1854

Ichabod Codding to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 13, 1854 (Republ...

Corydon waltz

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

Map showing the principal rail road in the middle & adjoining states, ...

Map of the north-central and middle Atlantic states showing cities, the railroad network, and the coal region boundaries. Scale ca. 1:1,850,000. LC Railroad maps, 83 Description derived from published bibliogra... more

Railroad reform, from the Providence Daily Post, September 5th, 1854.

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 170, Folder 34.

Map of Licking County, Ohio /

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by P. O'Beirne and Wm. Boell in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District New York." Includes statistical table by townships. LC co... more

Walden Pond--A reduced plan, 1846

Illus. in: Walden; or, life in the woods, 1854.

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, copied by permission of the inventor fr...

Title from item. Illus. in: Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering / ed. by Charles Tomlinson.... London : New York, G. Virtue & co., 1854. Published in: The t... more

Map of the town of Niagara /

Township cadastral map showing original survey lots/lines/numbers, contemporary property tracts/lines/numbers, tract acreages, and landowners' names. Also covers the present-day area of the City of Niagara Fall... more

Junction of Potomac and Anacostia rivers /

Depths shown by contours and soundings. Title handwritten on original map. On original map in handwriting: Reduced by F. Fairfax 1854. Includes notes. LC copy accompanied by negative photocopy and annotated in ... more

Ōsumi

Print shows the volcano Sakurajima at Ōsumi on Sakura Island, with sailing ships in the sea around the island. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... more

Lewis wagon / J.S. Vernam del. ; Compton, Gibson & Co., Buffalo.

Elevation of wagon and plans for frame and axles. Illus. in: The Contractors book of working drawings of tools and machines / compiled by George Cole.

Panorama de Paris Pris de la Tour St. Jacques (Côte de Notre Dame) / /...

Photograph shows view of Notre-Dame de Paris rising above Ile de la Cité. Title from item. No. 227. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O. M. Poe.

Avery's patent for locking stones in the foundations of lighthouses .....

Lighthouses. 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 8, Folder 34.

K N quick step dedicated to the Know Nothings

A sheet music cover illustrated with an ornamental vignette and motifs alluding to the Know Nothing party. In the center a nocturnal procession of men in tricornered hats, holding bayonets and a banner with a s... more

[Henry L. Abbot, bust-length portrait, in uniform]

Sitter is wearing a lieutenant's uniform. Case: plain leather, push button. Label pinned to case: Capt.(?) Lt.(?) H. L. Abbot. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot fa... more

Portland, Maine, U.S.A.

Drawing shows spires and buildings of Portland, Maine from across the harbor. Small figures of men and woman stand on the shore in the foreground, watching boats and ships sail. Three steamships travel up and d... more

Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine Street, Philadelphia

Published in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, July 1854, p. 24. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pennsylvania Philadelphia; Hospitals Pennsylvania;... more

[Title page of Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns with half...

Illus. in: Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns. Boston : Fetridge and company, 1854, title page. Published in: Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bibliography of American cases / Paul Finkelman. ... more

Bonaventure Baes, Pres., Dominican Republic

Half, facing slightly left. Illus. in: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854 Sept. 9, p. 149. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Northern N. Y. railroad tariff for Western flour and grain, via Vermon...

Transportation.; On verso: Fairlee. 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 121, Folder 20.

Representation of the Sand Key Light House, Florida / S.E. Brown.

Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 7, no. 10 (1854 Sept. 9), p. 152. Title from item.

Thompson & Company to Andrew Jackson, Jr., February 1, 1854

Map of the borough of Woodbury, N.J. /

Shows real-property tracts, building coverage, landowners' names, and proposed streets. "Woodbury was incorporated as a borough, March 10th A.D. 1854, and its limits defined as described by this map." Available... more

Takanawa tsuki no kei

Print shows full moon shining on boats in harbor and many people walking between buildings on the beach.

Kansas. To those who desire that Kansas should be free ... Worcester, ...

Title. 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 20, Folder 1.

Primary numerical table. Addition. John C. Dow. Lawrence, [Mass.] [c. ...

Handwritten on verso: 180. 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 61, Folder 38.

Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, U. States o...

Shows block numbers, wards, and built-up areas. Title at head of Georgetown index: Plan of Georgetown. Photocopy of map in Bohn's hand-book of Washington, 1854. Includes text, indexes to points of interest, and... more

O.H. Perry / Kilburn, del.

Print shows Oliver Hazard Perry, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, in oval shape of rope, surrounded by naval scene. Title from item. Published in Gleason's pictorial, 1854.

Young Girl and Death

Cliché verre by Corot. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cliché verre; youth; Death; Artists works; Shelf.

Tobidashita ōtsue

Print shows an artist in the foreground and figures of a characters in the background (a demon holding an anchor, a samurai with a falcon, a man with long pike, and a wrestler). Title and other descriptive info... more

Grand ball. Your company is respectfully requested at a ball to be giv...

