1781

State of Connecticut. By the governor. Whereas by the Act of the Gener...

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 58.

General Oglethorpe. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Britis...

Print shows James Oglethorpe, bust portrait, right profile. Print attributed to Charles Bretherton. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no.... More

John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, October 4, 1781

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Onoe matsusuke, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, April 7, 1781

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Carte detaillée de West Point sur la rivière d'York au confluent des R...

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

Reconnoissance de King's bridge. I. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:7,900; 600 toises = 97 mm. Title from label on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. Shows forts and redoubts. Tit... More

A map containing part of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey,

Scale ca. 1:126,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Shows area between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, from Kingston, N.Y. to Trenton, including names of some property owners. ... More

Don Volaseo - the famous Spanish partizan, British Cartoon Print, Thom...

Print shows a man (possibly Edmund Burke) wearing military uniform sitting on a horse, in the middle background is a marquee before which a woman is sitting at a table drinking wine, in the distant background i... More

Newport, October 25, 1781. Glorious intelligence! [Announcement of the...

Lord Cornwallis surrender, 1781. - Public domain old map

Shows Yorktown Virginia and the York River on conical powder horn. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript: Engraved bovine horn, shellacked. Has wooden pouring spout inserted at narrow end and wooden hinged cap i... More

The polygamist. No more wives (or Mercury) dear Doctor, British Cartoo...

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

Newspaper Clippings, September 1781, "Receipt for a Modern Critic" (Po...

"Receipt for a Modern Critic" (Poem); Eclipses for 1783; Astronomy

Thomas Jefferson to Richard Peters, September 30, 1781, Letter of Intr...

Letter of Introduction for William Short

Sandaime sawamura sōjurō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Sawamura Sōjurō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one p... More

By their Excellencies, Sir Henry Clinton ... General and Commander in ...

Not in Evans.; On verso: 1780-81, P.R.O., C.O.5. 178.F.195. 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

Notification. In obedience to the order of the Town, the Committee for...

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 22.

Wercke der Finsternis / D Chodowiecki del & sc 1781.

Print shows publisher Johann Thomas von Trattner as a highway man with two cohorts holding up publisher Friedrich Nicolai; von Trattner has a hold on Nicolai's collar, as his helpers, standing at the opening of... More

Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, January 17, 1781

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State of New-Hampshire. In the House of representatives, April 5th, 17...

Imprint 3.; On verso: Acts in Janu, March, June, Sept, Nov, and Decem 1702. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephe... More

David Wattson to Thomas Jefferson, 1781

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

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A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Riv...

Scale ca. 1:240,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Depths shown by soundings. Annotated "London, Published by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, Novr. 26th 1781." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1464 Available also thro... More

Carte des environs d'Hampton. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:28,800; échelle de 3 lignes pour 100 toises. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: Fleur de lis surmounting a scroll crossed with three bars. Oriented with north toward the right. Relie... More

[Coast of New Hampshire and Massachusetts from Great Boars Head to Mar...

Scale ca. 1:52,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along fold and upper and lower margins. Publication information trimmed from lower margin. Shows coast of... More

A map of Monmouth County. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:63,000. Title from table of contents: A survey of Monmouth County by B. Morgan, I. Williams [and] A. Dennis. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right.... More

A plan of Paulus Hook with the road to Bergen and parts adjacent in th...

Scale ca. 1:4,500. Relief shown by shading. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Also shows locations of rebel works in ruins. Authorship attributed to B. Mo... More

Onoe matsusuke no raikō sitennō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Onoe Matsusuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one of a ... More

Office of Finance, Philadelphia, 12th December 1781. Proposals will be...

Imprint 2.; 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 146, Folder 10.

Chart showing the depth of the James and York rivers as they enter Che...

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 227. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Shows settlements, points of interest, and aids to navigation. Avail... More

Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, March 19, 1781

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Nidaime yamashita kinsaku - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - ambassador from the Congress of America t...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval. After the medal by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres in 1778. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between... More

Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von Steuben to Thomas Jefferson, March 26, 17...

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

The encampment in Hyde Park MDCCLXXX / P. Sandby fecit.

