southern states

[Mapa del Golfo y costa de la Nueva España : desde el Río de Panuco ha...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coast from the vicinity of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina of the United States, location of Indian settlements, and lakes and rivers in the region to the Pánuco River ... more

[Map of Atlantic Coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Flo...

Shows coastal features, Native American nations and settlements, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harr... more

Carta particolare della Baia di Messico con la costa

La Floride /

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coastline from Secotan in Virginia to Planuco in Mexico; the interior is shown to 40 degrees of latitude north and includes lakes and rivers in the region. Prime meridian: [F... more

Les costes aux environs de la rivière de Misisipi : découvertes par Mr...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows locations of Indian villages found by La Salle during his explorations of the coastal areas of the United States. From: L'Atlas curieux / N. de Fer. Available also through the Li... more

Les costes aux environs de la Riviere de Misisipi : decouvertes par Mr...

La Floride, suivant les nouvelles observations de Messrs. de l'Academi...

[Map of the several nations of Indians to the Northwest of South Carol...

"This map describing the scituation [sic] of the several nations of Indians to the NW of South Carolina was coppyed [sic] from a draught drawn & painted on a deer skin by an Indian Cacique and presented to Fran... more

Florida called by ye French Louisiana &c

Carta geografica della Florida nell' America settentrionale.

Scale ca. 1:6,250,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1378 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2

Carte de la Louisiane, Maryland, Virginie, Caroline, Georgie, avec une...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Manuscript no. "117," in ink, on verso. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1386 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... more

Karte von Carolina und Georgien zur allgemeinen Geschichte der Reisen.

Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "No. 49." From Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande. 1758. v. 16. no. 19. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1385 Available also through the L... more

Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali.

Scales differ. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Sheet title in Latin and German. Individual map titles and text in German. Maps in English and German. From the authors' Atlas geographicvs maior, 1753-59 ... more

Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali.

Scales vary. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Sheet title in Latin and German. Individual map titles and text in German. Maps in English and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 83 Differs from o... more

A map of the new governments of East & West Florida /

Shows Indian villages, Fort Mobile, "la Balise Ft., Pensacola," "Old Town," and "New Town," rivers and inlets, anchorages, and soundings. Relief shown by contours. Prime meridian: London. From the Gentleman's M... more

Carta rappresentante la penisola della Florida.

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows southeastern United States, west to Pearl River, Louisiana and Mississippi, and north to latitude 34 degrees. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1617 Ava... more

A new map of North & South Carolina, & Georgia /

Florida from the latest authorities

A map of part of West Florida : from Penfacola to the mouth of the Ibe...

Relief shown by contours. Top right margin: Gent. Mag. Feb. 1772. From The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. (February, 1772), vol. 42. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1650 Available also thro... more

A general map of the southern British colonies in America comprehendin...

Seat of war in the southern British colonies comprehending North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, &ca Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Partie méridionale des possessions angloise [sic] en Amérique : pour s...

Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride.

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Liv. XVI, no. 46." Also shows Georgia and portions of the Carolinas and Virginia. Appears in Guillaume Thomas François Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties conn... more

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives ... Wherea...

Evans 16859.; 2565 C 13 20 May 44 Rec. R. B. June 1944. 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

Map of the province of West Florida

A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, with the islan...

A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the isla...

A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the isla...

Scale ca. 1:5,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. Atlantic Ocean labeled "Pacific Ocean." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1

Carte des deux Carolines et de la Géorgie

Carte de la Virginie, du Maryland et de l'etat de Delaware

Carte de la Louisiane et de la Floride

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris and l'Isle de Fer. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1401 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Carte de la Louisiane et de la Floride

Scale ca. 1:6,300,000. Prime meridian: Paris and l'Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. Shows area of present Southern States. "Liv. XVI, no. 46." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1401 Available also thro... more

Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride.

Scale ca. 1:6,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Paris and l'Isle de Fer. Shows area of present Southern States. "Liv. XVI, no. 46." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1402 Avai... more

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Flor...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1713 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Flor...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Second state : Hispaniola is no longer divided into French and Spanish sections and an explanatory note has been deleted. L... more

Partie méridionale des possessions angloises en Amérique.

