Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis
Zeichner: Hamilton, William (1751) Stecher: Berger, Daniel (1744)
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis
Zeichner: Hamilton, William (1751) Stecher: Berger, Daniel (1744)
Attendees of the Yorktown Victory Celebration are allowed to board his...
Yorktown, Va. (Oct. 19, 2006) Attendees of the Yorktown Victory Celebration are allowed to board historical replicas of 18th century naval ships during the 225th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. U.S. Navy ... More
1 Kentucky: Entering the Great Valley
George Rogers Clark was born in Virginia in 1752. During 1772, at the age of 20, he moved west to the Ohio River Valley. He was quickly recognized as a leader in this area. By 1777, he was in command of the ... More
![No stamped paper to be had. [Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Franklin, 1765]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NjUvMDEvMDEvbm8tc3RhbXBlZC1wYXBlci10by1iZS1oYWQtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLXByaW50ZWQtYnktaGFsbC1hbmQtZnJhbmtsaW4tMTc2NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "No stamped paper to be had. [Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Franklin, 1765]")
No stamped paper to be had. [Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Franklin...
Nov. 7, 1765, issue no. 1924, of the Pennsylvania gazette, printed at Philadelphia by David Hall and Benjamin Franklin; without date, number, masthead, or imprint. On Oct. 31, 1765, the publishers announced the... More
This is the place to affix the stamp
Print shows a skull and crossbones representation of the official stamp required by the Stamp Act of 1765. Title from item. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, 1765 October 24. American 1... More
The tomb-stone. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...
Print shows several men, George Grenville, Lord Bute, the Duke of Bedford, and, as a small dog wearing clerical robes, Dr. W. Scott, labeled "AntiSejanus", dancing on a sarcophagus with bas-reliefs of "Britanni... More
![No stamped paper to be had. [Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Franklin, 1765]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NjUvMDEvMDEvbm8tc3RhbXBlZC1wYXBlci10by1iZS1oYWQtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLXByaW50ZWQtYnktaGFsbC1hbmQtZnJhbmtsaW4tMTc2NS0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/63/webp "No stamped paper to be had. [Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Franklin, 1765]")
The Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser - expiring: in hopes of...
Print shows the masthead for The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser with a skull and crossbones representation of the official stamp required by the Stamp Act of 1765, "An emblem of the effects of the S... More
The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cart...
Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... More
![[Broadside concerning repeal of Stamp Act, printed in Boston, May 16, 1766]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NjYvMDEvMDEvYnJvYWRzaWRlLWNvbmNlcm5pbmctcmVwZWFsLW9mLXN0YW1wLWFjdC1wcmludGVkLWluLWJvc3Rvbi1tYXktMTYtMTc2Ni02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Broadside concerning repeal of Stamp Act, printed in Boston, May 16, 1766]")
[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.
![[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvdGhlLXJlcGVhbC1vci10aGUtZnVuZXJhbC1vZi1taXNzLWFtZXN0YW1wLTBkNzg2ZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print")
[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print
Print shows a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames, with warehouses in a line in the background, one of which is inscribed "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now ship'd for America." George ... More
Virginia Colony Councilmen, Burgesses and Representatives of the Virgi...
Petition Against Taxation by Great Britain; Repeal of Stamp Act
Le General Arnold un des chefs de l'armée Anglo-Americaine.
Benedict Arnold, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing uniform; in oval with ornate border.
John Singleton Copley - Col. Joseph Warren by John Singleton Copley
Portrait of General Joseph Warren by John Singleton Copley, C. 1772. Warren, who died fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill, was a personal friend and physician to John and Abigail Adams. On exhibit over the fi... More
![Tradesmen’s protest against the proceedings of the merchants, Relative to the new importation of tea. Addressed to the tradesmen and inhabitants of the town of Boston in particular … Printed by E. Russell, next the Cornfield, Union-Street [1773]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvdHJhZGVzbWVucy1wcm90ZXN0LWFnYWluc3QtdGhlLXByb2NlZWRpbmdzLW9mLXRoZS1tZXJjaGFudHMtcmVsYXRpdmUtdG8tdGhlLTA1NGRkYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Tradesmen’s protest against the proceedings of the merchants, Relative to the new importation of tea. Addressed to the tradesmen and inhabitants of the town of Boston in particular … Printed by E. Russell, next the Cornfield, Union-Street [1773]")
Tradesmen’s protest against the proceedings of the merchants, Relative...
Copy 2 formerly numbered as Portfolio 37, Folder 22a. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 37, Folder 22a. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images ... More
Boston, December 2, 1773. Whereas it has been reported that a permit w...
Stamped on verso: Mss Division.; On verso: Ac. 373. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 5 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera C... More
![[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence responds to the Boston Port Bill. May 12, 1774]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzQvMDEvMDEvcmV2b2x1dGlvbmFyeS13YXItYnJvYWRzaWRlLXRoZS1ib3N0b24tY29tbWl0dGVlLW9mLWNvcnJlc3BvbmRlbmNlLXJlc3BvbmRzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/64/webp "[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence responds to the Boston Port Bill. May 12, 1774]")
[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence r...
