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Agere (to act) from BL Royal 6 E VI, f. 72

Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(gere) of two men in front of a lawyer Image taken from f. 72 of Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio). Written in Latin.

David kills eight hundred enemies (actually this act is attributed to ...

Seated Hercules in the Act of Shooting at the Stymphalian Birds

The muscular physique incorporates an allusion to the ancient marble fragment, the Belvedere Toso in the Vatican, which Renaissance artists sometimes reconstructed imaginatively. Vittore Gambello (Italian, Veni... more

Silvio Approaches Dorinda whom He Has Wounded with an Arrow (Il Pastor...

Richard van Orley (Flemish, Brussels 1663–1732 Brussels)

State of Georgia. By His Excellency Captain-General, Governor, and com...

Blank form of land grant signed by Edward Telfair Governor from 1786-87 giving John Gardiner one thousand acres in the County of Washington, no date. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in t... more

By the governour, a proclamation Whereas at the General Court holden a...

Positive Photostat.; Proclamation.; Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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... more

An act passed by the great and General Court or Assembly of His Majest...

Imprint 3. 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 34, Folder 44.

Yamamoto Iwanojō, Son of Yamamoto Kyōshirō, as Shinoda Zuma in a Shosa...

Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, ca. 1702–1752) Edo period (1615–1868)

David Garrick in Hamlet (Shakespeare, Act 1, Scene 4)

James McArdell (Irish, Dublin 1729–1765 London)

Anno Regni Georgii II. tricesimo primo. Levying of soldiers. An act pa...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans. 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 35, Folder 23.

[Frontis, showing Act V, scene IV of Rodogune]

Aquatint by Mme. de Pompadour after F. Boucher, 1759; retouched by C.N. Cochin. Illus. in: Pierre Corneille, Rodogune, Versailles, 1760. Reference copy may be in LOT 4618. This record contains unverified, old d... more

Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act...

James McArdell (Irish, Dublin 1729–1765 London)

David Garrick as King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1)

Exchange for Sterling. (No.) Newport, Rhode-Island, In pursuance of an...

3 bills of exchange on page. 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 164, Folder 3.

Anno Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, quarto et quinto 1764. Timber in Ipsw...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans.; Not in Ford. 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 36, Folder 11.

[Broadside concerning repeal of Stamp Act, printed in Boston, May 16, ...

Reference copy may be in 4412 AB. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist.; Shelf.

Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)

Virginia Colony Councilmen, Burgesses and Representatives of the Virgi...

Petition Against Taxation by Great Britain; Repeal of Stamp Act

Scene from the Third Act of the Drama "Soga Aigo"

Scene From the Second Act of the Drama "Kawaranu Hana Sakae Hachinoki"

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) Edo period (1615–1868)

I George Brooke, treasurer of Virginia, hereby certify, that of the Co...

Filled in in mss. and dated 22 May 1780.; Not in Evans. 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; Port... more

Macbeth and the Witches (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1)

An act for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies, and for the more...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Bot in Hildeburn. 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; Portfo... more

"I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus..." (Shakespeare, King John,...

Richard Houston (Irish, Dublin 1721/22–1775 London)

New-York, November 5, 1773. To the friends of liberty, and commerce, G...

Evans 12711.; On verso: S; Nov 5, 1773. 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 105, Folder 9e.

By the Upper House of Assembly, October 28, 1773. Gentlemen. We return...

Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. 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 178, Folder 10.

Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4)

Miss Younge, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Love, and Mr. Waldron, in the Characters of...

Miss Younge, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Love, and Mr. Waldron, in th Characters of ...

Thomas Jefferson, 1775, Summary of British Armaments Act

Summary of British Armaments Act

An act to restrain the sending of provisions to Cape-Breton, or any ot...

Evans 7509.; On verso: New York Acts 19 Feb 1755. 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... more

In council. November 7th, 1775. Whereas by an Act of this colony made ...

Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 504. 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 Collectio... more

In Congress, Friday, June 9, 1775. Resolved that no obedience being du...

Photographic copy.; Stamped on verso: 452. 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... more

An act and law, made and passed by the General Court or Assembly of th...

Positive Photostat. 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 3, Folder 41.

In the sixteenth year of the reign of George the third, King, &c. 1776...

Positive Photostat.; This item is a Photostat of Portfolio 39, Folder 24aa.; Stamped on verso: 595. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full tex... more

Extract form the resolves of the General Court of the State of Massach...

Positive Photostat. 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 39, Folder 18b.

Falmouth, February 1776. Whereas the great and General Court of this C...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Falmouth, Mass.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate c... more

No Provincial Convention. Let us act for ourselves, and choose our old...

In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six. A...

Positive Photostat. 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 39, Folder 24.

No Provincial Convention. Let us act for ourselves, and choose our old...

Watertown, July 3, 1776. In Council. Ordered, that the following part ...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Not in Ford.; Test Act.; Stamped on verso: 595. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 dup... more

The Freemen, freeholders, and inhabitants of the City of New-York are ...

Evans 14762.; On verso: S. 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 109, Folder 5a.

Boston, Feb. 19th, 1777. In pursuance of the Act of the General Assemb...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 Eph... more

Ten Spanish milled dollars or their value in gold or silver, to be giv...

In Council of Safety. Lancaster, 25th October 1777. An ordinance for a...

In Council of Safety. Lancaster, 25th October 1777. An ordinance for a...

One hundred Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in gold or si...

An act for confiscating the property of all such persons, as are inimi...

Not in Evans.; On verso: Package 11; 1777 P.R.O. C.O.5. 176, F. 7; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed ... more

One hundred Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in gold or si...

