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Creating the Declaration of Independence
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Peace
Franco-American Cooperation Secures Victory
Sebastian Bauman. Plan de l’investissement de York et de Glocester, October 22–28, 1781. Philadelphia, 1782. Hand-colored printed map. Rochambeau Collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (40)
[Digital ID# ar147100]
French and American Forces Corner British at Yorktown
Jean Nicolas Desandroüins. Armée de Rochambeau, 1782. Carte des environs de Williamsburg en Virginie où les armées françoise et américaine ont campés en Septembre 1781. Ithaca, N.Y.: Historic Urban Plans, 1775 [1782]. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (40.03.00)
[Digital ID# ar146100]
John Paul Jones Challenges British Navy
Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt. Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones. Hand-colored etching after a painting by Richard Paton. Augsbourg: ca.1779. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (40.04.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b49755]
General Cornwallis’s Surrender
York Town. [London, 1781]. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (41)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15706]
After British Surrender at Yorktown
George Washington. Diary entry for October 16, 1781. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (42.00.02)
[Digital ID# us0042_02]
Preliminary Articles of Peace
Preliminary Articles of Peace, November 30, 1782. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (043.00.04)
[Digital ID#us0043p6]
Washington Leads America into Peace
George Washington. Address to Congress, December 23, 1783. Manuscript document. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (44)
[Digital ID# us0044 — us0044_1]
Washington’s Letter to the States
Letter from George Washington to the States, June 8, 1783. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (044.01.02)
[Digital ID # us0044_01p3]
Washington Cites Importance of Religious Freedom
Letter from George Washington to the Ministers of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Kingston, New York, November 16, 1782. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (45)
[Digital ID# us0045]
America Triumphant
“America Triumphant and Britannia in Distress” in Weatherwise’s Town and Country Almanack. [Boston: 1782]. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24328]
Franco-American Alliance under Attack
The American Rattlesnake Presenting Monsieur His Ally a Dish of Frogs. [London]: J. Barrow, November 8, 1782. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.02.00)
[Digital ID # cph 3a05327]
Great Britain Faces Humiliation at Loss of American Colonies
The Hour of Insolence—We’ll Bring Them at Our Feet! [1782]. Ink drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (045.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24334]
The Hour of Humilitation—How Shall We Repass the Rubicon? [1782]. Ink drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (045.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24333]
Surrender of Earl Cornwallis and His British Army at Yorktown
Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. The British Surrendering Their Arms to Gen. Washington After Their Defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781. Philadelphia: Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co., January 28, 1819. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (045.01.00)
[Digital ID # pga-03352]
Creating the Declaration of Independence
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Declaration Legacy
French Declaration of Rights Emulates U.S. Declarations
Marquis de Lafayette. Declaration of the Rights of Man, Ante July, 1789. Manuscript document with emendations by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (109.00.02)
[Digital ID# us0109p2]
Texas Declaration of Independence
Texas Republic Declaration of Independence made at Washington on the second of March 1836, and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, adopted by the Convention March 17, 1836. Houston: Printed at the Office of the Telegram, 1838. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (109.01.00)
[Digital ID # us0109_01p0]
Women’s Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Rights of Women of the United States, July 4, 1876. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Collection. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111.00.01)
[Digital ID# us0111_1; us0111_0 – us0111_1]
First Conference to Discuss Women’s Rights
“Declaration of Sentiments” from Report of the Woman’s Rights Convention, Held at Seneca Falls, New York July 19 and 20, 1848. Rochester: North Star Office, 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111.01.01)
[Digital ID# us0111_01a]
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Scrapbook, 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111.01.02)
[Digital ID#us0111_01b]
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