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Creating the Bill of Rights
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Formation of Political Parties
Georgetown: Suburb of the New Federal City
George Isham Parkyns. (ca.1750–ca.1820) View of the Suburbs of the City of Washington, [ca. 1795]. Aquatint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (098.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-23666]
Jay’s Treaty
Letter from Pierce Butler to James Madison, June 26, 1795. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (091.06.00)
[Digital ID # us0091_06]
John Jay
“His Excellency John Jay, President of Congress & Minister Plenipotentiary from Congress at Madrid” in Portraits of Generals, Ministers, Magistrates, Members of Congress and Others, Who Have Rendered Themselves Illustrious in the Revolution of the United States of North America. London: R. Wilkinson and J. Debret, May 1783. Engraving after drawing by Pierre E. DuSimitièrre. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (092.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0092_02]
Linking Jeffersonian Republicans to the French Revolution
“Stop the Wheels of Government,” illustration in [William Cobbett] Peter Porcupine’s Political Censor or Monthly Review of the Most Interesting Political Occurrences Relative to the United States of America. Philadelphia: William Cobbett, April 1796. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (090.05.00)
[Digital ID # us0090_05]
Locating the National Capital
Letter from George Washington to Marquis de La Luzerne, August 10, 1790. Letter book. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (088.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0088_04]
Ongoing, Undeclared Naval War
William Birch and Son. “Preparation of War to Defend Commerce” from The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, As it Appeared in the Year 1800. . . . Hand-colored engraving. Springland, Pennsylvania: William Birch and Son, 1800. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (54.00.05)
[Digital ID # us0054p5]
Political Infighting and a War with France
Letter from Abigail Adams to William Shaw, December 23, 1798. Manuscript. Shaw Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (092.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0092_03p1]
Survey of the Site for the Federal City of Washington
Andrew Ellicott. Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia: Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the seat of their Government, after the Year MDCC. Boston: Sam’l Hill, [1792]. Engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (134.00.00)
[Digital ID # ct002488]
Virginia Resolutions Oppose Alien and Sedition Laws
Virginia to Wit. In the House of Delegates Friday, December 21st, 1798. Resolved that the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution . . . . Richmond, 1798. Leaflet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (091.07.00)
[Digital ID us0091_07]
Washington Tries to Pacify the Parties
Letter from George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, August 23, 1792. Manuscript.Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (088.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0088_03a]
Washington Tries to Pacify the Parties
Letter from George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, August 26, 1792. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (095.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0095_03]
William Cobbett Satarized
James Gillray. The Life of William Cobbett, Written by Himself. No. 8. London: Published by Hannah Humphrey, 27 ST. James’s Street, September 29, 1809. Hand-colored engraved print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (094.04.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24337]
Creating the Bill of Rights
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Election of 1800
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]
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