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Draw bridge over Potomac at George Town, D.C. / J.R.S.

Drawing shows the Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Georgetown, Washington, D.C., with a covered wagon on the bridge; also shows men loading a boat with barrels from a loading dock at left center, with... More

[Manuscript sketch of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch bounding th...

Shows waterfront, wharves, and bridges. Depths shown by soundings. Title from Phillips's Descriptive list of maps and views of Washington. On verso in ink: Handed to the Surveyor by Mr. J.P. Ingle for safe keep... More

Potomac Aqueduct, hydrographic survey of the Potomac River near George...

"Survey made in the fall of 1832." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. From the papers of the Virginia-District of Columbia Boundary Commission. Available also through the Library ... More

Treasury department, April 11th, 1833. The President of the United Sta...

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 195, Folder 4.

Map of part of the Potomac River, from the head of tide water to Alexa...

Chart of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch from the Sister Islands ...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Also shows block numbers and major buildings. "Approved--T.C. Mendenhall, Superintendent, U.S.C. & G.S." Includes text. Available also through t... More

Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing the route...

Nautical chart of the Potomac estuary within the District of Columbia. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Stephenson. Cartography of no... More

Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing the route...

Nautical chart with extensive annotations in col. and lead pencils to show proposed railroad routes connecting central Washington and Alexandria (Va.). Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and sou... More

Head of navigation of the Potomac River / nautical chart

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Photocopy of ms. map. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes notes. LC copy originally printed on separate sheets, assembled to 1 s... More

Georgetown College, District of Columbia. This college stands on a pec...

Alexandria on the Potomac, Washington in the distance

Sketch shows ships docked on the waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia, with Washington's Capitol dome rising in the distance. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853... More

Potomac looking towards Washington June 26

Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia looking up towards Washington, probably from a boat. The city is not visible. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. O... More

On the Potomac - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch shows the shore of the Potomac River in Virginia looking across the water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolio... More

Timber raft on the Potomac River US

Drawing shows a timber raft floating down the Potomac River past Maryland house and Georgetown, although neither are visible in the sketch. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the Unite... More

River boat on the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows a sidewheel steamboat on the Potomac River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sk... More

Washington from the Potomac - Public domain city architecture drawing

Sketch shows the Capitol and Washington DC from the Potomac. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title... More

The Potomac morning June 26 - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia, probably from a boat. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's ... More

Potomac River from Aquia Creek Virginia

Drawing shows the Potomac River, as seen from Aquia Creek in Virginia. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with bind... More

On the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia looking across water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's t... More

Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River : surveyed by ord...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes note. LC copy fold-lined, laminated, halved, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also th... More

[Map of part of Montgomery County showing] Topographical Approaches on...

Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River

White House, Potomac, Washington, D.C.

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Bridge over Potomac Virginia side

Sketch of a covered railroad bridge. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.680) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Map of the northern part of Virginia and West Virginia, between the B...

Relief shown by hachures and shading. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. In upper left: The square are miles. Pen-and-ink on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. Imperfect: horizontal creases and ... More

Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From...

Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From Strasburg, [Va.], to Harper's Ferry. [W.] Va., with the adjacent counties west of it and south of the Potomac River, Captured in the rebel ... More

[Detailed map of part of Virginia from Alexandria to the Potomac River...

Relief shown by form lines. Shows parts of Arlington and Fairfax counties, part of the defenses of Washington, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, houses, fences, names of residents, and drainage. "211, L. She... More

Looking up the Potomac River, from Fort Sumner (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows two men, one seated and one standing, on a bank above the Potomac River in Fort Sumner, Maryland. No. 261.

Flotilla of the Potomac River; Freestone Point; ---- --- Creek

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View down the Potomac from Union Arch (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing an aerial view of a wharf facility with large stone bricks scattered around. No. 131. Title from published source: Entrance to Washington Water Works, Great Falls, Potomac River. Published i... More

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing a railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Three men are seated at right: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors. Exhibited: "East of th... More

Blockade of the Potomac - by Rebels, winter of 1861

Shows the Potomac River with the Confederate forces located near Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Va. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Color coding indicates the ... More

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River near Washington

Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)

Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River in northwest Washington DC dur...

Chain Bridge spanned the Potomac River in northwest Washington near Tenleytown. The crossing was heavily defended by earthworks (Fort Ethan Allen and Fort Marcy across the Potomac in Virginia and several artill... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 448 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

[Map of the lower Potomac River showing picket lines, January 1862]

Concerns Union and Confederate pickets positioned north and south around Pohick Church and Accotink in Fairfax County, Va., in January 1862. Includes a balloon pictured near Pohick Church and labelled as "Decr... More

[Map of the Potomac River]. - Public domain old map

Regional map of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania showing the Potomac River and its tributaries.

Falls of the Potomac from Maryland Shore

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: New York Illustrated News, January 4, 1862, p. 132. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.714) Forms part of: Morgan collection of C... More

Entrance to Washington Water Works, Great Falls, Potomac River

Photograph shows two men standing in a small flat boat near the spillway.

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. B469. Hand written on verso: 15 inch Rodman. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 5, p. 87. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Potomac River, looking down from Georgetown, showing Mason's Island, L...

Photograph shows an aerial view of Georgetown rooftops and backyard gardens, the Potomac River, and Mason's Island, now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C.