State of New-York, An act to amend an Act for regulating impresses of ...

Imprint 3. 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 110, Folder 9.

By His excellency Caesar Rodney, Esq; president, captain-general and c...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seve...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 Eph... more

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the state of Conn...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans. 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 3, Folder 47.

An Unidentified Actor in the Onna (Woman) Shibaraku (Wait-a-Moment) Ac...

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) Edo period (1615–1868)

State of New-Jersey. An act for compleating the quota of troops belong...

Not in Evans.; Imprint 2. 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 99, Folder 5.

Thomas Jefferson, October 1780, Act on Navy Regulations

Act on Navy Regulations

State of Massachusetts Bay. In the year of our Lord one thousand seven...

Copy 2 & 3 Photographic reproduction.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Col... more

The Death of Mark Antony (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4, Sc...

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Conn...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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 3, Folder 55.

Sawamura Sojiro II and Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the IX Act of the Drama "...

An act for enlisting soldiers to serve in the Continental Army. [Dated...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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 179, Folder 3.

This bill of two hundred dollars shall be exchanged and redeemed in Sp...

State of New-Hampshire. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hu...

Imprint 3. 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 88, Folder 33.

State of Rhode Island and Providence plantations. In General Assembly,...

Evans 17339.; Imprint 3. 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 165, Folder 7.

In Council, March 30, 1781. Sir. The act of October 1780 for recruitin...

On verso: Small drop of red sealing wax. 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 179, Folder 2a.

State of Rhode Island and Providence plantations. In General Assembly,...

Evans 17340.; Imprint 3. 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 165, Folder 8.

State of New Hampshire. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hu...

Imprint 3.; On verso: Warner. 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 88, Folder 31.

The Actor Ishikawa Danjuro V Performing a Shibaroku Act with a Drawn S...

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) Edo period (1615–1868)

State of Connecticut. By the governor. Whereas by the Act of the Gener...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans. 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 3, Folder 58.

King Lear and Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 4, Scene 7)

Haerlem, November 21, 1783. State of New-York, ss. By the Council appo...

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 111, Folder 7a.

State of Rhode-Island and Providence plantations. In General Assembly ...

Evans 18856.; Imprint 3. 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 165, F... more

Beatrice and Benedick (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Sce...

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4)

Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2)

[Lady MacBeth] [Act, 5th--'One, two; why then 'tis time to do't / / pa...

Lady MacBeth walking in her sleep, full-length view, carrying candle; a man and a woman observe from a bench on the right in the background.

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5)

State of New Hampshire. John Taylor Gilman, Esquire, Treasure of said ...

Filled in in mss. for Atkinson.; Not in Evans.; On verso: (Public Service). Selectmen of Atkinson 1785, B Peter C. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page image... more

Romeo and Juliet at the Masquerade (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act...

Philadelphia, ss. Whereas Collector of the taxes in agreeably to an Ac...

Port of Philadelphia. Wardens Office, Philadelphia, 30th of April, 178...

Title.; Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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 146, Folder 40.

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

Coriolanus: "The God of Soldiers, to shame invulnerable..." (Shakespea...

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)

State of New-Hampshire. John Taylor Gilman, Treasurer of said state. T...

Filled in in mss. for the town of Atkinson.; On verso: (Public Service) Select Men of Atkinson 1785. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full ... more

An act for appointing deputies from this Commonwealth to a convention ...

Copy or original in Washington papers 237 no.11 Mss. Div.; Evans 20101.; On verso: {stamp} Gift Herbert Putnam Sept. 22 1938; {stamp} Issued by the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission Sol Bl... more

Characaturas/ by/ Leonardo da Vinci/ from Drawings by / Wincelslaus (s...

Characaturas/ by/ Leonardo da Vinci/ from Drawings by / Wincelslaus (sic) Hollar/ out of the/ Portland Museum/ Published as the act directs Nov. 1. 1786 by/ John Clarke. N. 291 Strand/ Price 15 in Boards After... more

The Banquet (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 3)

John Baldrey (British, 1758–after 1792)

Ferdinand and Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 1)

Thomas Jefferson to Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, August ...

Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

In the House of delegates, Thursday, the 25th of October, 1787. [Seven...

Copy of original in Mss. Div. in Washington Papers V. 239 no. 53.; Positive Photostat.; Evans 20839.; On verso, copy 1: #54 Virginia 1787. Oct 25 & 31 Resolutions of Va. Legislature calling Va. Ratifying co... more

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand s...

Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 Collectio... more

Ophelia: "There's fennel for you, and columbines" (Shakespeare, Hamlet...

The way to keep him as perform'd at the Richmond Theatre &c. Act V

"Lovemore (Lord Derby) stands between Mrs. Lovemore (Mrs. Damer), who holds his right arm, and the Widow Belmour (the fat Mrs. Hobart)..." (Source: George) A scene from Act V of Murphy's play as performed at th... more

State of Rhode-Island, &c. In General Assembly, October session, 1787....

Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. 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 166, Folder 7.

Rhode Island General Assembly, September 1787, Act

Act

North Carolina General Assembly, December 22, 1787, Act

Act

[Arms] Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one tho...

Not in Evans.; Imprint 2. 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 43, Folder 12.

Pennsylvania General Assembly, March 3, 1788, Act on Treaty of Peace

Act on Treaty of Peace

Scene from a Shosa Act

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815) Edo period (1615–1868)

An act, to regulate the exportation of flax-seed and lunmber, passed t...

Imprint 3.; On verso: 82645 '06, Pref. 111 12; J5e Oct.26.07. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collectio... more