1781

Shinpan ukie hankai kōmon no zu

Print shows interior of a courtyard with men standing at entrances to the building and others, on the ground, appear to have been thrown out of the dwelling or repulsed in their efforts to gain entrance. Title ... More

The coffee-house patriots, or news, from St. Eustatia / H. Bunbury Esq...

Print shows interior view of a coffeehouse, presumably in London, where several man of commerce appear disgruntled at the news of the successful campaign to capture Saint Eustatius, a port used by British merch... More

Horatio Gates to Samuel Huntington, April 24, 1781

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Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, October 28, 1781

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Maryland sc. Know all men by these presents, that we [blank] of [blank...

Bond in blank filled in in mss. for Mark Alexandor and dated Oct. 18 1801. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Epheme... More

Carta general de las islas Antillas Menores, llamadas de Barlovento, y...

Scale ca. 1:800,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1973 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, inse... More

View of Port George taken from the top of Binney Isle

Print showing a distant view of the harbor, with trees in the foreground, at Port George, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. ... More

[Milford Haven - the head of the Bay of Chedabucto]

Print shows ships in the foreground and the entrance to Milford Haven at left; illustration printed at bottom of chart. Title from Cresswell. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal ... More

Lord Thurlow, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Edward Thurlow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing whig. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1781 (November), p. 507. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and print... More

The subtle seducer [and] the American financier

Cameo portraits of a young woman and Richard Price; in ovals with ribbons at top. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. London : Print... More

[Views, some from offshore, of ships approaching various islands aroun...

Prints show distant views of White Islands and Saint Mary Bay, Milford Haven on Chedabucto Bay, Port Bickerton, N.S., Beaver Harbor Bald Isle, Canso Cranberry Isle, Beaver Islands, and Nova Scotia. Illus. in: ... More

The honle. Horatio Gates, Esqr., major general in the American Army / ...

Print shows Horatio Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the e... More

Plan du terrein à la rive gauche de la rivière de James vis-à-vis Jame...

Scale ca. 1:16,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to points of military interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1451 Available also throu... More

Nle. carte d'Amerique : dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et as...

Relief shown pictorially. Originally published in 1770. Prime meridian: Ferro. Gift; Raymond Nasher; October, 1998. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of t... More

Fort-Griswold. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:720. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1026 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "References" to magazines, "guns yt. much ... More

[Bay of Pensacola, fortification. - Public domain map

Scale 1:600; 50 ft. to an in. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows Fort George. Includes index to points of intere... More

Reddition de l'Armée angloises commandée par Mylord Comte de Cornwalli...

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Nishikata mikuniyama heidayū edosaki genji, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows west side wrestlers Edosaki Genji (left) and Mikuniyama Heidayū. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nis... More

The state nurses. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Print shows the Earl of Mansfield, seated, and the Earl of Sandwich keeping watch over the British lion asleep in a cradle around which are four barking dogs labeled "Holland", "America" who is urinating on a p... More

Thomas Jefferson to George Nicholas, July 28, 1781

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Utai, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young man sitting, holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Gogatsu(?) ningyō : Boy's day dolls. ... More

Gyokkashi eimo, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows Gyokkashi Eimo, a young girl with a talent for calligraphy, and a young woman, her writing instructor, sitting next to a low table; fans and brushes hang in the background, more fans lie on the floo... More

J. Dickenson [sic] / drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphi...

John Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in medallion. Illus. from: Portraits des généraux, ministres et magistrats [...]. Paris : 1781, no. 11. After a drawing by Pierre Eugène Du Simitière. ... More

Position du camp de l'armée combinée a Philipsburg du 6 juillet au 19 ...

Scale ca. 1:80,000; 2,000 toises = 40 mm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Staten Island to Tarrytown, N.Y. Includes "Legende." LC Maps of North ... More

Map of Queens Village or Lloyd Neck in Queens County on the north side...

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Nathanael Greene to Thomas Jefferson, March 23, 1781

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The right honble. the Earl of Hillsborough

Print shows Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1781 (August), opp. p. 355. Published in: The American Revolution in drawing... More

Extract of a letter from Trenton, dated. Jan. 20, 1781 [Giving an acco...

Evans 17k5k.; Imprint 3.; Evans 17151. 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 146, Folder 5.

Martial motions or military manouevres - prudence

British recruitment poster shows soldiers in uniform, arms and armaments, two soldiers with swords thinking about how they will treat their enemies, and a scene with soldiers appealing to civilians to enlist. I... More

His excy. Nathaniel Green, Esq., major general of the American Army / ...

