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Commission to a member of the ?Bragadin from BL Add 20916, f. 26, f. 26

Commission to a member of the ?Bragadin from BL Add 20916, f. 26, f. 2...

Miniature in colours and gold, of female personifications of Justice and Peace kissing before another female figure holding a crown and two fronds, beneath a vision of God holding the terrestrial globe, within ... More

Commission to Alvise from BL Add 20916, f. 25, f. 25

Commission to Alvise from BL Add 20916, f. 25, f. 25

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman, probably named Alvise, kneeling in prayer, being presented to the Virgin and Child by a male saint and Louis of Toulouse dressed as a bishop with a robe covered in fleur-de-lys... More

Leaf from a Doge's Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 9, f. 9

Leaf from a Doge's Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 9, f. 9

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman before the Virgin and Child with a landscape in the background within a border of interlocking frame of scollling foliage and flowres and medallions with vases of flowers, butte... More

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 21, f. 21

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 21, f. 21

Miniature of a female personification of Justice, holding a sword and scales, seated with her foot resting on a terrestrial globe and her robes covering two lions, flanked by female personifications of Peace an... More

Commission from Alvise I Mocenigo to Marco Corner from BL Add 20916, f. 15, f. 15

Commission from Alvise I Mocenigo to Marco Corner from BL Add 20916, f...

Miniature of Mark with his lion crowning a female personification of Venice within a border of scroll-work and garlands of fruit and flowers. Image taken from f. 15 of Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commiss... More

Commission from Alivse I Mocenigo from BL Add 20916, f. 17, f. 17

Commission from Alivse I Mocenigo from BL Add 20916, f. 17, f. 17

Miniature of a seated of Mark with his lion and a woman holding grapes before a landscape, within a border of scroll-work. Image taken from f. 17 of Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from A... More

Commission from Pietro Loredan to Piero Michiel from BL Add 20916, f. 13, f. 13

Commission from Pietro Loredan to Piero Michiel from BL Add 20916, f. ...

Miniature of Piero Michiel kneeling in prayer before a seated Virgin and Child, within an architectual border with the winged lion of Mark and the Michiel family arms. Image taken from f. 13 of Leaf of a Doge's... More

Commission to a  Zane from BL Add 20916, f. 33, f. 33

Commission to a Zane from BL Add 20916, f. 33, f. 33

Miniature of a nobleman of the Zane family of Venice standing beside a column within a border of gold scroll-work with medallions of the winged lion of Mark, birds (including a peacock and a rooster), Minerva, ... More

Doge's Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 18, f. 18

Doge's Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 18, f. 18

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman being presented by Mark and Jerome to a vision of the Crucifixion within an ornate frame with an erased coat of arms. Image taken from f. 18 of Leaf of a Doge's Commission (inde... More

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 29, f. 29

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 29, f. 29

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman, probably called Giacomo or James, being presented with a commission by a doge, before James the Great, Sebastian and a vision of the Crucifixion, within a border of gold scroll... More

Commission to Teodoro as capitano from BL Add 20916, f. 24, f. 24

Commission to Teodoro as capitano from BL Add 20916, f. 24, f. 24

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman, probably named Teodoro, kneeling in prayer, being presented to the Virgin and Child by Theodore dressed in armour and holding a banner with the cross of George, within a gold b... More

Commission to Mocenigo from BL Add 20916, f. 14, f. 14

Commission to Mocenigo from BL Add 20916, f. 14, f. 14

Miniature of a doge presenting a member of the Mocenigo with a commission before a female personification of Venice, within a border of scroll-work with the arms of the Mocenigo family. Image taken from f. 14 o... More

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 28

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 28

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman kneeling in prayer before the Virgin and Child within an ornate border of gold scroll-work with an erased coat of arms. Image taken from Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commi... More

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 32

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 32

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman being presented by a female personification of Justice, who holds a staff with a scroll inscribed 'Pax et Iustitia', to Christ who is flanked by putti, within a border of gold s... More

Piano Fantasy (the commission) - Public domain document scan
Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 23, f. 23

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 23, f. 23

Miniature of Ranerio Foscarini, kneeling in prayer, being presented by a female personification of Justice to the Resurrected Christ, within a gold scroll-work border with the Foscarini family arms. Image taken... More

Doge's commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 11, f. 11

Doge's commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 11, f. ...

