1777

In Council of Safety. Lancaster, 25th October, 1777. An ordinance for ...

[Map ornament - Mars watches Fame unfurl a detailed map of New York an...

Illus. in: Carte de l'Amérique Septle. pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerre entre les Anglois et les insurgents / M le Chr. de Beaurain. Paris : 1777, detail. Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent, /

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A map of the inhabited part of Canada ... with the frontiers of New Yo...

Cartouche showing Englishmen trading with Natives in a wilderness setting. Illus. in: The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans, &c. hitherto published / by Wm. Faden. Lond... More

A new map of the British colonies in North America, shewing the seat o...

Scale ca. 1:3,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Published ... by John Andrews ... & Andrew Dury." Includes list of "names of the counties not inserted in this map." Available also through the Li... More

Carte du théatre de la guerre entre les Anglais et les Américains: Dre...

Scale ca. 1:1,200,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Covers the area from Quebec to Cape May, N.J., and from the Kennebec River to Lake Ontario. Shows boundaries, states, some counties, towns and citi... More

A plan of the city of Philadelphia. - Public domain map

Scale not given. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Indexed. Appears in The Philadelphia almanack for the year 1778. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1316 Available also through the Library o... More

Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by the Ameri...

Shows military installations and British troop positions in the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) at the time of the Battle of Saratoga (Oct. 1777). Relief shown by hachures. Parts of index in mixed English a... More

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia,

Scale ca. 1:43,000. Has watermark. Shows roads and the names of landholders in rural areas. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1319 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. I... More

Baye de la Delaware avec les ports, sondes, dangers, bancs, &c. depuis...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A topographical map of the northn. part of New York Island, exhibiting...

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Hand colored. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes descriptive index. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 700

Carte de l'Amérique Septle. pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerr...

Scale ca. 1:7,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy imperfect: Trimmed at border line with imprint cut off, both lower corners wanting. LC copy annotated: This map was made by French engineer... More

Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida, north point of Amelia Island ly...

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Steel Buttons - Coup de Bouton, British Cartoon Print

Woman with huge feathered coiffured arms to block the sunlight being reflected from the buttons on the coat of a man in front of her. Engraving published by W. Humphrey. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints C... More

[Emblematical female figures engaged in the arts of painting, sculptur...

Illus. in: Iconography; or a collection of Emblematical Figures, by George Richardson, 1779, four engravings (figs. 137-140). Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr). On print: Published as the Act Directs Decr. 1777. Thi... More

In Committee of Safety for the state of New-York, Fish-Kill, Jan. 22, ...

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. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 109, Folder 31.

Plan and sections of the redoubt at Billingsfort and plan of the rebel...

Scale ca. 1:2,450. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by shading. "F." Includes 3 col. cross sections. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1276 Available also through the Libra... More

The conference between the brothers how to get rich, British Cartoon P...

Print shows Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe seated at a table discussing how to profit from the war in America. The Devil stands between them and answers their question, "... [H]ow shall we get ri... More

John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, April 1777, Letter of Introduction fo...

Letter of Introduction for Strother Jones

Battle of Brandywine, 11 Septr. 1777.

Scale ca. 1:13,000. Title in pencil. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Unfinished. Relief shown by shading. In upper margin: No. 8. On verso: Montrésor. Illegible title on verso. LC Maps of... More

Extrait de la carte hollandise representant la colonie de Surinam : su...

Cadastral map of eastern coast of Suriname. Relief shown by shading. Printed label with tab mounted on verso: Ch. Picquet, géographe ordinaire du roi et S.A.S. Monseigr. le Duc d'Orléans. A Paris Quai de Conti ... More

[Operations of the British army, from the 25th August to 26th Sept. 17...

Scale ca. 1:100,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 699: Map showing the march of the British upon Philadelphia. Man... More

By the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ...

Carte nouvelle des posséssions angloises en Amérique, dressée pour l'i...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. "Paris, Chez le Sr. Moithey ... Et chez Crepy ... " Includes text, "Notice historique de l'Amérique Séptentrionale" an... More

Plano del Rio Grande tllamado Sn. Pedro situado en la latitud del S. d...

Shows southern portion of Patos Lagoon in the region of Rio Grande. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Watermarks: Fleur-de-lis and undeterminable character. Pen-and-ink and watercolor.... More

[Part of a map of the Hudson Highlands showing Forts Clinton and Montg...

Scale ca. 1:70,000 (not "1 English mile to a foot"). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Has watermarks. Northern of two or more sheets. Incorrect scale note in pencil.... More

A Map of Ticonderoga with the old and new lines and batteries,

Scale ca. 1:2,300. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1175 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Carolina septentrionale et meridionale en 4 feuilles, traduite de l'An...

