Historical American Documents

An array of significant historical documents including declarations and plans from the American Revolutionary era, showcasing text and image engravings.

Tax bill with 20 articles in which the attacks for selling coffee, tea, chocolate and other drinks are mentioned, tax bill note document information form paper, printed Single sheet. Contains 20 articles in which the attacks for, among other things, selling and 'letting money drink' of coffee tea chocolate and other drinks are mentioned. Dated 8 December 1713 Dirk van Kastijlje Impostmeester about Schiedam and the Hamlets of that van den Impost on the Koffy Thee Chocolate ... heraldry Schiedam excise tax Dirk van Kastijlje impost tax

State Constitutional Convention for Massachusetts, 1777-1780 , United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783

In Congress, July 4, 1776 : a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled ,

In Congress, July 4, 1776 : a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled ,

Notification of the creation of the project of the Provincial Gelderse Compagnie van Commerce, 1720; Project, from the Proventiale Geldersche Compagnie van Commerce, & C. & c.; The large scene of foolishness (extra pieces). Leaf with notification of the creation of the project of the Provincial Gelderse Compagnie of Commerce (in 1720), in which the explanation of objectives and expected revenues, the costs per action and rules for the drawing etc. text in two columns with points 1-11 . Belongs to the group of printed documents added to the series of scenery of foolishness with cartrents at the 1820 wind trade.

Facsimile of the original draft of the Declaration of Independence (1776) with portraits of all the signatories surrounding it. Engraving c1896. America USA Nationality

'An authenticated copy of the Declaration of Independency, with the names of the members of Congress', distributed to 'each of the United States' in January 1777, by order of Congress President, John Hancock (BSLOC_2019_4_55)

Copy of the United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would now regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these states formed a new nation the United States of America.

American Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776.

Tax bill with 20 articles in which the attacks for selling coffee, tea, chocolate and other drinks are mentioned, tax bill note document information form paper, printed Single sheet. Contains 20 articles in which the attacks for, among other things, selling and 'letting money drink' of coffee tea chocolate and other drinks are mentioned. Dated 8 December 1713 Dirk van Kastijlje Impostmeester about Schiedam and the Hamlets of that van den Impost on the Koffy Thee Chocolate ... heraldry Schiedam excise tax Dirk van Kastijlje impost tax

Declaration of Independence, is the founding document of the American Revolution. It justified breaking the colonial ties to Great Britain by providing a basic philosophy of government and a list of grievances against the Crown. This is the 'Dunlap Broadside', which was the first printed version produced by John Dunlap, printer to the Continental Congress (BSLOC_2019_4_54)

Henry viii, King of England, Biography Heartrich Viiius Vik England from the Heads Britain -, author

Biografie George Digby, Graf von Bristol aus The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, Thomas Birch , Auteur

Anonymous. "Regulations & ordinances on the fact of ordinary guards". Grav. Wood/typography. 1594. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 56783-1 Poster, ordinary guard, justice, order, regulation, typography, wood

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet.

Decreits. Decree of the National Convention, of the twenty-fifth day of the first year of the second year of the French Republic, one and indivisible, which authorizes to use the mattresses, sheets and blankets found in the houses of the Emigr�s, the barerment citizens of the first requisition. Displays on the decree of the National Convention. Typography, 1793.

Extract from the Gazette de France, / Thursday, April 7, 1814. (Registered title (letter)) Rusand, M.-P., from the Gazette de France, / Thursday, April 7, 1814. (Registered title (letter)), 1814. Typography. Carnavalet Museum, History of Paris.

Penningen met portretten van Willem III, prins van Oranje.Portraits of Willem III, each in a circle with a peripheral. Around Willem III around it around it.

Didot the elder. "Speech by the King, delivered on May 5, 1789, day where His Majesty opened the Etates-General". Engraving printed on silk. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35655-1 Speech, gender states, print, openness, queen, king France, silk, engraving

Page two, of the United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. the Constitution came into force in 1789

Newspaper clipping announcing Timoleon's arrival at New Orleans , Timoleon Ship. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

French Revolution: Prayer at the Being-Supreme, text adorned with an emblem with a hand-painted frame. (TF)

Officers of the United States Army and Navy prisoners of war. Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. / Designed and executed with a pen in Libby Prison by Capt. Rob. J. Fisher, 17 Reg. Mo. Vol. Inf. | Library of Congress

Pullman Car Service Pennsylvania Railroad. 1941. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

We ask / a constitution

FRENCH REPUBLIC, FREEDOM - EQUALITY - FRATERNITY, DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT READ, ON 3 NOVEMBER 1915, AT THE SENATE BY MR. REE VIVIANI, GARDE OF SEALS, MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND IN THE CHAMP OF THE DEPULTS BY MR ARISTIDE BRIAND, Chairman of the Council , Minister of Foreign Affairs Information display. "Government Statement read on November 3, 1915, to the Senate by Mr. René Viviani, Minister of Justice and the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Aristide Briand, Chairman of the Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs". Typography. 1915. Printing of official newspapers.

