1779

Hell in triumph or The devil has got his own / Peepo Mellico, scratcha...

Print shows Sir Hugh Palliser, a naval admiral and accuser of Admiral Augustus Keppel following the inconclusive battle off the coast of Ushant in 1778, being pulled off a cliff by demons toward the open mouth ... More

Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage

Print shows two views of a "Truck carriage." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIV. Published in: The American Revolution... More

The present state of Great Britain / J. Phillips fecit., British Carto...

Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain i... More

Carte du théatre de la guerre entre les Anglais et les Américains: Dre...

Scale ca. 1:1,200,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Date of imprint advanced to 1779. Imperfect: upper right corner missing. Shows area from Quebec to Cape May and Oswego to Kennebec Bay. LC Maps of ... More

Louis Brion de la Tour - L'Amérique septentrionale, ou se remarquent l...

Scale ca. 1:11,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651

Plan, Lake Champlain from Fort St. John's to Ticonderoga, with the sou...

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

Théatre de la guerre en Amerique, avec les Isles Antilles; projetté et...

Scale ca. 1:10,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: XXXIV. Theatre de la guerre en Amerique. A 32. LC copy annotated in black ink: 42. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

[Egmont harbor - a distant view, Prince Edward Island]

Print showing a distant view of Egmont Harbor, Prince Edward Island, from chart of Egmont Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des B... More

Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique / dressée ... par L...

Print shows cartouche with a Native woman wearing feathered headdress and skirt reclining against a tropical tree laden with fruit and behind which grows corn; she is looking over her right shoulder at a battle... More

Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, July 23, 1779, Request to Send ...

Request to Send Letter to Mr. Battora in New York under Flag of Truce

In Committee, July 14, 1779. Resolved, That the plan for stopping emis...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 16470. 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 145, Folder 27.

One hundred Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in gold or si...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Virginia Militia, October 8, 1779, List of Officers Guarding Conventio...

List of Officers Guarding Convention Prisoners

Charles de Klauman, July 17, 1779, Table of Ordnance and Supplies of t...

Thomas Jefferson to Friedrich Adolph, Baron von Riedesel, July 1779, P...

Pass to Visit Medicinal Springs Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson, 1779, Permit for Torriano to Travel While on Parole

Permit for Torriano to Travel While on Parole

State of New-York, An act to amend an Act for regulating impresses of ...

Imprint 3. 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 110, Folder 9.

[Views from offshore of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, with ships passing ...

Prints show distant views of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This recor... More

Edmund Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, July 27, 1779, Anthony Wayne's Ca...

Anthony Wayne's Capture of Stony Point on the Hudson River

Iohann George Sulzer geb:den 16 Octobr 1720 - gest:den 25 Febr 1779 / ...

Print shows Johann George Sulzer, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, medallion with ribbon at top.

Proceedings of the convention, began and held at Worcester, in and for...

[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by...

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1198 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

[Title page of Experiments upon vegetables]

Title page in: Experiments upon vegetables / Jan Ingenhousz. London : Printed for P. Elmsley and H. Payne, 1779. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

A view of Boston - Public domain document scan of drawing

Print shows ships in Boston Harbor, with distant view of the city. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781.... More

The siege of Rhode Island, taken from Mr. Brindley's house on the 25th...

Print shows General John Sullivan's troops advancing on the British at Newport, Rhode Island. Illus. in: The Gentleman's magazine. Ed. by Sylvanus Urban, gentleman. London : 1779 (February), pp. 100-101. Refer... More

The right hon'ble. Lord North / O Neale delint.

Print shows Frederick North, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; in oval. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1779 (October), p. 435. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklis... More

[A variety of artillery pieces and other ordnance]

Print shows cannons and mortars at a fortress. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, p. frontispiece. Published in: The American ... More

Carmina Lugubria. In memoriam Dominae Rebecca Croswell, Domini Croswel...

[Cut] The dying criminal: poem, by Robert Young, on his own execution,...

Verse.; 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. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 40, Folde... More

Elevation of a sling cart [and] plan of a sling cart

Print shows two views of a "sling cart." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIII. Published in: The American Revolution in... More

Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1779

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

The honble. Chas. James Fox - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Charles James Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1779 (November), p. 483. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graph... More

Siège de Savannah fait par les troupes françoises aux ordres du généra...

Scale ca. 1:27,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt. Relief shown by shading. Pictorial map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of ... More

Carte du théatre de la guerre entre les anglais et les Américains / dr...

