1837

A wooden chair sitting on top of a red and white rug. Chair seat sit.

A chair with a striped seat on a rug. A chair with a striped seat and a rug on the floor. Public domain stock photo.

The liberator. v.7:no.23(1837:June 2)

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Na mokupuni o Hawaii nei / - Public domain old map

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John P. Boice, April 24, 1837. Affidavit, Estate of Conway Madison.

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The United States. Historic map, Library of Congress

Arkansas Museum #11510 #3. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

H. R. 174. December 22, 1837 ... A bill to provide compensation to Jam...

25th Congress, 2d session. 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 231, Folder 17.

The liberator. v.7:no.22(1837:May 26)

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The liberator. v.7:no.36(1837:Sep.1)

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The liberator. v.7:no.25(1837:June 16)

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Andrew Jackson to Colonial Paimbeanffet, February 1, 1837

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Old Jack in the last agony and the fox caught in a rat trap

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, of the Southern District of New York. Printed & published by H.R. Robi... More

Going the whole hog - Public domain book illustration

Martin Van Buren's New York political favorites are represented as piglets suckled by a giant sow "The Empire State." The artist's pointed reference is to the exploitation of New York State by the President and... More

The liberator. v.7:no.12(1837:Mar.18)

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Notice. Bank of the Metroplis, May 12, 1837. Nothwithstanding the info...

On verso: 12 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 196, Folder 13.

Andrew Jackson to Moses Dawson, December 9, 1837

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Johnson Rayburn & Company to Andrew Jackson, July 17, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.46(1837:Nov.10)

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Plan of the Senate chamber of the United States by D. H. Burr. 2d sess...

Plan of the Senate Chamber of the U. S. Senate.; U. S. Congress. Senate. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera... More

The liberator. v.7:no.21(1837:May 19)

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The liberator. v.7:no.6(1837:Feb.4)

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Andrew Jackson to Amos Kendall, August 26, 1837

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Illustrations of the adventures of the renowned Don Quixote & his doug...

A burlesque history of the Jackson administration, with particular reference to his campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States. The narrative, in a series of twelve episodes, is based on Cervantes's "Don... More

The liberator. v.7:no.19(1837:May 5)

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The liberator. v.7:no.6(1837:Feb.4)

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The liberator. v.7:no.43(1837:Oct.20)

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Fall and winter fashions for 1837 & 8 by Scott & Perkins, 164 Broadway...

Artist: William K. Hewitt (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1977

Andrew Jackson to Joseph Bryan, January 7, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.13(1837:Mar.24)

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City of Detroit, Michigan. Taken from the Canada shore near the ferry

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Andrew Jackson to Andrew Jackson, March 3, 1837

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To the freemen of Providence. To day you will vote for members of Cong...

Regarding the election of Charles C. Mowry.; Political campaign. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collect... More

The liberator. v.7:no.47(1837:Nov.17)

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Andrew Jackson to James Cuthbert, January 14, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.46(1837:Nov.10)

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Working men, attention!! it is your imperious duty to drop your hammer...

Broadsides relating to American labor organization activities. Reference copy may be available in Lot 4403. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card t... More

The liberator. v.7:no.5(1837:Jan.28)

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The liberator. v.7:no.38(1837:Sep.15)

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Ladys Book Company to Andrew Jackson, Jr., June 2, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.40(1837:Sep.29)

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Samuel Seay to Andrew Jackson, May 29, 1837

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Comme je te trouvé engraisse depuis que tu veux mourir

A sullen-looking young man and young woman stand face-to-face. The man holds a top hat at his hip and is formally dressed. The woman wears a bonnet and an apron covers her skirt. No copyright information foun... More

The liberator. v.7:no.31(1837:July 28)

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[Cut] Our countrymen in chains! By J. G. Whittier. [New York] Sold at ...

At top of page a cut of a slave in chains with the caption. Am I not a man and a brother?.; On verso: 90-og 13 Je 51; 2-87-261.17; 2-94-220.54; onx/o. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in... More

Eliza Madison to Dolley Payne Madison, June 10, 1837.

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The liberator. v.7:no.36(1837:Sep.1)

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The liberator. v.7:no.37(1837:Sep.8)

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[Summary plate showing 25 country cottages and dwellings designed by J...

Title from publication. Illus. in: Recueil de cottages et maisons de campagne / Joseph Ramée. Purchase; Stanford University; 2005; (DLC/PP-2005:096).

The crow quadrilles. Piano forte by John H. Hewitt / N. Currier's lith...

Music cover with eight vignettes of caricatures of blacks. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1436.

