1837

Na mokupuni o Hawaii nei /

Public domain image of a navigation map, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description:

Attack of the Seminoles on the block house

Print shows an attack by the Seminole Indians possibly on a fort on the Withlacoochee River in December 1835. No. 6 in set of 8 "Views of Florida." The State Library and Archives of Florida cites as "Lithograph... More

Der gestirnte Himmel : südliche Halbkugel /

Includes note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Spotting throughout and mounted on cloth.

Seconde et dernière ascension du ballon Monstre, construit et dirigé p...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green, in his balloon "Monstre," January 9th, 1837, at the Caserne, rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière, Paris. Tissandier collection.

Uncle Sam sick with la grippe

A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More

John T. Bowen - Eng-chang - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bowen, J.T.

Burning of the town Pilak-li-ka-ha by Gen. Eustis

Der gestirnte Himmel : nördliche Halbkugel /

Includes note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Liquid staining throughout.

Baron Hill, Wales

View of house, grounds, deer and a horse-drawn carriage.

[Soldiers in camp outside the fortified houses, Picolata, Florida]

No. 3 in set of 8 "Views of Florida." "Picolata" pencilled below image. Title devised by library staff. The State Library and Archives of Florida cites as "Lithographs of events in the Seminole War in Florida i... More

[Soldiers in camp outside the fortified houses, Picolata, Florida]

No. 3 in set of 8 "Views of Florida." "Picolata" pencilled below image. Title devised by library staff. The State Library and Archives of Florida cites as "Lithographs of events in the Seminole War in Florida i... More

Fifty cents. Shin plaster

Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More

[Cut] Our countrymen in chains! By J. G. Whittier. [New York] Sold at ...

At top of page a cut of a slave in chains with the caption. Am I not a man and a brother?.; On verso: 90-og 13 Je 51; 2-87-261.17; 2-94-220.54; onx/o. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in... More

New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost

Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... More

The crow quadrilles. Piano forte by John H. Hewitt / N. Currier's lith...

Music cover with eight vignettes of caricatures of blacks. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1436.

Sandy Point, St. Kitts / drawn by Lieut. Caddy, Royl. Artilly. ; engra...

With Brimstone Hill in the distance.

An adjourned meeting. At a very large meeting of the citizens of Washi...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 196, Folder 9. Copy scanned: 1

Treasury note, Washington, D.C.

A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More

Outrage. Fellow Citizens, An abolitionist, of the most revolting chara...

On verso: 2-94-220.41; 22806216. 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 118, Folder 30.

A chart of the coast of America : from New York and Philadelphia to th...

Nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures in selected areas. Depths shown by soundings. In lower margin of each of the original sheets: A New Edition. London, Published as the Act directs, March 1st 1837, by J.W... More

Jackson democrats read this. An extract from the farewell address of P...

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 231, Folder 19.

The times

A commentary on the depressed state of the American economy, particularly in New York, during the financial panic of 1837. Again, the blame is laid on the treasury policies of Andrew Jackson, whose hat, spectac... More

[Woman and beggar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A well-dressed woman stops on a quiet street to drop money into the hat of a beggar accompanied by a dog on a leash. No copyright information found with item. Title devised. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin... More

Map of the territory west of the Rocky Mountains /

Relief shown by hachures. From: The Rocky Mountains; or, scenes, incidents, and adventures in the far west; digested from the journal of Captain B. L. E. Bonneville, of the Army of the United States, and illust... More

Facsimile of the expunged resolution of the U. S. Senate, as it appear...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 195, Folder 2a.

Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico

View of barracks and tents at Fort Brooke during the Seminole War in Florida in 1835. No. 5 in set of 8 "Views of Florida." The State Library and Archives of Florida cites as "Lithographs of events in the Semin... More

L'hymne des marseillois

cover only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright D... More

Robert French - Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Well now, that surely is a fine display in celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee on Alma Place in Coleraine...Think that J. McQuillan - shop doorway on left behind gaggle (or giggle?) of children - is... More

City of Detroit, Michigan. Taken from the Canada shore near the ferry

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Fall and winter fashions for 1837 & 8 by Scott & Perkins, 164 Broadway...

Artist: William K. Hewitt (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1977

Kawachirō / Hiroshige-ga.

Japanese print shows women dancing and playing musical instruments for two men in a teahouse.