Miniature of the Virgin and Child looking down on a Venetian nobleman receiving a book from a seated Mark before a landscape, and the inscription 'Anno Aetatis XLII' within a border of putti with urns and garla... More

Commission from Alvise I Mocenigo to Bartolomeo Magno from BL Add 20916, f. 31

Commission from Alvise I Mocenigo to Bartolomeo Magno from BL Add 2091...

Miniature of female personifications of Justice flanked by Abundance and Faith, within a border with female personifications of four Virtues: (clockwise from top left) Hope, Prudence (holding a mirror), Tempera... More

Commission from Andrea Gritti to Stefano Trevisan from BL Add 20916, f. 4, f. 4

Commission from Andrea Gritti to Stefano Trevisan from BL Add 20916, f...

Miniature in colours and gold, of a foliate border with medallions containing the winged lion of Mark, Francis of Assisi and Jerome, Nicholas of Bari and Stephen, and the Trivisan arms in a cartouche suspended ... More

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 20, f. 20

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 20, f. 20

Miniature in colours and gold, of Alessandro Contarini holding a banner with a fleur-de-lys before Ursula (crowned, with the arrow of her martyrdom and martyr's palms) with her virgins and ship in the backgroun... More

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 19, f. 19

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 19, f. 19

Miniature of a Venetian nobleman being presented by Jerome to a vision of the Crucifixion within an ornate frame with an overpainted coat of arms. Image taken from f. 19 of Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index co... More

Commission from Girolamo Priuli to Nicolò Malipiero from BL Add 20916, f. 12, f. 12

Commission from Girolamo Priuli to Nicolò Malipiero from BL Add 20916,...

Miniature of a female personification of Justice seated on a chariot drawn by two winged lions, flanked by female personifications of Faith (holding a chalice), Prudence (holding a mirror), Temperance (diluting... More

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 27, f. 27

Commission to a Venetian nobleman from BL Add 20916, f. 27, f. 27

Miniature of female personifications of Justice and Peace embracing beneath an angel holding a scroll inscribed 'Iustitia et Pax Osculate Sunt', within a gold scroll-work and scrolling foliate ornate frame with... More

Commission from Francesco Donato to Nicolò da Mula from BL Add 20916, f. 8, f. 8

Commission from Francesco Donato to Nicolò da Mula from BL Add 20916, ...

Miniature of Nicolò da Mula kneeling before a vision of the Virgin and Child within a full border of scrolling foliage with medallions of the winged lion of Mark and the da Mula family arms. Image taken from f.... More

Commission from Leonardo Loredan to Antonio Foscarini from BL Add 20916, f. 3, f. 3

Commission from Leonardo Loredan to Antonio Foscarini from BL Add 2091...

Miniature of Antonio Foscarini being presented to the Virgin and Child by (left to right) Anthony Abbot (bearded, in a hooded robe holding a staff), Nicholas of Bari (in bishop's robes, holding and three golden... More

Commission from Pietro Lando to Pietro Pizzamano from BL Add 20916, f. 6, f. 6

Commission from Pietro Lando to Pietro Pizzamano from BL Add 20916, f....

Miniature of Pietro Pizzamano kneeling in prayer before a seated Virgin and Child before a green curtain, a colonade and a landscape, within a full border of interlocking gold frames containing classical armour... More

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 22, f. 22

Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 22, f. 22

Miniature of an African man looking at a vision of female personifications of Venice as Justice and Truth, within an ornamental border with cartouches inscribed 'Veritas / De terra / Orta Est / Et Iustitia / De... More

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To The Rank Of 1st. Lieutenant In 5th US Cavalry

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To The R...

LIBI_00019_7070 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to the rank of 1st. lieutenant in 5th US Cavalry on July 17, 1862. It is printed and handwritten in ink on 1 sheet of parchment and ... More

The General Courts answer to Joseph Dudley esqr. &c. This was pas'd by the whole court. Nemine non confentiente. Gentlemen:- [Refusing their assent to his Commission for governing the Colony and other places therein mentioned]. [Boston: Printed

The General Courts answer to Joseph Dudley esqr. &c. This was pas'd by...

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 33, Folder 14.

Commission from Marino Grimani to Tommaso Giustinian from BL Add 20916, f. 30, f. 30

Commission from Marino Grimani to Tommaso Giustinian from BL Add 20916...