Reference copy may be in LOT 4412A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston; US Hist.; Shelf.
Continental Congress. Proceedings of the Grand American Continental Co...
Printed in three columns.; Not in Evans.; On verso: Gift of Matt. B. Jones, Boston. Received May 15, 1934.; On verso: Ac. 4840. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsim... More
Whereas we the subscribers have broke the association of the late Cont...
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 108, Folder 28.
Whereas a report has been industriously propagated in this City, that ...
Evans 14333.; On verso: C; Aug 4, 1775. 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 108, Folder 31a.
To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress...
Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the min... More
In Provincial congress. New York, June 7, 1775. Resolved, that whensoe...
Imprint 3.; On verso: S; June 7, 1775. 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 108, Folder 27.
![Magna Britania her colonies reduced. [Philadelphia 1765].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbWFnbmEtYnJpdGFuaWEtaGVyLWNvbG9uaWVzLXJlZHVjZWQtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLTE3NjUtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "Magna Britania her colonies reduced. [Philadelphia 1765].")
![Magna Britania her colonies reduced. [Philadelphia 1765].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbWFnbmEtYnJpdGFuaWEtaGVyLWNvbG9uaWVzLXJlZHVjZWQtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLTE3NjUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "Magna Britania her colonies reduced. [Philadelphia 1765].")
Virginia Delegates in Continental Congress to Virginia Convention, Apr...
Appointment of Surgeons; Canadian Campaign; Notation on Coin Production
Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...
Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army
Continental Congress, July 1776, Suggestions on Tenure of Delegates
Suggestions on Tenure of Delegates
The Attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold by t...
Scale ca. 1:70,000. Manuscript, pen and ink. Relief shown by hachures. Date in title changed to "11th" of "Octr." Annotation added to title: From a sketch taken by an officer on the spot. Engraved by Wm. Faden,... More
The attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold, by ...
Scale ca. 1:70,000. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "An account of the expedition of the British fleet on Lake Champlain, under the command of Captain Thomas Pringle, and of the defeat of the rebel fleet, co... More
Edmund Pendleton to Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress, Ju...
Private Addenda to Letter of Same Date; Pennsylvania-Virginia Boundary Dispute; Indian Lands
![In convention of the representatives of the state of New York. To [blank] Greeting. Whereas this Convention, in pursuance of the resolves of the Continental Congress, did on the 9th day of June last, direct and order the raising and embodying,](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvaW4tY29udmVudGlvbi1vZi10aGUtcmVwcmVzZW50YXRpdmVzLW9mLXRoZS1zdGF0ZS1vZi1uZXcteW9yay10by1ibGFuay1ncmVldGluZy1iMDNkNTYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "In convention of the representatives of the state of New York. To [blank] Greeting. Whereas this Convention, in pursuance of the resolves of the Continental Congress, did on the 9th day of June last, direct and order the raising and embodying,")
In convention of the representatives of the state of New York. To [bla...
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 109, Folder 20.
Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...
Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army; Incomplete
![Continental Congress Broadside, 1777 : [April 14-15 resolves on Committee of Conference meeting with Pennsylvania officials]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzcvMDEvMDEvY29udGluZW50YWwtY29uZ3Jlc3MtYnJvYWRzaWRlLTE3NzctYXByaWwtMTQtMTUtcmVzb2x2ZXMtb24tY29tbWl0dGVlLW9mLWNvbmZlcmVuY2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "Continental Congress Broadside, 1777 : [April 14-15 resolves on Committee of Conference meeting with Pennsylvania officials]")
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
![Continental Congress Broadside, 1777 : [Resolve of February 15, endorsing New England Conference Report]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzcvMDEvMDEvY29udGluZW50YWwtY29uZ3Jlc3MtYnJvYWRzaWRlLTE3NzctcmVzb2x2ZS1vZi1mZWJydWFyeS0xNS1lbmRvcnNpbmctbmV3LWVuZ2xhbmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "Continental Congress Broadside, 1777 : [Resolve of February 15, endorsing New England Conference Report]")
An abstract from resolves containing the encouragement offered by the ...
Copy 2 formerly numbered as Portfolio 40, Folder 7. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 40, Folder 7. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and ... More
Continental Congress, November 28, 1777, List of Expenses; Budget
List of Expenses; Budget
General Arnold, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Benedict Arnold, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its first commencement, to the... More
Der Americanische Gener: Arnold
Benedict Arnold, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; in oval frame. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G. N. Raspe, 1776-84, p.... More
Continental Congress, September 24, 1779, Memorandum on Gold Medal for...
Memorandum on Gold Medal for Henry Lee for Leadership at Powles Hook
Major General Arnold Wounded Dec. 31-1775 at the attack of Quebec.
Benedict Arnold, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing slightly right, gesturing with right hand. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and her colonies,... More
Samuel Adams, esqr. One of the delegates from the province of Massachu...
Samuel Adams, full-length portrait, seated by window, facing slightly left.
A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak Bay, with James and York rivers; w...
