1839

Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

The second of two particularly well-drawn caricatures by the same artist, on the subject of the 1839 congressional probe of Van Buren's Treasury Department. (See above, nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The inquiry was ... More

The liberator. v.9:no.52(1839:Dec.27)

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Theodore Maurisset - Prodige de la chimie / Maurisset, del. et sculp.,...

French cartoon shows a long line of people, with more arriving by stagecoach and railroad, at a medicine show where a quack with a lion's head, the "Prodige de la chimie," is marketing his hair tonic "De pommad... More

Presentation - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon

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[Apparatus used to convert electrical energy into mechanical rotation,...

Illus. in: Experimental researches in electricity / Michael Faraday. London : R. and J.E. Taylor, 1839-1855, v. 2, pl. 4. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

The liberator. v.9:no.15(1839:Apr.12)

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Mr. Edward Spencer, born May 8th 1799 who accompanied Mr. Charles Gree...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of solicitor, Edward Spencer, who accompanied balloonist Charles Green on several ascensions. A balloon with an attached parachute is in the background. Printed signature below title... More

The liberator. v.9:no.5(1839:Feb.1)

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The liberator. v.9:no.41(1839:Oct.11)

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Mr. Calhoun- Mr. Van Buren- Texas. As the time when the Convention is ...

Ximenes.; On verso: Texas; 8899. 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 231, Folder 22.

Thomas L. Harrison to Andrew Jackson, Jr., September 2, 1839

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Richard Rush to Andrew Jackson, April 25, 1839

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Thomas Shotter Boys - Rue de la Grosse Horloce, Rouen [France]

Lithograph by Thomas Shotter Boys. Illus. in: Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen & c. London: T. Boys, 1839. Reference copy may be in LOT 4620. This record contains unverified, old data fr... More

Carta esférica de la costa de la Alta California : comprendida entre l...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows drainage, missions, pueblos, presidios, etc. Prime meridian: Cadiz. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: London and Washington D.C. "Entered according to Act of Congress, July 10th, 1839, by David H. Burr, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Col... More

Andrew Jackson, Jr. to Henry Gregory, May 23, 1839

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Smedley Gwin & Co. to Andrew Jackson, December 28, 1839

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Andrew Jackson, Jr. to Thomas Wells

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The liberator. v.9:no.9(1839:Mar.1)

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The liberator. v.9:no.13(1839:Mar.29)

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Map of New York exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail ...

Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:650,000. From his The American Atlas (London, J. Arrowsmith, 1839) ... More

Maxey & Hagen to Andrew Jackson, Jr., November 28, 1839

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The liberator. v.9:no.40(1839:Oct.4)

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Order of exercises at the installation of Rev. Robert Turnbull, as pas...

Handwritten on verso: 1839. 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 56, Folder 39c.

The liberator. v.9:no.16(1839:Apr.19)

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The liberator. v.9:no.4(1839:Jan.25)

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Andrew Jackson to Langtree & O'Sullivan, May 8, 1839

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Collector's notice. To the tax payers of Macoupin County ... B. T. Bur...

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 15, Folder 17.

Andrew Jackson, November 10, 1839

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Virginia quick march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

The liberator. v.9:no.14(1839:Apr.5)

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Corinthian column and capital From the monument of Lysicrates : Fig. 1...

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The liberator. v.9:no.17(1839:Apr.26 )

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Andrew Morrison to Andrew Jackson, May 11, 1839

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Andrew Jackson - Andrew Jackson correspondence

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The liberator. v.9:no.29(1839:July 19)

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[Unidentified portrait of a man, facing front]

The date of the image is based on the plate's lack of gold toning. Case: Plain leather grain. Attributed to William G. Mason. Paper label adhered to cover glass: "49." Labels on case: "65," "36." Purchase; Mari... More

Principal front of the Capitol, Washington / W.H. Bartlett, R. Brandar...

Engraving showing Capitol building in background; people walking or riding in carriages on Capitol grounds. Image found in N. P. Willis, American Scenery, p. 288, 1839. Engraving by R. Brandard after drawing by... More

The liberator. v.9:no.20(1839:May 17)

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The liberator. v.9:no.15(1839:Apr.12)

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Thomas Hart Benton to Andrew Jackson, October 14, 1839

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[Soldier from the First City Troop, Philadelphiadelphia, in uniform an...

(DLC/PP-1995:140.48) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 48. Title devised by Library staff from inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

The liberator. v.9:no.21(1839:May 24)

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To the friends of truth!! A brief notice of a handbill circulated in t...

Loco Foco leaders. 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 7, Folder 30.

Order of exercises at the anniversary of Concord literary institution;...

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 56, Folder 39.

Plan de la batalla de Yungay : ganada por el Ejercito Unido-Restaurado...

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes and note. Col. panor... More

Map of Georgia & Alabama exhibiting the post offices, post roads, cana...

Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:650,000. From his The American Atlas (London, J. Arrowsmith, 1839) ... More

A map of the Georgia Rail Road and the several lines of railroad conne...

Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" ... More

Andrew Jackson, Jr. to Johnson Rayburn & Co., April 18, 1839

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The liberator. v.9:no.40(1839:Oct.4)

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The liberator. v.9:no.21(1839:May 24)

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The liberator. v.9:no.7(1839:Feb.15)

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Old Iron Sides on a lee shore The U.S. Frigate Constitution Captn. Ell...

