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| Person/Title | Description | Repository/Source |
| Adams, Abigail (young) | pastel, Benjamin Blyth, ca. 1766 | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Adams, Abigail (old) | engraving, from an original painting by Gilbert Stuart; published by Johnson, Wilson & Co., New York, between 1830 and 1860 (?) | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZ62-10016 DLC |
| Adams, John (portrait) | copy of painting (artist unidentified in source description). | National Archives NWDNS-148-CD-4(15) |
| Adams, John (signatures) | Library of Congress online exhibition: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson | |
| Adams, John Quincy (adult) | copy of painting (artist not identified in source description). | National Archives NWDNS-148-GW-795 |
| Adams, John Quincy (child) | engraving by Sidney L. Smith after a pastel by Isaak Schmidt, 1887 | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| The Address of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to all their Brethren and Friends in the United States. Baltimore, May 20th, 1800 | Methodist Episcopal Church | Library of Congress, Rare Books & Special Collections Division, online collection An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera rbpe 02900100 |
| Allen, Richard | in Bishop J. A. Handy, Scraps of African American Methodist Episcopal History, 1902 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, online collection Documenting the American South |
| Allen, Richard, and other bishops of the A.M.E. Church | portraits of Richard Allen and other African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) bishops, surrounded by scenes including Wilberforce University, Payne Institute, missionaries in Haiti, and the A.M.E. church book depository in Philadelphia. Lithograph; Boston: J.H. Daniels, 1876 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZ62-15059 Copyright by John H.W. Burley |
| "American Methodists proceeding to their camp meeting," 1819 | aquatint, hand-colored, by Jacques Gérard Milbert; engraving by M. Dubourg | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZC4-3264 |
| "Anabaptist ceremony in N. America," ca. 1819 | aquatint, hand-colored, by Jacques Gérard Milbert; engraving by M. Dubourg | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZC4-3265 |
| Banneker, Benjamin | detail of front cover, Benjamin Banneker's Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanac, for the Year of our Lord 1795, woodcut | Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Bardwell, Rhoda Smith | portrait, ca. 1794, attributed by Charles Lyman | Memorial Hall Museum, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA #1889.30.09 |
| Bible, King James Version, 1851 | distributed by the American Bible Society | Ramseyer-Northern Bible Society Museum Collection, University of Minnesota—Duluth Library |
| Bombardment of Tripoli, 1804 | Currier & Ives print, New York, 1846 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZ62-4 |
| Boudinot, Elias (Buck Watie) | Courtesy of Paul Ridenour; genealogy page of the Stand Watie and Elias Boudinot Family | |
| Brackenridge, Hugh Henry | University of Virginia Library, Electronic Archive of Early American Fiction | |
| "Camp Meeting of the Methodists in N. America," ca. 1819 | aquatint, hand-colored; artist, Jacques Gérard Milbert; engraver, M. Dubourg; Kennedy & Lucas Lithography | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZC4-772 |
| Cane Ridge Meeting House, Bourbon County, Kentucky | sketch by W. R. Berry, 1882 | University of Chicago and the Filson Historical Society, in Library of Congress online collection The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 #icufaw apc0023 |
| Cartwright, Peter | engraving from Harper's Weekly, New York, October 2, 1869 | General Commission on Archives and History, United Methodist Church, online exhibition The History of Methodism in America |
| "The Circuit Preacher" | engraving of a drawing by A. R. Waud, from Harper's Weekly, October 12, 1867 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Cornplanter | Cornplanter, or Kiontwogky, or Handsome Lake. By F. Bartoli, 1796. Info from site: "In his 1836 catalogue McKenney has this painting taken by Bartoli and copied from the original by Bass Otis." | Digital image from personal site "Portraits of American Indians" from the McKenney-Hall Gallery |
| Cotton field and plantation house, Macon County, Georgia, July 1937 | Dorothea Lange, photographer | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
LC-USF34- 017955-C [P&P] |
| Declaration of Independence | engraving made by printer William J. Stone in 1823; "the most frequently reproduced version of the document" | National Archives online exhibition The Charters of Freedom |
| Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church, Midway, KY; historical marker | photograph | Courtesy of the Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church |
| Franklin, Benjamin | copy of painting by Joseph Duplessis, ca. 1794-1802 | National Archives NWDNS-148-CC-11(3) |
| Great Seal of the United States, first publication of, 1786 | engraving entitled "Arms of the United States" by James Trenchard, The Columbian Magazine (Philadelphia), September 1786, p. 33. | Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, in online exhibition Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation |
| "Hail Columbia," n.d. (song sheet) | published by Charles Magnus, New York | Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, online exhibition America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets hc00042a |
| "Hail Columbia" and "A Federal Ode, " c. 1798 (broadside) | lyrics by Joseph Hopkinson. Boston: Sold by J. White [1798?] | Albert H. Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, online exhibition Music in American Life |
| Hamilton, Alexander (b&w) | photograph of painting by John Trumbull | National Archives NWDNS-148-CP-6 |
| Hamilton, Alexander; Report on Manufactures, 1791; page image | as published in the Annals of the Second Congress (1791-1793), p. 971 | Library of Congress online collection A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875 |
| Irving, Washington | ca. 1860-ca. 1865; photograph by Mathew Brady Studio | National Archives NWDNS-111-B-4144 |
| Jay, John | copy of painting by Gilbert Stuart | National Archives NWDNS-148-GW-735a |
| Jefferson, Thomas | copy (black and white) of painting by Thomas Sully | National Archives NWDNS-148-GW-910C |
| Jefferson, Thomas (portrait with signature) | date and publisher unknown | William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library; in Library of Congress online exhibition The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1829 icufaw apc0005 |
| Jefferson, Thomas, signatures of | Library of Congress online collection The Papers of Thomas Jefferson | |
| Jefferson, Thomas, cartoon about | "The Providential Detection," ca. 1800 | Library Company of Philadelphia In Library of Congress online exhibition Religion and the Founding of the American Republic |
| Jones, Absalom | in George F. Bragg, History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church. Baltimore, Md.: Church Advocate Press, 1922, p. 26 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, Rare Book Collection, online collection Documenting the American South |
| "Keep within Compass," ca. 1795 | Digital image courtesy of Catherine Lavender, College of Staten Island / CUNY, American Studies Program | |
| Lapowinsa | painting by Gustavus Hesselius, 1735 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| "Lewis and Clark in Council with the Indians" | engraving by Matthew Carey, in Patrick Gass, A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, Under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke, . . . 1812 | Library of Congress, Rare Books & Special Collections Division, online exhibition Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America |
| Lincecum, Gideon | photograph | Courtesy of Jerry Lincecum, Austin College, Sherman, Texas |
| McKean, Thomas | painting, attributed to Charles Willson Peale, 1785; completed ca. 1791 | National Portrait Gallery |
| Madison, James | Pendleton's Lithographer, 1828 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division PGA - Pendleton—James Madison ... (A size) [P&P] |
| Madison, James | copy of painting by Gilbert Stuart | National Archives NWDNS-148-CC-1 |
| [MAP] Georgia, 1796 | Jedidiah Morse | Courtesy of Ed Jackson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, online collection Georgia Photo Gallery: Images of Physical Features and Ecosystems |
| [MAP] Indian tribes of North America, 1836 | published by the American Antiquarian Society from a drawing by Hon. A. Gallatin, 1836 full title: Indian tribes of North America, about 1600 A.D. along the Atlantic, & about 1800 A.D. westwardly |
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division G3301.E1 1800 .G3 Vault |
| [MAP] Kentucky, 1795 | creators: John Reid & A. Anderson full title: Map of the State of Kentucky, with the adjoining territories, 1795 |
Filson Historical Society and the Library of Congress online exhibition The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 icufaw agf0005 |
| [MAP] Middle British colonies, 1776 | full title: “A general map of the middle British colonies, in America. Containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the addition of New York, and the greatest part of New England, as also of the bordering parts of the province of Quebec, improved from several surveys made after the late war, and corrected from Governor Pownall's late map”; 1776. London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map, chart & printsellers, 1776 | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, online collection Map Collections: 1500-2002 G3710 1776 .R6 Vault |