Miniature of Tommaso Giustinian kneeling before Anthony Abbot beneath the inscription "Cha /ri / tas', within a gold scroll-work border with the winged lion of Mark and the arms of the Giustinian family of Veni... More

Charles-Town, July 28, 1770. On Friday last was opened a Star-Chamber court, held by virtue of a commission lately received from Governor Bernard, and composed of one honest and virtuous man (happily obliged by his office to sit as President the

Charles-Town, July 28, 1770. On Friday last was opened a Star-Chamber ...

Imprint 2.; Stevensin, John. 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 37, Folder 9.

A Card. The public presents their compliments to Messieurs James and Drinker---- We are informed that you have this day received your Commission to enslave your native Country; [Desiring to know if they intend to execute that commission?- That w
Virginia Colonial Safety Committee; Edmund Pendleton, et al to Thomas Jefferson, September 26, 1775, Printed Commission as Commander of the Albemarle County, Virginia, Militia

Virginia Colonial Safety Committee; Edmund Pendleton, et al to Thomas ...

Printed Commission as Commander of the Albemarle County, Virginia, Militia

A commission By His Excellency the Honorable Thomas Gage, Captain general and governor in chief, in and over His Majesty’s province of the Massachusetts-Bay, and Vice-Admiral of the same, general and commander in chief of all His Majesty’s force

A commission By His Excellency the Honorable Thomas Gage, Captain gene...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Ford.; Stamped on verso: 452. 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 Ephe... More

United States Congress Peace Treaty Commission, April 1, 1783, Resolution Releasing Thomas Jefferson from Appointment as Peace Commissioner

United States Congress Peace Treaty Commission, April 1, 1783, Resolut...

Resolution Releasing Thomas Jefferson from Appointment as Peace Commissioner

The United States in Congress assembled, to all who shall these presents greeting : Whereas in and by our commission, dated at Philadelphia, the fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, the Honorable John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and Thomas Jefferson ... with Richard Oswald ... did conclude and sign on the part of the United States of America and the crown of Great-Britain, articles in the words following ... Now know ye, that we the United States in Congress assembled, have ratified and confirmed ... the said articles ...

The United States in Congress assembled, to all who shall these presen...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Extract from the Commission of Army Accounts to the Commissioner of Accounts", February 10, 1790.

"Extract from the Commission of Army Accounts to the Commissioner of A...

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

Plan of part of the city of Washington on which is exhibited the division of lots : made under a commission from the High Court of Chancery of the state of Maryland and directed to Dan'l Carroll of Duddington, Thomas Peter, and Nicholas King.

Plan of part of the city of Washington on which is exhibited the divis...

Cadastral map showing block and lot numbers in the area of Northwest D.C. bounded by N, Ninth, G, and Fifteenth streets. Pen-and-ink, lead-pencil, and watercolor. Indexed for and color-coded to landowners' name... More

Thomas Jefferson to Vincent Gray, November 11, 1793, Commission

Thomas Jefferson to Vincent Gray, November 11, 1793, Commission

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

Thomas Jefferson to David Austin, November 11, 1793, Commission

Thomas Jefferson to David Austin, November 11, 1793, Commission

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

In Council. January the 16th, 1797. Gentlemen, The Executive deem it essentially necessary that an accurate state of the commission of the peace in each County, should be known to them, in order that they may judge of the propriety of adding to

In Council. January the 16th, 1797. Gentlemen, The Executive deem it e...

Evans 33127.; On verso: 6 6 1.00 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 180, Folder 12a.

La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle quil la faudroit pour les bien restaurer / Bunbury del. ; L.C. Ruotte sculp.

La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle quil la faudr...

Print shows four bare-bottomed men, the ministers of finances, sitting around a table restoring their good health on the produce of other nations; as they consume the "Eau de la Plata" and "Eau du Sénégal," the... More

The subscriber, by the liberality of his creditors, being in a situation to enter into new engagements, hereby gives hotice, that he means to transact business for the present, and until further notice, only upon commission ... W. B. Magruder. B

The subscriber, by the liberality of his creditors, being in a situati...

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 31, Folder 36.

portrait from "A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour performed in 1820 under a commission from the President ... for the purpose of ascertaining ... the actual state of the Indian tribes in our country"

portrait from "A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour performed in 1820 under a commission from the Presiden... More

Le collier de fer, châtiment des fugitifs ; Nègres en commission, par un temps de pluie ; Transport de tuiles / J.B. Debret, delt. ; lith. de Thierry Frères, succ. de Engelmann & Cie.