Scale ca. 1:5,250,000. Relief shown pictorially. Meridians at top of map not accurately indicated. No. "36." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1407 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... more

Partie méridionale de la Louisiane, avec la Floride, la Caroline et la...

Scale ca. 1:2,900,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "P. II. 48." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1408 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100;... more

Kaart van Louisiana, en Florida.

Scale ca. 1:6,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris and Ferro. Based on Rigobert Bonne's Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride. Shows present area of Southern States. Available also through... more

The marches of Lord Cornwallis in the Southern Provinces, now States o...

The marches of Lord Cornwallis in the southern provinces, now states o...

A new and general map of the Southern dominions belonging to the Unite...

Georgia, from the latest authorities

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the present states of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geogr... more

Georgia, from the latest authorities.

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography." Shows the present states of Georgia, Alabama, and Missi... more

Map of the southern states of America, comprehending Maryland, Virgini...

Georgia, from the latest authorities

Geographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illin...

Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.6 Map of parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia showing the operations of the 89th regiment of Illinois volunteers. The regiment was first attached t... more

A new general chart of the West Indies from the latest marine journals...

Southern provinces of the United States

Map of the territory of Florida, from its northern boundary to lat. 27...

Covers portions of southern states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Bibliography. LC Trails 237 Available also through the Library of ... more

Letter from Francis Wayland, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Ll...

In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Francis Wayland explains his reasons for requesting Garrison stop sending him the Liberator. Wayland states that while he "believe[s] as strongly as any... more

Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...

In this handwritten copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan thanks Garrison for sending him $100 and says he is "gratified with the appearance of your paper since its enlargement." He then com... more

Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1834 Mar...

Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding an outrage enacted on a colored family. He writes, "the trial of a colored family who had been handed out of their beds as slaves the night before. I never h... more

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to George Willi...

A map of the Georgia Rail Road and the several lines of railroad conne...

Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" ... more

Letter from Charles Sumner, [Boston, Massachusetts], to Maria Weston C...

Charles Sumner writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to fugitive slaves. He writes, "It may not be deemed expedient for the bar to adopt a rule according to which each member shall refuse his professional a... more

Letter from Placide, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, J...

Writing under the nom de plume of "Placide", the author addresses William Lloyd Garrison to present a "candid statement" on the "late insurrection" in the Charleston Work House, as well as to highlight the "doi... more

Letter from William Francis Channing, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Theo...

William Francis Channing writes to Theodore Parker in regards to the South's decision to "exclude Massachusetts manufacturers & to cease to trade with Boston, unless the fugitive law is enforced." He warns that... more

Map of the Rabun Gap Rail Road route showing its connection with other...

Outline map of the southern United States showing the railroad network. The Rabun Gap system is shown in red. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 542 Description derived from published bibliography. Availa... more

General map of the Orange & Alexandria Rail Road and its connections n...

Outline map of the southeastern United States showing major drainage and important cities. "Directions and route to New Orleans and Memphis" are listed below the map title. Chartered March 22, 1848. Opened to G... more

Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary ...

Map showing Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and part of Texas. Shows drainage, cities and towns, and state boundaries, west of the Mississippi River. The adjoining area east of the Mississippi River shows only t... more

Map of the southern part of the United States, designed to accompany A...

Outline map of the southern states showing the railroad network.

Winter holydays in the Southern States. Plantation frolic on Christmas...

Illustration shows Christmas festivities on a southern plantation where enslaved African Americans dance, feast, and play music as their white owners observe. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustra... more

Map of the southern states of North America : with the forts, harbours...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Advertisement for Wyld's new maps on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Stained and sectioned and mou... more

De Soto's party descending the Mississippi after his death / J.W. Orr,...

Indians in canoes shooting arrows at Spaniards. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 499. Refe... more

De Soto crossing the Sewassee fork / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto on horse falling from bridge, possibly in South Carolina. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, ... more

Letter from Theodore Parker, Rome, [Italy], to Matilda Goddard and Reb...

