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Creating the Bill of Rights
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Formation of Political Parties
Congressman Declares Acts Unconstitutional
Letter from John Dawson to his Constituents, Philadelphia, July 19, 1798. Printed broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (94.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0094_01]
Celebrating The First Great Western Empire
R. Packard. The First Great Western Empire; or, the United States of America. Albany, New York, 1812. Wood engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (95.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0095]
Political Rights of Women Asserted
Letter from Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 19, 1799. Manuscript. Shaw Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (95.01.00)
[Digital ID# s0095_01p1; us0095_01p2]
Alexander Hamilton
William G. Jackman. Alexander Hamilton. Engraving after a painting by L.W. Gibbs. New York: D. Appleton, 1857. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (100.02.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b03321 ]
James Madison, Father of the Constitution
Charles Willson Peale. James Madison, 1783. Miniature portrait on ivory. Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (107.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0107]
Abigail Adams
A. Adams. Engraving, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. New York: Johnson, Wilson & Co. , [between 1830 and 1860]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (128.01.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a12454]
Capital Location Negotiated
William Maclay. Diary, 1789–1790. Manuscript. William Maclay Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (081.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0081_02]
Congress at Odds
Congressional Pugilists. Congress Hall, in Philadelphia, February 15, 1798. [Philadelphia], 1798. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (098.04.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.19356]
Georgetown: Suburb of the New Federal City
George Isham Parkyns. (ca.1750–ca.1820) View of the Suburbs of the City of Washington, [ca. 1795]. Aquatint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (098.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-23666]
Jay’s Treaty
Letter from Pierce Butler to James Madison, June 26, 1795. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (091.06.00)
[Digital ID # us0091_06]
John Jay
“His Excellency John Jay, President of Congress & Minister Plenipotentiary from Congress at Madrid” in Portraits of Generals, Ministers, Magistrates, Members of Congress and Others, Who Have Rendered Themselves Illustrious in the Revolution of the United States of North America. London: R. Wilkinson and J. Debret, May 1783. Engraving after drawing by Pierre E. DuSimitièrre. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (092.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0092_02]
Linking Jeffersonian Republicans to the French Revolution
“Stop the Wheels of Government,” illustration in [William Cobbett] Peter Porcupine’s Political Censor or Monthly Review of the Most Interesting Political Occurrences Relative to the United States of America. Philadelphia: William Cobbett, April 1796. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (090.05.00)
[Digital ID # us0090_05]
Locating the National Capital
Letter from George Washington to Marquis de La Luzerne, August 10, 1790. Letter book. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (088.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0088_04]
Ongoing, Undeclared Naval War
William Birch and Son. “Preparation of War to Defend Commerce” from The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, As it Appeared in the Year 1800. . . . Hand-colored engraving. Springland, Pennsylvania: William Birch and Son, 1800. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (54.00.05)
[Digital ID # us0054p5]
Political Infighting and a War with France
Letter from Abigail Adams to William Shaw, December 23, 1798. Manuscript. Shaw Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (092.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0092_03p1]
Survey of the Site for the Federal City of Washington
Andrew Ellicott. Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia: Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the seat of their Government, after the Year MDCC. Boston: Sam’l Hill, [1792]. Engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (134.00.00)
[Digital ID # ct002488]
Virginia Resolutions Oppose Alien and Sedition Laws
Virginia to Wit. In the House of Delegates Friday, December 21st, 1798. Resolved that the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution . . . . Richmond, 1798. Leaflet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (091.07.00)
[Digital ID us0091_07]
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