Creating the United States

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Creating the United States Constitution  |  Constitution Legacy

Seeking Women’s Rights to Vote (131.02.00)

Seeking Women’s Rights to Vote
Woman Suffrage Headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 1912. Photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (131.02.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a52979]

"The evolving nature of the Constitution" (118.02.00)

“The evolving nature of the Constitution”
Thurgood Marshall. Speech Concerning the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, April 2, 1987. Draft typescript. Thurgood Marshall Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (118.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0188_02]

American Japanese Forced to Evacuate Homes (116.04.00)

American Japanese Forced to Evacuate Homes
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Bainbridge Island, Washington, Evacuation. Gelatin silver print, March 30, 1942. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (116.04.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca.24331]

Japanese Internment (117.04.00)

Japanese Internment
Tessaku (Barbed Wire). No. 6. Tule Lake, California: Tessakusha, (1945). Asian Division, Library of Congress (117.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0117_05]

Questioning the Constitutionality of the New Deal (120.05.00)

Questioning the Constitutionality of the New Deal
Harry E. Homan. Test for Astigmatism, 1935. Ink and crayon drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (120.05.00)
[Digital ID # acd.2a08959]

Creating the Bill of Rights  |  Forging a Federal Government

Concerns about the Constitution (069.00.04)

Concerns about Constitution
[Mercy Otis Warren]. Observations on the New Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions, by a Columbian Patriot. Boston, 1788. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (69.00.04)
[Digital ID# us0069_03]

Celebrating Ratification of Constitution (70)

Celebrating Ratification of Constitution
The Federal Edifice. Massachusetts Centinel, August 2, 1788. Woodcut. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (70.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0070]

Rallying Support for the New Constitution (70.02.00)

Rallying Support for the New Constitution
Order of procession, in honor of the Constitution of the United States . . . by order of the Committee of Arrangements, Richard Platt, chairman, July 23 [1788]. New York: 1788. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (70.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0070_02]

Unanimous Election of George Washington (71)

Unanimous Election of George Washington
Letter from John Langdon to George Washington, April 6, 1789. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (71.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0071]

George Washington Elected as President (71.02.01)

George Washington Elected as President
Charles Thomson. Address to President Washington, April 14, 1789. Letter book. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (71.02.01)
[Digital ID# us0071_02p1, on display; us0071_02p2 ]

Washington's First Inaugural Address (072.00.04)

Washington's First Inaugural Address
George Washington. First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (72.00.04)
[Digital ID# us0072_6]

First Federal Congress Meets in New York’s Federal Hall

First Federal Congress Meets in New Yorks Federal Hall
A View of the Federal Hall of the City of New York, As It Appeared in the Year 1797. New York: George Holland and H.R. Robinson, [1847]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (73.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-19164]

New York’s Federal Hall (73)

New York's Federal Hall
Federal Hall, New York City. Lithograph after an engraving by Cornelius Tiebout, 1789. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (073.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15703]

Federal Hall, New York, 1789 (73.03.00)

Federal Hall, New York, 1789
Federal Hall, Wall Street and Trinity Church in New York in 1789. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (73.03.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a06239]

Plans for the Future Capital District (74)

Plans for the Future Capital District
Thomas Jefferson. Map of the Capital District, 1791. Manuscript map. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (74)
[Digital ID# us0074]

New Federal Capital City in the District of Columbia (74.01.00)

New Federal Capital City in the District of Columbia
J. Good. Plan of the City of Washington. [London]: J. Good, 1793. From the Literary Magazine and British Review, January 1793. Hand-colored engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (74.01.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000511]

English Declaration of Rights (108.00.03)

English Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Rights in Anno Regni Gulielmi et Mari Regis & Regin Angli, Scotia, Franci & Hiberni, Primo. London: Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, 1689. Law Library, Library of Congress (108.00.01)
[Digital ID# us0108_01; us0108]

Celebrating the Federal Constitution (070.03.00)

Celebrating the Federal Constitution
Order of Procession in Honor of the Constitution of the United States. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, July 4, 1788. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (070.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0070_03]

Celebrating the Fourth in 1788 (070.04.00)

Celebrating the Fourth in 1788
[Francis Hopkinson]. An Ode for the 4th of July 1788. [Philadelphia]: Printed by M[atthew]. Carey, [1788]. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (070.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0070_04]

Congressional Preparations for the President (139.00.00)

Congressional Preparations for the President
The Committee of Both Houses of Congress Appointed to Take Order for Conducting the Ceremonial of the Formal Receptions of the President of the United States on Thursday Next. New York: April 29, 1789. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (139.00.00)
[Digital ID # us0139]

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