Vatar, R. (son), Liberte Egalite./ On behalf of the Republic./ Judgment/ rendered by the Revolutionary Military Commission,/ near the Army of the Côtes de Brest, Séante in Rennes./ of the 24 Frimaire of the year 2 of the Republic an & indivisible. (Inscribed title (letter)), 1793. Engraving on wood and typography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris. Politics, History, French Revolution, 1789-1799, Administration, Justice, Judgment, Commission, Army, Rennes, Brest, Brittany, Normandy, Calvados, Cherbourg, Cotto, Jean-François Gabriel Vaugeois (1753-1839), Scevola Noël, Gracchus Chalon, François Letellier (1726-), JH Dré Marie, Typographic poster, decorative patterns High Center Vignette with stylized vase from which a flame comes out, bay crown, solar rays, abundance horns, cloud, in the vertical decorative center

Washington. 1783 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

George Savile, Marquis of Halifax , Biography George Savile Marquis Halifax, British statesman, secret seal keeper from The Heads of Illustrious Personal of Great Britain , Thomas Birch -, Auteur

LA CONSTITUCION FRANCESA DE 1848-ILUS REPUBLIC. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

ACTA DE INDEPENDENCIA DE LOS ESTADOS DE AMERICA 4/JULIO/1776. Author: THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Entrance to Paris, S. Mr. Charles X, the enjoyed.

N . 892 & 893. DECRETS. Decree of the National Convention, of 14 May 1793, the year 2nd of the Republic Franoise sic ./ relating to the method of payment of expenditure expensed by the Directoir of Department & District during the year 1793. N . 892 & 893. Decree of the National Convention on the Mode of Payment of Expenditures The Department and District Directories during the year 1793. Woodcut and Typography, 1793.

French Revolution. Testament of Louis XVI adorned with the portraits of the dolphin, Madame Royale and the King, letter of December 25, 1792. (Title)

History of Genesee County, New York. Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1876. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Genesee County (N.Y.), Real property , New York (State)

. Satirical leaf in the form of a list of names of the participants in the funeral procession in which the Gelderse publication is worn against the freedom of the printing press Ten Grave, 1786. Text sheet with black mourning edges.

United States Constitution, Washington, DC

Secret encounter from civilis with leaders of the Teviri, 69-70; Assemblée de Cologne / shredches XVIII; Copies to Tempesta's Batavian rebellion. Secret encounter from Civilis with Julius Classicus and Julius Tutor, leaders of the Treviri from Trier in a house in Cologne. This is called a plan to kill the Roman officers in order to get the soldiers on their side. Print 18 in a series about the Batavian rebellion, copied to the Series Batavorum Cum Romanis Bellum by Antonio Tempesta (Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612). Illustration for: Marquis de St. Simon, Histoire de la Guerre des Bataves et des Romains, d'après César; Corneille Tacite, Aux Dépens The Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1770. Performances printed in a large ornamental picture frame in which a tasting title and at the bottom of a caption was stuck in French.

Congressional Resolution to Establish a United States Mint.

Biografie von Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey aus The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, Unknown

Explanation of the print with the Prince of Orange during the Battle of Quatre-Bras, 1815; Honorsuil, descriptions for the immortal boy hero, Willem Frederik George Louis, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Crown Prince of the Netherlands etc. etc. container of the Dutch freedom; Second series of four plates of the battles at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo.text Sheet With An Explanation of the Representation of the Print in Which Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, Turns Around During The French Attack in the Battle at Quatre-Bras on 16 June 1815, But is Relieved by the Dutch Troops of the 7th Battalion. From Gratitude The Prince Donates Their Honorary Signs. Text Within Decorated Edge, as well with Eight Arrecation Fresh.

Constitutional Charter / (June 4, 1814) (IT)

The revolution, decoration on Koningsplein, 1795 (explanation); The revolution. Text sheet Explanation of the representation of the revolution, allegorical decoration established on Koningsplein in Amsterdam. Hercules breaks the yoke of the aristocratic government. Probably associated with a separate edition of the loose plates of decorations established in the city in the celebration of the installation of the representatives and the alliance closed between the French and the Batavian Republic, 19 June 1795.