Scale ca. 1:560,000. Alternate title: An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontiers, shewing in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, s... More

George Montgomery, Esq'r. major general of the American armies - kill'...

Print shows Richard Montgomery, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, leaning against hillside and holding sword in right hand. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Com... More

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives. February ...

Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 Collectio... More

Chi mi vela é in periglio e chi mi svel / C. Coltellini pinx. ; Gio. L...

Print shows title page illustration, an allegorical scene with naked female figure reclining in pastoral setting with two cherubs, admiring herself in a mirror. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le ... More

A plan of the town of Newport in Rhode Island.

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Relief shown by hachures. Appears in William Faden's Atlas of battles of the American Revolution. [1845] Oriented with north to the left. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North Amer... More

A Map of the lands ceded by the Cherokee Indians to the State of South...

Scale ca. 1:253,440. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Charleston. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1522 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

A map of the bay of Narraganset with the islands therein and part of t...

Scale ca. 1:63,360. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "References" to the fortifications and defenses of the region. LC Maps of North America,... More

Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages,...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Sixth impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 52 Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de la... More

A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere showing the tracks of some of the m...

Circular map, with "tables containing latitudes and longitudes of islands recently discovered in the South Pacific". Illus. in: James Cook, A voyage towards the South Pole..., London, 1777, v. 1. No ref. copy. ... More

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, September...

Positive Photostat. 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 40, Folder 3f.

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

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

All gentlemen sailors, desirous of rendering themselves useful to thei...

Important News. Boston (Twelve o'clock) Friday, August 22. The followi...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of representatives, January 2...

Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 595. 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 40, Folder 3a.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council. January 9, 1777. Whereas by a ...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Ford.; 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 4... More

A plan of the town of Newport in Rhode Island.

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the left. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1013 Available also through the Library of Congre... More

Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major...

In Convention of the representatives of the state of New York, at King...

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 109, Folder 32.

[Lake Champlain and Lake George, and the country between the Hudson an...

Scale ca. 1:640,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Imperfect: Right upper corner i... More

A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the seve...

Scale 1:14,400; 400 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Annotated: John Montresor, chief engineer. Map sections individually titled: Fort Mifflin on Great Mud Island... More

A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New...

Scale ca. 1:50,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and form lines. Inscribed "To the Right Honourable Hugh Earl Percy ... with His Lordship's permission ... by ... Wm. Faden." Includes text... More

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:460,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferron. Relief shown pictorially. Includes note "Camp of the colonists 1776," across the Hudson River from Kings Bridge and insets "Ichnographia por... More

Baltimore, April 18. The following resolves, with his Excellency the G...

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 28, Folder 11.

The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continen...

Print shows left profile bust portrait of John Hancock between text on "The Character of a Patriot." Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, ... (Boston, Mass.). Boston : 1777, p. 3. Published in: The Americ... More

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander...

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia.

Scale ca. 1:42,000. Hand colored. Shows names of landowners in rural areas. LC copy annotated, has "8.11.45.Vme." Includes "Elevation of the State House." Available also through the Library of Congress web site... More

Seat of war in the environs of Philadelphia:

Scale ca. 1:656,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. "For the London magazine, 1777." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... More

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia /

Scale ca. 1:42,000. Hand colored. Shows names of landowners in rural areas. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated, has no. 9 in lower right corner. Vault AACR2

Carte de l'Amérique Septle. pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerre ...

Scale ca. 1:7,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: [Car]te [de la N]ouvelle York d'une partié de la Nouvelle Angleterre et de la Pensilvany [ca. 1:2,200,000] Available also through the Librar... More

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

A topographical map of the northn. part of New York Island, exhibiting...

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Relief shown by hachures LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2

From an actual survey made by Nichos. Scull surveyor of the province o...

Print shows title ornament on a map with a Continental soldier standing next to a wall which bears title inscription and forms the base for two broken pillars, his left arm is pointing to the right. Illus. in:... More

1st. & 2d. position of that part of the army engaged on the 19th Sept....

Christmas Sound - Tierra Del Fuego

Bird's-eye panorama of mountainous inlets; bird in foreground. Double-page engraving by B.T. Pouncy and W. Watts. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Illus. in: James Cook, a Voyages towards the South Pole (1777), ... More

A sketch of the navigation from Swan Pt. to the River Elk at the head ...

Scale ca. 1:72,000 and ca. 1:30,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated in handwriting of Admiral Lord Howe: By Mr. Hunter, master of the Eagle. Depths shown by soundings. Navigable channels outl... More

A map of the provinces of New-York and New Jersey, with a part of Penn...