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 201, Folder 39.

Harrison's handkerchief extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th ...

Print shows a ballroom scene at a stately manor in a sylvan setting, the foreground overflowing with floral arrangements and there are two massive lampposts flanking the entrance. On the left and the right are ... more

Histoire de la Sainte Russie

Page with 3 illustrations showing darkness, sketchy lines representing the beginning of Russian history, and polar bears illustrating that nothing of interest was occurring at that time; also includes quotes by... more

"View of the Iron Mountain"

Mo. Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review. History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Rep... more

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892

Portrait shows Whitman at age 37; 3/4 lgth., standing, facing right. Steel engraving by Samuel Hollyer from a lost daguerreotype by Gabriel Harrison. Used as frontispiece in 1855 (1st) edition of Leaves of Gras... more

City of Washington.

Shows wards, built-up areas, and major buildings. Also covers Georgetown. Plate 16 from atlas by S.A. Mitchell: New universal atlas ... of the world. Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1854. G1019.M64 1... more

[Notion Company's Works, California]

Gold mine. From Gleason's Pictorial, vol. 6, 1854. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California; Gold processing; Shelf.

Place de la Concorde A Paris / / Photographie d'apres nature par Ch. S...

Photograph shows obelisk and fountain in Place de la Concorde with palaces, Rue Royale, and Church of the Madeleine in the background. Title from item. No. 215. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers o... more

Winner's improved method for the violin

Music cover showing four black people--couple dancing in front of fireplace, man playing violin, and man standing in doorway.

Ōhashi nakazu mitsumata

Print shows two women in a boat with a man at the helm near the wooden structural supports for the bridge at Mitsumata. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... more

Map of Albany County, New York : from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 473 Includes ancillary maps of Albany, Rennselaerville, Cohoes, and the village of West Troy, statistical chart, business directories and illu... more

$100 reward! Ranaway on the 27th of September last, from the farm of t...

Positive Photostat.; Reward. 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 18... more

No. 3. View of Honolulu. From the Catholic church

Title from item. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and PAGA catalog cards. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

[All Saints Church (Frederick, Maryland). Elevations, plan, and sectio...

Architectural drawing showing church as elevations, plan, and section. Item in PR 13 CN 1996:110.20.3

Map of New London County, Connecticut.

LC Land ownership maps, 66 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly righ...

Map of Dinwiddie County, Virginia /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, chief engineer. Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his o... more

Second letter on the Nebraska question (Respectfully addressed to the ...

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 233, Folder 11.

J. Q. A. Ward. / by H.K.B.

Drawing shows head-and-shoulders portrait of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, who assisted Henry K. Brown with an equestrian statue of George Washington for Union Square in New York City. Title from item.

A new map of the state of North Carolina : constructed from actual sur...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, churches, mills, principal roads, plank roads, railroads, gold mines, and natural features. Prime meridian: Washington. "Published under the patrona... more

Vilikins and his Dinah! Or, the cup of cold pison. New York, Andrews ...

Gift: Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland, Vermont.; On Verso: Gift, C. E. Tuttle, 1941.; GB7/28/69 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML... more

Ichimonjiya saibei

Print showing an actor in the role of Ichimonjiya Saibei standing next to a palanquin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan... more

Lincoln's invitation to Peoria. [Facsimile.]

Facsimile of letter sent by Peorians in 1854 asking Lincoln to come here to reply to Douglas's speech.

Map of the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road and its connections; P. Jarrett,...

Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing the "completed & constructing" and "projected" railroads. Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. From Robert Faries Report of the Chief Engineer of the Su... more

New daguerreotype rooms, in Cohasset! D. S. G. Doane having newly fitt...

Map of property purchased from the United States by Wm. T. Dove, Esq.,...

Frankfort High School. The eighth semi-annual session of this school w...

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 22, Folder 20a. Copy scanned: 1

[Henry L. Abbot, bust-length portrait, in uniform]

Sitter is wearing a lieutenant's uniform. Case: curved octagon surrounded by a scroll design. Label pinned to case: Lieut. H. L. Abbot. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L.... more

Primary numerical table. Subtraction. John C. Dow, Lawrence [Mass.] [c...

Handwritten on verso: 181. 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 61, Folder 39.

State of Maine. By the Governor: A proclamation for a day of public th...

Thanksgiving proclamation. 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 27, Folder 13.

[Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

Scottish missionary based in India.

View of No. 48 and 46 Chestnut Street

Musicians' military & civic ball, complimentary to the Lowell cornet b...

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 61, Folder 36.

Map of North America from the latest authorities, showing the proposed...

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." From the Nathaniel Prentice Ban... more

The Max Sutaine polka

cover pg 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: Copyrigh... more

Railroad & township map of Ohio.