Le collier de fer, châtiment des fugitifs ; Nègres en commission, par ...

Illustrations showing black fugitives wearing iron collars as punishment, two blacks wearing rain garments, and two slaves carrying tiles on their heads. Illus. in: Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, d... More

diagram from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la Corvette La Recherche, commandée par M. Fabvre ... Publiés par ordre du Gouvernement sous la direction de M. P. G"

diagram from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandi...

This image has been taken from scan 000475 from volume 14 of "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur l... More

map from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la Corvette La Recherche, commandée par M. Fabvre ... Publiés par ordre du Gouvernement sous la direction de M. P. G"

map from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavi...

This image has been taken from scan 000112 from volume 10 of "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur l... More

map from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la Corvette La Recherche, commandée par M. Fabvre ... Publiés par ordre du Gouvernement sous la direction de M. P. G"

map from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavi...

This image has been taken from scan 000246 from volume 06 of "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur l... More

diagram from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la Corvette La Recherche, commandée par M. Fabvre ... Publiés par ordre du Gouvernement sous la direction de M. P. G"

diagram from "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandi...

This image has been taken from scan 000245 from volume 14 of "Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur l... More

map from "Rapport officiel de M. de Puydt, Colonel du Génie, Chef de la Commission d'Exploration dans l'Amérique Centrale"

map from "Rapport officiel de M. de Puydt, Colonel du Génie, Chef de ...

This image has been taken from scan 000121 from "Rapport officiel de M. de Puydt, Colonel du Génie, Chef de la Commission d'Exploration dans l'Amérique Centrale". The title and subject terms of this image hav... More

Map of the river Sabine from Logan's Ferry to 32nd degree of north latitude : shewing the boundary between the United States of America and the Republic of Texas between said points, as marked and laid down by survey in 1841, under the direction of the Joint Commission appointed for that purpose under the 1st article of the convention signed at Washington on the 25th day of April 1838 /

Map of the river Sabine from Logan's Ferry to 32nd degree of north lat...

Relief shown by hachures. " ... it appears from a letter of J.H. Overton, United States Commissioner, dated Opelousas, Louisiana, August 10 1841 ... and the reply of October 1, 1841 ... that the maps ... had no... More

map from "Rapport officiel de M. de Puydt, Colonel du Génie, Chef de la Commission d'Exploration dans l'Amérique Centrale"

map from "Rapport officiel de M. de Puydt, Colonel du Génie, Chef de ...

This image has been taken from scan 000123 from "Rapport officiel de M. de Puydt, Colonel du Génie, Chef de la Commission d'Exploration dans l'Amérique Centrale". The title and subject terms of this image hav... More

map from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 and 1843, with the intent of establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and under the superintendence of a Scientific Commission appointed by ... J. de Garay"

map from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 a...

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 and 1843, with the intent of establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and... More

map from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 and 1843, with the intent of establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and under the superintendence of a Scientific Commission appointed by ... J. de Garay"

map from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 a...

This image has been taken from scan 000205 from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 and 1843, with the intent of establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and... More

map from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 and 1843, with the intent of establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and under the superintendence of a Scientific Commission appointed by ... J. de Garay"

map from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 a...

This image has been taken from scan 000203 from "Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, executed in ... 1842 and 1843, with the intent of establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and... More

map from "An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico; with proposals for establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, based upon the surveys and reports of a Scientific Commission, appointed by the Projector Don J. de Garay. (Principally compiled from two reports published ... by St. Gaetano Moro.)"

map from "An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of ...

This image has been taken from scan 000137 from "An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico; with proposals for establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, base... More

map from "An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico; with proposals for establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, based upon the surveys and reports of a Scientific Commission, appointed by the Projector Don J. de Garay. (Principally compiled from two reports published ... by St. Gaetano Moro.)"

map from "An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of ...

This image has been taken from scan 000135 from "An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico; with proposals for establishing a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, base... More

The undersigned informs his friends that he proposed to go to England by the Herman, on the 20th inst., for a brief business visit to London and Paris ... He will be happy to attend to any special commission ... New York. October 16th, 1848.

The undersigned informs his friends that he proposed to go to England ...

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 120, Folder 19.

