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Concerns about Constitution
[Mercy Otis Warren]. Observations on the New Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions, by a Columbian Patriot. Boston, 1788. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (69.00.04)
[Digital ID# us0069_03]
Celebrating Ratification of Constitution
The Federal Edifice. Massachusetts Centinel, August 2, 1788. Woodcut. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (70.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0070]
Rallying Support for the New Constitution
Order of procession, in honor of the Constitution of the United States . . . by order of the Committee of Arrangements, Richard Platt, chairman, July 23 [1788]. New York: 1788. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (70.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0070_02]
Unanimous Election of George Washington
Letter from John Langdon to George Washington, April 6, 1789. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (71.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0071]
George Washington Elected as President
Charles Thomson. Address to President Washington, April 14, 1789. Letter book. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (71.02.01)
[Digital ID# us0071_02p1, on display; us0071_02p2 ]
Washington's First Inaugural Address
George Washington. First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (72.00.04)
[Digital ID# us0072_6]
First Federal Congress Meets in New Yorks Federal Hall
A View of the Federal Hall of the City of New York, As It Appeared in the Year 1797. New York: George Holland and H.R. Robinson, [1847]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (73.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-19164]
New York's Federal Hall
Federal Hall, New York City. Lithograph after an engraving by Cornelius Tiebout, 1789. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (073.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15703]
Federal Hall, New York, 1789
Federal Hall, Wall Street and Trinity Church in New York in 1789. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (73.03.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a06239]
Plans for the Future Capital District
Thomas Jefferson. Map of the Capital District, 1791. Manuscript map. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (74)
[Digital ID# us0074]
New Federal Capital City in the District of Columbia
J. Good. Plan of the City of Washington. [London]: J. Good, 1793. From the Literary Magazine and British Review, January 1793. Hand-colored engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (74.01.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000511]
English Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Rights in Anno Regni Gulielmi et Mari Regis & Regin Angli, Scotia, Franci & Hiberni, Primo. London: Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, 1689. Law Library, Library of Congress (108.00.01)
[Digital ID# us0108_01; us0108]
Celebrating the Federal Constitution
Order of Procession in Honor of the Constitution of the United States. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, July 4, 1788. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (070.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0070_03]
Celebrating the Fourth in 1788
[Francis Hopkinson]. An Ode for the 4th of July 1788. [Philadelphia]: Printed by M[atthew]. Carey, [1788]. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (070.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0070_04]
Congressional Preparations for the President
The Committee of Both Houses of Congress Appointed to Take Order for Conducting the Ceremonial of the Formal Receptions of the President of the United States on Thursday Next. New York: April 29, 1789. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (139.00.00)
[Digital ID # us0139]
Fears of a Second Constitutional Convention
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, December 8, 1788. Manuscript, partly in cipher. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (078.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0078_04]
Letter from George Washington to Henry Lee, Jr., September 22, 1788. Letter book. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (076.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0076_03]
George Washington Accepts Call to Presidency
Letter from George Washington to John Langdon, April 14, 1789. Letter book copy, in the hand of Tobias Lear. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (079.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0079_03]
James Madison
W. Ball. James Madison. New York: Published by G. Endicott, ca. 1834–1840. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (135.00.00)
Digital ID # http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b34361
New York Prepares for the New President
Letter from John Jay to George Washington, April 17, 1789. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (085.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0085_02]
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