Chart of the coast of Maine / nautical chart

Relief shown by hachures on some sheets. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. On some sheets: Entered according to Act of Congress, by Capt. Seward Porter, in the year 1837, in the Clerks office of the Dis... More

Andrew Jackson to Moses Dawson, December 9, 1837

Johnson Rayburn & Company to Andrew Jackson, July 17, 1837

John P. Boice, April 24, 1837. Affidavit, Estate of Conway Madison.

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H. R. 174. December 22, 1837 ... A bill to provide compensation to Jam...

25th Congress, 2d session. 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 231, Folder 17.

The liberator. v.7:no.36(1837:Sep.1)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.25(1837:June 16)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.23(1837:June 2)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Old Jack in the last agony and the fox caught in a rat trap

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, of the Southern District of New York. Printed & published by H.R. Robi... More

Illustrations of the adventures of the renowned Don Quixote & his doug...

A burlesque history of the Jackson administration, with particular reference to his campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States. The narrative, in a series of twelve episodes, is based on Cervantes's "Don... More

The United States. Historic map, Library of Congress

Arkansas Museum #11510 #3. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The liberator. v.7:no.6(1837:Feb.4)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.12(1837:Mar.18)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Andrew Jackson to Colonial Paimbeanffet, February 1, 1837

Andrew Jackson to Amos Kendall, August 26, 1837

The liberator. v.7:no.46(1837:Nov.10)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.21(1837:May 19)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.22(1837:May 26)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Notice. Bank of the Metroplis, May 12, 1837. Nothwithstanding the info...

On verso: 12 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 196, Folder 13.

Plan of the Senate chamber of the United States by D. H. Burr. 2d sess...

Plan of the Senate Chamber of the U. S. Senate.; U. S. Congress. Senate. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera... More

Going the whole hog

Martin Van Buren's New York political favorites are represented as piglets suckled by a giant sow "The Empire State." The artist's pointed reference is to the exploitation of New York State by the President and... More

View of the launch of the U.S. ship of war Pennsylvania

124 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Lehman, Geo.

The liberator. v.7:no.22(1837:May 26)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.14(1837:Mar.31)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.12(1837:Mar.18)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.8(1837:Feb.18)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.11(1837:Mar.11)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.23(1837:June 2)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.24(1837:June 9)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.18(1837:Apr.28)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.10(1837:Mar.4)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.7(1837:Feb.11)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.9(1837:Feb.25)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.17(1837:Apr.21)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The liberator. v.7:no.2(1837:Jan.7)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

School play. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Children performing in a school play at the Royal Victoria School for the Blind, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1982 (TWAM ref. E.NC18/24). Possibly a Nativity performance (is that a donkey I can see in the background?).... More

Members of the Brownie pack, England

This appears to show a presentation to a member of the Brownie pack at the Royal Victoria School for the Blind, January 1962 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/28235C)...Tyne & Wear Archives is proud to present a series of im... More

John G. Bradford to Andrew Jackson, January 1, 1837

C. Hughes to John Forsyth, January 1, 1837

C. Hughes to John Forsyth, January 1, 1837

François d'Orléans - Tam-tam à Gorée (1837

Watercolor by François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville (1818-1900) - Tam-tam à Gorée (1837)

Charles Supernant 1837

Français : Portrait du chansonnier français François Supernant.

Andrew Jackson, March 3, 1837

Nashville Citizens to Andrew Jackson, March 11, 1837

James Buchanan to Andrew Jackson, July 28, 1837

Here's a health to thee Tom Breese

Speech of Salmon P. Chase in the case of the colored woman, Matilda : ...

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Speech of Salmon P. Chase in the case of the colored woman, Matilda : ...

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Speech of Salmon P. Chase in the case of the colored woman, Matilda : ...

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David R. Robb to Andrew Jackson, May 10, 1837

James Gadsden to Andrew Jackson

Lewis Jacob Cist to Andrew Jackson, April 20, 1837

Andrew Jackson to Amos Kendall, June 23, 1837

Allan Ditchfield Campbell to Andrew Jackson, March 14, 1837

William Donelson to Andrew Jackson, April 19, 1837

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Robert Armstrong to Andrew Jackson

Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Notes regarding telegraph and patent controversy

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Caledonian march

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860