Charles Fleetwood, Lord Deputy of Ireland, Biografie Charles Fleetwood, Lord Deputy von Irland, Unknown

Details / on the coronation of his majesty / Charles X. (IT)

N . 747, 748 & 749. Decrets. Decree of the National Convention, of 13 April 1793 the year 2nd of the French Republic sic. Which pronounces the sentence of two years of detention against those who will mutilate or break the masterpieces of the Tuileries Garden and other places. N . 747, 748 & 749. Decree of the National Convention which pronounces the sentence of two years of detention against those who will mutilate or will break the heads of carving of the Tuileries Garden and other places. Typography, 1793.

Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with portrait of Benjamin Franklin ca. 1827 Adrien Jarry de Mancy An engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin illustrates this page from Adrien Jarry de Mancy, "Iconographie instructive ou collection de portraits des personnages célèbres de l'histoire moderne, gravées d'après des dessins de M. Devéria et par MM. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Massard, Wedgwood, etc."...1827-29) (An instructive iconography, or collection of portraits of famous people from modern history, engraved after drawings by Mr. Devéria et by Mssrs. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Massard, Wedgwood, etc.). The image is based on a pastel portrait by Duplessis, "the Gray Coat Portrait," ca. 1777-78, now at the New York Public Library (of which there were many later copies).. Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with portrait of Benjamin Franklin. After Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, Carpentras 1725-1802 Versailles). ca. 1827. Letterpress and engraving. Rignoux, Paris. Pierr

Legal notice - To the Patriots of the Western District, Niagara frontier Brigadier General George McClure (1771-1851)

Thomas Tolmach, Lieutenant-General, Biography of Thomas Tollemache Talmash or Tolmach, British Lieutenant-General from The Heads of Illustrious Personal of Great Britain , Thomas Birch -, Autur

Fourth of July.. Illustrations. 1844. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Antislavery movements, Slavery , United States

Replica of Declaration of Independence

Project of Constitution / Subject to the Review of the French Nation

Death of President Lincoln! / composed by Jas. D. Gay, 300 N. Twentieth St. Philadelphia, Pa. | Library of Congress

Description in the title print for press series 'The Park of Enghien (Edingen)' by Romeyn de Hooghe, Romeyn de Hooghe, c. 1685 text sheet In the middle of it: A. Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing public gardens, park

N �. 1954. Decree of the National Convention, 17th. Friendly day, the second year of the French Republic, one and indivisible, relating to the arrests of individuals not literally in the law of 27 September on suspect people. Displays on the decree of the National Convention on Arrests of Individuals not literally included in the law of 27 September on suspect people. Board engraving and typography, 1793.

N . 1679. Decree of the National Convention, of the eighteenth sic day of the first month of the second year of the French Republic, one and indivisible, relating to the douzieth sic and trerezieme sic Batillions of Seine and Oise. N . 1679. Decree of the National Convention relating to the twelfth and thirteenth sic battalions of Seine et Oise. Board engraving and typography, 1793.

The Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. Mezzotint by H.S. Sadd after J. Trumbull.

Decreits. Decree of the National Convention, of 21 November 1792, the year. of the French Republic sic. Manufacture of 1600-pound saters, for six hundred million. Decree of the National Convention. Manufacture of 1600-pound saters, for six hundred million. Typography, 1792.

Message from President Wilson Read to the United States of America on April 2, 1917 Printing official newspapers. Message from President Wilson Read to the United States of America on April 2, 1917. Typography. 1917.

If You Can Read This, Quotes

Close-up of the United States Constitution

Marie Antoinette Testament, born November 2, 1755. Dead on 25 (Barré) October 1793. (IT)

B'nai B'rith messenger, Vol. 44, no. 33. text. Periodicals. 1941-04-11. Dorot Jewish Division. Jews , United States

N . 1957. Decrees of the National Convention, 16th. and 18th. Friendly days, the second year of the Republic Franoise sic, one and indivisible, relating to the defense made to the infantry officers who have not reached the age of 50, and to other soldiers, to maintain horses, and collect forage rations. Displays on the decrees of the National Defense Convention on Infantry Officers who have not reached the age of 50, and other soldiers to maintain horses, and to collect forage rations . Board engraving and typography, 1793.

Marie Antoinette Testament, born November 2, 1755. Dead October 25, 1793. (IT)

PP1-50-1 Borough of Bradford 1887 Description: From Borough of Bradford: address to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee. Illuminated. Date: 1887 jubilee, queenvictoria, pp1, loyaladdress

The warrant for the execution of Charles I Date: 30 January 1649

Declaration of Independence. Trumbull, John (1756-1843). 1823. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Explanatory text at the print "Monument to John Calvin"; "Declaration of the monument to the salvation Reformateur Joannes Calvinus."