Boteler's Ford, Potomac River near Shepherdstown. Point at which Confe...

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New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing construction on a trestle railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Caption continues: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors.

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing a trestle railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Caption continues: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors.

John A. Dahlgren to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 25, 1861 (Report...

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. 143. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 87. Hand written on verso: also BH825-16. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Potomac River, Sept. 31st, 1861

Broadside view sidewheel steamship. Signed upper left: Wau[d] Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image and crossed out: "Putnam" and "Lockwood." Formerly Waud no. C-113 Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC?PP... More

Ruins of bridge, across Potomac River at Shepherdstown

Photograph shows a man in the foreground overlooking the ruins of the bridge at Shepherdstown, West Virginia. No. 5077. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col.... More

A reconnaissance of the Potomac River from Point Lookout to Washington...

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.85 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Supdt. Pencil note in the bottom margin reads "This is the first chart of the Potomac River issued by the Coa... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: man rowing raft of blanke...

No. 81 (handwritten) and 2582 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Bacon's new army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battl...

Scale ca. 1:180,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 452 Map of northeast Virginia, Washington, D.C., and part of Maryland showing the location and date of engagements, battles in which cannons were used, country ... More

Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 [map].

This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure.

Potomac River (in four sheets) / nautical chart

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Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Rodgers, erected in 1863, ove...

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[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 77b (handwritten) and 2578 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Libra... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 76 (handwritten) and 2576 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

The war in Georgia -- Reconnoissance of a detachment of national troop...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 336 (1862 April 19), p. 376.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: men sitting in blanket bo...

No. 74 (handwritten) and 2574 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River at Berlin, October 1862

No. 4218. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 25. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 56 - 57". Gift; ... More

Map of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan.

Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: men sitting in blanket bo...

No. 73 (handwritten) and 2573 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 78 (handwritten) and 2579 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 77a (handwritten) and 2577 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Libra... More

[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and soldiers across th...

No. 79 (handwritten) and 2580 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 455 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January...

"Masterly inactivity," or six months on the Potomac [caricature of ina...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving by A.B. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 13 (1862 Feb. 1), p. 176. No reference copy may be available. Caption card... More

Pontoon bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin / Alex. Gardner, photogra...

Photograph showing a pontoon bridge across the Potomac River to the village of Berlin, Maryland. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomon... More

The Potomac River, near Williamsport, on the morning of the crossing o...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.88) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper ...

Concerns an area of Maryland and Virginia between the towns of Cumberland, Md., on the west and Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.], on the eastern side of the map. Sneden details the mountainous topography highlig... More

On the Potomac nr. Williamsport. Rebel crossing ; Rebel Pontoons at Fa...

[Two scenes of Rebel troop movements]

Jones Point, Potomac River, near Alexandria, Virginia /

Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, supdt. At lower right: Coast Survey Office, Washington D.C., April 29th 1863. India ink, red ink, and lead ... More

Potomac River (in four sheets): Sheet no. 4, from Indian Head to Georg...

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 53.4 "No. 391" in upper left corner of map. "Electrotype copy no. 1, by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." is printed in the upper margin. Information concerning lighthouses, tid... More

Belle Plain, Virginia. Potomac River, Upper Wharf

James Gardner (American, born 1832) 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... More

Long Bridge across Potomac River, 1865

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Bridge across Eastern branch of Potomac River, Washington, D.C., April...

Photograph shows Navy Yard Bridge across the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C. (Source: similar image with caption "Navy Yard Bridge across the Anacostia River," Smithsonian Institution, "America on the Move" o... More

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River from Georgetown, D.C. to Analostan...

Photograph shows a group of civilians crossing a pontoon bridge from Georgetown to Analostan Island (i.e. Roosevelt Island). A group of men seated in a carriage in the foreground while a woman stands at the sh... More

Hydrographic map of the Potomac River from Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Originally printed on 2 sheets. Includes notes. LC copy mounted on cloth backing and extensively annotated in red ink to show estuarine contours. Available a... More

The Potomac near Keyser - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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On the Potomac - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Potomac River at Washington, D.C., map showing progress of work : June...

Shows dredged and reclaimed Potomac park areas. Depths shown by soundings and contours. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congres... More

The Potomac from Mt. Vernon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Rock and river, south branch of the Potomac

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Palisades of the Potomac, scenery unsurpassed : embracing the addition...

Cadastral map. "June 23rd 1890." Alternate title at upper right: Palisades of the Potomac Land and Improvement Co.'s subdivision no. 1, being part of "White Haven." "Entered according to act of Congress in the ... More

A shady nook on the Potomac - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Palisades of the Potomac, scenery unsurpassed : embracing the addition...

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The Potomac at Berlin piers - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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War memoirs of the Potomac - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Yellow Hill and beyond, on the Potomac

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South branch of the Potomac - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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The Potomac, Virginia side - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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River Hills, trough of the Potomac

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Saltpeter rocks, "trough of the Potomac"

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Saltpeter rocks, trough of the Potomac

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The Potomac near Rawlings - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The Potomac from Pang's Rock - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Potomac at mouth of Patterson's Creek

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Washington Bottom and the Potomac, mammoth plate negative

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Mouth of the Dutchman, Potomac - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Saltpeter Rocks, "Trough of the Potomac"

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Elk Cottage, North Branch of the Potomac

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