Detailed township map showing drainage, cities and towns, county and township boundaries, roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:580,000. LC also has 1879 edition measuring 92 x 84 cm., which includes a list of rail... more

Scott's map of Rutland County, Vermont /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1190 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854 by James D. Scott in the ... more

Lipan - warrior / A. Schott del. ; lith. of Sarony & Co., New York.

Lipan warrior on horseback.

Roberts' Horse Powders

Advertisement label showing two horses. LOT subdivision subject: Cows/Horses. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Engraving by Boerum. Copyright by M. B. Roberts. Caption card tracings: ... more

Plat & dimensions of circle on Pennsylvania Avenue at intersection of ...

"18th Nov'r 1854." Includes survey notes. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Pres't Madison's Library at auction. at Orange Court House, Virginia o...

Auction. 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 186, Folder 42.

[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...

Title devised by Library staff. Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by L... more

Map of all the railroads in the United States in operation and progres...

Map of the eastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, canals, and the railroad network. In 1923 Poor's Publishing Company of New York issued a reduced redraw... more

[Site of the Revolutionary Foundry, Salisbury, Connecticut]

Shankland's American fashions for the fall and winter of 1854 & 5

This record contains data from the item.

No. 6. View of Honolulu, from the Catholic church

Views of homes and residences: Dr. Lathrop, Paki, Washington Place, John Ji, Judge Andrews, Mr. Bishop, Capt. Luce, Rev. Mr. Damon, Dr. Hildebrand, Dr. Judd, Capt. Makee, A.B. Bates, Mr. Wood, J.H. Wood, John L... more

Hachidaime ichikawa danjūrō no sinie

Print shows actors kneeling on a stage before an audience and other figures on the stage that have horns. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... more

$500 reward. A fraud was committed on the chemical bank, in this City,...

Reward. 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 121, Folder 19.

Map of Erie County, New York : from actual surveys /

Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 493 Includes "Plan of the city of Buffalo," statistical charts, notes, and illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC ... more

Jenkins & Knight's patent spoke machine. Awarded the gold medal, at th...

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 121, Folder 21. Copy scanned: 1

The man is not bought! He is still in the slave pen in the Court House...

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 61, Folder 43.

Histoire de la Sainte Russie

Page with 5 illustrations showing Péroun and priests. Illus. in: Histoire pittoresque, dramatique et caricaturale de la Sainte Russie ..., p. 9. Title from item.

Sylph waltz

Tajima

Print shows the cave temple of Kannon, the merciful goddess or goddess of the cave, in the Iwai Valley, Tajima Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... more

Rail road and county map of Illinois showing its internal improvements...

Detailed map indicating drainage, place names, roads and railroads. Text, including a list of Illinois railroads and their connections, appears on both sides and bottom of the map. Scale ca. 1:1,200,000. LC Rai... more

Minute representation of an American line-of-battleship, with full exp...

Print shows a starboard view of an American battleship with the parts numbered and lettered; also shows a rowboat and a small sailboat in the foreground. Title from item. Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, v. 6,... more

Map of Licking County, Ohio /

Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile A Paris / / Photographie d'apres nature pa...

Photograph shows obelisk and fountain in Place de la Concorde with palaces, Rue Royale, and Church of the Madeleine in the background. Title from item. No. 204. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers o... more

Know Nothing Polka dedicated to everybody by nobody

A sheet music cover illustrated with the American nativist device of an eye in an aureole of light. The watchful eye (a commonplace in Masonic iconography) here symbolizes the Know Nothings' vigilance against ... more

Appeal in behalf of the Washington national monument. The voters of Wa...

Washington national monument. 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 201, Folder 34.

Map of Milford, Hillsboro' Co., New Hampshire /

General map showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. "[Lithography of] Friend & Aub, 80 Walnut St." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. I... more

Calculator, showing the amount of paper required for printing a book o...

On verso: Filed Jan. 27, 1854. 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 121, Folder 21a.

Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1854.

Shows boundary lines, streets and public buildings. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854, by B.M. Norman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for Eastern District o... more

Frances Wright d'Arusmont / SW.

Frances Wright, half-length portrait, facing right. Title from caption on mount. Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, v. 6, 1854, p. 388.

Sacramental scene in a western forest

Large Presbyterian religious service in forest glade. P.S. Duval & Co. Illus. in: Joseph Smith, Old Redstone, 1854, opp. p. 310. Reference copy may be in LTO 4400 D. This record contains unverified, old data fr... more

Rejoinder to Mr. Rives. Estimates for printing. Washington, May 27, 18...

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 201, Folder 30. Copy scanned: 1

Rail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport ...

Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. Chartered as the Auburn and Eel River Valley Rail Road on March 8, 1853. Name cha... more

Souvenir de Weber, romance

No publication info; piano score missing. 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... more

Nominations of the do-nothings of Washington, for 1856. for Mayor. Jas...

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 201, Folder 36.

1854. Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich railway. Freight tariff ... Buffal...

Transportation.; On verso: Freight Tariff of B.B. and G.R. Co., Jun. 1854. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephem... more