1784

Pro bono publico - the public cluster in terrorem / WD., British Carto...

Print shows a grapevine twisted about a gibbet from which hangs a pendulous bunch of grapes with the faces of various British ministers, the most prominent being that of Charles James Fox, with Lord North sligh... More

La physique confond l'ignorance Dedié aux souscripteurs.

French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbé Miollan), walks away pulling up his trousers. In the background, men are in... More

All on fire, or the doctors disappointed, a view taken in Lord Foleys ...

Print shows second trial by Dr. John Sheldon, anatomist, to launch a balloon at Lord Foley's grounds in Portland Place, London, which resulted in the balloon's destruction by fire (Source: L.T.C. Rolt, The Aero... More

A view of the several flags which the following nations bear at sea .....

Print shows twenty flags of the major world powers. Illus. in: Bailey's Pocket Almanack for 1785 (Phila. 1784). Reference copy may be in LOT 4703. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Ca... More

Stephan und Joseph, Gebrüder Mongolfier [sic], geb. zu Annonay im Viva...

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists; after the gold medal designed by Houdon. Quotation from Ovid printed below portrait. Tissandier collection.

This ticket will admit one person into the [...] on the day of Mr. Lun...

Admission ticket to one of Vincent Lunardi early balloon ascensions, probably from London, England. Includes a picture of a balloon. Tissandier collection.

Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.

Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More

James Madison to James Monroe, December 11, 1784.

Plano de Puerto Cavello situado en la costa de Caracas en la lattd. de...

Shows coast of Venezuela in the region of Puerto Cabello. Date based on other similar Maggs collection maps. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Pen-and-ink and red ink. Mounted on cloth backin... More

Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney to Henry Martin, November 4, 1784

The state of New-Hampshire, to the selectmen of in the County of Greet...

Imprint 2.; On verso: 1755 Council. 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 89, Folder 5.

--Cater ... an amateur of music well known at the Queen's Arms concert...

Print shows an elderly man sitting on a bench, holding a violin, with a music stand in front of him.

Dr. Franklin - cœlis eripuit fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis / J. Norman s...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing fur cap and spectacles.

Thomas Jefferson to Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates, May 11, 17...

Revd. Samuel Cooper D.D. / J. Norman sc.

Samuel Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing clerical robes. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Mass. : Norman & White, 1784 March, opp. p. 191. Published in: The American Revo... More

Daimonjiyau chi maisumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows the courtesan Maisumi walking with two women and two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hinagata... More

Nicolas Ponce - [Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown] - Nicolas Ponce

Wash drawing (reverse of printed versions) shows the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépen... More

Die Americaner machen den Lord Cornwallis mit seiner Armee zu Gefangne...

Print shows British troops handing over their weapons to the Americans at the surrender at Yorktown, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution.

The patriotic American farmer. J-n D-k-ns---n Esqr. Barrister at Law: ...

[Positive Photostat from the copy in the John Carter Brown library].; On verso: {stamp} Copied from the original in The John Carter Brown Library. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two... More

George May survey book

Santō Kyōden - Cyōjiya cyōzan - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the courtesan Chōzan of Chōji-ya sitting next to a writing table with an attendant burning incense on a hibachi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Nouvelle forme de globe aërostatique. Au centre duquel est adapté pour...

Design drawing shows front and side elevations and plan of balloon with devices designed to facilitate navigation and maneuverability while in the air. Tissandier collection.

A side box at the opera, British Cartoon Print

"Mrs. Hobart sits stiffly in an opera-box in profile to the left..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of... More

Charte über die XIII Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America,

Scale ca. 1:5,400,000. Title in margin: Les XIII Etats Unis de l'Amerique septentrionale, d'apress les meilleurs & speciales cartes angloises qui ont parues jusqu'ici. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relie... More

Plano de Puerto Cavello situado en la costa de Caracs. en lattd. de 10...

Shows coast of Venezuela in the region of Puerto Cabello. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Pen-and-ink and brown ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC... More

John Malcom / dessiné et gravé par F. Godefroy.

Depicts event of January 25, 1774 when Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcom (or Malcomb) was tarred and feathered and hung out his window by an angry mob.

