1783

Himegimi no gaishutsu, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows two women and two children walking with a female attendant holding a large parasol; one of the children is carrying a doll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More

L--d Shel--, begging Monsieur to make piss or p--e, British Cartoon Pr...

Print shows Lord Shelburne holding a chamber pot up to a Frenchman, saying "Monsieur, be so obliging as to make piss with us." The Frenchman is kicking the pot, saying, "By the House of Bourbon, with the war we... More

Experience de la machine areostatique

Vue d'optique shows the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, "The Globe," ascending from Champ de Mars, Paris, France, August 27, 1783. Caption (French): Experience de la machine aréostatique de Mrs. de Montgolfier d... More

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

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Publish'd as the Act directs 2. Jan. 1783." Includes historic notes. Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson Bays [ca. 1:18,000,000]--A map of ... More

The signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance betwee...

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Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...

Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More

The United States of North America, with the British & Spanish territo...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Imperfect: Creased, soiled, small tears along edges of sheet. Acquisitions control no. 99-83

Mapa de una parte de la America Meridional en que se manifiestan los p...

Public domain image related to Spain, maps, geography, travels, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Four scenes of men and women courting(?) while riding in balloons cap...

Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of electric motor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carte de la partie sud des Etats Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale.

Scale ca. 1:4,250,000. Prime meridian: Paris and Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1406 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, July 22, 1783, Extract

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Guy Carleton to George Washington, April 6, 1783

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His Excellency George Washington's last legacy. A circular letter ... ...

Listed in John Alden's Rhode Island Imprints, but see R. W. G. Vail "A patriotic pair of peripatetic printers" in Essays honoring Lawrence G. Wroth, Portland, Me., 1951.; Bristol B5844.; On verso: General Wash... More

Treasury Department, 1783, Estimate of Public Debt of the United State...

Estimate of Public Debt of the United States

Major general Baron Steuben / B.B.E., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Baron von Steuben, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile; in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illust... More

Katsukawa Shunchō - Shōchō - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Kuruwa kosechi no asobi : Enj... More

Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, the gambols of the Ame...

Print shows several ministers helping themselves to fishes and loaves that have spilled from a fishwife's basket which was upset by a rampaging "American Buffalo"; among those depicted are the Duke of Portland,... More

George Washington commander in chief of ye armies of ye United States ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval with olive branch on the right, a rattlesnake and liberty cap at top, and flags and cannon bar... More

Plano del puertecito de la Chorrera cituado una legua al O. de la Hava...

Scale ca. 1:3,300. Depths shown by soundings. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Watermark: Adriaan Roger; and Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Oriented with north to the bottom. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, ... More

[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 17...

Design drawing shows two men in basket steering balloon by manipulation of a sail. A ladder connects the balloon to a parachute-style apparatus intended for safe descent where a third man handles the connection... More

His excellency General Washington commander in chief of the united Sta...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile; in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illus... More

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (... More

E. Williams, April 23, 1783, Blank Certificate of Negro Permissions to...

Blank Certificate of Negro Permissions to Nova Scotia

Chōjiya uchi chōzan, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows Chōzan, a courtesan, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hinagata wakana ... More

Connecticut General Assembly, 1783, Newspaper Clippings of Resolution ...

Newspaper Clippings of Resolution Designating New London and New Haven as Free Ports

An hymn to be sung by the Charity scholars, on Sunday, the 19th of Oct...

2101 E 23.; 29 May 46.; Rec 6-21-46.; $4.00.; On verso: Oct 20, 1925; 2101E23 29 My 46. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. ... More

Thomas Jefferson, March 1783, Notes on Commerce and Insurance in Great...

Notes on Commerce and Insurance in Great Britain, 1689 to 1783

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

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Mrs. MacPherson's most respectful compliments to Mr. M'Clennachan, and...

Imprint 2.; M'Clennachan, Blair.; Not in Evans.; On verso: Mr. Michael Hillgor. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed ... More

Carte du Canada qui comprend la Parúe Septentrionale des Etats Unis d'...

Cartouche showing iconography of Canada; Natives, various animals, and the activities of French missionaries. Illus. in: Atlas géographique et universel ... / Guillaume de L'Isle. Paris : Dezauche, 1781 [i.e. ... More

Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes to Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gil...

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His excellency Henry Laurens, president of congress & minister plenipo...

Print shows Henry Laurens, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illustriou... More

A new map of the United States of North America with the British Domin...

