay [1786].")
![... An act for the government of the Territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio. [New York] Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, [1790].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1790/01/01/an-act-for-the-government-of-the-territory-of-the-united-states-south-of-the-640.jpg "... An act for the government of the Territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio. [New York] Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, [1790].")
Carte des Environs du Fort Pitt et de la Nouvelle Province Indiana
Topographic map showng Western Maryland, northwestern Virginia, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and southeastern Ohio, 1791.
![A bill providing for the sale of land in the Territory of the United States north-west of the River Ohio. [1792?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1792/01/01/a-bill-providing-for-the-sale-of-land-in-the-territory-of-the-united-states-640.jpg "A bill providing for the sale of land in the Territory of the United States north-west of the River Ohio. [1792?].")
![... An act extending the privilege of franking to James White, the delegate from the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio; and making provision for this compensation. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1794].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1794/01/01/an-act-extending-the-privilege-of-franking-to-james-white-the-delegate-from-640.jpg "... An act extending the privilege of franking to James White, the delegate from the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio; and making provision for this compensation. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1794].")
![[Mississippi river, with Ohio, Rock, Iowa River de Moins, Missouri, White, and Arkansas rivers, and part of the Red River].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1804/01/01/mississippi-river-with-ohio-rock-iowa-river-de-moins-missouri-white-and-arkansas-640.jpg "[Mississippi river, with Ohio, Rock, Iowa River de Moins, Missouri, White, and Arkansas rivers, and part of the Red River].")
![To the citizens of Ohio County. We have lately seen a hand-bill, which has for some time been privately circulated among the friends of Mr. Jackson ... [Signed] Charles Hammond, Noah Zane, George Miller. Monday, April 3d, 1809.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1809/01/01/to-the-citizens-of-ohio-county-we-have-lately-seen-a-hand-bill-which-has-for-640.jpg "To the citizens of Ohio County. We have lately seen a hand-bill, which has for some time been privately circulated among the friends of Mr. Jackson ... [Signed] Charles Hammond, Noah Zane, George Miller. Monday, April 3d, 1809.")
![Plan of Fort Meigs' and its environs : compricing [sic] the operations of the American forces, under Genl. W.H. Harrison, and the British Army and their allies, under Genl. Proctor and Tecumseh /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1813/01/01/plan-of-fort-meigs-and-its-environs-compricing-sic-the-operations-of-the-american-640.jpg "Plan of Fort Meigs' and its environs : compricing [sic] the operations of the American forces, under Genl. W.H. Harrison, and the British Army and their allies, under Genl. Proctor and Tecumseh /")
![To the inhabitants of Zanesville. The following is a copy of the will of John M'Intire ... [Zanesville, 1815?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1815/01/01/to-the-inhabitants-of-zanesville-the-following-is-a-copy-of-the-will-of-john-640.jpg "To the inhabitants of Zanesville. The following is a copy of the will of John M'Intire ... [Zanesville, 1815?].")
![[Diagrammatic map of real property condemned in favor of the Potomac Company in Washington D.C. for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1816/01/01/diagrammatic-map-of-real-property-condemned-in-favor-of-the-potomac-company-640.jpg "[Diagrammatic map of real property condemned in favor of the Potomac Company in Washington D.C. for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal].")
To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-Pr...
Election ticket for Jackson delegates from various Ohio counties in the presidential contest of 1828, illustrated with an image of a straw broom. The broom, a traditional pictorial and literary symbol of reform... more
![The following letter from Mr. Sloane, a member of Congress from Ohio, and accompanying comments, are taken from the Richmond Whig of October 1 [1828] and addressed to the people of Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, and the City of Richmo](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1828/01/01/the-following-letter-from-mr-sloane-a-member-of-congress-from-ohio-and-accompanying-640.jpg "The following letter from Mr. Sloane, a member of Congress from Ohio, and accompanying comments, are taken from the Richmond Whig of October 1 [1828] and addressed to the people of Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, and the City of Richmo")
![[Cut of broom] To sweep the Augean Stable. For President Andrew Jackson for Vice-President John C. Calhoun. [16 names of candidates] [1828].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1828/01/01/cut-of-broom-to-sweep-the-augean-stable-for-president-andrew-jackson-for-vice-640.jpg "[Cut of broom] To sweep the Augean Stable. For President Andrew Jackson for Vice-President John C. Calhoun. [16 names of candidates] [1828].")
