The United States of North America, with the British & Spanish territo...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Imperfect: Creased, soiled, small tears along edges of sheet. Acquisitions control no. 99-83
The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt...
Print shows Charles Lee at his capture by British troops. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward... More
Benjamin Franklin to Baron Rosencrone, April 15, 1783
Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Cartouche showing a Native woman, representing America, nursing infan...
Illus. in: L'Amérique septentrionale, ou se remarquent les États Unis. / par M. Brion de la Tour, ingénieur-géographe du roi. Paris : Chez Esnauts et Rapilly, 1783. Published in: The American Revolution in dra... More
Le grande Bretagne mutilé Das verstümmelte Britanien., British Cartoon...
Print shows the head and torso of Britannia chained to a hillside, her arms and legs, representing the American colonies, have been cut off and lie on the ground before her; a sailor in chains stands among arti... More
Globe aërostatique. Dédié à Monsieur Charles. Cette machine est repres...
Jacques Alexandre César Charles departs Nesle, France after the landing of the first hydrogen balloon flight from Paris on December 1, 1783. Marie-Nöel Robert (on the ground at left), who accompanied Charles o... More
Depart de MM. Charles & Robert, du Jardin des Tuilleries dans leur mac...
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. "Sic itur ad astra" wr... More
The surrender of Earl Cornwallis (Lieutenant-General of the British Ar...
Print shows General Charles O'Hara, representing General Cornwallis, handing sword to George comte de Rochambeau who is standing with George Washington. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history ... More
Land of Dahra and Tafilalet
Land of Dahra, Tafilalet and insert of the map Kindoms of Fes, Morocco, Algiers, Tunis etc.
Naturliche Magie, oder, Erklarung verschiedner Wahrsager
Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ A-R⁸. Errata: p. [1] at end. LC copy has bookseller's label: Hannemann's Buchhandlung, Berlin. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2018-08-21 LC Review ... More
John Francis Mercer to James Madison, August 31, 1783.
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Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...
Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... More
Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Citizens, May, 1783. Address to Virginia ...
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The blessings of peace, British Cartoon Print
Print shows George III receiving advice from a large group of ministers and politicans, all are identified by number and corresponding legend, following ratification of peace treaty by the U.S. Congress on Apri... More
Le moment d'hilarité universelle ou le triomphe de MMrs. Charles et Ro...
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. Inset view shows propo... More
Descente de la machine aerostatique des Srs. Charles et Robert
Print shows Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert stepping out of their hydrogen balloon on a plain near Nesle, France after the first manned balloon flight in December of 1783. Printed text below image: Extrai... More
L'Art alimentaire, ou Methode pour preparer les aliments les plus sain...
Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...
Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More
Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...
Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More
Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...
Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More
Niwa no yukimi, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows three women on a veranda looking at a snow-covered garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertic... More
An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a street scene outside a print shop on a windy day as pedestrians struggle against the force of the wind. Handwritten title from item. Alternate title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the B... 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
Ascent of the 19th September, 1783, at Versailles
Montgolfier brothers before King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette; balloon ascension, France. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. ... More
The encampment in the museum garden MDCCLXXX / N' P. Sandby f.
Print showing men, women, and children on the lawn in the museum garden, building on the left, and the tents of a military encampment, on the right.
Benyamin [sic] Franklin gebohren 1706 / D. Berger sculp., 1783.
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval with ribbon at top. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Libr... More
The general p--s, or peace, British Cartoon Print
Print shows five men, an Englishman, a Dutchman, a Native representing America, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman urinating into a pot. The Englishman says, "Say what they will, I call this an honourable P--," the Na... More
Le moment d'hilarité universelle ou le triomphe de MMrs. Charles et Ro...
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. Inset view shows propo... More
The tea-tax-tempest, or Old Time with his magick-lanthern
Cartoon shows America, seated on the left, and a sombre Britannia treated to a glass lantern presentation on the American Revolution. Father Time, leaning against a globe, provides a commentary on the momentous... More
La frayeur de Gonnesse [i.e. Gonesse], contre-danse franc̜oise / mis a...
Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying balloon. Possibly ... More
James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, February 11, 1783. with Draft Copy.
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Joseph Chew to James Madison, November 6, 1783.
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Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...
Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More
Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...
Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More
Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...
Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More
[Britannia attacked by her enemies]
Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More
Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...
Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More
An accurate map of the United States of America, with part of the surr...
Scale ca. 1:4,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Shows national boundaries, towns and cities, frontier forts, trading posts, Indian villages and tribal territory, rivers an... More
St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...
Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More
Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga
Print shows the courtesan Hitomachi with another woman and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More
Cadiz Bay 1783 - Public domain geographic map
Cadiz Bay map around 1783
Battle of Guilford Courthouse 15 March 1781
Painting of the Battle of Guilford Court House (March 15, 1781) from Soldiers of the American Revolution by H. Charles McBarron. "[General Nathaniel] Greene observed as the veteran First Maryland Continentals ... More
[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic glob...
Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the Versailles Palace in the ba... More
[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic glob...
Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the Versailles Palace in the ba... More
[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic glob...
Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the Versailles Palace in the ba... More
Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en pré...
Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G... More
L'Art alimentaire, ou Methode pour preparer les aliments les plus sain...
Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bowles's new map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the ...
Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Publish'd as the Act directs 2. Jan. 1783." Includes historic notes. Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson Bays [ca. 1:18,000,000]--A map of ... More
[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 17...
