John Hankock - praesident des Americane congresses
Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84, p. 120 (Copy 2). P... More
Certificate of oath of allegiance
Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Plan of the operations of General Washington against the King's troops...
Scale ca. 1:113,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. LC Maps of North... More
Sketch of Brunswick. Sketch of the ground near Mr. Low's at Rariton La...
Scale ca. 1:12,000 and scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by shading. No. 3 includes numbered location index to redoubts, troop positions, etc. Accompan... More
[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and t...
Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Pu... More
[Title page of "An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack,...for 1777...by Na...
Illus. in: "An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack,...for 1777...by Nathaniel Law". This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; Eclipses; Almanacks.
Geisha to hakoya, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two women wearing geta, walking, one carrying a long box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). F... More
A topographical map of the northn. part of New York Island, exhibiting...
Scale ca. 1:20,000. Hand colored. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes descriptive index. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 700
Red Banke. Historic map, Library of Congress
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications of Fort Mercer, N.J. currently located in Red ... More
[Map ornament - Mars watches Fame unfurl a detailed map of New York an...
Illus. in: Carte de l'Amérique Septle. pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerre entre les Anglois et les insurgents / M le Chr. de Beaurain. Paris : 1777, detail. Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More
Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., British Cartoon Prin...
Print shows an interior view of a room at a military academy in which British officers, in a child-like manner, demonstrate skills in hopes of securing a command for the war with the American colonies. Forms p... More
Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of Ne...
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A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia.
Scale ca. 1:42,000. Hand colored. Shows names of landowners in rural areas. LC copy annotated, has "8.11.45.Vme." Includes "Elevation of the State House." Available also through the Library of Congress web site... More
The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continen...
Print shows left profile bust portrait of John Hancock between text on "The Character of a Patriot." Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, ... (Boston, Mass.). Boston : 1777, p. 3. Published in: The Americ... More
Christmas Sound - Tierra Del Fuego
Bird's-eye panorama of mountainous inlets; bird in foreground. Double-page engraving by B.T. Pouncy and W. Watts. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Illus. in: James Cook, a Voyages towards the South Pole (1777), ... More
The taking of Miss Mud I'land, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... More
A plan of the east part of Long Island Sound from remarks made on boar...
Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy annotated: By Lieutt. Knatchbull, Recd. 31 Jany. 1778. Includes directions for navigatio... More
The entrance of Havannah, from within the harbour
Print shows ship in the foreground in the channel at the entrance to Havana, seen at left behind wall. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published... More
[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]
Prints show a ship approaching cliffs on the right, passing between cliffs at entrance of the "Grand Passage," and passing cliffs on the left, at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, p... More
A topographical map of Hudsons River, with the channels depth of water...
Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. From the publisher's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1069 Available also... More
Iwai hanshirō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing beneath umbrella, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one... More
Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., British Cartoon Prin...
Print shows an interior view of a room at a military academy in which British officers, in a child-like manner, demonstrate skills in hopes of securing a command for the war with the American colonies. Forms p... More
In Congress, February 15, 1777 : Resolved, that considering the situat...
Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Evans 15653 Journals of the Continental Congress, 150 Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 26 LC copy annotated on verso: A resolve of Congress. That it be recomd. tha... More
Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of Ne...
Signatures: [A]² B-D²; horizontal chain lines. Followed by the letter of transmittal to the states: In Congress, November 17, 1777; recommendations to the legislatures relating to taxes etc.: In Congress, Novem... More
Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of Ne...
Evans 15627.; Imprint 3.; Title. Page Order: Leaflet 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; Portfol... More
Plano completo de Cumaná Agustín Crame c.1777
Plano completo de Cumaná Agustín Crame c.1777 Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The old maid. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cart...
An elderly woman seated at table drinking tea from a saucer and a cat standing on the table drinking from a bowl; cups and teapots stand on and next to the table. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collect... More
In Congress, Wednesday. April 3, 1776 : Instructions to the commanders...
Signed: By Congress, [blank] president. "This form was reprinted, and continued to be in use ... certainly as late as 1780; the later editions being signed in ms. by the president of Congress"--Evans 15137. Imp... More
Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., British Cartoon Prin...
Print shows an interior view of a room at a military academy in which British officers, in a child-like manner, demonstrate skills in hopes of securing a command for the war with the American colonies. Forms p... More
Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., British Cartoon Prin...
Print shows an interior view of a room at a military academy in which British officers, in a child-like manner, demonstrate skills in hopes of securing a command for the war with the American colonies. Forms p... More
The Englishman in Paris, British Cartoon Print
Print shows an Englishman, only recently arrived, still wearing his hat, standing just inside the entrance of the home of a Frenchman at dinner time. He is eating the goose which he has taken off the serving pl... More
Mechios River near the mills A sketch of Mechios mills.
