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Creating the Declaration of Independence - Revolution of the Mind

The American Colonies

The American Colonies

John Mitchell. Map of British and French Dominions in North America, with Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Set[tlements] by Jno. Mitchell, d.f. with Improvements. Amsterdam: I. Covens and C. Mortimer, ca. 1755. Hand-colored engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (1)
Digital I.D. #np000009
 
Benjamin Franklin’s Idea for National Confederation - page 1 - (2)

Benjamin Franklin’s Idea for National Confederation

Benjamin Franklin. Plan of Proposed Union (Albany Plan), 1754. Manuscript. Hazard Papers in the Peter Force Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (2)
 
Locke's Influence on the American Ideas of Natural Rights - page 1 - (3)

Locke's Influence on the American Ideas of Natural Rights

John Locke. Two Treatises of Government. . . . The Latter is an Essay Concerning the True, Original Extent, and the End of Civil Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3)
 
“Pursuit of Happiness”

“Pursuit of Happiness”

Henry Home, Lord Kames. Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion, in Two Parts. Edinburgh, 1751. Thomas Jefferson Library Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (4)
 
America’s Last Monarch—George III

America’s Last Monarch—George III

Thomas Frye. His Most Sacred Majesty George III. London: H. Parker, E. Bakewell, and J. Boydell, 1762. Mezzotint engraving by William Pether. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5)
Digital I.D. # ppmsca-15713
 
Protests Lead to Repeal of Stamp Act

Protests Lead to Repeal of Stamp Act

An Act for Repeal [of] the Stamp Act, March 18, 1766, At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster.… London: Mark Baskett, Printer to the King, 1766. Marian S. Carson Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (8)
[Digital ID# us0008_1]
 
Mock Funeral Procession for the Stamp Act

Mock Funeral Procession for the Stamp Act

The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp, [1766]. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9)
Digital I.D. # ppmsca-15709

 
American Opposition to Anglican Bishop

American Opposition to Anglican Bishop

“An Attempt to Land a Bishop in America.” Cartoon in the British Political Register, 1768. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (10)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-13637]
 
The Right to Rebel - page 1 - (17)

The Right to Rebel

Thomas Jefferson. A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Williamsburg: Clementina Rind, 1774. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (17)
 
Continental Congress Seeks to Resolve Grievances

Continental Congress Seeks to Resolve Grievances

Petition of the Continental Congress to King George III, October 26, 1774. Manuscript document in the hand of Timothy Matlack. Benjamin Franklin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (18)
[Digital ID# us0018
 
Causes and Necessity for Rebellion - page 1 - (19a)

Causes and Necessity for Rebellion

Thomas Jefferson. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (19)
 
A Political Satire on French Alliance

A Political Satire on French Alliance

 [Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca. [London: Mary Darly, May 6, 1778.] Hand-colored etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (20.1)
Digital I.D. # ppmsca-17533
 

Creating the Declaration of Independence - Battle Joined

The Rights of British Colonists Asserted and Proved

The Declaration and Slavery

James Otis. The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. Boston: Edes and Gill, 1764. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (6)
 
A Push Toward Rebellion

A Push Toward Rebellion

Paul Revere. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt. Engraving with watercolor. Boston, 1770. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (11)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-01657]
 
Jefferson Argues to Free Slaves (12)

Jefferson Argues to Free Slaves

Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia.… Charlottesville, Virginia: F. Carr, 1829. Law Library, Library of Congress (12)
Digital ID# us00012 – us0012_1]
 
Franklin on Slavery (13)

Franklin on Slavery

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Benezet, August 22, 1772. Manuscript. Benjamin Franklin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (13)
[Digital ID# us0013]
 
Call for the Abolition of Slavery (14)

Call for the Abolition of Slavery

Benjamin Rush. Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlement in America upon Slave-keeping. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (14)
[Digital ID# us0014]
 
American Drama Promotes Revolutionary Cause (15)

American Drama Promotes Revolutionary Cause

Mercy Otis Warren. The Adulateur. A Tragedy.… Boston: New Printing Office, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (15)
[Digital ID# us0015 – us0015_1]
 
Contradiction between Liberty and Slavery (16)

Contradiction between Liberty and Slavery

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Jean Nicolas Démeunier, January 24, 1786. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (16)
[Digital ID# us0016]
 
George Washington, Commander in Chief (21)

George Washington, Commander in Chief

Charles Willson Peale, painter and engraver. His Excel: G. Washington Esq. L.L.D., Late commander in chief of the armies of the U.S. of America and President of the Convention of 1787. Mezzotint engraving, 1787. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (21)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17515]
 
John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress (24)

John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress

The Honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, President of the American Congress─done from an original picture painted by Littleford. London: C. Shepherd, 1775. Mezzotint from a portrait by R. Purcell, alias C. Corbutt, alias  Littleford. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (24)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17519]
 
