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

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

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 913 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

[Taking of Savannah in Dec. 1778]

Scale ca. 1:21,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1574 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

British camp at Trudruffrin from the 18th. to the 21st. of September 1...

Scale ca. 1:31,680. Relief shown by hachures. Includes references. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1342 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Part of Long Island; and the coast eastward to the shoals of Nantucket...

Scale ca. 1:600,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Has watermarks. Soundings shown in fathoms. Includes view of "Sancoty Head S.S.W. 10 miles distant." LC Maps of North Amer... More

[Philadelphia and neighborhood]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows line... More

A picturesque view of the state of Great Britain for (1778? or 1780?)

In the foreground, an American Indian saws off the one remaining horn of a cow representing Britain. A Dutchman milks the cow while a Frenchman and Spaniard await their turns. In the background, the Howe brothe... More

Plan of the town with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of C...

Scale ca. 1:19,000. Relief shown by hachures. Battle of Bunker Hill shown pictorially. From James Murray's Impartial history of the present war in America. v. 1. p. 431. Includes historical note on fires and in... More

Carte de la Floride occidentale et Louisiane. La peninsule et golfe de...

Scale ca. 1:1,360,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Les sondes le long de la côte de la Floride des isles et des bas fonds sont marqués en pieds." Pictorial map. From the... More

Plan de Boston avec les sondes et les directions pour la navigation. T...

Scale ca. 1:28,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Based on A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions. [1777] From the author's Pilote améri... More

[New York Island. Military. Unfinished.

Scale ca. 1:12,000. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Title in manuscript on verso "A topographical map of the north part of New York Island." Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. ... More

Georges Louis le Rouge - Port et barre d'Amelia de la Floride oriental...

Scale ca. 1:38,500. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the right. From Georges Louis Le Rouge's Pilote américain septentrionale. 1778-79. Includes notes and index. LC Ma... More

Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. - Public domain map

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Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Treize C...

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[Plan of Paulus's Hook and fortifications.

Scale ca. 1:2,700. Relief shown by shading. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows position of "57th Rt." Annotation, in pencil: By Montrésor, 1779? LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1... More

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

Scale ca. 1:15,500 (not 800 paces to an in.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows position of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. "No. 10." LC Map... More

The Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly calle...

Scale ca. 1:420,000. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey and West New J... More

Partie méridionale des possessions angloise [sic] en Amérique : pour s...

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

Scale ca. 1:15,500 (not 800 paces to the in.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows position of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. LC Maps of Nort... More

Plaza de la villa de Galvez. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:1,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the bottom. "Carolo ignante, urbem adisicat amor, Galvez ad honorem, nomen dedit que suum. Anno dñi. ML.C.... More

Sketch of the road from Black Horse to Crosswick,

Scale ca. 1:26,000 and ca. 1:16,000; 800 paces to an in. (not 400 paces to an in.) and 400 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North Ameri... More

Sketch of the road from Paulus Hook and Hobocken to New Bridge.

Scale ca. 1:24,000; 800 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Authorship attributed to B. Mo... More

[Taking of Savannah in Dec. 1778. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:12,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Shows disposition of American defenders and British and Hessian attackers. LC Map... More

Battle of Brandywine in which the rebels were defeated, September the ...

Scale ca. 1:15,480. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored. "Note: The operations of the column under the command of His Excellency Lieutenant General Knyphausen is engraved from a plan drawn on the spot by S. ... 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. Date of imprint advanced to 1779. Imperfect: upper right corner missing. Shows area from Quebec to Cape May and Oswego to Kennebec Bay. LC Maps of ... More

Plan, Lake Champlain from Fort St. John's to Ticonderoga, with the sou...

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[Egmont harbor - a distant view, Prince Edward Island]

Print showing a distant view of Egmont Harbor, Prince Edward Island, from chart of Egmont Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des B... More

Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique / dressée ... par L...

Print shows cartouche with a Native woman wearing feathered headdress and skirt reclining against a tropical tree laden with fruit and behind which grows corn; she is looking over her right shoulder at a battle... More

[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by...

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1198 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

[Fort La Fayette on Verplancks Point, with British and Hessian troop p...

Scale ca. 1:2,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink; with writing partly in German script and partly in English. Has watermark. Ascription of authorship through label on old folder. Proverbs in German and Latin on verso... More

Carte du théatre de la guerre entre les anglais et les Américains / dr...

