Creating the United States

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A Champion to Challenge Alexander Hamilton (88.1)

A Champion to Challenge Alexander Hamilton
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, September 21, 1795. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (88.01.00)
[Digital ID us0088_01p1; us0088_01p2]

Partisan Clash over Creating a National Bank (089.01.02)

Partisan Clash over Creating National Bank
Alexander Hamilton. Draft Report on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 23, 1791. Manuscript. Alexander Hamilton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (089.01.02)
[Digital ID# us0089_01p3]

“Republican Party” Christened by James Madison (90)

Republican Party Christened by James Madison
[James Madison]. A Candid State of Politics. National Gazette (Philadelphia), September 22, 1792. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (90.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0090]

Location of Capital Spurs Partisan Bickering

Location of Capital Spurs Partisan Bickering
Con-g-ss Embark'd on board the Ship Constitution of America Bound to Conogocheque by way of Philadelphia. [New York, 1790] Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (90.01.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-19165]

Opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts (090.04.00)

Opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. We whose names are hereunto subscribed being citizens of the county of Albemarle in the state of Virginia. Albemarle County, Virginia: 1798. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (090.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0090_04]

Opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts (90.03.00)

Opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts
To the Senate and Representatives of the United States, in Congress Assembled. Poughkeepsie, New York: Nicholas Power, 1798. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Library of Congress (90.03.00)
[Digital ID# us0090_03p1]

Seeking Women’s Rights

Seeking Womens Rights
James Thackera and John Vallance. Liberty. Frontispiece in The Ladys Magazine, and Repository of Entertaining Knowledge. Philadelphia: W. Gibbons, 17921793. Marian S. Carson Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (92.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0092_01]

Right of States to Judge Constitutionality of Federal Laws (093.00.03)

Right of States to Judge Constitutionality of Federal Laws
Thomas Jefferson. Draft of Kentucky Resolutions, November 16, 1798. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (93.00.03)
[Digital ID# us0093p2]

Libel Trial of Thomas Cooper (94)

Libel Trial of Thomas Cooper
Thomas Cooper. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Cooper of Northumberland: on a Charge of Libel against the President of the United States. . . . Philadelphia: John Bios, April 1800. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Library of Congress (94.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0094]

Congressman Declares Acts Unconstitutional

Congressman Declares Acts Unconstitutional
Letter from John Dawson to his Constituents, Philadelphia, July 19, 1798. Printed broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (94.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0094_01]

Vindication of the Constitutionality of Alien and Sedition Laws (94.02.00)

Vindication of the Constitutionality of Alien and Sedition Laws
The Awful Crisis which has arrived Must be felt by us all. . . . [Richmond]: T. Nicholson, 1799. Pamphlet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (94.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0094_02]

Celebrating “The First Great Western Empire” (95)

Celebrating The First Great Western Empire
R. Packard. The First Great Western Empire; or, the United States of America. Albany, New York, 1812. Wood engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (95.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0095]

Political Rights of Women Asserted (95.1)

Political Rights of Women Asserted
Letter from Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 19, 1799. Manuscript. Shaw Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (95.01.00)
[Digital ID# s0095_01p1; us0095_01p2]

Abigail Adams Sees an Adams-Jefferson Administration as a Sign of Unity (95.02.01)

Abigail Adams Sees Adams-Jefferson Administration as Sign of Unity
Letter from Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 10, 1797. Manuscript. The Shaw Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (95.02.01)
[Digital ID# us0095_02p2]

Alexander Hamilton (100.02.00)

Alexander Hamilton
William G. Jackman. Alexander Hamilton. Engraving after a painting by L.W. Gibbs. New York: D. Appleton, 1857. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (100.02.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b03321 ]

Virginia Slave Rebellion Increases Election-Year Turmoil (101)

Virginia Slave Rebellion Increases Election-Year Turmoil
Letter from James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, September 15, 1800. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (101.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0101]

James Madison, “Father of the Constitution” (107)

James Madison, Father of the Constitution
Charles Willson Peale. James Madison, 1783. Miniature portrait on ivory. Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (107.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0107]

Abigail Adams (128.01.00)

Abigail Adams
A. Adams. Engraving, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. New York: Johnson, Wilson & Co. , [between 1830 and 1860]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (128.01.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a12454]

Capital Location Negotiated (081.02.00)

Capital Location Negotiated
William Maclay. Diary, 1789–1790. Manuscript. William Maclay Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (081.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0081_02]

Congress at Odds (098.04.00)

Congress at Odds
Congressional Pugilists. Congress Hall, in Philadelphia, February 15, 1798. [Philadelphia], 1798. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (098.04.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.19356]

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