327 U.S. Copyright Office. "Illustrative of a sketch, in the Democratic Review, of May 1839, by the author of "the log of Old Ironsides"." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839, by Dow & Duval, ... More

The cut direct. Or a scene in high life at Saratoga Springs

One of two prints by "HD" (identified by Weitenkampf and others tentatively as Henry Dacre) based on incidents during President Van Buren's visit to the resort at Saratoga Springs, New York, during the summer o... More

The liberator. v.9:no.39(1839:Sep.27)

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Abolition frowned down. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A satire on enforcement of the "gag-rule" in the House of Representatives, prohibiting discussion of the question of slavery. Growing antislavery sentiment in the North coincided with increased resentment by so... More

The liberator. v.9:no.52(1839:Dec.27)

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The liberator. v.9:no.52(1839:Dec.27)

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Fuegian (Yapoo Tekeenika). Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives of Tierra del Fuego. Illus. in: Robert Fitzroy. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages ... London, 1839, v. 2, frontispiece. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... More

A map of the County of Crawford, Pennsylvania.

Shows townships, warranty-deed tracts (numbered), real-property tracts with owners' names, towns/villages, roads, canals, streams, and lakes. Hand col. to distinguish townships. In lower margin: Copyright secur... More

The liberator. v.9:no.31(1839:Aug.2)

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The liberator. v.9:no.12(1839:Mar.22)

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The liberator. v.9:no.18(1839:May 3)

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Samuel Wait, Jr. to Andrew Jackson, Jr., April 18, 1839

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Professor Wise, performing a surgical operation in Congress Hall

Representative Henry A. Wise, vociferous opponent of the Van Buren administration, is portrayed as a surgeon, operating on Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury. The satire refers to the cross-examination of Woodbur... More

The liberator. v.9:no.1(1839:Jan.4)

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Thomas Shotter Boys - Hôtel de Cluny, Paris

Lithograph by Thomas Shotter Boys. Illus. in: Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen & c. London: T. Boys, 1839. Reference copy may be in LOT 4620. This record contains unverified, old data fr... More

The liberator. v.9:no.3(1839:Jan.18)

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Andrew Jackson to Amos Kendall, November 2, 1839

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The liberator. v.9:no.40(1839:Oct.4)

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Fort Clark am Missouri (Februar 1834) : sur la Missouri (février 1834...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Illus from: Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 / von Maximilian Prinz zu Wied. Coblenz : J. Hoelscher, 1839-41, tab. 36. D... More

The liberator. v.9:no.51(1839:Dec.20)

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Samuel Seay to Andrew Jackson, Jr., April 10, 1839

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The liberator. v.9:no.36(1839:Sep.6)

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William Corcoran's subdivision of lots : between High & Congress & Bri...

Cadastral map showing landowners' names. Covers block bounded by Wisconsin Av., N, 31st, and M streets N.W. "Sept. 19th 1839." Title in ink in 2 hands on verso. Pen-and-ink. Soiled and stained. Available also t... More

The Capitol at Washington - Public domain historic place engraving

Engraving showing Capitol on hill in background; people and carriages on street in foreground on the road leading to the Capitol; houses on the left. Engraving by M. Osborne after drawing by W.H. Bartlett. On v... More

The liberator. v.9:no.49(1839:Dec.6)

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The liberator. v.9:no.46(1839:Nov.15)

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Map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania exhibiting the post offices, post r...

Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:650,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC... More

1839. Democratic republican and farmers' prox. For Governor, Nathaniel...

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 168, Folder 19.

Seventh ward beggars - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows President Andrew Jackson holding a kingly scepter and a bag containing $100,000. He sits upon bundles, presumably containing money, labeled "Surplus Fund". Two bankers kiss his feet, while several o... More

The liberator. v.9:no.35(1839:Aug.30)

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Mme. Vtor. Hugo / peint par Louis Boullanger ; gravé par Célistin Nant...

Three-quarter length portrait of Madame Victor Hugo (Adèle Hugo, 1803-1868), standing, facing right. Plate from: L'Artiste (1839). Date based on information from Bibliotèque nationale de France.

The fairy waltz - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The liberator. v.9:no.21(1839:May 24)

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Benjamin Franklin Butler to Andrew Jackson, May 8, 1839

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An Indian encampment near Fort Niagra, in the time of the Revolution. ...

Illus. in: Priest, The Dutch Prisoner (Albany, 1839), opposite title page. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Torture; Races; Indians Warfare with whites; ... More

The liberator. v.9:no.26(1839:June 28)

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The liberator. v.9:no.15(1839:Apr.12)

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The liberator. v.9:no.8(1839:Feb.22)

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The liberator. v.9:no.43(1839:Oct.25)

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The liberator. v.9:no.24(1839:June 14)

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Senate chamber of the United States. Engraved & published by J. V. N. ...

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Seat of War. Historic map, Library of Congress

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The liberator. v.9:no.16(1839:Apr.19)

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A painting of a sphinx in front of three pyramids. David Roberts - Sph...

The great sphinx of giza, egypt / A painting of a sphinx in front of three pyramids / Public domain stock illustration.

Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens .....

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at night by Richard Gypson from the Royal Standard Tavern, England, on June 3, 1839. In addition, "Mr. Blanchard, a descendant of the celebrated Mons. Blanchar... More

National temperance ode. Air- America - American Songs Collection

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[Officer from the First Troop, Philadelphiadelphia, facing forward, he...

(DLC/PP-1995:140.49) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 49. Title devised by Library staff from inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Notice at the next regular meeting of the Upper Alton lyceum, to be he...

Slavery.; 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 15, Folder 15.