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Benjamin Banneker's Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris, for the Year of Our Lord 1792.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Baltimore: William Goddard and James Angell, 1791.

SUBJECTS
Almanacs, American--Maryland.

RELATED NAMES
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806
American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
48 p.

PART OF
African American Odyssey

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Washington, D.C. 20540

DIGITAL ID
rbcmisc ody0214

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A portrait of Benjamin Banneker on the cover of his Almanac, 1795
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Mathematician and Astronomer Benjamin Banneker Was Born
November 9, 1731
What do you see when you look at the stars? Benjamin Banneker saw astronomical patterns from which he could make calculations and predictions. A mathematician and astronomer, Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731, in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.

Largely self-taught, Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science. His significant accomplishments include the successful prediction of a solar eclipse, publishing his own almanac, and the surveying of Washington, D.C. Banneker spent most of his life on his family's 100-acre farm outside Baltimore. There, he taught himself astronomy by watching the stars and learned advanced mathematics from borrowed textbooks.

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TITLE:Am I not a man and a brother?

CALL NUMBER:Broadside Collection, portfolio 118, no. 32a c-Rare Bk Coll

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-44265 (b&w film copy neg. of detail of man and banner)
LC-USZC4-5321 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZCN4-250 (color film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:The large, bold woodcut image of a supplicant male slave in chains appears on the 1837 broadside publication of John Greenleaf Whittier's antislavery poem, MEDIUM:1 print : woodcut on wove paper ; 26.7 x 22.8 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:1837.

RELATED NAMES:

American Anti-Slavery Society.
Anti-Slavery Office (New York, N.Y,)

NOTES:

N.Y. sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, 144 Nassau St. 1837.

Title appears as it is written on the item.

Wedgwood Portraits and the American Revolution, p. 116-117.

Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A.

Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1837-16.

FORMAT:

Broadsides 1830-1840.
Woodcuts 1830-1840.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from b&w film copy neg. of detail of man and banner) cph 3a44497 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a44497
(digital file from color film copy neg.) cph 3j00250 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3j00250
(digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g05321 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05321

CONTROL #:app1994000046/PP

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TITLE:[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

CALL NUMBER:BIOG FILE - Douglass, Frederick [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-15887 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM:1 photographic print : albumen.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[ca. 1850?-1860?]

SUBJECTS:

Douglass, Frederick,--1818-1895.

FORMAT:

Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
Albumen prints 1850-1860.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a18122 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a18122

CONTROL #:2004671911


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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave / written by himself.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Boston : Anti-Slavery Office, 1849.

NOTES
"Preface" by W.L. Garrison: p. [iii]-xii.

SUBJECTS
Douglass, Frederick,--1818-1895.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
African American abolitionists--Biography

RELATED NAMES
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.

MEDIUM
xvi, 125 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 20 cm.

CALL NUMBER
E449 .D749 1849

DIGITAL ID
lhbcb 25385 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbcb.25385

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The Native American warriors took Captain Smith prisoner
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Pocahontas Meets the English
Pocahontas got to know and make friends with the new colonists. Her warm nature and natural curiosity led the English to like and trust her, as well. One of the colonists, Captain John Smith, said that her appearance, intelligence, and friendly personality "much exceedeth any of the rest of Powhatan's people." But not all of Powhatan's people were so curious and friendly. In December 1607, Captain Smith was captured and held at Chief Powhatan's capital, Werowocomoco.

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TITLE:Meeting of Governor Carver and Massasoit / drawn by H.L. Stevens ; eng'd. by Augustus Robin, N.Y.

CALL NUMBER:BIOG FILE - Carver, John, 1576(?)-1621 <item> [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-96230 (b&w film copy neg. of image with cropped title)
LC-USZ62-95587 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:Massasoit handing Governor John Carver a peace pipe; three other Indians and two other white men looking on.

MEDIUM:1 print : engraving.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[between 1870 and 1900]

CREATOR:

Robin, Augustus, engraver.

SUBJECTS:

Carver, John,--ca. 1576-1621.
Massasoit,--1580-1661.
Indians of North America--New England--Government relations--1600-1630.
Wampanoag Indians--1600-1630.
Meetings--New England--1600-1630.
Calumets--1600-1630.

FORMAT:

Portrait prints 1870-1900.
Engravings 1870-1900.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(b&w film copy neg. LC-USZ62-96230) cph 3b42342 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b42342
(b&w film copy neg. LC-USZ62-95587) cph 3b41734 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b41734

VIDEO FRAME ID:LCPP003B-42342 (from b&w film copy neg. LC-USZ62-96230)
LCPP003B-41734 (from b&w film copy neg. LC-USZ62-95587)

CONTROL #:89707285

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John Smith's Map of the Chesapeake Bay


John Smith
(ca. 1580-1631)
Virginia, Discovered and Discribed
by Captayn John Smith,
Sixth state.
[London: William Hole, 1624]
Engraved map
Geography & Map Division (19.2)

Based on a three-month exploratory survey by boat in the summer of 1608 under the direction of Captain John Smith, this map is the earliest published of the entire Chesapeake region. It not only shows the location of Jamestown, the first English settlement in the region, but also the location of Indian villages along the bay and its numerous tributaries. The map is oriented with west at the top, drawing attention to the approaching ships from England at the bottom of the sheet.


