Creating the United States

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Creating the Declaration of Independence  |  Battle Joined

Battlefield Success Boosts Congressional Confidence (039.00.00)

Battlefield Success Boosts Congressional Confidence
Richard Smith. Diary, open to March 25, 1776. Manuscript diary. Richard Smith Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
[Digital ID # us0039]

Benjamin Franklin Voices American Defiance (029.01.00)

Benjamin Franklin Voices American Defiance
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Lord Howe, July 20, 1776. Manuscript. Benjamin Franklin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (029.01.00)
[Digital ID # us0029_01]

Celebrating American Liberty (037.04.00)

Celebrating American Liberty
John McRae. Raising the Liberty Pole. New York: 1875. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (037.04.00)
[Digital ID # pga 02159]

Declaration of Independence (036.03.00)

Declaration of Independence
William J. Stone, Declaration of Independence. Washington, D.C.: 1823. Facsimile on vellum. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (036.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0036_03]

Declaration of Independence Sent to State Governors and George Washington (035.01.00)

Declaration of Independence Sent to State Governors and George Washington
John Hancock. Extract from Journals of Congress, July 4–5, 1776. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (035.01.00)
[Digital ID # us0035_01]

First Newspaper Printing of Declaration (038.02.00)

First Newspaper Printing of Declaration
Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania Evening Post. Philadelphia: Benjamin Towner, July 6, 1776. Newspaper. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (038.02.00, 038.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0038_02, us0038_02p1]

General Washington Leads Americans to Independence (021.02.00)

General Washington Leads Americans to Independence
Noel Le Mire (1724–1801). Le Général Washington, Ne Quid Detrimenti Capitat Res publica. Paris: ca.1785. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (021.02.00)
[Digital ID # cph 3c02494]

George Washington Appointed Commander in Chief (011.04.00)

George Washington Appointed Commander in Chief
Commission of George Washington as Commander in Chief, June 19, 1775. Manuscript document. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (011.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0011_04]

Loyalist Yields to “Liberty Men” (013.02.00)

Loyalist Yields to “Liberty Men”
Philip Dawe. The Alternative of Williams-burg. London: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, February 16, 1775. Mezzotint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (013.02.00)
[Digital ID # cph-3g05280]

Oaths of Allegiances (135.01.00)

Oaths of Allegiances
Certifications of the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and Fidelity. Printed and signed oaths, 1777–1782. Marian S. Carson Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (135.01.00–135.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0135_01–us0135_04]

Signing the Declaration (037.05.00)

Signing the Declaration
The Rebels of ‘76—Or the First Announcement of the Great Declaration. Philadelphia: S. Ashton, ca. 1860. Hand-colored engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (037.05.00)
[Digital ID # pga.03091]

Struggle for America (024.03.00)

Struggle for America
The Curious Zebra—Alive from America! Walk in Gem’men and Ladies, Walk in. London: G. Johnson, 1778. Hand-colored etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (024.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.10751]

The Assumed Plan (127.01.00)

The Assumed Plan
Artist Unknown. The Plan, or a Scene in the French Cabinet. [London: September 1779] Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (127.01.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.10081]

The British Take New York (013.03.00)

The British Take New York
Franz Xaver Habermann. L’Entré triumphe de troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck. Augsbourg: ca. 1778. Hand-colored engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (013.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24332]

The Toast to George Washington (011.05.00)

The Toast to George Washington
[Francis Hopkinson]. “The Toast,” 1778. Manuscript songbook. Music Division, Library of Congress (011.05.00)
[Digital ID # us0011_05]

Washington Congratulated on New Jersey Victory (039.01.00)

Washington Congratulated on New Jersey Victory
Letter from Henry Laurens to George Washington, July 7, 1778. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.01.00)
[Digital ID # us0039_01]

Washington’s Army Defiantly Fights Back (029.00.00)

Washington’s Army Defiantly Fights Back
Letter from George Washington to John Hancock, December 20, 1776. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
[Digital ID # us0029]

Writing the Declaration of Independence (034.02.03)

Writing the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Debates in the Continental Congress, June 7-August 1, 1776. [ante 1781]. Manuscripts. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (034.02.03, 34.02.04)
[Digital ID #s us0034_02p3, us0034_02p4]

Creating the Declaration of Independence  |  Founded on a Set of Beliefs

Settlements Prohibited West of the Appalachians (7)

Settlements Prohibited West of the Appalachians
Thomas Hutchins. A General Map of the Country of the Ohio and Muskingum, Showing the Situation of the Indian-Towns . . . in William Smith. An Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians, In the Year 1764. . . .  Philadelphia: W. Bradford, 1765. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (7)
[Digital ID#  us0007 — us0007_1]

Thomas Jefferson (22.03.00)

Thomas Jefferson
A. Newsam. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States. P.S. Duval, lithographer. Lithograph. Philadelphia: C.S. Williams, ca. 1846. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (22.03.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19880]

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