Declaration Rough Draft - page 1 - (34)

Declaration of Independence Rough Draft

Thomas Jefferson. Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, June–July 1776. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (34)
 
Washington Receives News of Independence (35)

Washington Receives News of Independence

Letter from John Hancock to George Washington, July 6, 1776. Manuscript letter in the hand of Jacob Rush and signed by John Hancock. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (35)
[Digital ID# us0035 – us0035_1]
 
First Printed Version of Declaration of Independence - page 2 - (36.1)

First Printed Version of Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson. Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, July 4, 1776. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (36)
 
Americans Destroy a Statue of King George III

Americans Destroy a Statue of King George III

La Destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck, Die zerstorung der konglichen bild saule zu Neu Yorck. Hand-colored etching. Paris: Chez Basset, ca. 1776. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (37)
Digital I.D. # ppmsca-17521
 

Creating the Declaration of Independence - Founded on a Set of Beliefs

Settlements Prohibited West of the Appalachians (7)

Settlements Prohibited West of the Appalachians

Thomas Hutchins. A General Map of the Country of the Ohio and Muskingum, Showing the Situation of the Indian-Towns.… in William Smith. An Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians, In the Year 1764.…  Philadelphia: W. Bradford, 1765. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (7)
[Digital ID#  us0007 – us0007_1]
 
Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence (22)

Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence

Cornelius Tiebout, after a portrait by Rembrandt Peale. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. Philadelphia: A. Day, [1801]. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (22)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15715]
 
John Adams, Second President (23)

John Adams, Second President

States of America. Philadelphia: William Cobbett, 1797. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (23)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15705]
 
Joseph Brant, Mohawk Chief (25)

Joseph Brant, Mohawk Chief

John R. Smith, after George Romney. Joseph Fayadeneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations. Engraving, 1779. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (25)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15712]
 
John Sullivan, Revolutionary War General (26)

John Sullivan, Revolutionary War General

Major General John Sullivan, a Distinguish’d Officer in the Continental Army. [London]: Thos. Hart, 1776. Mezzotint engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (26)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15710]
 
Jefferson Defends Human Equality (27)

Jefferson Defends Human Equality

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Marquis de Chastellux, June 7, 1785. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (27)
[Digital ID# us0027]
 
Creek Indians Create Own Representative Government (28)

Creek Indians Create Own Representative Government

Benjamin Hawkins. Journal, 1795—1799. Manuscript. Peter Force papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (28)
[Digital ID# us0028 – us0028_3]
 
Paine’s Idea for New American Government - page 1 - (30.2)

Paine’s Idea for New American Government

Thomas Paine. Common Sense. . . . Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (30)

 
Adams On Best Form of Government (31)

Adams On Best Form of Government

John Adams. Thoughts on Government: Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies.… Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (31)
[Digital ID# us0031]
 
Virginia Constitution as Model for Declaration of Independence (32)

Virginia Constitution as Model for Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson. Draft Virginia Constitution, [May 1776]. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (32)
[Digital ID# us0032 – us0032_1]
 
Virginia Declaration of Rights - page 1 - (33.1)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

George Mason. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (33.01)
 
Center of Creation of the Republic (38)

Center of Creation of the Republic

A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia, survey’d by Nicholas Scull and George Heap. Engraved by Will Faden. London: W. Faden, 1777. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (38)
[Digital ID# ct000185]
 

Creating the Declaration of Independence - Peace

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]
 
General Cornwallis’s Surrender

General Cornwallis’s Surrender

York Town. [London, 1781]. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (41)
[Digital I.D. #ppmsca-15706]
 
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]
 
Preliminary Articles of Peace (43)

Preliminary Articles of Peace

Preliminary Articles of Peace, November 30, 1782. Manuscript document. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (43)
[Digital ID# us0043]
 
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]
 
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]
 

Creating the Declaration of Independence - Declaration Legacy

French Declaration of Rights Emulates U.S. Declarations (109)

French Declaration of Rights Emulates U.S. Declarations

Marquis de Lafayette. Declaration of the Rights of Man, Ante July, 1789. Manuscript document with emendations by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (109)
[Digital ID# us0109]
 
Women’s Declaration of Rights (111)

Women’s Declaration of Rights

Declaration of Rights of Women of the United States, July 4, 1876. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Collection. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111)
[Digital ID# us0111_0 – us0111_1]
 
Retouching the Declaration of Independence (112)

Retouching the Declaration of Independence

Paul Stahr. “1776—Retouching an Old Masterpiece—1915." Cover illustration from Life, July 1915. General Collections, Library of Congress (112)
[Digital ID# us0112]
 
Spirit of Declaration Invoked to Sell War Bonds (114.03)

Spirit of Declaration Invoked to Sell War Bonds

Joseph Pennell. That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Face of the Earth—Buy Liberty Bonds. New York: Heywood Strasser and Voigt, [1918]. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.03)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-18343]
 