Theodore Parker writes to Rebecca and Matilda Goddard in regards to consoling them on their mother's death. He also discusses John Brown's case. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Map showing the distribution of slaves in the Southern States /

Includes statistical figures, insets showing cotton district and British Isles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. CW3 Acquisitions control no. 96-8 Vault

Letter from Richard Warren Weston, New York, to Deborah Weston, 12 Dec...

One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 9th ed.

Scale ca. 1:880,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.3 General map centered on Richmond, Virginia. Map is printed in blue with title and border in red. "Ninth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." "Dedicate... more

Map of Texas, showing the line of the Texas and New Orleans Rail Road,...

Shows railroads actually built, partially finished, under contract, and chartered but not under contract. Covers area of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico and includes Louisiana, Arkansas, and parts of adj... more

One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 12 ed.

[Scale ca. 1:880,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.5 "Twelfth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." "Dedicated to the gallant soldiers fighting to suppress the Rebellion." Description derived from publi... more

Military map of the middle and southern states showing the seat of war...

Blue Jacket House, Vinita

Title from item.

Johnson's new rail road & county copper plate map of the Southern Stat...

Plan of the western seat of war /

Scale ca. 1:800,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 75.6 Confederate imprint. Inset: Reduced continuation of Missouri R. 4 x 7 cm. General map of Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virgini... more

Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...

Scale ca. 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.5 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 185[5?] by J.H. Colton & Co." Inset: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 19 cm. Includes tables of population... more

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Map showing the comparitive area of the Northern and Southern states e...

Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 217 (1861 February 23), p. 124. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, ... more

A new military map of the seat of war

Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 13.8 General map of eastern and central Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, and northern North Carolina showing cities and towns, state boun... more

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state ...

Preliminary chart of the northeastern part of the Gulf of Mexico, incl...

Scale 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.75 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt. Chart of the coast from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to St. Lucie Inlet, Florida, indicating soundings and bo... more

Lloyd's map of the southern states showing all the railroads, their st...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.2 "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. T. Lloyd." Copyright no. 290, July 12, 1861, written in right margin. Stamped: Deposited in ... more

Our naval and military operations at a glance. The coast and land line...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Plan of the western seat of war

Description derived from published bibliography. General map of Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, and North Carolina showing principal roads, railroads, towns, and rivers. For... more

Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern s...

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state ...

Covers northern Missouri to Texas and the Kansas boundary to the Atlantic shore, including Delaware and a portion of Florida. Includes portraits of Lincoln, Seward, Scott, and McClellan and inset map of Washing... more

Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...

Scale ca 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Laing, N.Y. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 20 cm.-Colton'... more

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern s...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 13.2 "Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1861 by Henry S. Graham." "Sold for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army." "Census O... more

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Civil War, 1861-1862

Shows movement of Union and Confederate forces, location of their respective victories, extent of their respective territories controlled in Dec. 1862, and the Union naval blockade. Relief shown by shading. In ... more

Letter from Jacon Merrill Manning, Boston, [Mass.] to William Lloyd Ga...

Jacob Merrill Manning notifies William Lloyd Garrison that he was visited that morning by a Mr. Hayward, a "gentleman connected with the Liberator", whom Manning gave his permission to list him among the speake... more

Southern Planter: "Pomp, you Rascal! do you see any of those cursed Ya...

Print shows a frightened Southern plantation owner asking one of his slaves if he has seen any Yankee ships, the slave tells his master that he is too frightened to see anything since he was told the Yankees wo... more

[Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.55 From Harper's weekly, v. 5, Nov. 9, 1861. Following p. 706. Inset: Charleston and Beaufort, South Carolina. 12 x 12 cm. Includes portraits of Lincoln, ... more

Lloyd's map of the Southern States, showing all the railroads, their s...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.T. Lloyd in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States ..." Text of newspaper... more

Colton's map of the southern states : including Maryland, Delaware, Vi...

Relief shown by spot heights and hachures. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of southern Florida, text, and statistical t... more