![To the sheriff or marshall of the said County of [blank] or either of their deputies or constables of the town of [blank] within the said County or to any or either of them greeting. In his Majesty’s name you are required to attach the goods or](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1750/01/01/to-the-sheriff-or-marshall-of-the-said-county-of-blank-or-either-of-their-deputies-640.jpg "To the sheriff or marshall of the said County of [blank] or either of their deputies or constables of the town of [blank] within the said County or to any or either of them greeting. In his Majesty’s name you are required to attach the goods or")
A plan of the west line or parallel of latitude, which is the boundary...
Shows the Mason and Dixon line. Relief shown pictorially. First part of title appears at left margin, second part at right margin. Originally issued on 2 sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress W... more
![[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]")
To Be Sold, or Let on Improving Leases
Notice for sale or leasing of land in Northampton County, Pennsylvania - in German and English; printedby Melchior Steiner, Phial., 1788.
Map of the western & middle portions of North America : to illustrate ...
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, DC. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
![Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing the various lines surveyed or reconnoitred [sic] for the extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road to its western terminus referred to in the report of the chief engineer of September 20th, 1843.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1843/01/01/map-of-the-county-west-of-cumberland-towards-the-ohio-river-showing-the-various-640.jpg "Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing the various lines surveyed or reconnoitred [sic] for the extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road to its western terminus referred to in the report of the chief engineer of September 20th, 1843.")
Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing t...
Lightly colored map on tracing linen showing western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, parts of Virginia and West Virginia and most of Ohio.
Trouble in the Spartan ranks. Old Durham in the field
A complex and somewhat obscure satire celebrating the defeat of Dorrite Democrats in the Rhode Island state elections of spring 1843. The canvass was held the year following the successful suppression of the Do... more
Chinook lodge / drawn by A.T. Agate ; R.W. Dawson sc.
Interior view of Chinook lodge.
A Kalapuya man - a native of Oregon / drawn by A.T. Agate ; W.H. Douga...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Kalapuya man. Illus. in: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / By Charles Wilkes... In five volumes, with thirteen... more
Concomely's tomb, Astoria / drawn by A.T. Agate ; W.E. Tucker sc.
A carved and painted, raised, Native burial platform.
Astoria, Columbia River
Oregon. View with large U.S. flag in mid-grd.; river and mtn. in backgrd.
Pine Forest, Oregon
Print shows a man measuring the girth of a huge tree. Engraving by W.E. Tucker. Drawing by J. Drayton. Illus. in: Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, Phila., 1844, oppos. p. 122... more
The patriots getting their beans
A satirical view of the scramble among newly elected President James K. Polk's 1844 campaign supporters, or "patriots," for "their beans," i.e., patronage and other official favors. Polk (upper right) sits in t... more
The coon party crossing Cayuga Bridge Novr. 1844. Or the effects of C...
A cartoon on the defeat of Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election, ascribing his loss of the state of New York to his cousin Cassius M. Clay's campaign tour on his behalf. Oddly, though given promine... more
Polk's dream
Here Clay is critical of James K. Polk's public advocacy of the 54.40 parallel as the northern boundary of American territory in Oregon. The cartoon also alludes to widespread uncertainty as to the course the ... more
Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle
A virulent attack on Vice-President George M. Dallas, charging the former Pennsylvania attorney and senator with duplicity in his stand on the tariff of 1846. "Jesuitism" was a strong contemporary term for dece... more
Present Presidential position
Once again Polk's handling of the Oregon territorial dispute between the United States and Great Britain is criticized. (See "Polk's Dream" and "War! or No War!" nos. 1846-2 and 1846-4). Here the artist seems t... more
Ultimatum on the Oregon question
In his typically jingoist view of Polk's handling of the Oregon question, the artist Edward Williams Clay belittles the self-interested attitudes of Europe toward the dispute. The issue of whether to settle the... more
President (C)ass beginning operations, losing no time
Once again, Lewis Cass is attacked as a militaristic expansionist. (See "A War President," no. 1848-16.) His support during the 1846 Oregon boundary dispute of the expansionist 54 40' parallel and his War of 1... 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
The fish question settled
A facetious, and somewhat racist, look at public opinion surrounding the controversy over American fishing rights in British-controlled waters off North America. (See also "John Bull's Fish Monopoly," no. 1852-... more
York County Agricultural Society for the promotion of agriculture, hor...
Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides, top, and bottom showing a pastoral scene at top with farm animals (horses, pigs, cows, and sheep) grazing in pastures, with a city in the background, on th... more
Harris' patent portable circular saw machine. Patented October 11th, 1...
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 156, Folder 34.
York County Agricultural Society, for the promotion of agriculture, ho...
Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides, top, and bottom showing a pastoral scene at top with farm animals (horses, pigs, cows, and sheep) grazing in pastures, with a city in the background, on th... more
A map showing the route of the proposed rail road from the Copper and ...
Outline map of eastern Wisconsin, and parts of Illinois and Michigan, showing major drainage, township lines, large cities, and the railroads. Scale not given. At left of map: "Facts and Figures." LC Railroad m... more
![[Umpqua Indians of Oregon Territory: "summer lodges of the Umpqua Indians"]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1858/01/01/umpqua-indians-of-oregon-territory-summer-lodges-of-the-umpqua-indians-640.jpg "[Umpqua Indians of Oregon Territory: \"summer lodges of the Umpqua Indians\"]")
Officers - Oregon Boundary Commission
Photograph shows group portrait of the officers of the Oregon Boundary Commission survey crew: Dr. Hilary Bauerman, geologist, Capt. Robert Wolseley Haig, R.A., Lt. Samuel Anderson, R.E, Capt. Charles John Darr... more
Umpqua Village, half mile below Fort Umpqua
Oregon. Boats on water in foregrd.
![[Umpqua Indians of Oregon Territory: "graves of the Umpqua Indians"]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1858/01/01/umpqua-indians-of-oregon-territory-graves-of-the-umpqua-indians-640.jpg "[Umpqua Indians of Oregon Territory: \"graves of the Umpqua Indians\"]")
![[Umpqua Indians of Oregon Territory: "winter lodge of the Umpqua Indians"]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1858/01/01/umpqua-indians-of-oregon-territory-winter-lodge-of-the-umpqua-indians-640.jpg "[Umpqua Indians of Oregon Territory: \"winter lodge of the Umpqua Indians\"]")
![[Joseph Lane, Representative from Oregon, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/17/joseph-lane-representative-from-oregon-thirty-fifth-congress-half-length-portrait-ae5e22-640.jpg "[Joseph Lane, Representative from Oregon, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]")
[Joseph Lane, Representative from Oregon, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 306. Each item includes subject's orig... more
A snow bridge on the Coe Glacier Mt. Hood
Title from item.
Indian encampment, Dalles of the Columbia, May 1860
Photograph shows tipis at a Native American encampment.
Democratic ticket. Our principals the constitution. For President John...
On verso: 23 Election ticket 1860 104719 '07. 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; Portfoli... more
Yowiye, or the Nevada Fall, and Mt. Broderick, Yosemite Valley, Maripo...
Title from item. No. 1084. On mount: "Watkins' Pacific Coast."
![Abraham Lincoln, [April 1] 1861 (Memorandum on Oregon and Washington Patronage)](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/abraham-lincoln-april-1-1861-memorandum-on-oregon-and-washington-patronage-640.jpg "Abraham Lincoln, [April 1] 1861 (Memorandum on Oregon and Washington Patronage)")
![Map shewing [sic] march of the [U.S.] Army from Harrison's Landing or Westover to Williamsburg, Virginia, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th August.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/12/map-shewing-sic-march-of-the-us-army-from-harrisons-landing-or-westover-to-a66fd5-640.jpg "Map shewing [sic] march of the [U.S.] Army from Harrison's Landing or Westover to Williamsburg, Virginia, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th August.")
Map shewing [sic] march of the [U.S.] Army from Harrison's Landing or ...
Illustrates the path McClellan's troops took in August 1862 after their July encampment at Harrison's Landing ended. The 1st Corps under Fitz-John Porter, the 6th Corps under Sedgwick, and the 4th Corps under ... more
Route from Manassas to Centreville, August 28th to 31st.
Depicts the path General Samuel Heintzelman took during August 23rd to 31st from Manassas Junction in Prince William County, Va., traveling toward Centreville in Fairfax County, Va., directly before and during ... more
Plan of the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia. Fought June 30th and Jul...