Thomas Fitzgerald to John Paul Jones, July 2, 1784

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His excy. William Heath, Esqr., major general in the American army

Print shows William Heath, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, with military encampment in the background. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Gre... More

Sauvage du NO. de la Louisiane - Public domain book scan / drawing

Print shows a Native warrior, full-length portrait, left profile, holding a scalp in left hand and a snake in right hand. Illus. in: Atlas universel dressé sur les meilleurs cartes modernes / P. Santini. Venis... More

Pennsylvania ss. By the President and the Supreme Executive Council of...

Evans 18688.; Imprint 3.; Proclamation.; On verso: 489. 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

Appointment of Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nicolas Ponce - [Journée de Lexington]. Book illustration from Library...

Wash drawing (reverse of printed versions) shows idealized view of the battle at Lexington, Massachusetts. Title from printed copy. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guer... More

Carte générale des treize États-Unis & indépendants de l'Amérique sept...

Relief shown pictorially. From Joseph Mandrillon's Le spectateur américain. Amsterdam, E. van Harreveldt, 1784. Prime meridians: Ferro and Paris. Includes notes. Fold-lined. Available also through the Library o... More

Plano de la Bahía de Ocoa situado en la banda del sur de la Ysla Españ...

Public domain image of a navigation map, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description:

Be it remembered, that Messrs. Samuel Fowler and Christopher Champlen ...

Facsimile of a printed agreement filled in in manuscript.; Source unknown 9-18-43.; Stamped on verso: Source Unknown. Sep 18 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsim... More

Battle of Brandywine in which the Americans were defeated : September ...

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

The political rat catcher or Jack Renegado's new patent trap's / Annib...

"The rat-catchers sits in the doorway of a bare, ramshackle room, on the floor of which are large steel traps and rats, some already caught..." (Source: Stephens) [Collings?] This record contains unverified dat... More

[American medals] / D. Berger sculp & del.

Print shows the recto and verso of two medals or possibly four separate medals. Illus. in: Allgemeines historisches taschenbuch ... / Matthias Christian Sprengel. Berlin : Haude und Spener, 1784- p. 182 ff. Pu... More

William Wynne, R. P. Arden, A. McDonald to Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydn...

Report of the King's Advocate, Attorney and Solicitor General on the 'Letter of Mr. Martin"

Uriah Forrest to Thomas Jefferson, October 20, 1784

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Attaque de Brimstomhill / dessiné par le Paon peintre de S. a S. Mgr. ...

Print shows the siege of a British fort on Brimstone Hill on St. Kitts by the French. Includes description below title. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a pr... More

Dédiée a Monsieur Coustard de Massi, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Mil...

Print shows "Le Suffren," the balloon of Anne-Pierre Coustard de Massy and R.P. Mouchet, ascending from Nantes, France. (Source: Le Temps des Ballons, www.perso.wanadoo.fr.)

Tarring and feathering - the reward of the enemies of Ireland / Americ...

Print shows three Irish(?) men and a woman (possibly representing Ireland) are about to tar and feather a man for refusing "to enter into a non-importation and non-consumption agreement." In the background are ... More

A new pantomine - harlequine, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Charles James Fox and Lord North performing on a stage before an audience including the Prince of Wales with his mistress, Mary Robinson, also, Admiral Keppel, the Earl of Portland, Lord Cavendish, ... More

A new and correct chart of North America from Cape-Cod, to the Havanna...

Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC copy imperfect: Small hole in bottom. Includes notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 769 Available also thro... More

[Map of Pacific Ocean between the coast of California and Mexico and J...

Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in 1 character. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 15 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Printe... More

Karte des oestlichē oder ehemahligē englischen Amerika nach den Besitz...

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Hand colored. Shows United States, East and West Florida, and portions of Canada and Louisiana. From the author's Nord-America nach den Friedensschlüssen vom 1783. v. 1. Available also t... More

United States Congress, March 1, 1784, Printed Resolution on Western T...

Printed Resolution on Western Territory Government; with Notations by Thomas Jefferson

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

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Thomas Jefferson, 1784-89, Inventory of Toiletry Items, Writing Implem...

Inventory of Toiletry Items, Writing Implements, Chemicals, and Tools

George Abbott Hall, December 31, 1784, Table of Imports and Exports fr...

