new england, history

The town of Boston in New England and Brittish ships of war landing th...

A restrike of a cropped plate originally engraved, printed, and sold by Paul Revere in 1770. See Brigham. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles: ...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To the king and queens most excellent majesties. The humble address of...

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 33, Folder 18a.

The history of the wars of New-England with the Eastern Indians, or, A...

A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...

Boston mapmaking was influential in forming Great Britain's perception of the New England colonies. For example, though William Douglass made his map of New England for local consumption, London publisher Thoma... More

A map of that part of America which was the principal seat of war in 1...

Covers northern New England and upper Saint Lawrence Valley. Does not show military positions, movements, or fortifications. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. LC copy mounted on cloth. Margins trimmed. ... More

A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North Amer...

Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River; a shortened view with reduced skyline. Print attributed to Pierre Charles Canot.

An accurate map of His Majesty's province of New-Hampshire in New Engl...

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An accurate map of His Majesty's province of New-Hampshire in New Engl...

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A prospective view of the town of Boston, the capital of New-England -...

Print shows eight British warships (numbered and identified in bottom margin) in the harbor with Boston in the background. Illus. in: Edes & Gill's North-American almanack, and Massachusetts register for the y... More

Liberty triumphant; or the downfall of oppression

Political cartoon shows New England colonists' response to the British Tea Tax, enacted by Lord North's ministry in 1773, superimposed over a map of the Northern and Middle British Colonies. Probably published... More

The Seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer, with the mar...

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The seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer : with the ma...

Plan of Boston Harbour, from an actual survey | Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A new and accurate map of the present seat of war in North America fro...

Relief shown pictorially. Covers Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and parts of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Shows the "March of the provincials". From the "Universal Magazine of knowledge and pleasure", October 1... More

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : containing ...

Seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Bowles's new pocket map of the most inhabited part of New England : co...

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An accurate map of the country round Boston in New England from the be...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Bowles's map of the seat of war in New England, comprehending the prov...

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A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, ...

This most important battle plan of the New England theater of war shows, in detail, the American fortifications on Dorchester Heights forcing the British to leave Boston in 1776. This was the best printed plan ... More

A map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys : with t...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, ...

This most important battle plan of the New England theater of war shows, in detail, the American fortifications on Dorchester Heights forcing the British to leave Boston in 1776. This was the best printed plan ... More

A map of the inhabited part of Canada ... with the frontiers of New Yo...

Cartouche showing Englishmen trading with Natives in a wilderness setting. Illus. in: The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans, &c. hitherto published / by Wm. Faden. Lond... More

A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New...

This topographical map of Narragansett Bay was based on surveys conducted in 1764 and 1774 by military engineer Charles Blaskowitz. Blaskowitz worked with Samuel Holland to survey the northern Atlantic coast. L... More

[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the e...

Prints show distant views of Castle Island and Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, hills along the southeast coast of Maine, and the entrance to Boston Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for th... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, D...

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A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New...

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An accurate map of Rhode Island, part of Connecticut and Massachusets,...

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[Côte de York-town à Boston: Marches de l'armée.

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Key map of the route of march of Comte de Roc... More

Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New Englan...

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Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

Anti slavery convention for New England from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Bo...

This manuscript contains resolutions adopted at a meeting held at the office of S. E. Sewall on Sept. 24, 1833, relative to a National Anti-Slavery Convention to be held at Boston in Nov. 1833. Courtesy of Bost... More

New England Convention Bunker Hill. September 10TH. 1840

Campaign badge produced for the New England Whig Convention in Boston, September 10-11, 1840. An aureole of light surrounds an oval bust portrait of Harrison, ringed by medallions of the arms of the states of... More

Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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Architecture from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New Yor...

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People from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and...

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map from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and Ne...

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Architecture from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New Yor...

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circle from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and...

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Portrait from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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People from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and...

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People from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and...

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Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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New Jersey from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York,...

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Portrait from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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People from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and...

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Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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architecture from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New Yor...

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People from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and...

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Abolitionists - New England by Amos Augustus Phelps, ca. 1842 August

This item, suspected to have been prepared by Amos A. Phelps, contains lists of names from various New England communities. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

portrait from "A General History of New England, from the discovery to...

This image has been taken from scan 000349 from "A General History of New England, from the discovery to MDCLXXX. By the Rev. William Hubbard ... Second edition, collated with the original MS. [Edited by W. T. ... More

portrait from "A General History of New England, from the discovery to...

This image has been taken from scan 000668 from "A General History of New England, from the discovery to MDCLXXX. By the Rev. William Hubbard ... Second edition, collated with the original MS. [Edited by W. T. ... More

map from "History of New England. vol. 1-4"

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The Tory's day of judgment / E. Tisdale, del et sculpt.

Illustration shows colonists preparing to tar and feather a loyalist seated on the ground as another loyalist hangs from a gallows with a rope around his waist . Illus. in: M'Fingal : a modern epic poem, in fo... More

map from "History of New England. vol. 1-4"

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John_Smith from "History of New England. vol. 1-4"

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map from "History of New England. vol. 1-4"

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map from "History of New England. vol. 1-4"

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Slavery as it exists in America. Slavery as it exists in England

A challenge to the Northern abolitionist view of the institution of slavery, favorably contrasting the living conditions of American slaves (above) with the lot of the industrial poor in England (below). The fi... More

map from "History of New England. vol. 1-4"

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map from "History of New England. vol. 1-4"

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Samuel Sewall from "[A Chronological History of New England in the for...

This image has been taken from scan 000381 from "[A Chronological History of New England in the form of Annals, ... from the discovery by Capt. Gosnold in 1602 ... With an introduction, containing a brief epito... More

Cpt. Drake from "[A Chronological History of New England in the form o...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "[A Chronological History of New England in the form of Annals, ... from the discovery by Capt. Gosnold in 1602 ... With an introduction, containing a brief epito... More

Ho! For the Kansas plains - Public domain engraving

An illustrated sheet music cover for an antislavery song, dedicated to abolitionist spokesman Henry Ward Beecher. The illustration features a roundel illustration of the burning of the Free State Hotel in Lawre... More

portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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King Philip from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital o...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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manuscript from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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circle from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of Mas...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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Massasoit and his warriors - A drawing of a man standing in front of a...

Shows Massoit and warriors marching into the night. One of several illustrations showing early settlers of New England. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

map from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of Massac...

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portrait from "The History and Antiquities of Boston, the capital of M...

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Program of anti-slavery meetings in New England, summer of 1857

This program of anti-slavery meetings in New England outlines the summer schedule of 1857 and the attendance records for Parker Pillsbury, Andrew Twombly Foss, Joseph Avery Howland, and William Lloyd Garrison. ... More

map from "A History and Description of New England, general and local ...

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town from "A History and Description of New England, general and local...

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White Mountains from "A History and Description of New England, genera...

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map from "A History and Description of New England, general and local ...

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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 3. General Correspondence. 1837-1897: E...

Public sentiment in New England

Brooklyn sanitary fair, 1864. New England kitchen / lith. of A. Brown ...

(DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Interior view of a large convention hall filled with people sitting i...

Gift; Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, Massachusetts; 1933; (DLC/PP-1933:0070). Date based on use of the 35-star flag in decorations around the hall.

A New England kitchen. A hundred years ago / H. W. P.

Image shows women, children and a man working at various activities in a colonial-era kitchen. Copyright by H. W. Pierce.