Prints show the Machias River along the coast of Maine and the mills (under construction) on the river. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W.... More
October 31, 1777, Dunmore, Beckford Parish, for act to empower vestrie...
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Five dollars. This bill entitles the bearer to receive five Spanish mi...
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Henry Bryan Hall - Valley Forge--Washington & Lafayette.
Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Armaments of the American rebels] / Charls Blaskowitz del.
Drawing shows floating batteries, entrances to American fortifications, and types of spears used by the American army; includes legend to identified features. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings ... More
The Old Maid, British Cartoon Print
Brit. cartoon showing woman alone at tea table on which cat is laping from dish: "The lady here you see display'd, by some is styled an ancient maid, but if her inward thoughts you'd view, she thinks herself as... More
A view from Paulushook of Horsimus on the Jersey shore and part of Yor...
Drawing shows men cutting branches off trees and using stumps for a fence at the edge of a meadow with crops growing on the right, view of the bay in the background, showing the Jersey shore and York Island.
Ten Spanish milled dollars or their value in gold or silver, to be giv...
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Lady Betty Besom, Bath / Matt[?] Darly fect. ag fort., British Cartoon...
Caricature showing Juliana Popjoy, aka Lady Betty Besom, riding sidesaddle as she leaps over a wall, "The sacred Boundary of Discretion." We see only her enormous wig from behind. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More
A view of Quebec from the south east
Print shows bird's-eye view of the city of Québec, with two ships in the foreground. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... L... More
Mademoiselle de Beaumont or The Chevalier D'Eon
"D'Eon (W.L.) dressed half as a woman, half as a man. On his right side he wears a lady's full dress, his hair in the fashionable inverted pyramid decorated by a feather..." (Source: George)
Georges Louis le Rouge - Nouvelle carte de la Province de Quebec ...
Cartouche showing a mountain landscape in Québec. Illus. in: Atlas ameriquain septentrional. Paris : 1778 [i.e., 1792]. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 gr... More
The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly calle...
Print shows a cartouche of a New Jersey scene of trees, a fox, and a farm in the background. Illus. in: The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans.... London : 1777, no. 22.... More
Connecticut and parts adjacent - Public domain old map
Free, non-copyright map. Copyright expired, in public domain. Pre-1923 map.
[Zehn Karten und Ansichten den Schlachtfelden des amerikanischen Unabh...
Relief shown by hachures on some maps and by landform drawings on some views. Individual map/view titles in German; statements of attribution in Latin. Statements of attribution differ: Ioh. Martin Will excudit... More
Godaime ichikawa danjūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with large hat and carrying a paper lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More
The Ice Islands, seen the 9th of Jan. 1773
Print shows James Cook's ship at anchor off huge iceberg; men in small boat in foreground gathering blocks of ice. Double page engraving by B.T. Pouncy and W. Watts. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Illus. in: J... More
A map of that part of Pensylvania now the principle [sic] seat of war ...
Scale 1:63,360; an in. to a mile. Relief shown pictorially. "Between the two lines that cross Philadelphia was the first plan of that city." LC copy has annotation "17" in upper right corner. Includes notes on ... More
Antoine de Parcieux, des Academies royales des sciences de France, de ...
Bust-length profile portrait of French mathematician Antoine de Parcieux. Tissandier collection.
Veduta di S. Eustachio / N. Matraini del. ; J. Ottaviani inc.
Print shows a distant view of Oranjestad on Saint Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles, with many ships in the foreground. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le migliori carte geografiche, e topogra... More
Der Siegende Engelan̈der und der Streitende Americaner Welches sich de...
Print shows a military officer, probably British, standing before two Natives, representing America, wearing feathered skirts and headdresses, gesturing to a raging naval battle and bombardment of a fort; to th... More
The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, chart...
Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great news from New York [Cut]. Salem, January 6, 1777. At half past o...
Photograph.; Washington, George. Crossing the Delaware. 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; Por... More
[Zehn Karten und Ansichten den Schlachtfelden des amerikanischen Unabh...
Relief shown by hachures on some maps and by landform drawings on some views. Individual map/view titles in German; statements of attribution in Latin. Statements of attribution differ: Ioh. Martin Will excudit... More
An act for the service of the United States. Whereas it is represented...
Imprint 3. Page Order: Leaflet 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 28, Folder 13.
November 28, 1777, Lancaster, Christ Church Parish, against dissolutio...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Old Maid, British Cartoon Print
Brit. cartoon showing woman alone at tea table on which cat is laping from dish: "The lady here you see display'd, by some is styled an ancient maid, but if her inward thoughts you'd view, she thinks herself as... More
[Emblematical female figures engaged in the arts of painting, sculptur...