Print shows Nathanael Greene, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval medallion suspended above allegorical illustration of America nurturing two infants representing diverse racial groups; in the ba... More

Virginia Council, April 19, 1781, Invasion by British Navy; Extract fr...

Invasion by British Navy; Extract from Journals

Battle of Guildford fought on the 15th of March 1781.

Scale ca. 1:18,600. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1515 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650

A map, Somerset County. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:64,000. Title from table of contents: A survey of Sommerset County by B. Morgan. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. LC Maps of North America, 1... More

This bill of two hundred dollars shall be exchanged and redeemed in Sp...

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

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the House of representatives. June 1...

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 41, Folder 17.

The budget, political cartoon - An old book with a drawing of a man in...

Print shows three headless men riding on the back of a two-headed beast which says, "I will support my friends, I have head enough for them all"; with one arm it devours a paper labeled "20 millions more" and w... More

The Colonial Gazette. Oct. 1781. Supplement Num. 39. Letter from Gener...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4412 K. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette : ou se trouve...

Covers central Virginia from Orange County in the north to Isle of Wight County in the south, and west to Cumberland County. Shows selected bridges, houses, churches, taverns, and other points of interest, and ... More

Nord de l'Ile de New-York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:19,000; 600 t[oises] = 93 mm. Alternate title: Nord de l'Isle de New-York. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for military po... More

Reconnoissance, juillet 1781. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:18,400; 700 t[oises] = 75 mm. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Reconnoissance juillet 1781. Ouvrages et redoutes-Morisania [continent] îles de New York, Montresor... More

Plan de Portsmouth en Virginie. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:3,333. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Shows defense works, forts, etc. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1454 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1

State of Rhode Island and Providence plantations. In General Assembly,...

Evans 17340.; 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 165, Folder 8.

[Ville, port, et rade de Baltimore dans le Maryland.

Scale ca. 1:26,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications, troop encampments, and roads from "White Ma... More

James Lovell to John Jay, June 4, 1781, Extract

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Cape Fear River, with the counties adjacent, and the towns of Brunswic...

Shows shoals and a few soundings at the entrance to the river, "Fort Johnson," the towns of Brunswick and Wilmington with the distance of each town from Charleston, S.C., and bridges and houses along the river.... More

Plan d'York en Virginie avec les attaques faites par les Armées franço...

Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1466 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AA... More

Go, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Public domain drawing

Print shows several children fighting during a game of "go." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Karako asobi : Chinese... More

Thomas Jefferson to the First Magistrate of Each Virginia County, Janu...

Printed Proclamation on Supplying Continental Army with Provisions

John Bulls alternative. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Br...

Print shows John Bull (representing England) standing on his toes on a rock, a rope around his neck and tied to a limb above him; on the right, across a body of water (probably representing the English Channel)... More

By his excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire, Governor and Commander i...

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 56.

Segawa Kikunojō. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a geisha. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Thomas Jefferson to Robert Morris, September 30, 1781, Letter of Intro...

A short discourse delivered by Mr. Abraham Camp at the funeral of Amas...

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. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfo... More

Intelligence from the Southward. Philadelphia, March 31, 1781. [Genera...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 17195. 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 146, Folder 9.

Light house S.W.b.S. 1 mile distant

Print is oval insert on a chart of Halifax Harbor showing the lighthouse at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des B... More

In Council, March 30, 1781. Sir. The act of October 1780 for recruitin...

On verso: Small drop of red sealing wax. 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 179, Folder 2a.

Reconnoissance, juillet, 1781. Historic map, Library of Congress

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

A Representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between ...

Scale ca. 1:444,000. Shows engagement at entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, index to positions, and list of British ships and c... More

A map of part of the province of Jersey.

Scale ca. 1:85,000. Title from table of contents: A survey of part of the province of New Jersey contain[in]g part of Middlesex County, and part of Monmouth, Somerset, and Essex counties with part of Statten [s... More

Providence, October 25, 1781. Three o'clock P.M. This moment an expres...

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 165, Folder 10.

Komekitte o motsu nakamura nakazō, Shunk Katsukawa

Print shows the actor Nakamura Nakazō, full-length, standing on the shore, facing slightly left, holding a rice coupon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Sketch of the road from Fredericksburg to Norfolk in Virginia.

Not drawn to scale. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1446 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

A new map of North America : from latest discoveries, 1778 /

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Plan de West-Point du Sud. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:18,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by shading. Lists artillery included in batteries at West Point. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

A sketch of New London & Groton with the attacks made on Forts Trumbul...