Scale ca. 1:1,040,000. Hand colored. LC copy mounted on cloth and paper backing. Prime meridian: New York. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions in New York and New Jersey. LC Maps of North A... More

Descipción [sic] de la costa occidental del seno mexicano comprehendid...

Shows the coast of most of Veracruz State. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Cádiz. Watermarks: IV, J. Kool, and Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and red ink. Sheet consists of 4 pieces pasted toget... More

All gentlemen sailors, desirous of rendering themselves useful to thei...

Philadelphia, December 8, 1777. Regulations under which the inhabitant...

The taking of Miss Mud I'land, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... More

A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majest...

Scale ca. 1:9,700. Includes "References to the lines &c." and "References to the town." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 934 Vault ... More

America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in An...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Place names and descriptive notes in English. Appears in author's Atlas geographicvs maior. 1753-59 [i.e. 1781; v... More

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander...

John Hankock - praesident des Americane congresses

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Heinrich Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84, p. 120 (Copy 2). P... More

[Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt...

Scale ca. 1:14,400. Title from engraved copy published by William Faden, 1780. (Faden 68). Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1180 Available also through the... More

Plan du camp retranchè à Wilmington pour y couvrir notre hospital apre...

Continental Congress Broadside, 1777 : [April 14-15 resolves on Commit...

Broadside (no lillus.), printed by John Dunlap, Baltimore, 1777. Reference copy may be in SSF - Congresses and Conventions 1777. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... More

Bernis Brown, October 5, 1777, Account for Guarding British Prisoners

Account for Guarding British Prisoners Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Certificate of oath of allegiance

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

West Indies. Historic map, Library of Congress

New York, with the entrance of the North and East rivers

Print shows distant view of New York City at the confluence of the North and East rivers. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... More

[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the e...

Prints show distant views of Castle Island and Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, hills along the southeast coast of Maine, and the entrance to Boston Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for th... More

Carolina septentrionale et meridionale en 4 feuilles, traduite de l'An...

Scale ca. 1:560,000. Alternate title: An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontiers, shewing in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, s... More

The provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania an...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudsons River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--Plan of Amboy with its environs from an actual s... More

Patrick Henry to Thomas Jefferson, February 26, 1777, Treatment of Bri...

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

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe K. B. General and Commander ...

Caduta di Niagara / G.M.T. fc. 1777.

Print shows a man standing on a rock in the foreground looking at the falls at Niagara. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le migliori carte geografiche, e topografiche delle principali città, laghi,... More

The Englishman in Paris, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an Englishman, only recently arrived, still wearing his hat, standing just inside the entrance of the home of a Frenchman at dinner time. He is eating the goose which he has taken off the serving pl... More

Don Bernard de Gálvez colonel des armées de Sa Majesté, intandant & go...

A proclamation offering amnesty to all military deserters who return to duty within four months and fulfill given requirements. Signed: Signé Bernardo de Gálvez. Et plus bas. Par mandement de Sa Seigneurie Ju... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, D...

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

To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania. In Council of Safety. Lancaster, 2...

A Plan of that part of the boundary between the states of North and So...

Scale ca. 1:260,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Charleston. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Old Cherokee Boundary" which was changed in 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1... More

Gov. Tryon's expedition to Danbury, 1777.

Scale ca. 1:80,000. Title in pencil. Alternate title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America: Map of the route of Gen. William Tryon's expedition to Danbury. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has w... More

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:440,000. Alternate title: La Nouvelle Angleterre en 4 feuilles. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. From the author's Atlas amériquain septentrional. 1778-[92] ... More

View of the Rebel fort and works, on Mud Island comprehending Red-Bank...

Illus. on map: A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the several works constructed by His Majesty's troops, ... / surveyed & drawn by P. Nicole. [1777?] Published in: The American Revol... More

A sketch of the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army under the c...

Scale ca. 1:130,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings. Centered on the Hudson River and New York Bay from Sandy Hook to Haverstraw. Includes index entitled "Referenc... More

A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, a...

Scale ca. 1:28,000. LC copy annotated with "No. 2" to the left of the title; concentric circles, drawn in ink, centered on compass roses; and, a stamp "Engr. Dept. U. States Topl. Bureau." Annotated on verso: B... More

Continental Congress, November 28, 1777, List of Expenses; Budget

List of Expenses; Budget Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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

J. Scott, August 11, 1777. Certification of Oath of Allegiance by Jame...

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

In Council of Safety. Lancaster, 21st October, 1777. [Proclamation dir...

[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