Creating the United States Constitution - Road to the Constitution

Benjamin Franklin’s proposed plan of confederation，1775 (46.01)

Benjamin Franklin’s proposed plan of confederation, 1775

Benjamin Franklin. Plan for a Confederation, July 21, 1775. Printed document annotated by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division. Library of Congress (46.01)
 
Articles of Confederation Ratified (48)

Articles of Confederation Ratified

Thomas Rodney. Diary entry, March 1, 1781. Rodney Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (48)
[Digital ID# us0048 – us0048_4]
 
Northwest Ordinance Prohibits Slavery (49)

Northwest Ordinance Prohibits Slavery

Committee of Congress. Draft Report of Northwest Ordinance, March 1784. Broadside with emendations by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (49)
[Digital ID# us0049]
 
Call to Revise Articles of Confederation (50)

Call to Revise Articles of Confederation

Letter from John Jay to George Washington, March 16, 1786. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (50)
[Digital ID# us0050]
 
Madison and Washington Consider Confederation (51)

Madison and Washington Consider Confederation

Letter from James Madison to George Washington, December 9, 1785. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (51)
[Digital ID# us0051 – us0051_3]
 
Washington and Madison Plan for a New Government (52)

Washington and Madison Plan for a New Government

Letter from James Madison to George Washington, April 16, 1787. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (52)
[Digital ID# us0052 – us0052_5]
 
Independence Hall (54)

Independence Hall

“State-house with a View of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia” from The City of Philadelphia.… Hand-colored engraving. Philadelphia: William Birch & Son, 1800. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (54)
 

Creating the United States Constitution - Convention and Ratification

The Virginia Plan (56)

The Virginia Plan

The Virginia Plan of Government, May 1787. Manuscript in the hand of George Washington. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (56)
[Digital ID# us0056 – us0056_2]]
 
The New Jersey Plan (57)

The New Jersey Plan

The New Jersey Plan of Government, June 1787. Manuscript in the hand of George Washington. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (57)
[Digital ID# us0057 – us0057_1]
 
Franklin Soothes Anger (58)

Franklin Soothes Anger

Benjamin Franklin. Draft Speech, [June 11, 1787]. Manuscript. Benjamin Franklin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (58)
[Digital ID# us0058 – us0058_1]
 
“Great Compromise” Saves the Convention (59)

“Great Compromise” Saves the Convention

James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention, July 16, 1787. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (59)
[Digital ID# us0059tt_1 – us0059tt_3]
 
Committee of Detail (61)

Committee of Detail

Draft United States Constitution: Report of the Committee of Detail, ca. August 6, 1787. Printed document with annotations by William Samuel Johnson. William Johnson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (61)
[Digital ID# us0061]
 
Report of the Committee of Style (62)

Report of the Committee of Style

Draft United States Constitution: Report of the Committee of Style, September 8–12, 1787.  Printed document with annotations by George Washington and Convention Secretary William Jackson. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (62)
[Digital ID# us0062 – us0062_3]
 
Washington’s Frustrations at the Convention (63)

Washington’s Frustrations at the Convention

George Washington. Diary entry, September 17, 1787. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (63)
[Digital ID# us0063]
 
Opposition to the Constitution (64)

Opposition to the Constitution

George Mason. Objections to the Constitution of Government formed by the Convention [ca. September 17, 1787]. Manuscript document. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (64)
[Digital ID# us0064 – us0064_1]
 
Madison Defends Constitution (66)

Madison Defends Constitution

The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution. 2 vols. New York: J. and A. McLean, 1788. Thomas Jefferson Library, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (66)
[Digital ID# us0066 – us0066_4]
 
Jefferson’s Concern about Method of Electing President (67)

Jefferson’s Concern about Method of Electing President

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, November 13, 1787. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (67)
[Digital ID# us0067]
 
Conflict in Ratification of the Constitution (68)

Conflict in Ratification of the Constitution

Amos Doolittle. The Looking Glass for 1787. [New Haven]: 1787. Engraving with watercolor. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (68)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17522]
 

Creating the United States Constitution - Constitution Legacy

Jefferson Thinks Supreme Court’s Control Must Be Limited (116)

Jefferson Thinks Supreme Court’s Control Must Be Limited

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane, September 6, 1819. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (116)
[Digital ID# us0116_0 – us0116_3]
 
Widespread Interest in the Founding Documents (117)

Widespread Interest in the Founding Documents

De Constitutie. Gedrukt by Order de Federal Committee in de Stad van Albany. Albany, New York: Charles Webster, 1788. Law Library, Library of Congress (117)
[Digital ID# us0117]

Konstitushon Fun di Fereynigte Shtaten and Deklereshon of Indipendens. New York: Sarasohn, 1892. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (118)
[Digital ID# us0118]
 
