revolutionary war

A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...

A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More

Cleaning the statue of Count Casimir Pulaski on Pennsylvania Avenue, W...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

Carte generale des colonies angloises dans l'Amerique Septentrionale p...

Scale ca. 1:5,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes historic notes and insets "Suite de la Floride et la position des Isles Lucayes et des Grandes Antilles" and "Le de... More

The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 177...

Print shows British troops firing on a group of citizens on a street in Boston, Massachusetts, with the Royal Custom House known as "Butcher's Hall" on the right, the First Church and Town House in the backgrou... More

The hurly-burly pot - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...

The artist attacks abolitionist, Free Soil, and other sectionalist interests of 1850 as dangers to the Union. He singles out for indictment radical abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, Pennsylvania Free Soil ad... More

[Anthony Wayne, full-length portrait, standing in uniform with horse i...

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A complete list of stamp duties, to take effect August 1, 1864. Carefu...

I. Title.; On verso: Gift, Caleb Cushing Papers, Oct. 22, 1962. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collecti... More

Von Steuben statue - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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Rochambeau statue, Lafayette Park i.e. Square, Washington, D.C

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Negative broken across top. "G 1688" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017452. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Boston Tea Party - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Rochambeau statue - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The Fireplace in living room, Paul Revere House, Boston, Massachusetts...

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Jean E. Mohle [i.e. Moehle] as Paul Revere

Photograph shows Jean Earl Moehle dressed as patriot Paul Revere at the Wake Up America/Lexington Day/Patriot's Day celebrations, Manhattan, New York City, April 19, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 ... More

Rochambeau Statue, 7/1/24 - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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PRESIDENT LAUDS POLISH HERO. WASHINGTON, D.C. OCTOBER 11. PRESIDENT RO...

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47th D.A.R. Continental Congress called to order. Washington, D.C., Ap...

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Washington at the outposts of Valley Forge

Print shows General George Washington on horseback, handing a telescope to an officer, possibly Marquis de Lafayette or Baron von Steuben, standing on the ground next to him; an infantry soldier stands on the l... More

Francis Hopkinson House, Park Street & Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NJ-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000496

York town. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon...

Cartoon shows "America" receiving the surrender of Cornwallis in the background, while an emaciated cow representing "English commerce" is robbed of her milk by France, Spain, and Holland in the left foreground... More

Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Paul Revere silversmith, pioneer, industrialist and a leading Revolutionary activist owned this house in North Square from 1770 to 1800. Constructed c. 1678=1680, the building is the sole survivo... More

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1706

A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...

A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

General Arnold, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Benedict Arnold, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its first commencement, to the... More

Governeer Morris Esq'r., member of congress / B.B.E.

Print shows Gouverneur Morris, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illus... More

Der Congress erklärt die 13 vereinigten Stăaten von Nord-America für i...

Print shows a meeting of the Continental Congress, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 99. [Plate] 5. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a check... More

[Ethan Allen Hitchcock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Attributed to Mathew Brady's studio. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Tea tax, and Humble wish. Sold retail and wholesale by L. Deming, No. ...

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Ethan Allen and Mate and Dexter: In their wonderful race, over the fas...

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Benedict Arnold, 1741-1801 - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing left. Repro. of painting by John Trumbull, copyrighted by Ed Frossard, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; A/P/P I.; B... More

Ethan Allen Monument, Burlington, Vt.

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "1211" and "dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016108. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Split Rock Road, Ethan Allen Park, Burlington, Vt

Leads to Split Rock. "G 8552" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072614. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Rochambeau statue, Lafayette Park [i.e. Square], Washington, D.C.

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Dwight Davis with Sons of Revolution at Rochambeau statue, 7/1/25

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Old North Bridge and the Daniel Chester French monument, Concord, Mass...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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Prise de Yorktown = The taking of Yorktown / Lith. de Turgis à Paris.

Print shows American, British and Hessian soldiers fighting furiously at the Siege of Yorktown. Reference print in LOT 4412 JI.

Biographical memoirs of the illustrious General George Washington, lat...

Also available in digital form.

The British surrendering their arms to General Washington after their ...