Print shows a cartouche on a map with several parcels in a natural setting. Illus. in: A new atlas of the mundane system; ... / Samuel Dunn. London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778 [i.e., 1783], no.... More

West Point, surveyed a coup d'oeil the 24th October, laid down the 27t...

Scale ca. 1:21,000. Manuscript, pencil. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the right. Includes "References" and notes on structure, strength, and location of fortifications and pro... More

[Ornament for the title page of The European magazine showing the godd...

Illus. in: The European Magazine. London : Philological Society of London, v. 3, 1783, title page. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library... More

[Instruction of American youth] / J. Norman sc.

Print shows an allegorical scene where a youth stands before a pyramid inscribed with the names of battles in the American Revolution. The goddess Peace attempts to turn the youth away toward three other goddes... More

The British king's speech. New-York, February 10 By the Brigantine Peg...

Imprint 2.; Not in Evans.; On verso: ssx. 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 6.

Sketch of West Point. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink on tracing paper. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Based on John Hinncks' West Point. 1783. LC Maps of North America,... More

Blessed are the peacemakers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men representing Spain and France leading George III by a rope attached to his neck and Lord Shelburne through a gateway formed by spears, from the crossbar of which are tumbling the British lio... More

Kesagozen, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a domestic scene with a man sitting on the floor holding writing implements and Kesa Gozen standing nearby, her hair down, having just washed it, hanging a piece of cloth to dry, also a washbasin ne... More

Samuel Hardy and Morris to Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, 1783, Di...

Dinner Invitation Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Santō Kyōden - Sakazuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and woman seated on the floor, a shamisen between them, a child climbing on the man's back, the woman holding a cup; standing behind them is a woman with many hairpins. Title and other descrip... More

Louis Brion de la Tour - L'Amérique septentrionale, ou se remarquent l...

Scale ca. 1:3,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. LC copy from the library of Robert Louis Stevenson. Described in Woodbury Lowery's The Lowery collection, no. 653. Available also t... More

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and S... More

[Inflated balloon with filling apparatus attached to barrels of gas]

By his excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire, Governor and Commander i...

Imprint 3.; Proclamation. 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 67.

Von Steuben to Frederick Haldimand, August 3, 1783

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Modern characters from Shakespeare. Macbeth, British Cartoon Print

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dominion of the sea, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Britannia in a boat with a fox on the prow at anchor in "Portland Road"; she is holding a staff with the banner of St. George and the British flag, and an olive branch in her right hand, her shield ... More

Carte de la partie nord, des États Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale.

Scale ca. 1:4,250,000. Prime meridian: Paris and Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 744 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Flor...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1713 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Thomas Fitzgerald to John Paul Jones, October 2, 1783

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Grand exhibition. To the public. When we published our proposals for a...

Imprint 2.; 4th of July celebration.; Evans 18020.; Title. 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; P... More

Thomas Jefferson, 1783, List of American Foreign Ministers

Carte de la partie nord, des États Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale.

Scale ca. 1:4,250,000. Prime meridian: Paris and Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. "Liv. XVII. et XVIII. No. 47." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 744 Available also through the Library of Congress Web... More

Jose Monino, Conde de Floridablanca to Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gil...

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Guy Carleton and Robert Digby to George Washington, March 19, 1783

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Guy Carleton to American Commissioners, May 29, 1783

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Jean Baptiste Nolin - Partie méridionale des possessions angloises en ...

Scale ca. 1:5,250,000. Relief shown pictorially. Meridians at top of map not accurately indicated. No. "36." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1407 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Flor...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Second state : Hispaniola is no longer divided into French and Spanish sections and an explanatory note has been deleted. L... More

West Point. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications. Includes profiles of "Fort Putnam" and "Fort Willit."... More

Jacques-Aime La Villebrune to Thomas Jefferson, February 19, 1783, wit...

with Note from La Luzerne; in French

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

Evans 18157.; 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 14.

[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marqu...

Engraving by N. de Launay, drawn by Chev. de Lorimier. Illus. in: Faujas, Descriptien de la Machine, 1783, vol. 2, frontis. Reference copy may be in LOT 4700A. This record contains unverified, old data from cap... More

Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783

Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only pa... More

Governeer Morris Esq'r., member of congress / B.B.E.

Print shows Gouverneur Morris, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illus... More

American Commissioners to Guy Carleton, May 24, 1783

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New-York, November 26, Last Sunday night arrived the Lord Hyde Packet ...

Evans 18253.; Title. New York, November 26, etc.; The definitive treaty.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Prin... More

Thomas Jefferson, 1783, Notes and Calculations on Regional Concerns in...