| [MAP] Mississippi, ca. 1823 | by Finley | Courtesy of Everette Carr, coordinator, Atala County, Mississippi USGenWeb – Atala County, Mississippi |
| [MAP] Northwest Territory, 1785, detail | created by Mannassah Cutler. Full title: “A map of the Federal Territory, from the western boundary of Pennsylvania to the Scioto River laid down from the latest informations and divided into townships and fractional parts of townships agreeably to the ordinance of the honle. congress passed in May 1785”; publ. 1788 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division G4081.F7 1785 .C8 Vault |
| [MAP] Northwest Territory, 1796 | published by Thomas & Andrews | University of Illinois Library, Rare Book and Special Collections G40701796.M6.C2 |
| [MAP] Pennsylvania, 1795 | atlas map by Samuel Lewis; publisher: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey | Courtesy of David Rumsey Map Collection, Copyright Cartography Associates |
| [MAP] Southeastern United States, 1803, detail | by Jean Baptiste Poirson, 1760-1831; from P. Etienne Herbin de Halle's Statistique generale et particuliere de la France et de ses colonies. 1804, v. 8, no.18 full title: “Cours du Mississippi: comprenant la Louisiane, les 2 Florides, une partie des Etats-Unis, et pays adjacents,” 1803 [“Map of Mississippi, encompassing Louisiana, the two Floridas, a part of the United States, and bordering areas,” 1803] |
Filson Historical Society, in the Library of Congress online exhibition The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 icufaw agf0004 |
| [MAP] Southeastern United States, 1818 | by Morris Burbeck and John Melish, 1818. Published in Letters from Illinois by Morris Birkbeck . . . Illustrated by a Map of the United States, Shewing Mr. Birkbeck's Journey From Norfolk To Illinois And a Map of English Prairie and the Adjacent Country, Philadelphia, M. Carey & Son, 1818 | Courtesy of David Rumsey Map Collection, Copyright Cartography Associates Image # 2666001 |
| [MAP] United States, ca. 1800 | anonymous | Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, online collection: Map Room |
| [MAP] United States, 1821 | Courtesy of David Rumsey Map Collection, Copyright Cartography Associates | |
| [MAP] Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc., 1778, detail | by Thos. Hutchins, engraved by T. Cheevers; published in London, 1778 full title: "A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina; comprehending the river Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the river Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers" |
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, G 3707.O5 1794 .H8 Vault |
| Marshall, John | photograph of a painting at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-D416-29922 <P&P> |
| "Methodist Camp Meeting," 1836 | engraving by E. W. Clay, published in New York by H. R. Robinson | General Commission on Archives and History, United Methodist Church, online exhibition The History of Methodism in America |
| Monroe, James | copy of painting by Gilbert Stuart | National Archives NWDNS-148-GW-912B |
| Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1804, under construction | Courtesy Library Company of Philadelphia Digital image from PBS online resource: Africans in America | |
| Murray, Judith Sargent | portrait by unidentified artist | Judith Sargent Murray Society |
| A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of America, by Venture Smith, 1798 | frontispiece | Connecticut Historical Society |
| Nightlife in Philadelphia, 1811- ca. 1813 | attributed to John Lewis Krimmel | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rogers Fund, 1942 (42.95.18) |
| Oconee River, Georgia | photograph by Ed Jackson | Courtesy of Ed Jackson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, online collection Georgia Photo Gallery: Images of Physical Features and Ecosystems |
| "Ode to the President of the United States on his arrival at Boston," 1789 | Library of Congress, Rare Books & Special Collections Division, online collection An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and other Printed Ephemera | |
| An Outline of the History of the Church in the State of Kentucky, during a Period of Forty Years . . . , 1824, p. 307 | creator/publishers: Robert H. Bishop (1777-1855) and David Rice (1733-1816) | Filson Historical Society; in Library oof Congressonline exhibition The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 icufaw bbf0022 |