Print showing British officers on the right, with Cornwallis presenting his sword, and French and American officers, center and left, with George Washington holding his hat in his left hand. Officers identified... More

Paul Revere won't you ride for us again?

words by Joe Goodwin ; music by Halsey K. Mohr. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Francis Hopkinson to Thomas Jefferson, March 8, 1786

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Francis Hopkinson House, Park Street & Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NJ-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000496

Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Paul Revere silversmith, pioneer, industrialist and a leading Revolutionary activist owned this house in North Square from 1770 to 1800. Constructed c. 1678=1680, the building is the sole survivo... More

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, October / Kronheim & C...

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, October 1876, with illustration of surrender of British Major General Charles, Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781; ... More

Henry Laurens Esq'r. president of the American Congress 1778 / painted...

Print shows Henry Laurens, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly left. Includes remarque showing a Native American man holding a shield with three birds on it. Published in: The American Revol... More

State of New-Hampshire, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun...

"A collection of laws passed by each of the 13 colonies to enable Congress to lay import duties"--Bristol. Caption title. Followed by: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven h... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / engd. by C.G. Childs.

Print shows the front façade of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building, with tree on the left, circular drive and lawn in front; labeled "Share $50. No. 17". It is inscribed to "Francis Hopkinson" a... More

[The Valley of the Winooski from Ethan Allen Park, Burlington, Vt.]

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Frederick William Steuben memorial, Washington, D.C.

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The Stamp Act denounced - Drawing. Public domain image.

1765. People in street condemning the Stamp Act. Illus. in: Lossing, Benson John, Lossing's History of the United States of America [1913], vol. 3, p. 617. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412A. This record contai... More

Von Steuben Statue, Washington, D.C.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Washing Von Steuben statue, 8/11/22

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Washing Von Steuben statue, 81122

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

[Chest of Jared Joy, member of the original Boston tea party]

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Ceremonies at Rochambeau statue

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[President General of N.S.D.A.R. and Pages, Continental Congress, N.S....

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201st anniversary of birth of Rochambeau, 7/1/26

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Milestone, Paul Revere Road, Arlington Heights, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-1181 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reconstruction of Revolutionary War general Henry Knox's home, Thomast...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Henry Knox was later secretary of war in the nation's f... More

Biographical memoirs of the illustrious General George Washington, lat...

Also available in digital form.

Francis Hopkinson House, Park Street & Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NJ-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000496

Francis Hopkinson House, Park Street & Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NJ-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000496

The President reading his message to the cabinet before sending it to ...

Group with, left to right: George B. Cortelyou, Philander C. Knox, Henry C. Payne, William Henry Moody, John Hay, president Theodore Roosevelt, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Elihu Root, Leslie Mortier Shaw, and James ... More

[Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses May 30, 1765]

Print shows Patrick Henry delivering a speech against the Stamp Act of 1765, "If this be treason, make the most of it." Title from original painting by Peter F. Rothermel after which the engraving was made. Pai... More

Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Paul Revere silversmith, pioneer, industrialist and a leading Revolutionary activist owned this house in North Square from 1770 to 1800. Constructed c. 1678=1680, the building is the sole survivo... More

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Virginia Oct. 1781

Print shows Major General O'Hara, surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JJ. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by... More

Henry Laurens Esq'r. president of the American Congress 1778 / painted...

Print shows Henry Laurens, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly left. Includes remarque showing a Native American man holding a shield with three birds on it. Published in: The American Revol... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence r...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4412A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston; US Hist.; Shelf.

A Representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between ...

Scale ca. 1:444,000. Shows engagement at entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, index to positions, and list of British ships and c... More

New England country road, (the Ethan Allen farm), near Burlington, Vt

Part of Ethan Allen Park. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072618. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Statues and sculpture. Rochambeau statue

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Dwight Davis with Sons of Revolution at Rochambeau statue, [7/1/25]

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...

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The Spirit of Ethan Allen III, a tour boat docked at the Burlington, V...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Benedict A...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Benedict A...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Benedict A...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Count Casi...

Regulation of the Cavalry; in French with Translation

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Count Casi...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Edward Boz...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Benedict A...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Was...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: William M....

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Elisha She...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Joseph Cha...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Nathaniel ...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Samuel H. ...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Elisha She...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Nicholas G...

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