Scale ca. 1:21,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and land form drawings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1027 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Notes sur les environs de York: Plan donné par des arpenteurs du pays.

Scale ca. 1:44,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1470 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; ... More

Les États Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale, contenant en outre, les I...

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude du méridien de Paris" and "Longitude du méridien de l'Isle de Fer." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 742 Available also throu... More

Charles Bellini to Thomas Jefferson, April 29, 1781, in Italian

Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, February 8, 1781

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Whereas in purauance of adequate powers respectively delegated to us, ...

A chart of Port Royal and Kingston Harbours in the island of Jamaica /

Relief shown by shading and hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1953 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Small por... More

Plan de l'armée de Cornwallis attaquée et faitte prisonière dans York ...

Scale ca. 1:15,000. Relief shown by hachures. In upper left corner, covered by blank piece of paper: Dedié à M. de Vault, Lieutt. Gal. des armées du roi. Includes "Legende." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,... More

In Council, March 26, 1781. Sir. I inclose you by express, three acts ...

Evans 17411. 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 179, Folder 1b.

Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Randolph, September 16, 1781

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[Frog's Point avec batteries de Partie de Longue Island.

Scale ca. 1:7,700. Folded title, on label: Reconnoissance de King's bridge. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by shading. Sectioned... More

A new map of the British colonies in North America, shewing the seat o...

Scale ca. 1:3,340,000. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Published by John Andrews and John Harris. Includes listing of "References to the names of the counties not inserted in this map." Availa... More

Articles of the associated loyalist, under the Honourable Board of Dir...

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 111, Folder 4.

Horatio Thomson to George Washington, October 7, 1781

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William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, June 14, 1781

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His excy. John Hancock, Esqr., late president of the American congress...

Print shows John Hancock, full-length portrait, seated facing right, with pen appears to be signing a document labeled "To the People of Ireland"; other papers on table and floor are "Resolutions of the Contine... More

A view from the camp at the east end of the naked sand hills, on the s...

Print shows tents at the campsite on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, with large naked sand hills to the right, and view of the harbor in the background.

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to...

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The Battle at La Hogue / painted by B. West, historical painter to His...

Print shows engagement of British, Dutch, and French fleets in the battle at La Hogue (Barfleur, France), in the English Channel, with close combat in row boats in the foreground. At head of title: To the Righ... More

A sketch of the northern parts of New Jersey.

Scale 1:126,720; 2 miles to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Original attributed to B. Morgan and T. Milliadge through table of contents of the collection... More

Major Gen'l. Rich'd. Montgomery slain in storming Quebec Dec'b'r. 31st...

Print shows Richard Montgomery, full-length portrait, standing facing right, wearing military uniform, right hand on chest, holding baton in left hand.

The following paper having been much mis-represented by some person in...

Evans 17324.; Imprint 3.; On verso: 09-83-443.36. 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... More

James Barron to Thomas Jefferson, March 20, 1781

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Billiards / Mr. Bunbury, del ; Js. Bretherton, f., British Cartoon Pri...

"One corner of a billiard-table is visible, the rest being cut off by the right margin of the print. A player, in profile to the right, holds up with exaggerated care a cue in front of a ball lying near the cor... More

Thomas Jefferson to Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Mar...

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[Plan de New-York et des îles environnantes.

Scale ca. 1:10,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows fortifications. LC Maps of Nort... More

Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constr...

Scale ca. 1:5,850. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1473 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Batteries de West-point au haut de la Rivière d'York.

Scale ca. 1:5,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes index to types of guns mounted. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1458 Available also through the Lib... More

Plan des ouvrages faits à York-town en Virginie.

Scale ca. 1:5,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Incomplete: Upper and right edges have been trimmed. LC Maps of North America, 175... More

William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, November 23, 1781

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View of Cape Round bearing west distant 3/4 of a mile

Print showing a distant view of Cape Round. 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 record contains u... More

America independent: An oratorial entertainment. [n. p. 1781.].

Manuscript notation after the title: performed at the Chevr De la Luzerne, Minister of France, March 21, 1781.; Not in Evans.; On verso: 002894.32C. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in t... More

Plan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie.

Scale ca. 1:3,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1456 Available also through the Library of Congre... More

Partie occidentale de la Virginie, Pensylvanie, Maryland, et Caroline ...

Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Translation of Thomas Hutchins' New map of the western part of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mar... More

By His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Governour of the Commonwealth...

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 Collection; Portfolio 179, Folder 1.

Thomas Jefferson, February 1781, Report on Virginia Troops by County

Report on Virginia Troops by County