James Madison to George Washington, March 5, 1789.
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Congress of the United States, begun and held at the City of New-York,...
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 212, Folder 6.
![L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvbGVzcG9pci1kZS1sYS1mcmFuY2Utbi10cmV2aXNpYW5pLWRlbC12ZXJpdGUtc3VscHNpdC1zaWMtMjkwYTY2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/44/webp "L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].")
L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].
Allegorical print showing Father Time parting the stormy skies of recent days to reveal Louis XVI eagerly accepting the truth offered by Justice and the arrival of Jacques Necker, recalled on 16 July 1789, as F... More
Plan of the city of New York.
Scale ca. 1:13,000. Hand colored. Shows ward boundaries. Includes index to buildings. Wheat & Brun. Maps and Charts (1978 ed.) 387 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1113 Available also through the Library of... More
Dispatch, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a man, holding a large club labeled "Procrastination" over his head, saying "I hate delay"; he is about to strike Father Time who cries "Murder, Murder." Father Time's hourglass and scythe are alrea... More
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, S...
Passport for Thomas Jefferson, Signed by Lafayette
![[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvMy1vcmRlcnMtcHJvY2VlZGluZy10by12ZXJzYWlsbGVzLW1heS0xNzg5LTVjZjNiZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]")
[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]
Print shows ornate carriage in which are riding well-dressed people with horns growing out of their heads. The carriage is drawn by two horned deer; standing on a platform at the rear is a women holding a baton... More
Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V
Illustration shows an actor portraying Henry V in Shakespear's play by the same name. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: H... More
Fraternité des Soldats de la Garde Prisienne des Dragons et du Regimen...
Cartoon about the French Revolution. Title from item. Title translated: The fraternity of soldiers of the Parisienne Guard, the Dragoons, and the Regiment of Flanders with the body guards at the time of their a... More
Congress of the United States, begun and held at the City of New-York,...
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 212, Folder 5.
Trois tetes sous l'meme bonnet
Print shows a neatly dressed man sitting on a bundle surrounded by implements of the Third Estate and holding a large triangle topped with a liberty cap, within the triangle are images of a cleric, an aristocra... More
To the honorable the Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvan...
Used for Exchange 3-7-51.; 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. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera ... More
La coup des bois
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, possibly a woman, kneeling on top of a fallen friar, cutting wooden branches or horns from his head. Title from item. Caption continues: Quel besogne, Grand Dieu ni moi... More
![Ode to the President of the United States on his arrival at Boston. [Boston, 1789].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvb2RlLXRvLXRoZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtb2YtdGhlLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtb24taGlzLWFycml2YWwtYXQtYm9zdG9uLWJvc3Rvbi0xNzg5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/103/webp "Ode to the President of the United States on his arrival at Boston. [Boston, 1789].")
Ode to the President of the United States on his arrival at Boston. [B...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Ford.; Not in Evans.; Verse. 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; Por... More
The whim of the moment, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a royal coach drawn by two horses "Faith" and "Hope" passing through a crowd to shouts of "Huzza"; three figures are seated in the coach, one wearing a crown labeled "German"; a coachman riding on t... More
La Romaine aristocratique
Print shows a monstrous figure holding a scale weighing a member of the Third Estate; in the background a plump clergyman and a nobleman walk away with a large pig between them. Title from item. de Vinck, 2749 ... More
A view of the saw-mill & block house upon Fort Anne Creek, the propert...
Print shows a sawmill belonging to loyalist Philip Skene and the blockhouse at Fort Anne which were burned by American forces, reteating in advance of the British army under the command of General Burgoyne. Tit... More
Thomas Jefferson, July 1789, Notes on French First Republic, Fragment
Notes on French First Republic, Fragment
Shinpan shiba sanenzan zoujōji shōmen no zu
Print shows travelers and pedestrians walking on a promenade that passes a temple and a grove of trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More
Yatsushi Manzai
Print shows two women, one sitting playing a drum, the other standing.
![To the mechanics of the City of New York. I have seen a piece, signed by a number of persons, said to be done in behalf of the mechanics of the city of New York. [Regarding the election of governor of New York] [Signed] A mechanic. April 28, 178](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDcvdG8tdGhlLW1lY2hhbmljcy1vZi10aGUtY2l0eS1vZi1uZXcteW9yay1pLWhhdmUtc2Vlbi1hLXBpZWNlLXNpZ25lZC1ieS1hLW51bWJlci1mZDkyNzEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "To the mechanics of the City of New York. I have seen a piece, signed by a number of persons, said to be done in behalf of the mechanics of the city of New York. [Regarding the election of governor of New York] [Signed] A mechanic. April 28, 178")
To the mechanics of the City of New York. I have seen a piece, signed ...