| Peach orchard, Georgia | photograph by Ed Jackson | Courtesy of Ed Jackson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, online collection Georgia Photo Gallery: Images of Physical Features and Ecosystems |
| The Prayer in the First Congress, A.D. 1774 | stained glass and lead, from the Liberty Window, Christ Church, Philadelphia, after a painting by Harrison; artist: Tompkins Matteson, ca. 1848 | Courtesy of the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church, Philadelphia. Logo of Library of Congress online exhibition Religion and the Founding of the American Republic |
| Red River Meeting House, Logan County, Kentucky | photograph of 1959 replica of original log structure (burned in 1992), n.d. | Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America |
| "Rip van Winkle," by Washington Irving, 1819, illustration from | illustration by Arthur Wackham |
Digital image from "Rip van Winkle" on The Virtual Bookshelf |
| The rise of Methodism in the West: being the Journal of the Western conference, 1800-1811, 1920 | Western Episcopal Church, Western Conference. Author: William Warren Sweet | Filson Historical Society; in Library of Congress online exhibition The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 cufaw bbf0021 |
| Rush, Benjamin | attributed to John Neagle from painting by Thomas Sully | National Archives NWDNS-148-CP-200 / ARC 532855 |
| St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1900 | 4th St. below Vine, ca. 1900. Photograph. Moses King, in Philadelphia and Notable Philadelphians (New York, 1902) | Bryn Mawr Collection, online exhibition Places in Time: Historical Documentation of Place in Greater Philadelphia |
| "Settler's first blockhouse" | chromolithograph, created/published 1870, E. Sachse & Co. | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division PGA - Sachse (E.) & Co.—Settler's first blockhouse (B size) [P&P] |
| "Song for the Anniversary of American Independence," 1819 | printer: E. W. Allen, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1819 | Library of Congress, Rare Book & Special Collections Division, online collection An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera |
| The Taking of the City of Washington, 1814 | View from the Potomac River, of Washington, D.C. under attack by British forces under Major General Ross, August 24, 1814; wood engraving, published by G. Thompson, London, 1814 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZ62-1939 |
| "TO BE SOLD, on board the ship Bance Island, . . . NEGROES, just arrived from the Windward & Rice Coast," 1780s (?) | newspaper advertisement for the sale of slaves at Ashley Ferry outside of Charleston, South Carolina, 1780s (?) | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, online exhibition African American Odyssey LC-USZ62-10293 DLC |
| Tombigbee River, Mississippi | photograph | Courtesy of David McGill, Inland Cruising |
| Tyler, Royall | Vermont Historical Society | |
| U.S. Constitution, 1787, page 1 | page facsimile | National Archives online exhibition The Charters of Freedom |
| View of the Erie Canal, 1830-1832, detail | watercolor by John William Hill, 1830-1832 | I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection of American Historical Prints, The New York Public Library |
| Virginia Resolutions of 1798 (detail) | page facsimile, "Virginia to wit. In the House of Delegates Friday, December 21st, 1798" | Library of Congress, Rare Books & Special Collections Division, online collection An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera rbpe 1790100c |
| Wampum belt, 1795 | photograph; from the site: "This wampum belt is one of several presented during the ceremonies at the signing of the Treaty of Greenville." | Ohio Historical Society |
| Washington, George (portrait) | copy of painting by Gilbert Stuart | National Archives NWDNS-148-GW-426 |
| Washington, George (reception by the ladies) | full title: "Washington's reception by the ladies, on passing the bridge at Trenton, N.Y. April 1789, on his way to New York to be inaugurated first president of the United States." New York. Published by Currier & Ives, 1876 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZC2-3162 |
| Washington, George (wedding, with Martha Custis) | painting by Junius Brutus Stearns, lithograph by Régnier; Paris, 1854 | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division LC-USZC4-630 |
| Washington, George (will, facsimile images of) | pages 2-4, item number two | The Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia Libraries |
| Webster, Noah | attributed to James Sharples, Sr. | National Archives NWDNS-111-SC-93172 |
| Wilson, James | digital image courtesy of Peter Roberts, website God and Country | |
| Wright, Frances "Fanny" | digital image from site of Council on Secular Humanism | |
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