Print shows cartouche with a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt reclining against wall which bears title inscription; flags, banners, and shield on his right, trees in the background. Illus. in: Cart... More

Iohn Paul Iones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirtee...

Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing, wearing uniform, holding telescope cradled in right arm, left hand on anchor, with naval battle scene in the background.

State of Massachusetts-Bay in the House of representatives, February 1...

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

[Fort La Fayette on Verplancks Point, with British and Hessian troop p...

Scale ca. 1:2,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink; with writing partly in German script and partly in English. Has watermark. Ascription of authorship through label on old folder. Proverbs in German and Latin on verso... More

In Congress, June 29, 1779. As Congress are bound by every motive of p...

Imprint 3.; U. S. Continental Congress 1779.; Loans.; On verso: On public service to the Honorable Benjamin Bellowr Walpole. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile p... More

Amunition waggon. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the elevation and plan of an amunition wagon with view of undercarriage and axels.

Shō mandō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows three young men carrying a post with small platform with flowers.

Plan of the redoubts at Richmond on Staten Island, 30th October 1779.

Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and brown wash. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1201 Available al... More

John Page to Thomas Jefferson, August 14, 1779

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

Mr. Trade & family or the state of ye nation / St--t, B--rn--d, & Co. ...

Print shows a ragged family driven to poverty probably through the policies and actions of the Earl of Bute, George Germain, and Lord North, with some able assistence by former Massachusetts governor Francis Be... More

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the state of Conn...

Positive Photostat.; 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 Collection; Portfolio 3, Folder 47.

[Coast of New England from Chatham Harbor to Narragansett Bay.

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Boston, October 22, 1779. Whereas Colonel Sheldon has, by insinuations...

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 40, Folder 35.

[Arms] By His Excellency, Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. General and Command...

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 Collection; Portfolio 110, Folder 10.

Les grandes et petites isles Antilles, et les isles Lucayes avec une p...

Scale ca. 1:4,870,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "P.II.50." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1719 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100; 651; 700

In Council. June 16, 1779. The Board proceeded to the consideration of...

Evans 16657.; Imprint 3. 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 28.

State of New-Hampshire. The committee of both houses appointed to cons...

Imperfect upper right hand corner torn.; Not in Evans.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Colle... More

State of New Hampshire, In the House of representatives, December 28th...

Imprint 3.; On verso: The Selectman Warner. 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 88, Folder 20.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, June 15, ...

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

Virginia Governor, 1779, Statement of Powers; Removal of Military Offi...

Kyōmachi nichōme kirihishiya uchi manyō - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Manyō with another courtesan and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Continental Congress, September 24, 1779, Memorandum on Gold Medal for...

Memorandum on Gold Medal for Henry Lee for Leadership at Powles Hook

Virginia General Assembly, May 1779, Bill on Salaries for Government O...

Bill on Salaries for Government Officials; Written on Fragment of Note from "Mr. Foster"

The United States magazine for January 1779

Print shows title page illustration: Fame flying through a triumphal archway, stars that adorn the top of the arch and the columns which support it represent the colonies and the states. Illus. in: The United ... More

John Page to Thomas Jefferson, June 2, 1779, Letter of Apology and Sup...

Letter of Apology and Support for Jefferson's Election as Governor of Virginia

State of Massachusetts-Bay. Town of [blank] the [blank] day of [blank]...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Philadelphia, September 21, 1779. The mote point of finance, or the cr...

William Phillips to Thomas Jefferson, April 12, 1779, Declines Jeffers...

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

[Coast of Rhode Island and Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconi...

Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay. LC copy i... More

Thomas White to Benjamin Franklin, September 13, 1779

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

Virginia General Assembly, November 27, 1779, Resolution on Benefits f...

Resolution on Benefits for Virginia Troops in the Continental Army

Virginia Council to Thomas Jefferson, October 8, 1779, Instructions on...

Instructions on Prisoners of War Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plan of the French and rebells sieg[e] of Savannah in Georgia, in Sout...

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

Boston July 21, 1779. Gentlemen, Inclosed you have acopy of the procee...

Ford 2174.; 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 Collection; Portfo... More

Carte du Mexique et de la Nouvelle Espagne : contenant la partie austr...

Relief shown pictorially. Outline color. Phillips, 647 Lowery, 617 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. From: Santini's Atlas universal. Venise, Remondini, 1776-[1784].

[Announcement of the Spanish declaration of war on Great Britain, prin...

Positive Photostat.; Spanish declaration of war on gt. Brit. 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

[Views from offshore of islands, cliffs, and capes in the Bay of Fundy...