Table of Imports and Exports from Charleston, South Carolina, 1757 to 1763

Sarratoga [sic] / dessiné par Fauvel ; gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Acad...

Print shows the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777; includes text. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Eta... More

Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney to Henry Martin, November 8, 1784

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Letter from Abraham Bowman to Jonathan Clark

Suprise de St. Eustace / dessiné par P.C. Marillier ; gravé par N. Pon...

Print shows a surprise attack by the French, under the command of the Marquis de Bouillé, against the British on Sint Eustatius; includes description. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents ... More

Partie occidentale du Canada et septentrionale de la Louisiane avec un...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Hand colored. "Longitude occidentale du prémier méridien." Relief shown pictorially. "P. II. 46." Watermark: Y. From P. Santini's Atlas universel. 1776 [i.e. 1784] Available also through ... More

Descripsión de la costa de la Luciana y entrada en el Río de Micisipi ...

Scale ca. 1:1,330,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermarks: IV; and, left half of fleur-de-lis (?). Depths shown by soundings. Annotated in ink on verso prior to mounting on cloth backing: 69. Sh... More

Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur (John Hector St. John) to Thomas J...

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John Payten to James Taylor, June 8, 1784

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Landung einer Französischen Hülfs-Armee in America, zu Rhode Island, a...

Print shows the disembarkation of French troops, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau, at Newport, Rhode Island, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 136. [Plate] 9. Pu... More

Die Hessen, vom General Washington am 25ten Dec. 1776, zu Trenton über...

Print shows Hessian soldiers captured during the battle at Trenton enroute to Philadelphia, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. iii. [Plate] 6. Published in: The American ... More

Die Americaner machen das Corps des General Bourgoyne zu Gefangnen, be...

Print shows British troops laying down their arms at the surrender at Saratoga, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. ii9. [Plate] 7. Published in: The American Revolution i... More

Major André, von drey Americanern angehalten zu Tarrytown am 23ten Sep...

Print shows Major John André being taken into custody by three men, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams, near Tarrytown, New York, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolu... More

The discomfited duellists / Collings, del. ; Blake, sculp.

"The interior of a coffee-house. Two young men in regimentals stand near the fireplace (left); one, whose broken sword lies on the ground, is being threatened with a hot poker held to his nose by a man in ridin... More

[Lady MacBeth] [Act, 5th--'One, two; why then 'tis time to do't / / pa...

Lady MacBeth walking in her sleep, full-length view, carrying candle; a man and a woman observe from a bench on the right in the background.

Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique suivant le Traité de Paix de 1783.

Scale ca. 1:4,750,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text in margin "Principaux evenemens militaires entre les Americans et les Anglois" and inset "Supplément a la Flor... More

Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies, ex...

Scale ca. 1:5,400,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Includes inset "Environs of Baffin's and Hudson's bays being a supplement to the map of North America" and chart ... More

Vincent Lunardi, Esqr., his dog & his cat

Half-length portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi, shown with his pets and tribute verse below the image. Mounted with separate sheet "First ae̋rial voyage in England" and possibly Lunardi's signature.... More

Spruce Macay, May 25, 1784 - Public domain document scan

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Frontispiece [Fox, Burke, and North, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

Illus. in: The beauties of Fox, North, and Burke, selected from their speeches, from the passing of the Quebec act, in the year 1774, down to the present time ... / Charles James Fox. London : Printed for J. S... More

Nicolas Ponce - [Surrender at Saratoga]. Book illustration from Librar...

Wash drawing (reverse of printed versions) shows idealized view of the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Gue... More

To the real patriots and supporters of American independence [On the s...

Evans 18182.; 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 146, Folder 27.

L'ignorance prouvée. Ou les evénements de la journée du 11 juillet 178...

French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon by showing the balloon on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens... More

Carte des États-Unis d'Amérique, et du cours du Mississipi; rédigée d'...

Scale ca. 1:3,600,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Prime meridians: Paris and Ferro. LC copy annotated by the author in 1787 to reflect new boundaries. Includes notes and "Tableau (par approximation... More

Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America; the British p...

Scale ca. 1:6,250,000. Cover title: United States of America. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Inset: Article III. LC Map... More

Der Congress erklärt die 13 vereinigten Stăaten von Nord-America für i...