"The position of Union forces at Malvern Hill was on the West. Overlooking Warren were 36 guns having full sweep of the Valley and over the River Road. These batteries were [Stephen Hinsdale] Weed's NYork batte... more
Entrenched position of the 3rd corps, A.P., at Harrison's Landing, Jam...
Shows the area of Charles City County, Va., along the James River (between Kimmage's and Herring creeks) to which McClellan moved his troops at the end of the Peninsular Campaign. They remained here until Augus... more
Plan of the Battle of Glendale or Frazier's Farm. Virginia. 30th June ...
Shows the area of Henrico County that includes White Oak Creek and White Oak Swamp.
Plan of 2nd battle of Bull Run, Va. : Shewing movements of troops from...
Shows the movement of troops in a three county area extending from Warrenton, Va., in Fauquier County through Manassas, Va., in Prince William County, ending to the east around Centreville and Fairfax, Va., in ... more
Plan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia : fo...
Shows the area of Hanover County near Beaverdam Creek, oriented with the Chickahominy River to the south and the Mechanicsville Road to the north. Here, on the second day of the Seven Days' Battles, the Confede... more
The Battle of Crampton's Gap 5 miles south of Turner's Gap, South Moun...
A regional view of South Mountain in Frederick County, Md., showing the location of Crampton's Gap in relation to Sharpsburg, Middletown, Burkittsville, and Brownsville, Md. Illustrates the position of Confeder... more
Plan of the Battle of Glendale or Frasier's Farm Va. Fought 30th June ...
Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., from White Oak Swamp to the north to Glendale to the south. This was the location of both the Battle of White Oak Swamp and the separate skirmish at Frazier's Farm, both p... more
Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 t...
This engagement, known as the Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, was the last action in the 2d Bull Run Campaign (June-September 1862). This map focuses on western Fairfax County, Va. Stonewall Jackson's forces o... more
![[John C. Frémont]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/10/john-c-fremont-22a08e-640.jpg "[John C. Frémont]")
[John C. Frémont]
Design drawing for engraving by J.C. Buttre shows two scenes: Battle in the Shenandoah Valley under Genl. Frémont Cross Keys, and Pike's Peak, surrounding head-and-shoulders stipple engraving portrait of John C... more
The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. Fought 31st May 1862.
This map shows an area of Henrico County, Va., east of the city of Richmond and south of the Chickahominy River, where the Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, took place 31 May-1 June 1862. Confederate Gen. J... more
Plan of the battle of Salem Church or Salem Heights, Va. Attack and re...
The Battle of Salem Church, Spotsylvania County, Va., was part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, and was actually fought on May 4, 1863. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of... more
New defenses erected at Centreville, Virginia
Originally built by the Confederates and used for winter quarters in 1861-1862, the defenses around Centreville were also used by the Union Army to cover the retreat back to Washington after both 1st and 2nd Bu... more
Plan of Camp Lawton, or the rebel prison near Millen, Georgia ... Nove...
Illustrates the fort and its defenses of abatis and rifle pits, the guard camp made of log houses, hospital and surgeon's quarters, commissary, quartermaster, officers' quarters, and prison stockade containing ... more
View of transparency in front of headquarters of Supervisory Committee...
A representation of an enormous illuminated transparency displayed on thefacade of the federal recruiting office for Negro troops on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia on November 1, 1864. The display celebrated t... more
Richmond, from Oregon Hill, April 1865
Photograph shows an aerial view of Richmond, Virginia.
Serrated rocks or Devil's Slide (near view) - Weber Cañon, Utah
Photograph shows serrated rock formations at Devils Slide, Weber Canyon, Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features,... more
Calistoga Napa County, Cal. Mansion house and swimming bath
Photograph shows a house or hotel? and bathhouse.
![[Steven F. Chadwick, govenor of Oregon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Bradley & Rulofson.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/10/steven-f-chadwick-govenor-of-oregon-head-and-shoulders-portrait-facing-left-d09430-640.jpg "[Steven F. Chadwick, govenor of Oregon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Bradley & Rulofson.")
[Steven F. Chadwick, govenor of Oregon, head-and-shoulders portrait, f...
Title devised by Library staff. Written on verso: S.F. Chadwick, Secretary of State, Oregon. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Map showing the Port Royal Railroad and its connections.
Map of the southeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. In 1871 the line was in progress of completion. One of Colton's typical maps p... more