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SIGNATURES TO THE DEFINITE TREATY OF 1783 Original in the Department of State.
TITLE-PAGE OF A COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION This copy was printed in 1777.
THE OLD BLOCKHOUSE AT MACKINAC, 1780
MAP SHOWING WESTERN LAND
MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED WESTERN STATES From Morse's American Gazetteer.
NATHAN DANE'S DRAFT OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY CLAUSE IN THE ORDINANCE OF 1787
DR. CUTLER'S CHURCH AND PARSONAGE AT IPSWICH HAMLET, 1787 The place from which the first company started for the Ohio, December 3, 1787.
A PETITION FROM CONGRESS TO THE STATES
SIGNATURES TO AN ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Now in the archives of the Department of State.
SIGNATURES OF DELEGATES TO ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION
MANASSEH CUTLER
COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND THE CONSTITUTION IN PARALLEL COLUMNS The foot-notes show that it is an Anti-Federal print.
FIRST DRAFT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
LAST PAGE OF THE MINUTES OF THE OLD CONGRESS Preserved in the archives of the Department of State.
HEADING OF THE FIRST LAW PASSED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION
FEDERAL HALL, NEW YORK CITY
THE PRESIDENTIAL MANSION, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY, 1789
CERTIFICATE OF DEBT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES From the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
A HALF-PAGE OF THE X Y Z DISPATCHES From the original in the Department of State.
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON From a drawing made about 1800, before the site was graded.
WESTERN ARKS AT NEW ORLEANS From Hall's "Etchings in America."
TAKING POSSESSION OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
WRITTEN LAW OF THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORY A law passed at Vincennes, now Indiana, against gambling..
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS
BLANK COMMISSION FOR PRIVATEER IN WAR OF 1812
DISLOYALTY OF NEW ENGLAND DURING THE WAR
THE PRESIDENT'S TEMPORARY RESIDENCE, 1815
MAP SHOWING ADVANCE OF POPULATION
THE CAPITOL BURNED BY THE BRITISH ARMY From Torrey's "American Slave Trader."
WASHINGTON IRVING From the etching by Jacques Reich.
JOHN MARSHALL Chief Justice of the United States, 1801-1836.
WESTERN END OF THE GREAT ERIE CANAL Drawn with the Camera Lucida for Hairs "Etchings of the West."