Print shows a meeting of the Continental Congress, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 99. [Plate] 5. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a check... More

The English balloon and appendages in which Mr. Lunardi ascended into ...

Print shows the ascent of Vincent Lunardi from the Moorfields Artillery Grounds, London, September 15, 1784; Lunardi's first ascent and the first balloon ascent in England. He experimented with oars for navigat... More

Prise de l'isle de la Grenade / dessiné par le Paon peintre de S.A.S. ...

Print shows the victorious French troops in the British battery on Grenada. Includes description below title. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'in... More

Peace crowned by victory / J. Norman sc.

Allegorical print shows a winged female figure carrying a plam and placing a crown on the head of a woman seated with a bowl of fruit and flowers in a sylvan setting. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Ma... More

Dr. Franklin erhält, als Gesandter des Americanischen FreyStaats, sein...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin at the French court in Versailles, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 121. [Plate] 8. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and ... More

Articles of agreement between John Lewis, James Wilkinson, and Abner M...

Précis de cette guerre / N. Ponce inv. et sculp.

Print shows the various theaters of war around the world wherein the British were engaged by other countries while also fighting on American soil during the revolutionary war. Includes five illustrations with d... More

John Singleton Copley - Major general Warren / J. Norman sc.

Print shows Joseph Warren, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front; in medallion. After Copley portrait ca. 1765. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Mass. : Norman & White, 1784 April, opp. p. 221. Publ... More

Fox's martyrs or The patriots in limbo

Print shows Charles James Fox's martyrs during the American Revolution. On the right, Frederick, Lord North, hangs from a devil's pitchfork and wears a large stone labeled "American War" from his neck. In the c... More

State of New Hampshire. John Taylor Gilman, Esquire, Treasure of said ...

Filled in in mss. for Atkinson.; Not in Evans.; On verso: (Public Service). Selectmen of Atkinson 1785, B Peter C. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page image... More

James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, April 25, 1784. Extract.

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The platonic lovers / Designed by Fashion ; Execd. by Folly ; W.D. [De...

"Lord Derby left and Miss Farren right sit facing each other in profile, their heads close together, both smiling..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political an... More

Pennsylvania ss. By the President and the Supreme Executive Council of...

Imprint 3.; Proclamation.; Evans 18687. 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 25.

James Madison. Notes for Speech, Virginia House of Delegates. 1784.

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James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, February 11, 1784.

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Joseph Atkins, May 25, 1784 - Public domain document scan

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Portrait d'après nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans bal...

French cartoon shows Abbé Miollan as a cat and Janinet with bag of money(?) over his shoulder beating a hasty retreat after the failure of their balloon ascension attempt on July 11, 1784 enraged the crowd of s... More

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 / N. ...

Print shows ten battle scenes from the American revolutionary war, from the battle of Trenton in December 1776 to the victory of Comte de Grimouard, commander of the Scipion, in the West Indies in November 1782... More

Nicolas Ponce - [Prise de Pensacola]. Book illustration from Library o...

Wash drawing (reverse of printed versions) shows an explosion at a British magazine during the siege of Pensacola, killing or wounding many British soldiers. In the foreground, Spanish troops, possibly under th... More

Lately re-printed, and to be sold by Joseph Chukshank, on the North-Si...

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 146, Folder 24.

Prise de la Dominique / gravé par Godefroy de l'Académie Imple. et Roy...

Print shows French troops storming the British fort on the island of Dominica in the Leeward Islands. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendan... More

An accurate map of the State and Province of New-Hampshire in New Engl...

Scale ca. 1:633,600. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Shows area from the Hudson River-Lake Champlain to Penobscot Bay. Includes inscription to "John Hancock, Esqr. Gov.," text, a... More

Descripsión de la costa de la Luciana y entrada en el Río de Micisipi ...

Scale ca. 1:1,330,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Watermarks: J. Kool; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Order number annotated in pencil in lower right margin: 321214/23. Printed label describing the map mounted on v... More

United States Congress, February 3, 1784, Actions on Bills; Notes and ...

Actions on Bills; Notes and Dates

Thomas Jefferson, May 10, 1784, Account of Books Sold to James Monroe

Account of Books Sold to James Monroe