Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Slave Market, Public Square, Louisville, Jefferson County, GA
Significance: This old Slave Market was erected in 1758, at what was then the junction of the Georgetown and Savannah Trails. Here there was an Indian trading post, and this crossroads was a meeting place of sl... More
Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More
Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More
Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale C...
Survey number: HABS AL-375 Building/structure dates: 1818-1820 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001166
Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale C...
Survey number: HABS AL-375 Building/structure dates: 1818-1820 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001166
The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation procla...
The only known copy.
Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso
420059. District no. 27. Picture no. 25. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More
Tannehill Furnace, 12632 Confederate Parkway, Tannehill Historical Sta...
Significance: The Tannehill Furnaces, the best example of a pre-Civil War and Civil War ironmaking plant in the District, contains evidence of slavery as an industrial labor force. This site represents ironmak... More
Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...
Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More
Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...
Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More
Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...
Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More
Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River...
Significance: As the Chattahoochee crosses the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, it falls 125 feet within 2 1/2 miles producing a potential energy of between 66,000 and 99,000 horsepower. That water power made C... More
Walpole Meeting House, State Route 129, Walpole, Lincoln County, ME
Includes photo of pewter communion set . Significance: Built by the Town of Bristol in 1772, the Walpole Meeting House remains today in a virtually unaltered condition. Originally the home of a Presbyterian chu... More
Walpole Meeting House, State Route 129, Walpole, Lincoln County, ME
Includes photo of pewter communion set . Significance: Built by the Town of Bristol in 1772, the Walpole Meeting House remains today in a virtually unaltered condition. Originally the home of a Presbyterian chu... More
Walpole Meeting House, State Route 129, Walpole, Lincoln County, ME
Includes photo of pewter communion set . Significance: Built by the Town of Bristol in 1772, the Walpole Meeting House remains today in a virtually unaltered condition. Originally the home of a Presbyterian chu... More
Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More
Villa Meilleur, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Orleans Pa...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-57 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2023 Survey number: HABS LA-1216 Buil... More
Cedar Grove, Uniontown Road, Faunsdale, Marengo County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-200 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 93000599
Cedar Grove, Uniontown Road, Faunsdale, Marengo County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-200 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 93000599
Cedar Grove, Uniontown Road, Faunsdale, Marengo County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-200 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 93000599
Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More
Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More
Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More
Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More
Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More
Cunningham Plantation, Old Memphis Road (Gaines Trace Road), Cherokee,...
Survey number: HABS AL-337 Building/structure dates: ca. 1849 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000337
Cunningham Plantation, Old Memphis Road (Gaines Trace Road), Cherokee,...
Survey number: HABS AL-337 Building/structure dates: ca. 1849 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000337
Cunningham Plantation, Old Memphis Road (Gaines Trace Road), Cherokee,...
Survey number: HABS AL-337 Building/structure dates: ca. 1849 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000337
Jedidiah Morse to James Madison, March 14, 1823. Circular with James M...
Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More
Rosemount, County Road 19, Forkland, Greene County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-212 Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000099
Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish,...
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Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish,...
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Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish,...
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Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish,...
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Donaville Broussard, Beaumont, gelatin silver print
Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.
Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...
Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More
Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...
Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More
Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...
Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More
Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...
Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More
Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...
Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More
Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...
Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More
Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...
Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More
Rosa, Charley, Rebecca, slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson...
Photograph shows freed slaves, Rosina Downs, Charley Taylor, and Rebecca Huger, each wrapped in a portion of the U.S. flag. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Cl... More
Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More
Edward House & Dependencies (Ruins), Old House Road, Spring Island, Pi...
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Edward House & Dependencies (Ruins), Old House Road, Spring Island, Pi...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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La situación de Puerto-Rico las falacias de los conservadores y los co...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Preservation Microfilming Program : Available from Library of Congress Photoduplication Serv... More
Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...
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