6 cents. Humbug glory bank - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

Another mock bank note parodying the "shinplasters" of the 1837 panic. Such small-denomination notes were based on the division of the Spanish dollar, the dominant specie of the time. Hence they were issued in ... More

Andrew Jackson to Nathan L. Foster, January 6, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.24(1837:June 9)

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The liberator. v.7:no.8(1837:Feb.18)

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The liberator. v.7:no.29(1837:July 14)

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Hara no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman looking back through clouds at travelers on the Tōkaidō Road, with fields and mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More

New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost

Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... More

Prosper M. Wetmore to Andrew Jackson, Jr., February 11, 1837

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Andrew Jackson to Washington D. C. Metropolis Bank, January 28, 1837

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Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing

Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More

The liberator. v.7:no.51(1837:Dec.15)

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Martin Rice to Sarah Yorke Jackson, February 20, 1837

Henry Toland to Andrew Jackson, Jr., February 9, 1837

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Senate Chamber / P. Haas, lithographer.

Print shows Old Senate Chamber from gallery. Stamped: Map Division, Apr. 25, 1925, Library of Congress.

Akasaka no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud outside an inn where women are serving and entertaining men at the Akasaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More

Chart of Georges Shoal & Bank / nautical chart

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[U.S. custom house, Boston, Massachusetts. Elevation]

Inscribed in pencil: "Boston Custom House" and "I. [sic] B. Young Archt." Blind stamp: Geo. W. Rapp, architect & sup., Cincinnati, Ohio. Stamp: B9. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectu... More

Andrew Jackson to James Cuthbert, January 11, 1837

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L. J. Levy to Andrew Jackson, Jr., February 8, 1837

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Andrew Jackson to James Cuthbert, January 4, 1837

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Whig bazaar - Political cartoon, public domain image

Publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N-York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern Distr... More

[Croton Aqueduct, (Westchester Co., New York). Elevation, section, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The liberator. v.7:no.53(1837:Dec.29)

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Joseph B. Boyd to Andrew Jackson, October 12, 1837

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[Photostats of $1, $20, $50, and $100 bills of currency issued by the ...

Currency. 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 176, Folder 7.

Andrew Jackson, Jr. to Amos Kendall, January 23, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.2(1837:Jan.7)

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The liberator. v.7:no.19(1837:May 5)

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Baltimore / Swett ; P. Haas sc., engraving, Library of Congress

Print showing a man leaning on a fence, looking in the direction of Baltimore, Maryland. Entered according to Act of Congress by N. Hickman, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland, in the year 1837.

The liberator. v.7:no.25(1837:June 16)

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The liberator. v.7:no.39(1837:Sep.22)

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L'hymne des marseillois - Public domain American sheet music

cover only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright D... More

The liberator. v.7:no.36(1837:Sep.1)

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John Forsyth to Andrew Jackson, October 6, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.49(1837:Dec.1)

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Takanawa no zu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and travelers on foot and horseback along the waterfront of Takanawa, with ships coming into port and at anchor in the background, and a public house on the left. Title... More

The liberator. v.7:no.25(1837:June 16)

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R. Bihler to Sarah Yorke Jackson, March 2, 1837

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Asakusa kinryūsan, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows worshippers on the grounds in front of the Kinryūzan temple at Asakusa. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: T... More

The liberator. v.7:no.46(1837:Nov.10)

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Henry Toland to Andrew Jackson, May 30, 1837

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A south east view of Merchants Hotel, nth Fourth St. Philadelphiada, J...

Print shows citizens engaged in a number of activities on a busy street. A carriage is dropping off or picking up luggage at the hotel while guests are relaxing on the balcony. (DLC/PP-1993:212.23) Stauffer, 1... More

The liberator. v.7:no.1(1837:Jan.2)

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Shin-yoshiwara nakanochō haru no kei Andō Hiroshige

Print shows many women and a few men on the Nakanochō Boulevard in the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo, during spring, with teahouses and shops lining the street and a large cherry tree in bloom. Titl... More

John Forsyth to Andrew Jackson, March 17, 1837

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Okitsu no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back and a tray with two cups appears to be walking on clouds; in the background, porters carrying a person in a sedan chair and a person on horseback are crossing th... More

Shimada no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman sitting in a small partially enclosed area on a cloud; in the background, porters and travelers are preparing to cross a river near the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other d... More

Thomas & Rayburn to Andrew Jackson, December 23, 1837

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The liberator. v.7:no.30(1837:July 21)

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P. Thompson to Andrew Jackson, Jr., March 6, 1837

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Regulations relative to the admission of cadets into the military acad...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 231, Folder 12.

The liberator. v.7:no.29(1837:July 14)

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