CONSTITUCION DE LA NACION ESPAÑOLA PROMULGADA EL 6/6/1869-PORTADA. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Declaration of Independence of the United States ofAmerica. Artist: Asher Brown Durand, American, 1796-1886 After: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Anonymous, law/ relating to messaging & public cars, both by/ water and on land ./ Down in Paris, January 19, 1791., 1791. Wood engraving and typography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris. Politics, History, French Revolution, 1789-1799, Administration, Law, Decree, National Assembly, Messaging, Transport, Royalty, Louis XVI (Louis Auguste de France) (1754-1793), Marguerite Louis François Duport-Diterre (1754-1793 ), Typographic poster, decorative motif high center flower shield and royal crown, necklaces of the orders of Saint-Michel and the Holy Spirit

Inscription inside Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. USA. (Editorial Use Only)

The American Pilot title page , Pilot guides, Atlantic Coast North America, Early works to 1800, Nautical charts, Atlantic Coast North America, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The Reform Advocate, Vol. 7, no. 21, Chicago, July 14, 1894, Reform Judaism, Jewish periodicals

Proposals for Engraving by Subscription, The Book of Common Prayer, John Sturt, 1658-1730, British, c.1720, Engraving, Sheet: 7 1/2 x 9in. (19.1 x 22.9cm)

COMPOSITE OF AMERICAN FLAG AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The Constitution of the United States. Country: Unknown

Ganzenbord Der Constitutively Unigenitus Van Pac P. Clement 11, ca. 1723-1724, 1724 print. gameboard Cartoon on the BUL of Constitution Unigenitus of Pope Clemens XI, ca. 1723-1724, in the form of a goose board. Board game with 63 play sections that have only been partially filled. In the middle of the game the rules are, in two columns outside the board, the explanation of the game. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter print by: France paper etching / letterpress printing goose-game

Card of S. J. van Butchell pasted down in Wellcome copy.

All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, They cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity! Namely the enjoyment of life and liberty , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

Original 13 star American flag with Declaration of Independence and ink bottle with quill pen

Vintage Photograph. Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States with Liberty Bell in center

The American Revolution, Join or die, Benjamin Franklin's warning to the British colonies in America, 'Join or die' exhorting them to unite against the French and the natives, shows a segmented snake, from The Pennsylvania Gazette, by Benjamin Franklin, circa 1754.

Declaration of Independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress.

American Revolution, Second Continential Congress, Philadelphia, 1775-1776. Delegates of the Drafting Committee at work on the Declaration of Independence, 1776. L-R: Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, worked with Thomas Jefferson at his lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (now Market St.) streets in Philadelphia (BSLOC_2019_4_49)

The Washington Hotel. 1919. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The freedom of election or hunt-ing for popularity and plumpers for Maxwell / I. R. Cruikshank; delt. & fect. By Robert Cruikshank; 1789-1856; artist. Print shows two candidates in the Westminster election; Henry Hunt and Murray Maxwell; addressing a crowd.

Declaration of Independence of the United States

Photo collection Government information service. The Hague Peace Conference of 1899 in the Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. 1899. The Hague, South Holland

Gen. Washington resigning his commission to congress at Annapolis, M. D., December 23rd, 1783 , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Poster against slavery in Kansas, 19th century.

Close-up of Declaration of Independence resting on American flag

Printed, broadside, advertisement of first elephant exhibited in America , Broadsides, Elephants. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

"Your late purchase of an estate with a view of emancipating the slaves on it is a generous and noble proof of your humanity! Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country.". "Your late purchase of an estate with a view of emancipating the slaves on it is a generous and noble proof of your humanity! Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country."

Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor : Constitution of Virginia , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, 19th century

I tremble for my country when I remember that God is just and that his justice cannot sleep forever : Revolution is among possible events : the Almighty has no attribute which would side with us in such a struggle , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, 19th century

Book of Engravings by R. Adam, F.R.S. presented to Marshal Tito by the British Council on the occasion of the British book exhibition in Belgrade June 1947. June 11, 1947. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Independance Hall in 1776.. Prints. 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Historic buildings , Virginia , Williamsburg, Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Governor of Massachusetts against license , Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Abolitionists, United States, 19th century, Correspondence, Social reformers, United States, History, 19th century, Temperance, United States, History, 19th century, Alcohol, Law and legislation, Massachusetts, History, 19th century, Antislavery movements, United States, Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Social reformers, United States, Temperance, United States, Alcohol, Law and legislation, Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives, Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor 1872-1878 : Talbot, Independent New York, N.Y.

The fragment of 100 dollar bill. Close up

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