Print shows cartouche with a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt reclining against wall which bears title inscription; flags, banners, and shield on his right, trees in the background. Illus. in: Cart... More

Act to Prevent the Export of Certain Articles from the State, 1779

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Plan of the redoubts at Richmond on Staten Island, 30th October 1779.

Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and brown wash. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1201 Available al... More

[Coast of New England from Chatham Harbor to Narragansett Bay.

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The political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during...

A boy looks into a peep show to see twelve pictures of recent events in the British empire. 1) Lord North borrows money from Jews while Spain declares war on England. 2) The English general Burgoyne kneels to A... More

[Coast of Rhode Island and Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconi...

Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay. LC copy i... More

Plan of the French and rebells sieg[e] of Savannah in Georgia, in Sout...

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A new and accurate map of the province of Virginia in North America.

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Carte du théatre de la guerre dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, pendant ...

Covers northeastern U.S. from Maryland to New Hampshire. Relief shown pictorially. Title in ink on label affixed to cloth backing: Théatre de la guerre en Amérique Septentrionale. Indexed chronology and stateme... More

A new and accurate map of North Carolina in North America.

Shows counties, towns, courthouses, "Dobbs Parish," churches, forts, rivers, swamps, shoals, and inlets along the coast. Covers the area from Cape Hatteras to Rowen County. Relief shown by contours. Mounted on ... More

Map of Gen. Sullivan's march from Easton to the Senaca & Cayuga countr...

Scale ca. 1:350,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows only route, with dates of encampments, ending at "Chenessee." On verso: Sullivan's ... More

[Savannah and its environs. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Relief shown by hachures. Shows the siege of S... More

[Penobscot River and Bay, with the operations of the English fleet, un...

Scale ca. 1:46,000. 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. Oriented with north to the right... More

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia : with the works and e...

Scale ca. 1:21,000. Shows names of rural landholders. Indexed for public buildings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1327 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AAC... More

Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique

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Sketch of Stoney & Verplank's Points upon the North River, as taken po...

Scale ca. 1:11,140. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows "Rebel works" as well as additions made by the British. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1199 Avai... More

[Map of Orange and Rockland counties area of New York]

Scale ca. 1:126,720. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by hachures. Shows some landownership. On verso: Honbe. Majr. Genl. Green. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1090 ... More

A chorographical map of the Province of New-York in North America, div...

Scale ca. 1:322,000. Photocopy. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. Prime meridian: London. Designed to show military grants, manors, and townsh... More

A new and accurate map of the province of Georgia in North America.

Shows trails and paths used for trading as well as general locations of Native American tribes. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. From: Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure. April, 1779, v. 64, ... More

Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

A chart of Delawar Bay, with soundings and nautical observations.

Scale ca. 1:150,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along left and right margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Sketch of the rebel works at West Point as taken from the description ...

Scale ca. 1:11,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and amounts of ordnance. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1203 Available also through the Library ... More

[Coast of Rhode Island and Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconi...

Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Ba... More

[Savannah. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen and ink. Unfinished plan. Watermark: J. Whatman [and a horn within a shield with W below] Oriented with north toward the lower right. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1583... More

A sketch of the environs of Charlestown in South Carolina.

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

Plan of Princess Ann and Norfolk counties.

Shows names of some residents. Map on 2 sheets sectioned and pasted together. LC Land ownership maps, 1333 Includes historical references. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ima... More

Box, unknown artist. American decorative arts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a museum object, an American art collection item, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A new and accurate map of the Province of Pennsylvania, in North Ameri...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows towns, roads, forts, rivers, streams, and waterfalls as far west as "Chambers Town." Includes adjacent part of New Jersey. From The London magazine: or, Gentleman's monthly intel... More

A map of the country in which the army under Lt. General Burgoyne acte...

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Carte particulière du havre de Boston avec les sondes les bancs de Sab...

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Map for the interior travels through America, delineating the march of...

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

A new and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets [i.e. Massachuset...

Covers eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and small portions of New Hampshire and Vermont. Relief shown pictorially. From Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure, vol. 66, Dec. 1780,... More

A chorographical map, of the country, round Philadelphia. Carte partic...

Scale ca. 1:800,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Genl. Howe's track" from Elk River to Philadelphia, "Genl. Washington's track," and "Grand American Winter Camp, Jan. 1778" at Valley Forge. LC Maps of Nort... More

Sketch of the northern frontiers of Georgia, extending from the mouth ...

Scale ca. 1:110,000. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper right. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1570 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In... More

Plano del Puerto de la Mobila Situado en latd. No. de 30⁰ 10ʹ m. tomad...