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The history of Virginia, in four parts. I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the year 1706. II. The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement. III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land, the 10th of June 1720. By a native and inhabitant of the place.

Beverley, Robert, ca. 1673-1722.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
2d ed. rev. and enl. by the author.
London, Printed for B. and S. Tooke [etc.] 1722.

SUBJECTS
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Indians of North America--Virginia--Early works to 1800.

RELATED NAMES
Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
4 p.l., 284, [24] p. front., 14 pl. 19 cm.

CALL NUMBER
F229 .B58

DIGITAL ID
lhbcb 06557 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbcb.06557

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Poems on various subjects, religious and moral.

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
London: Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Aldgate; 1773.

NOTES
Copy 2 is missing pages 33 to 40. Pages 33 to 40 were scanned from Copy 3 in the Batchelder Collection. Both copies are in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division

MEDIUM
v, [1] p., 1 l., [9]-124, [3] p. front. (port.) 18 cm.

CALL NUMBER
PS866 .W5 1773 Copy 2
PS866 .W5 1773 Copy 3, Batchelder Collection

PART OF
African American Odyssey

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Washington, D.C. 20540

DIGITAL ID
rbcmisc ody0215

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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. This online collection is a joint presentation of the Manuscript and Prints and Photographs Divisions of the Library of Congress and includes more than 200 photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division that are now made available to the public for the first time. Born in Slavery was made possible by a major gift from the Citigroup Foundation.

The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning.

The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers.

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TITLE:Matoaka als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhatan ... / Passe, sculp; Compton Holland, exeud.

CALL NUMBER:Illus. in F229.S63 [Rare Book RR]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-8104 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:Illustration shows portrait of Pocahantas as Mrs. John Rolfe, from a portrait painting done in London, England, 1616.

MEDIUM:1 print : engraving.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[published 1624]

RELATED NAMES:

Van de Passe, Simon, ca. 1595-1647, engraver.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Published in: The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ... London : Printed by Printed by I. D[awson] and I. [Haviland] for Michael Sparkes, 1624.

SUBJECTS:

Pocahontas,--d. 1617.

FORMAT:

Book illustrations 1620-1630.
Engravings 1620-1630.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Rare Book Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a10723 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a10723

CONTROL #:2006691548


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Stono Inlet, South Carolina From a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the survey of the coast of the United States. Triangulation, topography and hydrography by the parties under the direction of C. O. Boutelle, Assist., Coast Survey. Drawn by E. Willenbucher. Chas. G. Krebs, lith.

Willenbücher, Eugene.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Washington, U.S. Coast Survey], 1862.

NOTES
Scale 1:20,000.

Reference: LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 389.4

Preliminary edition.

"The triangulation was executed in 1852; the topography and hydrography were executed in 1862."

General chart showing soundings and bottom contours.

Includes sailing directions.

Listed as no. 118 in the Catalogue of Hydrographic Maps, Charts, and Sketches, Published by the United States Coast Survey (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866)

Description derived from published bibliography.

SUBJECTS
Stono River (S.C.)--Maps.
United States--South Carolina--Stono River.

RELATED NAMES
United States Coast Survey.

MEDIUM
1 map, 50 x 54 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3912.S8 1862 .W5 CW 389.4

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650

DIGITAL ID
g3912s cw0389400 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3912s.cw0389400

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Pascaert van Nieuw Nederlandt Virginia, ende Nieuw-Engelandt verthonendt alles wat van die landin by See, oft by land is ondect oft Bekent.

Vinckeboons, Joan.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1639?]

NOTES
Shows northeast coast of the United States from New England to Virginia including coastal features and other geographical entities.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harrisse collection.

Described in Terrae incognitae, v. xvi, 1984. Richard W. Stephenson's The Henry Harrisse collection ... , p. 40; the second volume has binder's title "Manuscript maps Atlantic Coast and California drawn by Joan Vingboons in 1639."

Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000].

SUBJECTS
Atlantic coast (North America)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--New England--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800.
North America--Atlantic coast.
United States--New England.
United States--Middle Atlantic States.
United States--Virginia.

RELATED TITLES
[Henry Harrisse collection ; v. 2, map 7]

MEDIUM
1 ms. map : col., paper backing ; 48 x 69 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3291.S12 coll .H3 Vault : Harr vol. 2, map 7

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3300 ct001068 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.ct001068

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TITLE:The honble. Samuel Adams, esqr. First delegate to Congress for Massachusetts / J. Norman sc.

CALL NUMBER:Illus. in E208 .I36 Am Imp [Rare Book RR] Copy 1
PGA - Norman--Honble. Samuel Adams, ... Another impression. (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-45237 (b&w film copy neg.)

SUMMARY:Samuel Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in medallion on pedestal.

MEDIUM:1 print : engraving.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[1781]

CREATOR:

Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.

NOTES:

Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war: [...]. Boston : Printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, [...], 1781, v. 1, p. 193.

Stauffer, 2328

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 3.

SUBJECTS:

Adams, Samuel,--1722-1803.
United States.--Continental Congress--People.