Illus. in: Iconography; or a collection of Emblematical Figures, by George Richardson, 1779, four engravings (figs. 137-140). Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr). On print: Published as the Act Directs Decr. 1777. Thi... More
[Part of a map of the Hudson Highlands showing Forts Clinton and Montg...
Scale ca. 1:70,000 (not "1 English mile to a foot"). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Has watermarks. Northern of two or more sheets. Incorrect scale note in pencil.... More
The conference between the brothers how to get rich, British Cartoon P...
Print shows Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe seated at a table discussing how to profit from the war in America. The Devil stands between them and answers their question, "... [H]ow shall we get ri... More
The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, chart...
Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View from Staten Island 2d July 1777
Public domain image, 18th-19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
A plan of the town of Newport in Rhode Island.
Scale ca. 1:6,000. Relief shown by hachures. Appears in William Faden's Atlas of battles of the American Revolution. [1845] Oriented with north to the left. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North Amer... More
A Map of the lands ceded by the Cherokee Indians to the State of South...
Scale ca. 1:253,440. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Charleston. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1522 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More
Poor old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children, ...
Print shows England as an old man with wooden leg and crutch tugging on strings hooked onto the noses of five American men across a divide labeled "The Atlantic Ocean"; the men resist, shoot pellets at, and tau... More
Top and Tail, English, 1777 (Drawn by Mr Perwig, Engraved by Miss Heel...
Eccentric fashion and hairstyle drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
October 31, 1777, Dunmore, Beckford Parish, for act to empower vestrie...
Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Battle of Saratoga. Gen. Arnold wounded in the attack on the Hessian R...
Public domain scan of an art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Horatio Gates to John Burgoyne, October 12, 1777, Protest at Cruelty o...
Protest at Cruelty of Retreating British Army; with note from Burgoyne
The Chief at Sta. Christina / [drawn from] nature, W. Hodges ; engrave...
Illus. in: A voyage towards the South Pole / James Cook. London : Printed for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 115.
Captain James Cook, F.R.S. - Public domain book illustration, Library ...
James Cook, half- length portrait, facing left. Illus. in: A Voyage Towards the South Pole ... London, 1777, v. 1, frontis. Ref. copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified data from caption card... More
George Washington, Esq'r. - Americanischer generalissimus, engraving, ...
Print shows George Washington, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform and holding sword in right hand. Illus. from: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nü... More
Indian collecting cochineal
"Indian Collecting Cochineal with a Deer Tail" from Memoria sobre la naturaleza, cultivo, y beneficio de la grana (. . .). Colored pigment on vellum. Español: "Indio que recoge la Cochinilla con una colita de... More
Põltsamaa rahvariided, Lilienfeldt
Deutsch: Brotze's Beschreibung: EHSTLÄNDISCHE TRACHT BEY OBERPAHLEN 1777 a Eine Ehstin vorwärts ihr Söbba auf der Hand haltend, b. Dieselbe rückwärts, c. Eine Ehstin wie sie im Hause gekleidet ist, mit der kl... More
Three pence. This bill shall pass current for three pence according to...
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Five dollars. This bill entitles the bearer to receive five Spanish mi...
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The march to Valley Forge. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
December 5, 1777, Caroline, Favors assessment for support of religion.
Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Carolina septentrionale et meridionale en 4 feuilles, traduite de l'An...
Scale ca. 1:560,000. Alternate title: An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontiers, shewing in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, s... More
The provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania an...
Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudsons River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--Plan of Amboy with its environs from an actual s... More
[Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt...
Scale ca. 1:14,400. Title from engraved copy published by William Faden, 1780. (Faden 68). Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1180 Available also through the... More
Continental Congress Broadside, 1777 : [April 14-15 resolves on Commit...
Broadside (no lillus.), printed by John Dunlap, Baltimore, 1777. Reference copy may be in SSF - Congresses and Conventions 1777. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... More
Bernis Brown, October 5, 1777, Account for Guarding British Prisoners
Account for Guarding British Prisoners Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
New York, with the entrance of the North and East rivers
Print shows distant view of New York City at the confluence of the North and East rivers. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... More
[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the e...
Prints show distant views of Castle Island and Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, hills along the southeast coast of Maine, and the entrance to Boston Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for th... More
1777 Lviv's plan - Public domain vintage map
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The following remostrance was this day presented to the President and ...
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June 3, 1777, Miscellaneous, Presbytery of Hanover, to exempt dissente...
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Massachusetts and New York General Assembly, February 1777, Correspond...
Correspondence on Limiting the Prices of Commodities