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 16d.
![[Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions in combustion of substances, including mercury, top right] / Paulze Lavoisier, sculpt.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvc2NpZW50aWZpYy1hcHBhcmF0dXMtdXNlZC1ieS1sYXZvaXNpZXItaW4tc3R1ZHlpbmctY2hlbWljYWwtcmVhY3Rpb25zLWluLWNvbWJ1c3Rpb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions in combustion of substances, including mercury, top right] / Paulze Lavoisier, sculpt.")
[Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions...
Illus. in: Traite elementaire de chimie / Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Paris : Cuchet, 1789, plate 4. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 187.
Gouverneur Morris, 1789, Plan of American Finances
Plan of American Finances
A View from the Schuykill, with a S.W. Prospect of Bush Hill, one of t...
Philadelphia, Pa. Illus. in: Columbian Magazine, Feb. 1789. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; B.I.
![Communications interesting to the public. [consists of letters from Adam Ott, John Stull regarding Dr. Cruse of Baltimore] 1789.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvY29tbXVuaWNhdGlvbnMtaW50ZXJlc3RpbmctdG8tdGhlLXB1YmxpYy1jb25zaXN0cy1vZi1sZXR0ZXJzLWZyb20tYWRhbS1vdHQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/38/webp "Communications interesting to the public. [consists of letters from Adam Ott, John Stull regarding Dr. Cruse of Baltimore] 1789.")
The Pancake woman. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print is a restrike of Rembrandt's 1635 engraving. Illus. in: Dictionnaire des graveurs anciens et modernes, depuis l'origine de la gravure / par F. Basan. Paris : L'auteur [etc.], 1789, oppposite p. 122. No. 122.
Daikagura, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows actors in lion costume dancing in front of women and children gathered at a window, and children and adults outside the building. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More
La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...
Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Title from item. Possibly purchased by George IV... More
The old bailey advocate bringing off a thief, British Cartoon Print
"A barrister in wig, gown, and bands, in profile to the right, tramples on the prostrate body of Truth, putting his foot in her mouth..." (Source: George) [Dent]. "Designed by Quibble Executed by Brass Publishe... More
Portrait d'apres nature du Sr. Harné natif de Dôle en Franche Comté Gr...
Print shows Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, and Sr. Humbert, leaders, respectively, of the first and second assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, full-length portrait, standing, facing each other... More
John Jones & Sons to Thomas Jefferson, January 3, 1789, Receipt for Th...
Receipt for Thermometers Paid for by Daniel Parker
Messieurs Delaunay, Flexelles, Berthier, Foulon, et les deux Gardes du...
Print shows Charon accepting the baker Sr. Remy, mistakenly beheaded, into his boat while rejecting several government officials and guardsmen, all who carry their severed heads atop pikes; on the opposite shor... More
Thomas Jefferson, October 31, 1789, Note on the Value of the Dollar in...
Note on the Value of the Dollar in French Money
Toso
Print shows two women carrying wine and cups for a New Year's celebration.
Behold, he prayeth, British Cartoon Print
"Thurlow (right), in profile to the right, kneels in prayer at a table on which the head of the mace is visible..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and ... More
Perspective view of the country between Wilmington and the Delaware - ...
Print shows panoramic view of farms and farmland with the Delaware River in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswo... More
Ise monogatari, Eishi Hosoda
Print shows three women, two sitting on the floor and one standing, a third person sitting on the floor appears to be offering a small box containing two objects to the others as the woman standing looks on; in... More
Je tient mon pied du bœuf - il faut faire trois choses Le calculateur ...
Print shows (on the left) an aristocrat and a clergyman, each with a hand on a low post, and a member of the Third Estate placing both of his hands on top of the others. "Pied de Bœuf" is a pun on "Œil de Bœuf"... More
Monsieur veto
Print shows a monstrous giant, representing monarchical veto powers, is welcomed at an entryway by a nobleman; he has scales on his hands and feet, carries a bar used to enchain prisoners, symbolizing despotism... More
A view of a saw mill and block house upon Fort Anne Creek ...which on ...
Title from item. Published in: Travels through the interior parts of America. In a series of letters / Thomas Anburey. London : W. Lane, 1789.
Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise
Print shows nude female figure forming the letters of the alphabet. Title from item. Irregularly trimmed within plate mark. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).