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Creating the Declaration of Independence
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Founded on a Set of Beliefs
John Adams, Second President
John Adams, Second President of the United States of America. Boston: Pendleton Lithography, ca. 1828. Lithograph after painting by Gilbert Stuart. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.05.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca.19162]
Joseph Brant, Mohawk Chief
Thomas McKenney and James Hall. “Thayendanega, The Great Captain of the Six Nations.” Lithograph from History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle [etc.], 1836–1844. Rare Book and Special Collections, Library of Congress (25.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0025_01]
Washington Urges Peaceful Plan for Settlement
Letter from George Washington to James Duane, September 7, 1783. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (25.02.02)
[Digital ID# us0025_02p1]
John Sullivan, Revolutionary War General
Major General John Sullivan, a Distinguish’d Officer in the Continental Army. [London]: Thos. Hart, 1776. Mezzotint engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (26.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15710]
Fears of Religious Oppression and Indian Attacks
John Almon. The Allies—Par nobile Fratrum! [London]: I. Almon, Piccadilly, 1780. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (26.01.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a35345]
Jefferson Defends Human Equality
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Marquis de Chastellux, June 7, 1785. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (27)
[Digital ID# us0027]
Americans Seek Native American Allies
“Minutes of a Conference of the St. John’s and Micmac Indians,” July 10–17, 1776. Manuscript. Peter Force Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (027.01.03)
[Digital ID # us0027_01p3b]
Paine’s Common Sense Stimulates American Minds
[Thomas Paine]. Common Sense: Address to the Common Inhabitants of America . . . . Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (030.00.04)
[Digital ID # us0030_5]
Adams On Best Form of Government
John Adams. Thoughts on Government: Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies. . . . Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (031.00.04)
[Digital ID#us0031_04]
Cherokees Forced to Cede Lands in Carolinas
A Map of the Lands Ceded by the Cherokee Indians to the State of South Carolina at a Congress Held in May, A.D. 1777 [ca. 1777]. Hand-colored manuscript map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (126.00.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3910.ar152200]
Indians to Cede Lands in Carolinas
A New and Accurate Map of the Province of Georgia in North America. [London: ca. 1779]. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (126.01.00)
[Digital ID# ar156900]
Center of Creation of the Republic
A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia, survey’d by Nicholas Scull and George Heap. Engraved by Will Faden. London: W. Faden, 1777. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (38)
[Digital ID# ct000185]
American Provinces Overlap Land of the Iroquois
Lewis Evans. A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America. [London]: T. Jefferys, 1758. Hand-colored map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (026.03.00)
[Digital ID # ar071200]
Frontier Battleground
[Plan of part of a western front], ca.1778. Manuscript map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (026.02.00)
[Digital ID # http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3792s.ar105100]
Major Ridge, Cherokee Chief
Thomas McKenney and James Hall. “Major Ridge, a Cherokee Chief.” Lithograph from History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle [etc.], 1836–1844. Hand-colored lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (126.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24339]
Massacre Leads to American Attack on Iroquois
Thomas Phillibrown. Incident in Cherry Valley, Fate of Jane Wells. New York: Martin, Johnson & Co., c. 1856. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (126.04.00)
[Digital ID # cph-3c11117]
Paine’s Common Sense Provokes
[James Chalmers]. Plain Truth; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Containing Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Entitled Common Sense . . .Written by Candidus. Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (018.01.01)
[Digital ID # us0018_01p1]
Thomas Paine
William Sharp. Thomas Paine, after a portrait by George Romney. London: E. Truelove, [1794]. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.05.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24327]
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