Scale ca. 1:250,000. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the publisher's Atlas of battles of the American Revolution.[1845] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1465 Available also through the Library of Congr... More
![A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers; wherein are shewn the respective positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army commanded by Lord Cornwallis, at Gloucester and York in Virginia; 2. of the American and French forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French fleet under Count de Grasse.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvYS1wbGFuLW9mLXRoZS1lbnRyYW5jZS1vZi1jaGVzYXBlYWstc2ljLWJheS13aXRoLWphbWVzLWFuZC15b3JrLXJpdmVycy13aGVyZWluLThmNDM1YS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers; wherein are shewn the respective positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army commanded by Lord Cornwallis, at Gloucester and York in Virginia; 2. of the American and French forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French fleet under Count de Grasse.")
A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Riv...
Scale ca. 1:240,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Depths shown by soundings. Annotated "London, Published by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, Novr. 26th 1781." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1464 Available also thro... More
A Representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between ...
Scale ca. 1:444,000. Shows engagement at entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, index to positions, and list of British ships and c... More
Defense Mapping Agency Bicentennial commemorative memento of the Battl...
Shows troop positions, firing lines, fortifications, and ship positions. Relief shown by hachures. Facsimile. Original version: To His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United... More
Count de Rochambeau, French General of the Land Forces in America Revi...
Anonymous, British, 18th century
Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constr...
Scale ca. 1:5,850. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1473 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More
Premiere assemblée du congrès / dessiné par le Barbier Peintre du Roi ...
Print shows session of the First Continental Congress, September 1774, in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Title from item. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ...... More
![Revolutionary War [Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Seely for his slave, Amos Seely, who was killed in the Revolutionary War, 1783. Top reads "pay-table office, July 30th, 1783..."]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODMvMTIvMzEvcmV2b2x1dGlvbmFyeS13YXItcmVxdWVzdC1mb3ItY29tcGVuc2F0aW9uLXRvLWJlLXBhaWQtdG8tbmF0aGFuaWVsLXNlZWx5LWZvci0zNGFmNzAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Revolutionary War [Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Seely for his slave, Amos Seely, who was killed in the Revolutionary War, 1783. Top reads \"pay-table office, July 30th, 1783...\"]")
His excellency Henry Laurens, president of congress & minister plenipo...
Print shows Henry Laurens, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered thems... 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
Governeer Morris Esq'r., member of congress / B.B.E.
Print shows Gouverneur Morris, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered ... More
Major general Baron Steuben / B.B.E.
Print shows Baron von Steuben, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile; in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered t... More
Charles Thomson Esq'r. - secretary to congress / B.B.E.
Print shows Charles Thomson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile; in oval. Title from item. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered th... More
Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwalis dessiné par le Barbier Peintre ...
Print shows the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown on October 19th 1781, with Comte de Rochambeau directing British General Charles O'Hara to present Cornwallis's sword to General George Washington; incl... More
Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwalis / dessiné par le Barbier peintr...
Print shows the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown on October 19th 1781, with Comte de Rochambeau directing British General Charles O'Hara to present Cornwallis's sword to General George Washington; incl... More
Landung einer Französischen Hülfs-Armee in America, zu Rhode Island, a...
Print shows the disembarkation of French troops, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau, at Newport, Rhode Island, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. Title from item. S. 13... More
Der Congress erklärt die 13 vereinigten Stăaten von Nord-America für i...
Print shows a meeting of the Continental Congress, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. Title from item. S. 99. [Plate] 5. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and... More
![Nicolas Ponce - [Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown] - Nicolas Ponce](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODQvMDEvMDEvc3VycmVuZGVyLW9mLWNvcm53YWxsaXMtYXQteW9ya3Rvd24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Nicolas Ponce - [Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown] - Nicolas Ponce")
Nicolas Ponce - [Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown] - Nicolas Ponce
Wash drawing (reverse of printed versions) shows the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la... More
Die Americaner machen den Lord Cornwallis mit seiner Armee zu Gefangne...
Print shows British troops handing over their weapons to the Americans at the surrender at Yorktown, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution.
Die Americaner wiedersetzen sich der Stempel-Acte, und verbrennen das ...
Print shows citizens in Boston burning proclamations from England pertaining to the stamp act of 1765, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. Title from item. S. 61. [Plate] 1. P... More
Lord Cornwallis, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Charles Cornwallis, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform, facing slightly right; in oval. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending ... More
Abigail (Nabby) Adams Smith by Mather Brown, 1786
Portrait of Abigail (Nabby) Adams Smith (daugter of John and Abigail Adams) by Mather Brown, 1785. Nabby's husband William Smith served and distinguished himself as an Aide de camp to George Washington during t... More
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis
Zeichner: Brown, W. H. (1790) Radierer: Brown, W. H. (1790) Stecher: Grainger, W. Verleger: Cooke, Charles Verlagsort: London
Le Général la fayette soutenu sur les batons des marechaux Lukner et R...
Anonymous, French, 18th century
Frakturs illumination - John Devoe, New Jersey
Original Caption: Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W20972 for John Devoe, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900..U.S. National Archives... More