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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt
كتاب دلائل الخيرات | Title on frontispiece: Dilayil-khayrat = A guide for the good | Guide for the good A collection of prayers for the Prophet, with a description of his tomb and his names. This Muslim prayer book is a 1785 copy of an original 15th-century manuscript. The work includes…- Contributor: Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān - Batchelder, John Davis - Mawlawī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1772
- Resource: PDF - 300
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Book/Printed MaterialOlney hymns : in three books Olney Hymns was compiled by John Newton, the author of "Amazing Grace" and rector of a parish in Olney, England, and William Cowper, a poet and close friend of Newton. The book…- Contributor: Newton, John - Cowper, William - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1779
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Book/Printed MaterialIn Congress, July 4, 1776, a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, …
Also known as: Dunlap Declaration of Independence This document is the first printed version of the American Declaration of Independence. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution urging Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, to declare…- Contributor: Force, Peter - United States - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Dunlap, John - Ridgely, David
- Date: 1776
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Book/Printed MaterialA voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogul government in general, the … This two-volume work is the third edition of a book first published as a single volume in 1757, expanded to two volumes in 1766, and republished in 1772. The author, John Henry…- Contributor: Grose, John Henry - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Carmichael, John
- Date: 1772
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Book/Printed MaterialA summary view of the rights of British America : set forth in some resolutions intended … This pamphlet is Thomas Jefferson's personal copy of A Summary View of the Rights of British America, which he originally drafted in July 1774 as a set of instructions for the Virginia…- Contributor: Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington) - Tucker, St. George - Jefferson, Thomas - Rind, Clementina
- Date: 1774
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Book/Printed MaterialThe present state of the West-Indies : containing an accurate description of what parts are possessed … This book, published in London in 1778, is a succinct compilation of information about the West Indies, containing, as indicated by the lengthy subtitle, "an authentick account of the first discoverers of…- Contributor: Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Kitchin, Thomas - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1778
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MapNorth America, and the West Indies; a new map, wherein the British Empire and its limits, … Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, "Extract of the treaties of peace, proclamations &c. relative to America & the West Indies," "A particular map of Baffin and…- Contributor: Bowles, Carington
- Date: 1774-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapA new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton Island with the adjacent parts of New … Scale ca. 1:1,900,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "VII" located above upper right corner of border. Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. Lawrence Valley region to Montreal.…- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Jefferys, Thomas
- Date: 1775-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapEnvirons de Quebec: Bloque par les Americains du 8. decembre 1775 au 13. mai 1776. Scale ca. 1:72,000. Relief shown by hachures. Includes historic notes and index to military emplacements and points of interest LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 610 Available also through the Library of…- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1777-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Map[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt. Scale ca. 1:700,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. In pencil: Montresor, 1776. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows river course from New Martinsville, W.Va.…- Contributor: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1776-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapA new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina; comprehending the … Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical notes. Supplements the author's A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and…- Contributor: Hutchins, Thomas - Cheevers, T.
