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Solution to Dispute over Electing President
James Madison. Notes of Debates in the Constitutional Convention, September 6, 1787. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (96.00.04)
[Digital ID# us0096_01p4]
Jefferson Professes His Political Faith
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (97.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0097_02]
The United States on Eve of 1800 Election
Amos Doolittle. A New Display of the United States. New Haven: 1799. Woodcut on wove paper. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (98.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15716]
New Federal Capital
T. Cartwright after George Beck. George Town and Federal City, City of Washington. Hand-colored aquatint. London and Philadelphia: Atkins and Nightingale, 1801. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (098.01.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-15714]
Site of Capital Before the Federal City
George Isham Parkyns (ca. 1750–ca.1820). Washington. New York: James Harrison, 1795. Aquatint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (098.02.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.02344]
Federalists Fear “Fangs of Jefferson”
Letter from Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, May 4, 1800. Manuscript. Alexander Hamilton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (99)
[Digital ID# us0099]
“The spirit of 1776 is not dead”
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lomax, March 12, 1799. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (099.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0099_02]
Hamilton’s Political Attack on Adams
[Alexander Hamilton]. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States. New York: John Lang, 1800. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (99.03.00)
[Digital ID#us0099_03]
First Map to Display the United States Flag
John Wallis. The United States of America Laid Down from the Best Authorities, Agreeable to the Peace of 1783. London: 1783. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (105)
[Digital ID# ct000080]
Federalists Fragment during Partisan Presidential Campaign
[Alexander Hamilton]. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States. New York: Printed for John Lang by George F. Hopkins, 1800. Pamphlet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (099.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0099_03p2]
Federalists Fragment During Partisan Presidential Campaign
[Alexander Hamilton]. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States. New York: Printed for John Lang by George F. Hopkins, 1800. Pamphlet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (099.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0099_03p1]
Gaming the Electoral System
Circular letter from Philip Norborne Nicholas, January 30, 1800. Broadside. James Madison Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (097.03.00)
Digital ID # us0097_03]
Preparing for the 1800 Presidential Election
Extract from the Election Law of Pennsylvania, 1799. [Philadelphia: 1799]. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (097.04.00)
[Digital ID us0097_04]
President Adams Moves Capital to District of Columbia
Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The President’s House, Washington, D.C. Site Plan and Principal Story Plan. Watercolor and ink on paper, 1807. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (100.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.23759]
Letter from Abigail Adams to Anne (Nancy) Greenleaf Cranch (1772–1843), April 17, 1800. Manuscript. William Cranch Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (132.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0132_02]
Selecting Presidential Electors
Republican ticket for presidential electors. Richmond: August 9, 1800. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (132.01.00)
Digital ID # us0132_01]
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