Wheeling, Lake Erie & Cincinnati lines of post coaches
Advertisement for a post coach line, with illustration of a coach and four horses.
Map of the country embracing the various routes surveyed for the Balt....
Map of Baltimore, Ann Arundel, Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington counties, Md, showing drainage, roads, and important place names. [From published bibliography]
The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshan...
A burlesque parade, led by Andrew Jackson and satirizing various aspects of his administration. The procession moves from right to left. At its head is Jackson, seated on a horse with Martin Van Buren cross-le... more
Map of the railroads and canals, finished, unfinished, and in contempl...
Important early map of the United States. Includes drainage, canals, and cities and towns. Contains route profiles for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Columbia Railroad, Pa., and the Massachusetts railroads.
![A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which will connect with the Balt. & Susqa. Rail Road at York; drawn by G. F. de la Roche. C. Engr.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1835/01/01/a-map-of-the-principal-canal-and-rail-road-improvments-sic-which-will-connect-640.jpg "A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which will connect with the Balt. & Susqa. Rail Road at York; drawn by G. F. de la Roche. C. Engr.")
A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which w...
Outline map covering New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio; shows drainage, canals, important cities, and railroad connections, chartered in 1828, opened to York in 1838.
Democratic ticket. Liberty & equal rights
An illustrated election ticket for Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, listing Ohio's Democratic electors for the presidential race of 1836. The ticket is illustrated with a wood-engraving of Van Buren as... more
Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman
A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... more
Carte des États-unis d'Amérique.
Sketch map of the eastern half of the United States showing major mountain ridges by hachures. Indicates canals, railroads and the "Route Nationale" between Cumberland, Md., and Vandalia, Ill. Shows projected... more
![[Political cartoon showing Van Buren racing on a hog; below is Democratic ticket of Van Buren and Johnson and Ohio Electors - 1836]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1836/01/01/political-cartoon-showing-van-buren-racing-on-a-hog-below-is-democratic-ticket-640.jpg "[Political cartoon showing Van Buren racing on a hog; below is Democratic ticket of Van Buren and Johnson and Ohio Electors - 1836]")
Democratic ticket. Going the whole hog
An illustrated election ticket for Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, listing Ohio Democratic electors for the presidential race of 1836. The ticket is illustrated with a small vignette of a man carrying ... more
![[Political cartoon showing Webster, Harrison, White, and Van Buren riding hogs; below is Democratic ticket of Van Buren and Johnson and Ohio Electors - 1836]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1836/01/01/political-cartoon-showing-webster-harrison-white-and-van-buren-riding-hogs-640.jpg "[Political cartoon showing Webster, Harrison, White, and Van Buren riding hogs; below is Democratic ticket of Van Buren and Johnson and Ohio Electors - 1836]")
![Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Africa"](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1836/01/01/jinnoowine-ie-genuine-johnson-ticket-carrying-the-war-into-africa-640.jpg "Jinnoowine [i.e. \"genuine\"] Johnson ticket. \"Carrying the war into Africa\"")
Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Afr...
An illustrated election ticket for the presidential campaign of 1836. Oddly, the ticket lists Ohio's Democratic electors for Van Buren while making a vicious and obscene slur on the wife of his running-mate Ri... more
Democratic ticket. Stop Van!!!
An illustrated election ticket for Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, listing Ohio Democratic electors for the presidential race of 1836. The ticket is illustrated with a small vignette of a man, possibl... more
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
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
![[John Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1840/01/01/john-sherman-head-and-shoulders-portrait-full-face-640.jpg "[John Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]")
[John Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]
Republican Representative from Ohio, 1855-1861; Senator, 1861-1877, 1881-1897; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881.