Design drawing shows two men in basket steering balloon by manipulation of a sail. A ladder connects the balloon to a parachute-style apparatus intended for safe descent where a third man handles the connection... More
His excellency General Washington commander in chief of the united Sta...
Print shows George Washington, 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
Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...
Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (... More
Chōjiya uchi chōzan, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows Chōzan, a courtesan, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hinagata wakana ... More
His excellency Henry Laurens, president of congress & minister plenipo...
Print shows Henry Laurens, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illustriou... More
A new map of the United States of North America with the British Domin...
Print shows a cartouche on a map with several parcels in a natural setting. Illus. in: A new atlas of the mundane system; ... / Samuel Dunn. London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778 [i.e., 1783], no.... More
View of the attack on Bunker's Hill, with the burning of Charles Town,...
Print shows four British warships landing troops and firing on Charlestown, a British battery on Copp's Hill in Boston also fires on Charlestown which is in flames, also shows the assault on "Bunker's Hill." I... More
Shelb---ns sacrifice / invented by Cruelty ; engraved by Dishonor., Br...
Print shows Lord Shelburne watching Natives slaughter loyalists in America; Britannia, with raised spear, attacks Shelburne. Caption continues: Or the recommended Loyalists, a faithful representation of a trag... More
Elnathan Haskell to James Madison, September 12, 1783.
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Aux amateurs de physique - Public domain book illustration
French cartoon shows people crowded outside the Tuileries Garden wall in Paris to view the first balloon ascension of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noël Robert in 1783. Several people are climbing over the wall, in... More
George McCully journal, - Public domain document scan
Manuscript copy of a journal (45 pages) kept by McCully pertaining to his journey (1783 June-July) from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Detroit, Mich., on an expedition headed by Ephraim Douglass to inform the Indians of t... More
L'Art alimentaire, ou Methode pour preparer les aliments les plus sain...
Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'Art alimentaire, ou Methode pour preparer les aliments les plus sain...
Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'Art alimentaire, ou Methode pour preparer les aliments les plus sain...
Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marqu...
Engraving by N. de Launay, drawn by Chev. de Lorimier. Illus. in: Faujas, Descriptien de la Machine, 1783, vol. 2, frontis. Reference copy may be in LOT 4700A. This record contains unverified, old data from cap... More
Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783
Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only pa... 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
An analysis of modern patriotism performed by public opinion & display...
Print shows two views of Charles James Fox, on the left, as a member of parliament supporting the policies of Lord North, and on the right, when out of office, on a platform before a crowd arguing against the p... More
Haut tapfer zu auf diesen Hund ... / J.M. Will, excud. A.V.
Print shows Turks, represented by dogs, fleeing toward Constantinople after the Battle of Vienna, 1683. In the center, a large dog, representing the Sultan, is being beaten by two European officers(?). Overhead... More
The manner in which the American colonies declared themselves independ...
Print shows a man on horseback riding through town reading the Declaration of Independence to cheering crowds; a notice has been posted on a wall "America independant 1776." Illus. from: The new, comprehensive... More
Thomas Jefferson to Abner Nash, March 11, 1783
Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...
Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... More
The blessings of peace, British Cartoon Print
Print shows George III receiving advice from a large group of ministers and politicans, all are identified by number and corresponding legend, following ratification of peace treaty by the U.S. Congress on Apri... More
James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, June 14, 1783. Partly in Cipher.
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James Madison to Edmund Randolph, August 31, 1783.
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Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...
Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More
El Guarico, alias, el cavo Frances, es una de las colonias y puertos q...
Scale ca. 1:18,880. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Watermark: IV. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 462 LC Maps of North America, ... More
Thomas Jefferson, 1783, Musical Score; with Notations
Musical Score; with Notations Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Carte de la partie sud des Etats Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale.
Scale ca. 1:4,250,000. Prime meridian: Paris and Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. "Liv. XVII, XVIII. No. 48." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1406 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More
In Assembly, Tues., December 2nd, 1783
Text of "the report of the Committee ..." describing the "triumphal arch and its ornaments." Text in: Journal of the House of Representatives, p. 390.
Plano del Lago de San Bernardo en el Seno Mexicano /
Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 975 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Maggs number annotated ... More
James Madison to Edmund Randolph, September 13, 1783.
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Benjamin Harrison, April 21, 1783, Proclamation on Articles of Peace; ...
Proclamation on Articles of Peace; with Copy
Cittanova schiantarelli 1783 5feb
Disegno eseguito da Schiantarelli che mostra gli effetti del terremoto del 1783 a Cittanova (RC)
Naturliche Magie, oder, Erklarung verschiedner Wahrsager
Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ A-R⁸. Errata: p. [1] at end. LC copy has bookseller's label: Hannemann's Buchhandlung, Berlin. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2018-08-21 LC Review ... More
Naturliche Magie, oder, Erklarung verschiedner Wahrsager
Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ A-R⁸. Errata: p. [1] at end. LC copy has bookseller's label: Hannemann's Buchhandlung, Berlin. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2018-08-21 LC Review ... More
Naturliche Magie, oder, Erklarung verschiedner Wahrsager
Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ A-R⁸. Errata: p. [1] at end. LC copy has bookseller's label: Hannemann's Buchhandlung, Berlin. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2018-08-21 LC Review ... More
Naturliche Magie, oder, Erklarung verschiedner Wahrsager
Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ A-R⁸. Errata: p. [1] at end. LC copy has bookseller's label: Hannemann's Buchhandlung, Berlin. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2018-08-21 LC Review ... More