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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: Ridgely, David - Force, Peter - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - United States - Dunlap, John
- Date: 1776
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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 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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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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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
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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: Easburn, Benjamin - Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1776-01-01
- Resource: Image
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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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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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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: Kuvakin, I. - Frolov, K. - Treskot, Johann
- Date: 1776-01-01
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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: Kuvakin, I. - Khudianov, E. - Treskot, Johann
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialOpisanie vsi︠e︡kh" v Rossiĭskom" gosudarstvi︠e︡ obitai︠u︡shchikh" narodov".
Описанiе всѣхъ в Российскомъ государствѣ обитающихъ народовъ. This publication, which consists of three volumes, constitutes the first major comprehensive ethnographic survey of the different nationalities living within the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century. It was…- Contributor: Catherine II, Empress of Russia - Georgi, Johann Gottlieb
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialEngrossed Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, in which the American colonies set forth a list of grievances against the British Crown and declared that they…- Contributor: Jefferson, Thomas - Second Continental Congress, United States
- Date: 1776-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 2
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Book/Printed MaterialDunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence]. John Dunlap, official printer to the Continental Congress, produced the first printed versions of the American Declaration of Independence in his Philadelphia shop on the night of July 4, 1776. After the…- Contributor: Dunlap, John - Jefferson, Thomas - Second Continental Congress, United States
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Victory of Khorgos. The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…- Contributor: Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe - Attiret, Jean-Denis
- Date: 1776-01-01
- Resource: Image