the young republic, american history

Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, April 19, 1792

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America guided by wisdom An allegorical representation of the United S...

Allegorical print shows America as a woman in Grecian dress and feathered helmut with Roman deities Minerva, Ceres, and Mercury to symbolize wisdom, commerce, and agriculture. To their right is a triumphal arch... More

Harris, Honorable Henry Richard, Rep of GA. Colonel in Confederate Arm...

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Alexander Hamilton born 1751 died 1804

Portrait is after a painting made in 1792 by John Trumbull. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card, with subsequent revisions. Associated name on shelflist card: Knapp. Exhibited in: "Crea... More

[Alexander Hamilton, head-and-shoulders portrait]

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Mexico, Federalists at Ojinaga, watching advance of rebels

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Alexander Hamilton statue unveiling

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Sign near Great Falls on the Passaic, it reads: Passaic Falls. Alexa...

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Sculpture "Seafaring Nations, Belgium" on façade, Alexander Hamilton U...

Artist: Albert Jaegers, 1907. Marble, measuring 11' x 7' x ? Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More

Sculpture "Africa" at main entrance to Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom ...

Artist: Daniel Chester French, 1907. Marble, measuring 10' x 4" high. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... More

Fresco painting "Coast Guard Cutter Calumet Meeting the SS Washington,...

Artist: Reginald Marsh, 1937. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Fresco painting "Customs Official Boarding" located in rotunda, Alexan...

Artist: Reginald Marsh, 1937. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Oil painting "Fort Orange" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, Ne...

Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4.5' x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Benjamin Franklin, et al, 1775-76, Continental Congress Committee of S...

S. C. Ashby House, 642 Dearborn Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County...

Significance: Shirley C. Ashby was one of the leading financiers and citizens of early-day Helena. He came to Montana in 1867, and was employed by I.G. Baker & Bros. of Fort Benton to help in their Indian trad... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Copy of the Kentucky Resolutions

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the "humane" British and thei...

Charles denounces British and Indian depredations on the American frontier during the War of 1812, alluding specifically to the practice of offering bounties for American scalps. The cartoon may have been prom... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Lewis and Clark exposition march

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Holter Hydroelectric Facility, House No. 8, End of Holter Dam Road, Wo...

Significance: The Holter Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant as one of the most intact hydroelectric generating plants and operators' camps on the Missouri-Madison Project. House No. 8 contr... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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War of 1812 Willow Oak, Near parking lot, Oxon Hill, Prince George's C...

Significance: The War of 1812 Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) is significant because of its size and location. As it was likely planted in at least the early nineteenth century, the tree has stood as a living witn... More

Ten Mile Creek Bridge, Spanning Ten Mile Creek at Williams Street, Hel...

Survey number: HAER MT-127 Building/structure dates: 1894-1895 Initial Construction

Dearborn River High Bridge, Spanning Dearborn River, Augusta, Lewis an...

Significance: The King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio constructed this four-span, half-deck Pratt truss over the Dearborn River in 1897. The half-deck configuration of the bridge is unusual in that the floor... More

Dearborn River High Bridge, Spanning Dearborn River, Augusta, Lewis an...

Significance: The King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio constructed this four-span, half-deck Pratt truss over the Dearborn River in 1897. The half-deck configuration of the bridge is unusual in that the floor... More

Dearborn River High Bridge, Spanning Dearborn River, Augusta, Lewis an...

Significance: The King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio constructed this four-span, half-deck Pratt truss over the Dearborn River in 1897. The half-deck configuration of the bridge is unusual in that the floor... More

Hauser Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, East Bank of Missouri River...

Significance: The Hauser Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana in the early twentieth century and the consolidation of most of th... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, January 13, 1791

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Unknown to James Madison. War of 1812-Opin-Frag. 1813.

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Holter Hydroelectric Facility, Four-Car Garage, End of Holter Dam Road...

Significance: The Holter Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant as one of the most intact hydroelectric generating plants and operators' camps on the Missouri-Madison Project. The garage contri... More

Holter Hydroelectric Facility, Four-Car Garage, End of Holter Dam Road...

Significance: The Holter Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant as one of the most intact hydroelectric generating plants and operators' camps on the Missouri-Madison Project. The garage contri... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: Letters from Servants, 1867-1883; ...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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U. S. Assay Office, 206 Broadway Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark Count...