Scale ca. 1:100,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows the entrance to Mobile Bay, with the peninsula of "Pta. de la Mobilla" and the "Ya. Delfina." On verso: No. 188. LC... More

Bowles's new pocket map of the most inhabited part of New England; com...

Plan of the road from Elizabeth Town Point to Elizabeth Town : shewing...

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[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance t...

Prints show distant views of The Wolves, a cluster of islands off New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, Grand Manan Island, and the entrance to the Saint John River, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. i... More

The English lion dismember'd or the voice of the public for an enquiry...

Similar to 1756 cartoon on Minorca. Lord North carries a large sack entitled BUDGET as he drags the British lion on a chain behind him. The lion has lost one of its paws (labeled America) to an American Indian'... More

Plano del desembarcadero del Río Misipipi en el Seno Megicano con part...

Also shows forts and settlements. Depths shown by soundings. Watermark: J. Honig & Z[oonen]. Pen-and-ink and green, red, and yellow watercolors. Mounted on cloth backing.g LC Luso-Hispanic World, 844 Available ... More

Descripcion hidografica, que comprehende la America septentrional, des...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Manuscript; pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and 3 profiles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ... More

A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt,

Scale ca. 1:600,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown pictorially. The title, land tract boundaries with owners' initials, and some place names have been identified as annotations by Geor... More

Plano del desembocadero del Río de Misipi en el Seno Mexino con parte ...

Also shows forts and settlements. Depths shown by soundings. Watermark: J. Honig & Zoonen. Pen-and-ink and green, red, and yellow watercolors. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 845 Available als... More

A map of the United States and part of Louisiana.

Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. "Meridian of Philadelphia." Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 738 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651

An accurate map of Rhode Island, part of Connecticut and Massachusets,...

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

[Plan of New York and Staten Islands with part of Long Island.

Scale ca. 1:108,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1099 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

John Maunsell, 18th century - Public domain museum object photograph

A portrait of a man in a red jacket, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A sketch of the battle near Camden in South Carolina, 16 Augst. 1780.

Scale ca. 1:4,800. Relief shown by shading and hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1554 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Sketch of the battle of Camden, Augt. 16, 1780,

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. On verso: Map of Camden fight, 1780. P.C. ...? LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1565 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Plan general des operations de l'Armée Britanique contre les rebelles ...

Scale ca. 1:126,720. Relief shown by shading. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Covers area from West Point, N.Y. to Great Egg Harbor; Huntington and Jerusalem on Long Island to Chesapeake Bay and Sassafr... More

A New and accurate map of the province of Pennsylvania in North Americ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Sketch of the northern frontiers of Georgia, extending from the mouth ...

Sketch of the harbour of North Edisto, 2d March 1780.

Scale ca. 1:63,360. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1553 Available also through the Library of... More

The State of New Jersey. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[The Investiture of Charleston, S.C. by the English army, in 1780. Wit...

Scale ca. 1:17,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1559 ... More

Brigand Lying Under a Tree - Public domain scenic drawing

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Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York, Nouveau Jersey, et Pen...

Relief shown pictorially. Publisher information from atlas. LC copy has red bordered label with manuscript "97/15" on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A chorographical map of the Northern Department of North-America,

Scale ca. 1:768,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Shows land grants and purchases in northeastern New York State and granted townships in Vermont and parts ... More

[Savannah & its fortifications. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:5,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1580 Available also throug... More

Photo of Bedcover, France - Public domain dedication

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[Puerto del Boston. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:34,000. Title on attached label on verso: The city and harbour of Boston. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows settlements and fortific... More

Carte de la Florida, de la Louisiane, et pays voisins : pour servir à ...

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The north east shore of the Gulph of Mexico. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:128,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along folds. Shows coasts of western Florida and small portion of Alabama from Apalachicola R... More

Connecticut and parts adjacent. - Public domain old map

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Powder magazine in Fort Prevost at Savannah.

Plan of the inland navigation between South Edisto and Charlestown.

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: C. Taylor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1551 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ima... More

Plan de West-Point du nord, levé a vue.

Scale ca. 1:17,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Shows fortifications. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. LC ... More

Eerwardigen Nederlander. De tweede oeconomische plaat

Anti-English cartoon of war years. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plano de la Bahia de la Ware y entrada de Filadelfie ...

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Soundings shown in fathoms. No. "41." LC Luso-Hispanic World, 848 Includes sailing directions and index. Available also through the Library of Congre... More

A new and accurate map of Connecticut and Rhode Island, from best auth...

From The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure (1788, vol. 66) LC Trails, 159 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 829 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Includes ... More