Ansicht der Schatz Commission oder der Kraschintzkysche Garten zu Warschau

Ansicht der Schatz Commission oder der Kraschintzkysche Garten zu Wars...

Titel auf dem Deckblatt Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prince Albert, President of the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition

Prince Albert, President of the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibit...

Medal of the duke of edinburgh, United Kingdom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prince Albert, President of the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition

Prince Albert, President of the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibit...

Medalist: William Wyon (British, Birmingham 1795–1851 Brighton) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, copper alloy metal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, made by the Scientific Commission under the direction of Major J. G. Barnard, with a résumé of the geology, climate, local geography, productive industry, fauna and Flora of that region. Illustrated with numerous maps and engravings, etc"

map from "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey for...

This image has been taken from scan 000172 from volume 01 of "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, made by the Scientific Commissio... More

world from "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, made by the Scientific Commission under the direction of Major J. G. Barnard, with a résumé of the geology, climate, local geography, productive industry, fauna and Flora of that region. Illustrated with numerous maps and engravings, etc"

world from "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey f...

This image has been taken from scan 000172 from "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, made by the Scientific Commission under the d... More

map from "Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52 and '53. [With plates.]"

map from "Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, N...

This image has been taken from scan 000056 from volume 01 of "Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, connected with the United States and Mexic... More

John Radcliffe, produce commission merchant for the sale of all kinds of country produce ... Chicago Market report Dec. 10, 1855.
Dr. Sutherland, Sanitary Commission - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Dr. Sutherland, Sanitary Commission - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

Dr. Sutherland, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing suit, seated at table. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Caution to the public! 1856. Beware of falsehoods!! Published and circulated ... asserting that the agents of Lake Shore railroad are "emigrant runners" and sell tickets "on commission" and that passengers purchasing through tickets for Detroit,

Caution to the public! 1856. Beware of falsehoods!! Published and circ...

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 122, Folder 8h.

Conference of Kaw Indians (Kansas) with the United States Commission of Indian Affairs

Conference of Kaw Indians (Kansas) with the United States Commission o...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1857 Apr. 25. Reference copy may be in LOT 4391 F. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians History 1857; Ind. tribes K... More

Officers' quarters, N. A. B'y. Com'n. [i.e., North American Boundary Commission] - Esquimalt, Vancouver Island

Officers' quarters, N. A. B'y. Com'n. [i.e., North American Boundary C...

Photograph shows exterior view of the officers' quarters of the British North American Boundary Commission at Esquimalt on Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subject... More

No. 2, log huts, winter quarters of the Br. N. Am. Boundary Commission on the banks of the Columbia two miles above the Hudson Bay Cos. post at Colville

No. 2, log huts, winter quarters of the Br. N. Am. Boundary Commission...

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of 15 or more log cabins near Fort Colville, Washington, with the Columbia River in the middle distance. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

First party of Boundary Commission prepared to embark at Esquimalt for the Frazer River, British Columbia

First party of Boundary Commission prepared to embark at Esquimalt for...

Photograph shows group portrait of members of the British North American Boundary Commission survey party at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, ... More

Portrait photo of Officers - Oregon Boundary Commission

Portrait photo of Officers - Oregon Boundary Commission

Photograph shows group portrait of the officers of the Oregon Boundary Commission survey crew: Dr. Hilary Bauerman, geologist, Capt. Robert Wolseley Haig, R.A., Lt. Samuel Anderson, R.E, Capt. Charles John Darr... More

[Unidentified man, possibly John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commission survey, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding dog whip]

[Unidentified man, possibly John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commi...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanitary Commission Group, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Sanitary Commission Group, American Civil War Glass Negative.

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Co's. post, Columbia River, enclosing tents of N. A. [i.e., North American] Boundary Commission, May 1860

Fort Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Co's. post, Columbia River, enclosing ten...

Photograph shows view of buildings and tents at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. The British North American Boundary Commission survey crews arrived at Fort Vancouver in... More

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To the Rank Of Brigadier General Of Volunteers On June 29, 1863

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To the R...

LIBI_00019_7069 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers on June 29, 1863. Printed and handwritten in ink on one sheet of parchment. It is dat... More

Sanitary Commission Group, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Sanitary Commission Group, American Civil War Glass Negative.

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boundary Commission, encampment - men cutting down trees (Larix occidentalis)

Boundary Commission, encampment - men cutting down trees (Larix occide...