Scrapbook Shows Women Seeking Equal Rights (119)

Scrapbook Shows Women Seeking Equal Rights

Elizabeth Smith Miller. Scrapbook and sash, 1910–1911. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (119, 119.01)
[Digital ID# us0119a – us0119b]
 
Attempt to Dissolve the Union (120.01)

Attempt to Dissolve the Union

“Passed unanimouslyat 1:15 o’clock, p.m., December 20, 1860. An ordinance to dissolve the Union.… ” Charleston Mercury Extra, December 20, 1860. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. Gift of Alfred Whital Stern, 1953 (120.01)
[Digital ID# us0120]
 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Forging a Federal Government

Concerns about Constitution (69)

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 Books and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (69)
[Digital ID# us0069]
 
Celebrating Ratification of Constitution (70)

Celebrating Ratification of Constitution

“The Federal Edifice.” Massachusetts Centinel, August 2, 1788. Woodcut. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (70)
[Digital ID# us0070]
 
Unanimous Election of George Washington (71)

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)
[Digital ID# us0071]
 
Washington’s First Inaugural Address (72)

Washington’s First Inaugural Address

George Washington. First inaugural address, April 30, 1789. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (72)
[Digital ID# us0072tt_1 – us0072tt_12]
 
New York’s Federal Hall (73)

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 (73)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15703]
 
Plans for the Future Capital District (74)

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)
 
English Declaration of Rights

English Declaration of Rights

Declaration of Rights in Anno Regni Gulielmi et Mariæ Regis & Reginæ Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, Primo. London: Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, 1689. Law Library, Library of Congress (108)

 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Demand for a Bill of Rights

Religious Liberty for Virginians, 1776 (75)

Religious Liberty for Virginians, 1776

Virginia Declaration of Rights, annotated by James Madison [ca. May 29–June 12, 1776]. Printed broadside annotated by James Madison. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (75)
[Digital ID# us0075 – us0075_1]
 
Madison’s Opinion on State Support of Clergy (76)

Madison’s Opinion on State Support of Clergy

[James Madison]. Memorial and Remonstrance to the Virginia Assembly,
[ca. June 20, 1785]. Manuscript document. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (76)
[Digital ID# us0076]
 
Bill of Rights Seen as a Diversion (78)

Bill of Rights Seen as a Diversion

Jonathan Swift. A Tale of a Tub. London: Charles Bathurst, 1739. Frontispiece engraving by J. Mynde. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (78)
[Digital ID# us0078]
 
Absence of Bill of Rights in Constitution Seen as Problem (79)

Absence of Bill of Rights in Constitution Seen as Problem

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, December 20, 1787. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (79)
[Digital ID# us0079 – us0079_3]
 
Amendments Sent for Ratification

Amendments Sent for Ratification

Proposed Amendments to the Federal Constitution (Bill of Rights), September 1789. Manuscript engrossed and signed by John James Beckley. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (84)
 
African Colony for Freed Slaves (85)

African Colony for Freed Slaves

James Madison. Memorandum on a African Colony for Freed Slaves, ca. October 20, 1789. Manuscript. William Thornton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (85)
[Digital ID# us0085 – us0085_1]
 
Temple of Liberty (86)

Temple of Liberty Preserved by Concord

Temple of Liberty. New York: Jared Bell, 1834. Woodcut. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (86)
Digital I.D. # ppmsca-17520
 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Formation of Political Parties

Amending the Constitution - page 1 - (81)

Amending the Constitution

Roger Sherman. Draft Report of a Special Committee of Congress, ca. July 21, 1789. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (81)
 
Amending the Body of the Constitution - page 1 - (82)

Amending the Body of the Constitution

Congress of the United States, in the House of Representatives, . . . [Report] from the  Committee of Eleven. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1789. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (82)
 
Senate Treats Amendments Contemptuously (83)

Senate Treats Amendments Contemptuously

William Maclay. Journal, August 25, 1789. Manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (83)
[Digital ID# us0083 – us0083_5]
 
Factional Fighting after Washington’s Farewell (87)

Factional Fighting after Washington’s Farewell

Alexander Hamilton. Draft of George Washington’s Farewell Address, 1796. Manuscript. Alexander Hamilton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (87)
[Digital ID# us0087 – us0087_1]
 
Development of Political Factions and Parties (88)

Development of Political Factions and Parties

Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, December 8, 1788. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (88)
[Digital ID# us0088]
 
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)
[Digital ID# us0107]
 
Partisan Clash over Creating National Bank (89)

Partisan Clash over Creating National Bank

Alexander Hamilton. Report on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 23, 1791. Manuscript. Alexander Hamilton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (89)
[Digital ID# us0089 – us0089_1]
 
“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)
[Digital ID# us0090]
 
Congress at Odds