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The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting ...

Scale ca. 1:33,200. Hand colored. Shows soundings and disposition of ships, etc. Includes "A sketch of Fort Island" and "Profile and plan of the sunk frames or chevaux de frise which formed the stackadoes in th... More

Independence National Historical Park

A young Junior Ranger fishes for an opportunity to earn park trading cards at the South Camden Family Fishing Day held at the Father Doyle Fishing Pier in New Jersey on June 11, 2016. Families participated in a... More

A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of Gener...

Scale ca. 1:85,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1054 Available also through the Library of C... More

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : containing ...

Seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Plan of the country at and in the vicinity of Forts Lee and Independe...

Scale ca. 1:160,000. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows British and Hessian troop positions in eastern Bergen County, New Je... More

The provinces of New York and New Jersey : with part of Pensilvania, a...

We Are One: Samuel Johannes Holland compiled the first map of New York published after the French and Indian War. Holland was a Dutch military engineer who became the Surveyor General for the Northern District ... More

Bank-note, New Jersey - A close up of a paper with writing on it

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[Map of British outposts between Burlington and New Bridge, New Jersey...

Not drawn to scale. Alternate title in Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Maps of the road taken by the British troops from New Bridge to Burlington, N.J. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Ha... More

A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & e...

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Plan of Princeton, Dec. 31, 1776. - Public domain map

Scale not given. Title on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1271 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Reconnaissance map showing "Gen Les... More

A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & e...

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A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of Gener...

Scale ca. 1:84,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. LC Copy 1 on verso: Plan of operations at New York. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1055 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ... More

Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops...

Scale ca. 1:113,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. Based on manuscript no. 61a in Library of ... More

Plan of the operations of General Washington against the Kings troops ...

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Map of American camp in New Jersey and surrounding countryside

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Draft of roads in New Jersey. - Public domain old map

Scale not given. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Shows roads of Camden and Gloucester counties, New Jersey. Described in Samuel S. Smith's The fight for the Delaware, under the title ... More

An accurate plan of the country between New York and Philadelphia : wi...

Shows positions of British (red) and American (blue) forces along the major highways between New York City and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. At foot of title: Extracted from the Gazette of Tuesday, Fe... More

The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly calle...

Print shows a cartouche of a New Jersey scene of trees, a fox, and a farm in the background. Illus. in: The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans.... London : 1777, no. 22.... More

[The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting...

Scale ca. 1:32,400. Title from the author's The course of Delaware River ... 1778. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Shows soundings, disposition of ships, etc. Names "Fort Mifflin" and "F... More

Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops...

This map depicts events of the New Jersey campaign, from December 26, 1776 to January 3, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. Led by General George Washington, the map illustrates the American's famous ... More

Plan von den operationen der Koeniglichen Armee unter dem General Sir ...

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Les marches du corps du Lord Cornwallis de Billinsport jusqu'a Philade...

Scale ca. 1:53,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink on tracing paper. Relief shown by hachures. Camps are dated Nov. 18 at Billinsport to Nov. 25 at Gloucester. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1277 Available also ... More

Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops...

Scale ca. 1:113,000. Hand colored. LC copy trimmed to border. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. Includes tables... More

A New and accurate map of the present seat of war in North America, co...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Plan von den operationen der Koeniglichen Armee unter dem General Sir ...

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Plan de notre camp à New Brunswick le 12e. juin, notre marche le 14 à ...

Scale ca. 1:65,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on tracing paper. Relief shown by hachures. On verso: V75. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1273 Available also through the Library of Congress Web... More

Sketch of Brunswick. Sketch of the ground near Mr. Low's at Rariton La...

Scale ca. 1:12,000 and scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by shading. No. 3 includes numbered location index to redoubts, troop positions, etc. Accompan... More

[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and t...

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 unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Pu... More

Position de notre camp le 24 juin 1777 à Perth Amboy.

Scale ca. 1:11,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on tracing paper. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1274 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More

Plan de l'affaire de Westfield & du camp de Raway.

Scale ca. 1:50,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on tracing paper. Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions in Essex and Union counties, New Jersey and location of camps near Rahway for the 26t... More

Plan of the operations of General Washington against the King's troops...

Scale ca. 1:113,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. LC Maps of North... More

Carte de l'affaire de Montmouth : ou le G'al Washington commandon l'ar...

Shows troop positions at the Battle of Monmouth (near Englishtown, Monmouth Co., N.J.). Relief shown by hachures. Place-names in English. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Sectioned to 12 panels and mounted on cloth... More

Sketch of part of the road from Freehold to Middle Town shewing the sk...

Scale ca. 1:12,000; 400 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. No. 9 shows positions of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. Accompanied by ... More

Plan of part of the River Delaware from Chester to Philadelphia, in wh...

Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1366 Available also through the Library of ... More

[Plan d'Amboy. Vues de la rade de Charles-Town et de Fort Sulivan, mai...

Scale ca. 1:25,600. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' List of maps of America. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. The view of Charleston Harbor concerns the assault on Fort Sulivan during the siege of Charl... More

Chart and plan of the harbour of New York & the couny. adjacent, from ...

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Plan de la bataille de Montmouth où le Gl. Washington commandait l'Ar...

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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

The armorial bearings of the states of Pennsylvania & New Jersey

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 (June), opp. p. 491. Stauffer, 3279 Published in: The American Revolution in d... More

A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of Gener...

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Frakturs illumination - John Devoe, New Jersey

Original Caption: Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W20972 for John Devoe, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900..U.S. National Archives... More

Frakturs illumination - Thomas Ford, New Jersey

Original Caption: Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W4435, for Thomas Ford, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900..U.S. National Archive... More

Tavern rates, as fixed by the Court of general quarter sessions of the...

Filled in in mss. for New Brunswicj and dated December 1809. 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

Frakturs illumination - David Rogers, New Jersey

Original Caption: Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W1495, for David Rogers, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900..U.S. National Archiv... More

Frakturs illumination - William Degroot, New Jersey

Original Caption: Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W417 for William Degroot, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900..U.S. National Archi... More

Frakturs illumination - John Hoagland, New Jersey

Original Caption: Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W464, for John Hoagland, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900..U.S. National Archiv... More

A plan of the northern part of New Jersey : shewing the positions of t...

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William Simons to George Coffin, 2 November 1825

MORR 5094, Morristown National Historical Park, 2016.

Museum collection item: MORR 5094, the door from the old jail in Morristown. Tories, Hessian prisoners and other offenders were kept there under guard during the Revolutionary War. The rectangular opening you s... More

Joseph Miller to George Coffin, 19 March 1829

Joseph Miller to George Coffin, 23 April 1829

Letter from Caroline Weston, [Newark, New Jersey?], to Mrs. Worcester ...

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Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Belleville, [New Jersey], to Henry Cla...

Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Henry Clarke Wright regarding her inability to write him an analysis letter due to "a pressure of business." She gives quotes on slavery and freedom. She agrees in Wright's view of ... More

Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Belleville, [New Jersey], to Henry Cla...

Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Henry Clarke Wright regarding her inability to write him an analysis letter due to "a pressure of business." She gives quotes on slavery and freedom. She agrees in Wright's view of ... More

Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Belleville, [New Jersey], to Henry Cla...

Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Henry Clarke Wright regarding her inability to write him an analysis letter due to "a pressure of business." She gives quotes on slavery and freedom. She agrees in Wright's view of ... More

Letter from Joseph Parrish, Burlington, [New Jersey], to William Lloyd...

Joseph Parrish, Jr. writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing the "mob in Philad[elphi]a on the 17th" of May that destroyed Pennsylvania Hall. Parrish asks Garrison to write him telling him "how he got along ... More

Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Belleville, [New Jersey], to Henry Cla...

Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Henry Clarke Wright regarding her inability to write him an analysis letter due to "a pressure of business." She gives quotes on slavery and freedom. She agrees in Wright's view of ... More

New Jersey from "A Book of the United States; exhibiting its geography...

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Letter from Theodore Dwight Weld, Bellevue, [New Jersey], to Amos Augu...

Theodore Dwight Weld writes to Amos A. Phelps on the "Woman's Rights" question. He returns two of Phelps' letters to him, which "may probably finish a point or two for your 'definition.'" Courtesy of Boston Pub... More

Letter from Theodore Dwight Weld, Bellevue, [New Jersey], to Amos Augu...

Theodore Dwight Weld writes to Amos A. Phelps on the "Woman's Rights" question. He returns two of Phelps' letters to him, which "may probably finish a point or two for your 'definition.'" Courtesy of Boston Pub... More

Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Belleville, [New Jersey], to Elizabeth...

Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Elizabeth Pease Nichol regarding England's Opium trade with China and hopes "some providence" will prevent them from going to war with China. She writes about her opinions of Harrie... More

Military from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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Architecture from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New Yor...

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People from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and...

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map from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and Ne...

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Portrait from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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New Jersey from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York,...

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Portrait from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, a...

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architecture from "The History and Antiquities of New England, New Yor...

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Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Belleville, [New Jersey], to Elizabeth...

Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Elizabeth Pease Nichol regarding her apologies for not writing to her because of domestic duties including caring for Charles Stuart & Theodore Grimkè: they "are progressing in wisd... More

New Jersey from "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey ......

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Union County from "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey ....

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Brigadier General Hugh Mercer from "Historical Collections of the Stat...

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Salem County from "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey ....

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New Jersey from "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey ......

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duel from "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey ... relat...

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