Photograph shows a stand of western larch trees, some of which are being cut down, and tents at the camp of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commi... More

Washington, D. C. Washington Navy Yard. First Japanese treaty commission to the U. S., 1860

Washington, D. C. Washington Navy Yard. First Japanese treaty commissi...

Photograph shows Japanese samurai warriors posed with Navy and American representatives. No. 83705. Photo identified in Frank Leslie's vol. 10, June 9, 1860; photo identified in 77 Samurai by Lewis W. Bush, pp. 104-105.

Encampment of a party of the Boundary Commission, 1860

Encampment of a party of the Boundary Commission, 1860

Photograph shows a stand of trees through which can be seen the tents at the camp of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subje... More

Members of the Military Commission for the trial of Lincoln Conspirators

Members of the Military Commission for the trial of Lincoln Conspirato...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George E. White (formerly of the firm of Parker, White & Gannet, of Boston,) has taken the store No. 55. Cliff Street near the corner of Beekman Street, New York, for the purpose of transacting a general commission business ... [New York, 1860].

George E. White (formerly of the firm of Parker, White & Gannet, of Bo...

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 123, Folder 9.

Mule laden with casks - Boundary Commission huts, Colville, Columbia R.

Mule laden with casks - Boundary Commission huts, Colville, Columbia R...

Photograph shows three men with a mule with two casks tied to its back at the British North American Boundary Commission base in Colville; also shows two Boundary Commission huts. In album: [British Northwest ... More

Encampment of a party of the Boundary Commission

Encampment of a party of the Boundary Commission

Photograph shows tents of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew at their camp on the shore of a lake or pond. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861... More

Sanitary Commission Group, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Sanitary Commission Group, American Civil War Glass Negative.

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Handwriting from "A History of the Destruction of His Britannic Majesty's Schooner Gaspee in Narragansett Bay, on the 10th June, 1772; accompanied by the correspondence ... the action of the General Assembly ... and the official journal of the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry appointed by King George the Third, etc. L.P"

Handwriting from "A History of the Destruction of His Britannic Majest...

This image has been taken from scan 000079 from "A History of the Destruction of His Britannic Majesty's Schooner Gaspee in Narragansett Bay, on the 10th June, 1772; accompanied by the correspondence ... the ac... More

Robert C. Schenck to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, May 18, 1861  (Telegram requesting commission as general)
John Pope to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 15, 1861  (Telegram inquiring about his commission)
[Civil War envelope for U.S. Christian Commission showing carrier pigeon with letter]

[Civil War envelope for U.S. Christian Commission showing carrier pige...

Addressed to Miss Jane McDongall, Elmira, Chemung Co. N.Y.; postmarked Washington, D.C.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

Field relief corps of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Supply wagon and tent of a corps relief agent. Lewis H. Steiner, Chief inspector.

Field relief corps of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Supply wagon and t...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Boundary Commission depot, Siniakwateen, Pend Oreille River - Indian wigwam and canoe in the foreground, season of the flood, 1861

Boundary Commission depot, Siniakwateen, Pend Oreille River - Indian w...

Photograph shows a tepee and a canoe in the foreground, across the Pend Oreille River is the British North American Boundary Commission depot at Siniakwateen. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission a... More

[Sanitary commission barge at the docks, City Point, Virginia]

[Sanitary commission barge at the docks, City Point, Virginia]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2517. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Sanitary Commission : Lodge 4, 389 H Street, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Sanitary Commission : Lodge 4, 389 H Street, Washington, D.C.

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Richard Yates to Salmon P. Chase, Wednesday, May 08, 1861  (Recommends John Pope for commission as general)
Gideon Welles to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 02, 1861  (Naval commission)
Office of Sanitary Commission, Louisville, Ky.

Office of Sanitary Commission, Louisville, Ky.

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Entrance to office of Sanitary Commission. No. 8 Cherry Street, Nashville, Tenn.

Entrance to office of Sanitary Commission. No. 8 Cherry Street, Nashvi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Falmouth, Virginia (vicinity). White Oak Church occupied by Christian Commission

Falmouth, Virginia (vicinity). White Oak Church occupied by Christian ...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C., American Civil War Photog...

Twelve men posed in front of Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 707.

U.S. Christian Commission, at the General Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa.

U.S. Christian Commission, at the General Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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