Print shows tents beneath large trees on the right and in the background, with soldiers and citizens clustered in small groups; at the far right is a drinking establishment with a sign that states "Pooles Inti... More

A map or chart of the Mosquito Shore : with the islands, keys, rocks a...

Depths shown by soundings. "The delineater haven had many oppertunitys since the above period, to the yar 1781 to corect and adjust his own observat[ion]s bi compareing with those of many of the kings ships and... More

Carte générale de l'Amérique septentrionale.

Scale ca. 1:38,000,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro and Paris. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651; 700/2

An Accurate map of New Hampshire in New England, from a late survey.

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. From the Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure. March, 1781. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 872 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the isla...

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A map, Middlesex County. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:64,000. Title from table of contents: A survey of Middlesex County by B. Morgan, A. Dunham [and] J. Rue. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. LC ... More

A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak Bay, with James and York rivers; w...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the publisher's Atlas of battles of the American Revolution.[1845] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1465 Available also through the Library of Congr... More

Virginia House of Delegates, November 30, 1781, Resolution Appointing ...

Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress, Fe...

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A view of the guard-house and Simsbury-mines, now called Newgate - a p...

Print shows a diagram of the guardhouse with sections identified by letter (legend not visible in print); shows shaft leading to underground chamber, "F. A strong trap door opening the descent to Hell" which le... More

Katsukawa Shunzan - Ueno no hanami - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, two women, and a young child viewing cherry blossoms at Ueno. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

An act for enlisting soldiers to serve in the Continental Army. [Dated...

Imprint 3.; 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 179, Folder 3.

The gentle desdemona, & harlequin friday, British Cartoon Print

White woman and black man kissing, as he fondles her breast. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

Thomas Jefferson to Nathanael Greene, February 19, 1781, Typescript Co...

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Englisch printet. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Print shows eight men wearing legal or clerical bands sitting at a long table, in front of which is a procession of animals; on the right is a donkey throwing its rider, followed by a unicorn ridden by a cock, ... More

Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Trieze C...

Scale ca. 1:1,400,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index to "Renvois des opérations militaires." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 735 Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

Carte de la partie de la Virginie ou l'armée combinée de France & des ...

Scale ca. 1:215,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Situation of the fleets shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1462 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras... More

Ft. Provost in 1781. - Public domain vintage map

Scale 1:960; 80 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1589 Available also through the L... More

Lord Camden, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Charles Pratt, Lord Camden, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1781 (December), opp. p. 555. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of ... More

Ichikawa danjuro no kudo suketsune - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjuro's reflection in a mirror, in the role of Kuro Suketsune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... More

Horatio Huntington to George Washington, May 22, 1781

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Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Delegates in the United States Congress, ...

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Silas Deane, Esq. / drawn from the life by Dusimitiere, at Philadelphi...

Silas Deane, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in medallion. Illus. in: The European magazine, and London review. [London : Philological Society of London] 1783 October, p. 243. After a drawing by Pier... More

A side box, British Cartoon Print

Two elegantly-dressed women seated in theater box, with man offering fruit to one woman. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, March 19, 1781

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Virginia Militia, 1781, Table of Counties and Battles

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Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, January 15, 1781

In Council, April 12, 1781. Sir. Having received an application from t...

Imprint 2.; 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 179, Folder 2.

State of New Hampshire. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hu...

Imprint 3.; On verso: 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 31.

Onoe matsusuke no bikuni, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows Onoe Matsusuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing a large hat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

The right hon'ble. Lord Macartney, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows George Macartney, Earl Macartney, half-length portrait, facing right; in framed oval medallion with floral arrangement at top. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1781 (February), p. 51. Published in: ... More

[Plan de New-York et les environs. - Public domain map

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson, 1781, Memorandum on Chairs and Tables

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Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, March 28, 1781

Carta que comprehende la Neuva York, Nueva Ynglaterra, la Acadia ò Neu...

Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. Manuscript, ink and watercolor. Depths shown by soundings. Shoals outlined in yellow. "42." "Sujeta alas longitudes delos neuvos quarterones que por disposicion del Exmo. Sor. Dn. Josef S... More

Plan des environs de Williamsburg, York, Hampton, et Portsmouth.

Scale ca. 1:300,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1145 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3

Defense Mapping Agency Bicentennial commemorative memento of the Battl...

