1776

A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island

Print shows a panoramic view of the battle of Long Island. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr.... More

[A plan of the Rosalij Compy. Estates showing the impracticable lands]

Scale ca. 1:7,900; 10 chains to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman: C. [and a fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield, over the letters GR] Relief shown by shading. Oriented with nort... More

Plan of the island of St. Vincent laid down by actual survey under the...

Scale ca. 1:32,000. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Ferro. "To Sir William Young, Bart. ... this plan of the island of St. Vincent ... John Byres." Shows land granted to the Caribs, treaty boundaries,... More

A plan of that part of the Rosalij Estate call'd the Retreat, the prop...

Scale 1:3,960. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman: C. [and a fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield, over the letters GR] Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the upper right... More

A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & e...

Scale ca. 1:85,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows information to Sept. 23, 1776. Pictorial map. Annotated in lower right corner in pencil: 3rd impression. Includes "Re... More

A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of Gener...

Scale ca. 1:85,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1054 Available also through the Library of C... More

Philadelphia, May 6th, 1776. Just printed, published and now selling b...

In Council of Safety, Philadelphia, November 16th, 1776. Sir. The flee...

John Allison and John Lee to Virginia General Assembly, May 1776, Peti...

Petition by Marines to Join Virginia Land Troops

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

His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Fr...

Baltimore, Dec. 31, 1776. This morning Congress received the following...

Cm. Imperfect. Lower part of page wanting.; Wroth 385.; 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 Co... More

The mechanicks in union, and their associates, are earnestly requested...

Evans 14940.; On verso: S; Apr 12, 1776. 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 8a.

Public Domain Stock Photo . Vintage farm equipment 1776 revolutionary ...

Wartime images: Free images of war, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, July 29, 1776, Military News; In...

Military News; Indian Hostilities Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

To the inhabitants of the City and County of New-York. My dear Country...

Imprint 3.; Political campaign.; On verso: S; Apr 13, 1776. 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

[Notice, dated 4 July 1776, from a congressional committee to militiam...

Reference copy may be available in Lot 4412 LB This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist. July 4, 1776; Militia Pa.; Congress, U.S. Early; N.J. Hist. 1776; Pe... More

Daimonjiya uchi tagasode, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women, courtesans, with two young attendants, wearing kimonos and geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: ve... More

Ōmu komachi. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Fan-shaped print shows a nobleman wearing a long trailing robe, a counsellor for Emperor Yōzei who is sitting on the right in the background, standing in front of the aged poetess Ono Komachi who is sitting out... More

In House of representatives, April 11, 1776. The house voted, that bea...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; 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 Eph... More

Plan of the city of New York, in North America: surveyed in the years ...

Cartouche showing allegorical scene with an English trader standing on the shore among barrels and bundles of merchandise and a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt standing among barrels. Illus. in: T... More

The speech of William Tr[yo]n, Esq; who was executed on Thursday the 1...

To the impartial public. My dear friends. Guard yourself against impos...

Imprint 2.; Political campaign.; On verso: S; Apr 15, 1776. 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

[A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Caro...

Scale ca. 1:25,500. Title from engraved map published by Faden in 1776. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes inset "Plan of the platform in Sullivan's Fort." Annotated by Lt. Colonel Thos. James of ... More

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of Flo...

Scale ca. 1:1,390,000; marine leagues 20 in a degree. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." Pictori... More

[Coast of Maine from Rockland Harbor to Pemaquid Point.

Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Has watermark. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along fold and edges of sheet. Shows the coast of Knox and Lincoln Counties. LC Maps of N... More

George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, October 28, 1776, Memorandum Grantin...

Memorandum Granting Permission for Jefferson's to Use Wythe's House in Williamsburg, Virginia

In the House of representatives, February 13, 1776. Whereas it appears...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; 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 Eph... More

In Congress, November 23, 1776. Resolved that a committee of five to b...

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In the House of representatives, June 26, 1776. Whereas repeated appli...

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

Continental Congress, July 1776, Suggestions on Tenure of Delegates

Suggestions on Tenure of Delegates Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

To the Right Honorable Richard, Lord Viscount Howe, of the Kingdom of ...

Not in Evans.; On verso: Gift of Mr. B. Jones of Boston, Rec'd Jan 24, 1933. (Rec'd from Ac. Div., Jan. 31, 1933) Ac. 4555. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile ... More

A Plan of the Rosalij Compy. Estates, the property of His Excelly. Cha...

Continental Congress, August 27, 1776, Draft of Resolution to Recruit ...

