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Franco-American Cooperation Secures Victory (40)

Franco-American Cooperation Secures Victory
Sebastian Bauman. Plan de l’investissement de York et de Glocester, October 22–28, 1781. Philadelphia, 1782. Hand-colored printed map. Rochambeau Collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (40)
[Digital ID# ar147100]

French and American Forces Corner British at Yorktown (40.3)

French and American Forces Corner British at Yorktown
Jean Nicolas Desandroüins. Armée de Rochambeau, 1782. Carte des environs de Williamsburg en Virginie où les armées françoise et américaine ont campés en Septembre 1781. Ithaca, N.Y.: Historic Urban Plans, 1775 [1782]. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (40.03.00)
[Digital ID# ar146100]

John Paul Jones Challenges British Navy (40.04.00)

John Paul Jones Challenges British Navy
Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt. Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones. Hand-colored etching after a painting by Richard Paton. Augsbourg: ca.1779. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (40.04.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b49755]

General Cornwallis’s Surrender (41)

General Cornwallis’s Surrender
York Town. [London, 1781]. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (41)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15706]

John Paul Jones, Naval Hero of the American Revolution (041.01.00)

John Paul Jones, Naval Hero of the American Revolution
John Paul Jones. “Memoire of the American Revolution.” Manuscript. John Paul Jones Papers in the Peter Force Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (041.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0041_01]

Washington Records British Surrender at Yorktown (42)

Washington Records British Surrender at Yorktown
George Washington. Diary entry for October 17, 1781. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (42)
[Digital ID# us0042]

After British Surrender at Yorktown (42)

After British Surrender at Yorktown
George Washington. Diary entry for October 16, 1781. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (42.00.02)
[Digital ID# us0042_02]

Preliminary Articles of Peace (043.00.04)

Preliminary Articles of Peace
Preliminary Articles of Peace, November 30, 1782. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (043.00.04)
[Digital ID#us0043p6]

Washington Leads America into Peace (44)

Washington Leads America into Peace
George Washington. Address to Congress, December 23, 1783. Manuscript document. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (44)
[Digital ID# us0044 — us0044_1]

George Washington’s Mission Accomplished (44.01.03)

Washington’s Letter to the States
Letter from George Washington to the States, June 8, 1783. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (044.01.02)
[Digital ID # us0044_01p3]

Washington Cites Importance of Religious Freedom (45)

Washington Cites Importance of Religious Freedom
Letter from George Washington to the Ministers of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Kingston, New York, November 16, 1782. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (45)
[Digital ID# us0045]

America Triumphant (041.03.00)

America Triumphant
“America Triumphant and Britannia in Distress” in Weatherwise’s Town and Country Almanack. [Boston: 1782]. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24328]

Franco-American Alliance under Attack (041.02.00)

Franco-American Alliance under Attack
The American Rattlesnake Presenting Monsieur His Ally a Dish of Frogs. [London]: J. Barrow, November 8, 1782. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.02.00)
[Digital ID # cph 3a05327]

Great Britain Faces Humiliation at Loss of American Colonies (045.03.00)

Great Britain Faces Humiliation at Loss of American Colonies
The Hour of Insolence—We’ll Bring Them at Our Feet! [1782]. Ink drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (045.03.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24334]

The Hour of Humilitation—How Shall We Repass the Rubicon? [1782]. Ink drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (045.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24333]

Surrender of Earl Cornwallis and His British Army at Yorktown (045.01.00)

Surrender of Earl Cornwallis and His British Army at Yorktown
Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. The British Surrendering Their Arms to Gen. Washington After Their Defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781. Philadelphia: Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co., January 28, 1819. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (045.01.00)
[Digital ID # pga-03352]

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