Prints show distant views of Isle Haute and cliffs at the Chignecto Isthmus, the Minas Basin, Cape Blowmedown, and Cape Split, Nova Scotia, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune... More

State of Vermont. In Council. Windsor, 7th June, 1779. Resolved, that ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[A farm at Egmont harbor, Prince Edward Island]

Print shows a farm on Prince Edward Island at Egmont Harbor; detail of insert from chart of Egmont Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F... More

Plan de l'île d'Amelia à la côte de la Floride orientale, tiré de la c...

Scales vary. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. Number stamped on: 343. From the author's Neptune Americo-Septentrional. 1778-80. Includes "Instruction," text, notes, and "Vue... More

By the commandant of New York, &c. No. Permission is hereby given to p...

Filled in in mss. for Mr. John Leighton a naval prisoner.; 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... More

By His excellency Caesar Rodney, Esq; president, captain-general and c...

Not in Evans 1.; Imprint 3.; Thanksgiving proclamation. 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

Carte du théatre de la guerre dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, pendant ...

Covers northeastern U.S. from Maryland to New Hampshire. Relief shown pictorially. Title in ink on label affixed to cloth backing: Théatre de la guerre en Amérique Septentrionale. Indexed chronology and stateme... More

William Phillips to Thomas Jefferson, September 12, 1779

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

Regulations of sundry articles, at the Town-meeting at Portsmouth, Oct...

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 Collection; Portfolio 88, Folder 21.

Providence, July 26, 1779. Sir By the annexed vote of the Town of Prov...

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 Collection; Portfolio 164, Folder 19b.

Thomas Jefferson to Julius Ludwig August Pelnitz, July 1779, Draft of ...

Draft of Pass Allowing Travel with Friedrich Adolph, Baron von Riedesel

Thomas Jefferson, August 25, 1779, Pass for Aides de Camp

Elevation of a powder cart [and] plan of a powder cart

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plan de l'attaque et de la prise de l'isle de la Grenade le 3 juillet ...

Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Pictorial map. Includes descriptive notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

Taxation royal tyranny, or The errors of the American Congress demonst...

Evans 16541.; Imprint 2. 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 145, Folder 24.

Philadelphia, July 23, 1779; To the public Fortunately we have preserv...

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 145, Folder 22.

War office, Williamsburg. November 11, 1779. The appointment of a clot...

Evans 16663. 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 29.

Le Destin molestant les Anglois, British Cartoon Print

Print shows the Comte d'Estaing presenting a palm frond to America, a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt and holding a staff topped with a liberty cap and who is seated on a throne of bales and barrel... More

[Savannah and its environs. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Relief shown by hachures. Shows the siege of S... More

A new and accurate map of North Carolina in North America.

Shows counties, towns, courthouses, "Dobbs Parish," churches, forts, rivers, swamps, shoals, and inlets along the coast. Covers the area from Cape Hatteras to Rowen County. Relief shown by contours. Mounted on ... More

A new and correct map of North America, with the West India Islands. D...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Longit. w. from Ferro." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 25 Includes historical notes, notes on territorial claims, and insets of "A particular ... More

Map of Gen. Sullivan's march from Easton to the Senaca & Cayuga countr...

Scale ca. 1:350,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows only route, with dates of encampments, ending at "Chenessee." On verso: Sullivan's ... More

[Penobscot River and Bay, with the operations of the English fleet, un...

Scale ca. 1:46,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right... More

To the gentlemen who represented the country towns in the late convent...

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. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 40, Folder 33.

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. In council of war, M...

Evans 16498.; Imprint 3. 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 164, Folder 19a.

Virginia Committee on Laws, 1779, List of Punishments for Crimes

List of Punishments for Crimes Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Tools necessary to prove and load guns]

Print shows various tools used in loading and firing cannons, and views of wheels and axels for cannons. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. ... More

American taxation, or The spirit of seventy-six exemplified in a song ...

Verse.; Imprint 2. 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 3, Folder 51.

The liberty of the subject, British Cartoon Print

"A press-gang at work in a London street, at the end of which appears the dome of St. Paul's..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires pr... More

The birth-day ode* - as it was preformed before his M--, on the 4th of...

Print shows three musicians, Lord Sandwich on kettle drums, Lord North on violin, and Lord Germain on flute, accompanied by four singers as they present "The distresses of the nation: an ode performed in honor ... More

I [blank] do solemnly swear ... allegiance to his Majesty King George...

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 Collection; Portfolio 14, Folder 16d.