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Copy 1 - Image
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MapPlan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre le dispositif de ses deffenses. Scale ca. 1:42,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "Legende" includes positions of vessels of French fleet, by name and commander. Accompanied by: Partie extraite d'un Memoire général…- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapA Map of the country round Philadelphia including part of New Jersey, New York, Staten Island, … Scale ca. 1:1,625,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789 1041 "West longitude from London." From the Gentleman's magazine, v. 46, 1776. Available also through the Library of Congress Web…- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapThis map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays, with the said bays and shores … Scale ca. 1:650,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Inscribed "To the American Philosophical Society." Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1376 Available also through the Library…- Contributor: Churchman, John - American Philosophical Society
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapAttaque de l'armée des provinciaux dans Long Island du 27. aoust 1776; dessin de l'isle de … Scale ca. 1:100,000. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed. LC copy imperfect: A hole in middle of Manhattan Island. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1149 Available also through…- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1776-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan de New-York et des environs, Scale ca. 1:6,336. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest, text, and inset "Port de New-York," ca. 1:126,720. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1106 Available also through the…- Contributor: Montrésor, John - Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapThe Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys. Scale ca. 1:420,000. Hand colored. LC copy 2 imperfect: Deteriorated in margins. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey…- Contributor: Bancker, Gerard - Faden, William - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapSketch of the engagement at Trenton, given on the 26th of December 1776 betwixt the American … Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1267 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster…- Contributor: Wiederholdt, Andreas
- Date: 1776-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPhiladelphie, Scale ca. 1:10,600. Oriented with north toward the right. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1313 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a…- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis - Easburn, Benjamin
- Date: 1776-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapA 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…- Contributor: Faden, William - Heap, George - Scull, Nicholas
- Date: 1777-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Map[An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontier, shewing in a distinct … Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. Imperfect: Part of title wanting. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca. 1:200,000]--The…- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Mouzon, Henry
- Date: 1775-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Book/Printed MaterialVoyage autour du monde, Following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War (1756-63), Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), a soldier with a distinguished military record in Canada, received permission from King Louis XV to undertake France's first…- Contributor: Bougainville, Louis-Antoine De
- Date: 1772
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MapMapa de toda la frontera de los dominios del rey en la America septentrional Copied from 1771 map. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 89 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault oversize- Contributor: Urrutia, José De - Fora, Nicolas De La
- Date: 1771-01-01
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MapA Plan of the Rosalij Compy. Estates, the property of His Excelly. Charles O'Harra, the Honble. … Scale ca. 1:3,960. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman: C. [and a fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield, over the letters GR] Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north to the right.…- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapPlan de l'attaque et de la prise de l'isle de la Grenade le 3 juillet 1779. Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Pictorial map. Includes descriptive notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 2107 LC…- Contributor: Ozanne, Pierre
- Date: 1779-01-01
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MapExtrait de la carte hollandise representant la colonie de Surinam : sur le quel on a … 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…- Contributor: Mentelle, Simon M.
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapMagnus ducatus Lithuania in suos palatinatus et castellanias divisa, non solum accuratissime delineata, sed etiam plurimis … Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Lotter's Atlas géographique de cent et huit cartes générales et spéciales. Augsburg : Tobie Conrad Lotter, Matthieu Seutter, et Jan-Michel Probst ; Nuremburg : Heritiers de Homan,…- Contributor: Lotter, Georg Friedrich - Lotter, Tobias Conrad
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapThe Russian discoveries from the map published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. "Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Printseller..." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapPlano que contiene la Bahía de Tabla con la ciudad del Cabo Shows coastal area of the Cape of Good Hope region. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Pen-and-ink and watercolor.…- Date: 1770-01-01
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MapPlano del Puerto de Mauricio, situado a la parte del no. de la Ysla de Francia … Shows vicinity of Port Louis. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing.…- Date: 1770-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed Materialal-Nuzhat al-ḥisāb li-Ibn al-Haʼīm
النزهة الحساب لابن هائم According to Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (Supplement II, p. 154), the text is an abridgement of the author's book al-Murshidah fī ṣināʻat al-ghubār. This manuscript is an 18th-century copy of…- Contributor: Ibn Al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Ḥanbalī, Aḥmad Ibn Qāsim Ibn Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1772
- Resource: PDF - 24
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Book/Printed MaterialKeishi shōrui taikan honzō : 31-kan
經史證類大觀本草 : 三十一卷 | Title on label on cover: Taikan shōrui honzō | Taikan shōrui honzō This work was compiled by the famous Song physician Tang Shenwei, with the original title Jing shi zheng lei bei ji ben cao (Classified materia medica from historical classics for emergency). Si…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Tang, Shenwei
- Date: 1775
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MapGeneral'nai︠a︡ karta Irkutskoĭ gubernii, soderzhashchai︠a︡ v sebe Irkutskui︠u︡, I︠A︡kutskui︠u︡ i Udinskui︠u︡ provint︠s︡ii.