Shows troop positions, firing lines, fortifications, and ship positions. Relief shown by hachures. Facsimile. Original version: To His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United... More

Plan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie.

Scale ca. 1:3,220. Title on verso: Ouvrages faits à Portsmouth en Virginie par les Anglais, et rasé en 1781 par les François. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief sho... More

Environs de New-York, de Long-Island, etc.

Scale ca. 1:95,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1212 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

Siege d'York, 1781. Plan d'York en Virginie avec les attaques et les c...

Scale ca. 1:14,640. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index and "Nota." LC Maps ofth America, 1750-1789, 1467 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

General Conway's speech, for quieting the troubles in America. Against...

2565 C 14; 20 May 1944; Rec. RB; June 1944; On verso: 2565C 14 20 My 44. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 111, Folder suppl. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: a... More

The encampment on the Black-Heath MDCCLXXX / P. Sandby fecit.

Print showing camp followers resting near windmill, with tents of a military encampment on the plains, with fields and trees in the background.

Baika no nijo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Evans 17339.; 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 7.

Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, February 26, 1781

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In Council. January 19, 1781. Sir. The invasion of our country by the ...

Evans 17410. 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 1a.

George Muter, March 13, 1781, Memorandum of Cannon and Ball Available ...

Memorandum of Cannon and Ball Available at Foundry; with List

State of New-Hampshire. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hu...

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 88, Folder 33.

[Title page with full title in both English and Mohawk]

Illus. in: Daniel Claus, A Primer for the Use of Mohawk Children, Montreal, Printed at Fleury Mesplets, 1781. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I... More

The gig / Wells del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows two British sailors waving banners labeled "Rodney," one smokes a long clay pipe, between them is a Dutchman, his hands behind his back, sitting in the bottom portion of a toy top, he says, "Mine he... More

Thomas Jefferson to Virginia General Assembly, January 23, 1781, Print...

Printed Circular Letter Sent with Proclamation Convening General Assembly

James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1781

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Carte du théatre dela guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Trieze Co...

Print shows title cartouche and ornament; flags and ordnance frame title as troops engage in battle before burning town. Illus. in: Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Trieze Colonies... More

Reconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a dét...

Scale ca. 1:10,300; échelle de 600 toises = 94 cm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts and redoubts. Indexed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1215 A... More

Battle of Guildford fought on the 15 of March 1781.

Scale ca. 1:10,800. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1514 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650

Jack England fighting the four confederates

Print shows a British sailor about to fight the "four confederates" America as "Yanky Doodle" (represented by a Native man wearing feathered headdress and skirt) lying on the ground moaning, "This fall has hurt... More

Plan of Fort George at Pensacola. - Public domain map

Scale 1:1,600; 50 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Deteriorated along left edge. Oriented with north toward the right. Includes index to areas within fort, signed "C. Towne, 9th. October 17... More

York en Virginie, 1781. Carte des environs d'York avec les attaques à ...

Scale ca. 1:134,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Includes descriptive index to military works. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1475 Available also through the Library o... More

Notes sur les environs de York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:44,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1469 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; ... More

United States Congress, September 1, 1781, Printed Table of Currency S...

Printed Table of Currency Scale, Paper Money to Silver Public domain image of a banknote, paper money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the town & harbour of Halifax, from Dartmouth shore

Print shows ships in harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with view of town in the distance. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, ...... More

Jason et medée. Ballet tragique, British Cartoon Print

"Gaetan Vestris as Jason between two ladies of the ballet..." (Source: George) [N. Dance?, del. ; Bartolozzi, sc.]. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires ... More

The late auction at St. Eustatia - by R-- & V--

Print shows the interior of an auction house where Admiral Rodney and General John Vaughan are disposing property seized from citizens on the island of Saint Eustatius which the British captured from the Dutch.

Dr. John "Jay" Boyd and his wife, Dr. Rachel Heide,

Dr. John "Jay" Boyd and his wife, Dr. Rachel Heide, a Historian who works for the Canadian military, take a final walk down the path of history...

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis,

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, prepare to march in the annual Yorktown Day Parade at the Yorktown Battlefield, Oct. 19, 2019. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rosalyn Wright, 633rd For... More