Notes and Calculations on Regional Concerns in Congress

Carte generale des États Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale, avec les l...

Scale ca. 1:3,330,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Covers the area east of the Mississippi River from James Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Shows states, towns and cities, forts, Indian villages and trib... More

Baron Rosencrone to Baron Walterstorff, February 28, 1783, in French

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Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes to La Luzerne, July 21, 1783, Extr...

Extract; in French Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Banditti. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon ...

Satire on the Coalition and Fox's India Bill showing ministers, as bandits, grouped round a table, drinking and dividing their spoil. Included are North, Fox, Keppel, Burke, the Duke of Portland, Lord John Cave... More

The [ass]-headed and [cow-heart]-ed ministry making the British [lion]...

Print shows the British lion harnessed on one side of "the pit of ruin" and a spanial (for Spain), a cock (for France), a rattlesnake (for America), and a pug dog (for Holland) harnessed on the other side, pull... More

Peace Commissioners to Congress, September 10, 1783, Extract

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Yūjo to shinzō Sugegasa o kaburu onna. - Torii Kiyonaga

Prints show a courtesan standing with an attendant lying at her feet on the floor looking at a scroll, and a woman, standing, facing left, wearing hat and holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; inset map shows locati... More

Plano del puerto de la Havana, situado en la parte del N. de la ysla d...

Scale ca. 1:16,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and red and yellow watercolors. Watermark: Beehive. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the bottom. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Maps of North America, ... More

[Woman stands in the basket of a balloon holding flags]

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. General Washington, bestowing thirteen stripes on Britania, Briti...

Print shows George Washington wearing a dress about to whip Britannia with 13 lashes as three men representing Spain, France, and Holland urge him on. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Di... More

James Madison to Edmund Randolph, August 12, 1783.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

A new map of the West Indies, - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:11,250,000. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows Florida, eastern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1712 Available als... More

Tableau général des Isles Britanniques : comprenant les royaumes dA̓ng...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes tables for England, Scotland, and Ireland listing the counties or shires, their major cities and towns, a chronological genealogy of the kings of England, Scotland, and Irelan... More

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne...

Print shows a country fair amusement with Charles James Fox, on a raised platform, wearing a dunce or liberty cap labeled "Vox Populi" receiving bribes from Lord North, to the right, on the platform, Lord Shelb... More

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; inset map shows locati... More

Thomas Jefferson, October 1783, United States Congress Memorandum on M...

United States Congress Memorandum on Metallic Currency

Lewis Robert Morris to Thomas Jefferson, January 31, 1783

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The Robin Hood Society, British Cartoon Print

"A meeting of this well-known debating society..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawin... More

Salem, February 22, 1783. Capt. George Williams, jun, arrived from the...

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 42, Folder 11.

Louis Brion de la Tour - L'Amérique septentrionale, ou se remarquent l...

Scale ca. 1:11,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy annotated in brown ink. Sticker pasted on: Á Paris chez le Sr. Desnos, libre. ingr. géogre. du roy, de Dañemarck, Rue St. Jacques au Globe... More

United States Congress, May 16, 1783, Resolution to Pay Courier and Po...

Resolution to Pay Courier and Postage Expenses for American Foreign Ministers

"Oh fly," cries peace, the soul of social life,... / Stothard del. ; C...

Print shows an allegorical scene where a youth, guided by a dark featured figure with wild hair, stands before a pyramid inscribed with the names of battles in the American Revolution. The goddess Peace interce... More

Charles Thomson Esq'r. - secretary to congress / B.B.E.

Print shows Charles Thomson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile; in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illustr... More

A map of the United States of America, as settled by the peace of 1783...

Relief shown pictorially. Covers the area east of the Mississippi River from Canada to Florida. In the middle upper margin: European magazine. From volume 4 of the European magazine and London review. LC copy i... More

A map of the United States of America agreeable to the peace of 1783.

Scale ca. 1:6,300,000. Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Portion of upper left corner missing and margins have been trimmed. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Guthries new system of geography." Shows provi... More

Niwa no yukimi, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women on a veranda looking at a snow-covered garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertic... More

An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a street scene outside a print shop on a windy day as pedestrians struggle against the force of the wind. Handwritten title from item. Alternate title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the B... More

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

Evans 18856.; Imprint 3. 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 Collection; Portfolio 165, F... More

United States Congress, March 18, 1783, Printed Resolution on Import D...

Printed Resolution on Import Duties Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.