Draft of Resolution to Recruit British Officers and Soldiers into Continental Army

George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, November 11, 1776, British Troop Mov...

British Troop Movements in New York

A plan of the attack of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, and of t...

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive index. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1159 Available also through the Library of ... More

A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full and exact descri...

Scale ca. 1:275,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Shows ship channels. Includes list of subscribers and "Tide table." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Tabula geographica generalis Imperii Russici ad normam novissimarum ob...

Also shows parts of the Aleutian Islands and Eastern Europe. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines, batteri...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps and Charts, 1750-1789, 930 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... 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.

Virginia Delegates in Continental Congress to Virginia Convention, Apr...

Appointment of Surgeons; Canadian Campaign; Notation on Coin Production

Colony of Massachusetts Bay 1776. We the subscribers, do each of us se...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

At a meeting of a number of the Citizens of Philadelphia, at the Philo...

Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Convention of Delegates, July 1776, Decli...

Declines Reappointment Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

In Council of Safety. Philadelphia, November 14th, 1776. 12 o'Clock, T...

One sixth of a dollar

Verso of bill showing emblem of thirteen states linked as a circle. Center of circle has the text "American Congress, We Are One"

Petard, a brass pot fixed upon a strong square plank, which has an iro...

Print shows a bomb-like device used to blow apart doors or gates. Caption continues: This pot is filled with powder; which, when fixed, breaks every thing about it; and thereby makes an opening to enter the pl... More

In Congress, November 23, 1776. Resolved that a committee of five to b...

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Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, rema...

Title page from published response to Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

[Plan of the country at and in the vicinity of Forts Lee and Independe...

Scale ca. 1:160,000. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows British and Hessian troop positions in eastern Bergen County, New Je... More

United States Lottery. No. [blank] class the first : This ticket entil...

Imprint supplied by Evans; date is Nov. 18, 1776. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 6, p. 1126. Evans 15194 Journals of the Continental Congress, 132 LC copy is no. 5m974 and signed: Da. Jackson. Pri... More

[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt.

Scale ca. 1:700,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. In pencil: Montresor, 1776. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows river course from New... More

[Coast of New England from Cape Elizabeth, Me. to Newburyport, Mass.

Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC copy imperfect: Western half missing; deteriorated along left and right edges. Shows Maine coast from Cape Elizabeth to York River. Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More

A map of Connecticut and Rhode Island with Long Island Sound, &c.

Shows Fairfield, New Haven, and New London counties in Connecticut, towns, roads, rivers, and place names in Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Long Island. Includes copper mine near Simsbury, Conn. Also sho... More

Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages,...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Second impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 49 Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de l... More

[A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:50,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 951 LC copy imperfect: De... More

Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston mit den umliegenden Gegenden ...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Eighteen pence. To counterfeit is death

Illus. in: Rare Book Division - Colonial Currency Collection. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4412. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Thomas Jefferson, 1776, Memorandum on Virginia Presbytery of Hanover's...

Memorandum on Virginia Presbytery of Hanover's Memorial on General Assessment

Ōtawaraya uchi wakamastsu, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Wakamatsu of Okawara-ya, a courtesan, full-length, walking, turned to the right, with several young apprentices walking with her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Bunkers Hill or America's head dress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman, right profile, with exaggerated coiffure supporting three redoubts with infantry and artillery firing at close range, tents, an artillery train, and a sea battle i... More

A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay.

Scale ca. 1:51,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: triangular hole in lower right corner, portions missing in margins and along fold lines. LC Maps of North America, 175... More

[Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. nautical chart

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America, fig. 60 / EM. - A drawing of a woman holding a stick and a de...

Print shows a female figure representing America, she wears a feathered headdress, holds a bow and arrows, and is depicted with a lizard at her feet and a deer in the background.

Miss shuttle-cock / R. S. [Monogram, i.e. 'Richard Sneer']., British C...

"A game of shuttlecock between two men who face each other, standing at opposite sides of the design, each with a raised battledore..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Attribu... More

Virginia. In convention. Present 112 members, Wednesday, May 15, 1776....

Negative Photostat.; Evans 15200. 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 20.

Kayoi komachi, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, possibly Fukakusa no Shosho, sleeping while leaning on the shaft of a horse-drawn wagon as Kayoi Komachi peers from behind a curtain on the wagon, which bears the traditional floral design as... More

Fort on Fort Hill in Boston. - Public domain old map

Scale 1:1,584; 132 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 4. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 925 Ava... More

Map of the European settlements in North America.

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Ferro. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along center; upper right corner missing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

A plan of that part of the Rosalij Estate called Rosalij Valley, the p...