Генеральная карта Иркутской губернии, содержащая в себе Иркутскую, Якутскую и Удинскую провинции. This multi-colored, hand-colored map of eastern Siberia shows the state of geographic knowledge at the beginning of the last quarter of the 18th century. The geographic grid and the mapping of the…- Contributor: Treskot, Johann
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapMore Baĭkal s chast'i︠u︡ rek Leny,Arguni, Selengi i Angary s okololezhashchimi uezdami.
Море Байкал с частью рек Лены,Аргуни, Селенги и Ангары с окололежащими уездами. The map presented here is centered on Lake Baikal and the major rivers that flow into or out of its watershed, including the Lena, Argun, Selenga, and Angara. It also shows the…- Contributor: Medvedev, A. - Treskot, Johann
- Date: 1772-01-01
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MapVostochnai︠a︡ chast' I︠A︡kutskogo uezda.
Восточная часть Якутского уезда. This map focuses on the farthest northeastern parts of continental Russia, including the Chukotka Peninsula within the Yakutsk District (in present-day Chukotskiy Autonomous Okrug) and the northern portion of the Kamchatka Peninsula.…- Contributor: Treskot, Johann - Kuvakin, Ivan
- Date: 1772-01-01
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MapKarta Sibirskoĭ gubernii, soderzhashchai︠a︡ v sebe Tobol'skui︠u︡ i Eniseĭskui︠u︡ provint︠s︡ii.
Карта Сибирской губернии, содержащая в себе Тобольскую и Енисейскую провинции. This map highlights the regions of western and central Siberia, with a focus on the Tobolsk and Yeniseysk Provinces. The map was compiled by Johann Treskot (1719-86) and engraved by S. Sklunov…- Contributor: Treskot, Johann - Kuvakin, Ivan
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapMappa gubernii Sibiriensis, continens provincias Toboliensem et Jenisejensem, comp. I. Tresscott. Two-toned map with hydrographic detail. Obshchegeograficheskai︠a︡ karta. Naneseny reki s pritokami, naselennye punkty, granit︠s︡y gubernii. Kartogr. setka. Dolgota ot Ferro. Original map at: Russian State Library Общегеографическая карта. Нанесены реки с притоками,…- Contributor: Frolov, K. - Treskot, Johann - Kuvakin, I.
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapMappa gubernii Sibiriensis, continens provincias Toboliensem et Jenisejensem, comp. I. Tresscott. Na karte naneseny granit︠s︡y provint︠s︡ii, oboznachen graficheskiĭ masshtab v verstakh. Reki naneseny s pritokami. Pokazany rel'ef i rastitel'nost'. Original map at: Russian State Library На карте нанесены границы провинции, обозначен графический масштаб…- Contributor: Treskot, Johann
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapMappa gubernii Irkutensis complectens provincias Irkutensem, Jakutensem, et Udinensem. Comp. I. Tresscott. Zaglavie karty dano v kartushe. Ramka s vin'etkami. Bumaga s filigran'i︠u︡. Pokazany granit︠s︡y provint︠s︡ii. Naneseny reki s pritokami, gornye khrebty, krupnye naselennye punkty. Original map at: Russian State Library Заглавие карты дано…- Contributor: Khudianov, E. - Treskot, Johann - Kuvakin, I.
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapMappa Fluvii Irtisz partem meridional gubernii Sibiriensis Perfluentis cum pristino territorio stipris Kalmukorum Songaricae. Auctore Iohanne … Three-toned map of ivory, pale green, and red, with decorative border. Na karte pokazano: granit︠s︡a Rossii s vladenii︠a︡mi T︠S︡en Gorskikh kalmykov, naselennye punkty, kreposti i ukreplenii︠a︡, zavody, kolodt︠s︡y, rasselenie kirgizov i buri︠a︡t,…- Date: 1777-01-01