Significance: The large volume of gold and silver mined in the Montana Territory prompted the Treasury Department to build a United States Assay Office close to the source. Funds were appropriated by Act of Co... More

U. S. Assay Office, 206 Broadway Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark Count...

Significance: The large volume of gold and silver mined in the Montana Territory prompted the Treasury Department to build a United States Assay Office close to the source. Funds were appropriated by Act of Co... More

Naval heroes of the United States: no. 2 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Print shows portraits of War of 1812 American naval officers Thomas MacDonough, Isaac Hull, Jacob Jones, Joshua Barney, Charles Stewart, and William Henry Allen surrounding a vignette of the battle of Lake Cham... More

William C. Noyes to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 03, 1863 (Send...

Wolf Creek Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Craig, Lewis and Clark Cou...

Significance: Located on the Recreation Road south of Craig, it was erected in 1933 by W.P. Roscoe Co. of Billings. The bridge was the first continuous steel truss bridge built in Montana. Following its constru... More

Great Northern Depot, 100-110 Neill Avenue, Helena, Lewis and Clark Co...

Significance: The building was erected in 1913 as a passenger depot for the Great Northern Railroad. From the date of its construction the clock tower represented a prominent Helena landmark and its location at... More

Josiah the first / Wm. Charles, Sc.

Caricature of wealthy American politician and civic reformer Josiah Quincy, an outspoken apologist for Great Britain and an opponent of the War of 1812. Quincy stands stiffly on a rocky shore while fish frolic... More

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Helena Branch, 400 North Park Ave...

Significance: The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Helena Branch building is historically significant because of its importance to the finance and commerce of Helena and its significance to banking in the r... More

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Helena Branch, 400 North Park Ave...

Significance: The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Helena Branch building is historically significant because of its importance to the finance and commerce of Helena and its significance to banking in the r... More

Peace of Ghent 1814 and triumph of America / Mme. Plantou, Citizen of ...

Print is allegorical reference to the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812, showing Minerva dictating the terms of peace, which Mercury delivers to Britannia and Hercules compells her to accept. Publish... More

Missouri River Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Bridge Street, Craig...

Significance: The Missouri River Bridge at Craig was the second vehicular bridge constructed across the Missouri River in Montana. It provided access to the Montana Central Railroad station at Craig for the fa... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...

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History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutio...

May 28 passenger list of ship Charelston from Charleston, including Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Pierce Butler. Illus. in: Pennsylvania Packet. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record contains ... More

Congress, 1798, Draft, Alien Sedition Acts

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[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting the battle of Yorktown and gallantry of Alexander Hamilton, and allegorical medallion of war, depicting Hessian soldier and New Jersey farmer, from bot... More

Tecumseh saving prisoners - A black and white drawing of a man on a ho...

Print shows Tecumseh shielding prisoners from another Native American on horseback wielding a tomahawk during the War of 1812; another Native is about to scalp a dead soldier. Entered according to act of Congr... More

[Lewis and Clark at the mouth of the Columbia River] 1805

Halftone repro. of drawing by Frederic Remington in Collier's Magazine, 1906 May 12. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Expeditions...; Shelf. Oregon?

Oil painting "Genoa" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New York...

Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4 1/2 'x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More

[Pages, Continental Congress, N.S.D.A.R.]

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[President General, Continental Congress, N.S.D.A.R., 1924 with group,...

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[For 1930 ... Hall, Washington, D.C. As Continental Congress of the Da...

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First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains...

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Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, residence on 5th Ave., New York City. Mr...

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Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, residence on 5th Ave., New York City. Bo...

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Alexander Hamilton statue in front of the Treasury Building in Washing...

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Alexander Hamilton statue in front of the Treasury Building in Washing...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Holter Hydroelectric Facility, Dam & Power House, End of Holter Dam Ro...

Significance: The Holter Hydroelectric Facility is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana and the consolidation of most of the state's electric industry into The Montana Powe... More

A view of the Capitol after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 ...

Print shows a view from southeast of fire-damaged U.S. Capitol building, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn on... More

Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, January 4, 1793

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S. C. Ashby House, 642 Dearborn Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County...

Significance: Shirley C. Ashby was one of the leading financiers and citizens of early-day Helena. He came to Montana in 1867, and was employed by I.G. Baker & Bros. of Fort Benton to help in their Indian trad... More

S. C. Ashby House, 642 Dearborn Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County...

Significance: Shirley C. Ashby was one of the leading financiers and citizens of early-day Helena. He came to Montana in 1867, and was employed by I.G. Baker & Bros. of Fort Benton to help in their Indian trad... More

Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the ...

Imprint from Evans, which dates as January 2, 1779. Evans 16562 Journals of the Continental Congress, 237 LC copy signed in ms. by John Gibson, auditor general for the Board of Treasury, and annotated at bottom... More