Scale 1:3,960. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman: C. [and fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield, over the letters GR] Relief shown by shading. Annotated over title: 109. Available also th... More

At a meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of Boston, on Mo...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 4 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 39, Folder ... More

Thomas Jefferson, 1776, Table Comparing Value of European Silver and G...

Table Comparing Value of European Silver and Gold Coins; with Notes

John Page to Thomas Jefferson, April 6, 1776, Recommendations for Jame...

In Council of Safety. Philadelphia, November 14th, 1776. 12 o'Clock, T...

The following are recommended as proper persons to represent the City ...

Imprint. 2.; To the inhabitants of the City and County of New York.; Political campaign.; On verso: S; Apr 13, 1776. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page imag... More

A plan of that part of the Rosalij Estate called the Grand Fonds, the ...

To His Excellency Sr. Henry Moore, Bart., captain general and governou...

Scale ca. 1:5,000. "Survey'd in 1767." Shows ward boundaries. Includes numbered index to buildings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1107 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

The Theatre of war in North America, with the roads, and tables, of th...

Scale ca. 1:7,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, "Evan's polymetric table of America," "Survey of the British colonies, by Thomas Templeman," and "A table of the population of the B... More

[Star map with constellations of Andromeda, Perseus, and Triangulum]

Illus. in: Atlas celeste de Flamsteed / John Flamsteed. 2nd ed. Paris : Chez F.G. Deschamps et chez l'auteur, 1776. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congr... More

A map of the north west parts of America, with the utmost respect, ins...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated with names and descriptive notes and letterpress. Watermark: J. Whatman. Shows Indian tribes of western Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchew... More

The seat of action, between the British and American forces; or, An au...

Public domain document scan of a map, military, war history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army agai...

Print shows David Wooster, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, holding pike in right hand, left hand resting on cannon. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collec... More

[Mount Desert Island and neighboring coast of Maine. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coast of Hancock County, Maine. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Carol...

Scale ca. 1:26,200. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789 1545 British squadron represented pictorially. Inset: Plan of the platform in Sulivans Fort, by Lt. Colonel Thos. James of the ... More

[New York Island. Military; unfinished.

Scale ca. 1:9,500. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows fortifications and redoubts north of the vicinity of Hell Gate befor... More

To the public. The Crisis being deemed by the Parliament of England a ...

Revolutionary War period broadside - no illus. Illus. in: Broadside Collection - Rare Book Division. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist. 1776; Broadsides; BI.

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.

[Mount Desert Island and neighboring coast of Maine. nautical chart

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The attack on the fort on Sulivan's Island the 28 June 1776 / painted ...

Drawing shows British ships firing on Fort Sullivan on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Illus. in: Memoirs of the American Revolution ... / by John Drayton. Charleston : Printed by A.E. Miller, 1821, endpiec... More

The vis a vis bisected or The ladies coop / [M. Darly?]., British Cart...

"The interior of a closed carriage made visible by being bisected longitudinally. In it two young ladies of pleasing appearance sit face to face in profile..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified d... More

Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the...

Print shows a British minister handing a copy of the Québec Act to a kneeling bishop, George III is standing to the left, next to him is Lord Bute, with another minister and other clergymen completing the audie... More

In the House of Representatives. January 17, 1776. Resolved, that the ...

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 Collection; Portfolio 39, Fold... More

In observance of the Colony-writ to me directed, these are in the name...

Filled in in mss. for Berkshire to the selectment of Jericho and dated at Pittsfield. 29 April 1776 and signed by Israel Dickinson sheriff.; Ford 2015.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congr... More

General Howe, Esqr. of the Conecticut [i.e., Connecticut] and comander...

Print shows William Howe, wearing military uniform, seated on horse. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Don... More

[Westchester County coast, New Rochelle to Horseneck River: unfinished...

Scale ca. 1:96,000. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Has watermark. An unfinished sketch with pencil construction lines, some names pencilled in, ... More

Plan of the island of Dominica laid down by actual survey under the di...

Scale ca. 1:32,000. Hand colored. LC copy annotated on verso: Dominica. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. Shows administrative boundaries. Inscribed "To His Excellency Thomas Shirely ... " Available also... More

[Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:51,000. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds and lower margin. No. "16" in upper left corner. "Note. The soundings and nautical remarks in this chart are laid down ... More

[Congressional Resolve, Jan. 30, 1776, to assist New England in procur...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rare Bk. Div.; Shelf.

Broadside of Revolutionary War period: [Proclamation by Gen. Howe agai...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

At a meeting of a number of the Citizens of Philadelphia, at the Philo...