• Michigan. Citizens. To His Excellency, James Madison (Detroit, 1809). Broadside, petitioning for the replacement of territorial governor William Hull.

• [Maps] Colbert, Edouard, Comte de Maulevrier. Four finished manuscript maps of the American Revolution (1781): "Plan de la ville, rade, et environs de Newport en Rode Island"; "Reconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de lisle de New York faite en presence des Généraux Wasington"; "Reconnoissance des ouvrages de Ouët Pointe"; "Carte des environs de York en Virginie avec les attaques et la position des armés Francoise et Americane devant cette place en 1781."

• [Manuscripts] Thomas Duggan Journal, 1795-1800. Record of trade with the Indians at store at Ft. Michilimackinac.

• [Drawing] Sempronius Stratton. "View of the Garrison of Toronto or York Upper Canada...March 11th., 1805." Pen and ink, wash drawing.

• The tryal of John Peter Zenger (London, 1738).

• The Royal American Magazine (Boston, 1774-75). Bound vol. of periodical illus. by Paul Revere.

• Eliot, Jared. Essays upon Field-husbandry (Boston, 1760).

• Confederate States of America. Treaty with the Cherokees, October 7th, 1861 (Richmond, 1861).

• [Manuscript] Louis-Armand de Lom, Baron La Hontan. "Brief Discours qui montre en substance combien il seroit important de réussir dans deux entreprises proposées et contenues en ce mémoire," ca. 1703.

• [Manuscript] Antonio Bucareli y Ursua. Letterbooks, 1771-1775. 6 vols. Correspondence of the Viceroy of Mexico.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, 1754).

• Butler, James. Fortune's Foot-ball; or, the Adventures of Mercutio (Harrisburg, Pa., 1797-98).

• van der Donck, Adriaen. Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlandt (Amsterdam, 1655).

• Evans, Estwick. A Pedestrious Tour, of Four Thousand Miles, through the Western States and Territories during the Winter and Spring of 1818 (Concord, N.H., 1819). Author's copy, with corrections for a later, never-issued edition.

• [Drawing] James Peachy. "View of Fort Niagara," 1780. Watercolor drawing.

• [Map] [Detroit River including Lake Sinclair and the western portion of Lake Erie, 1810-15.] Topographical manuscript map, colored.

• Virginia. The Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates Held at the Town of Richmond...1st December, 1775...and Afterwards, by Adjournment in the City of Williamsburg (Williamsburg, 1776), bound with, Ordanances passed at the Convention Held in the City of Williamsburg...1st of December, 1775 (Williamsburg, 1776).

• Allen, Ethan. A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity (Philadelphia, 1779).

• Cantelo. Twenty Four American Country Dances (London, 1785).

• [Manuscripts] Isaac Bonsall. Journals, 1803, 1806-1807, 1823. Diaries of a Quaker missionary, visiting Indian settlements in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Upper Canada.

• [Map] Osgood Carleton. The United States of America laid down from the best Authorities to the Peace of 1783 (Boston, 1791).

• Mather, Richard. Disputation concerning Church-members and their Children (London, 1659).

• Hastings, Susannah Willard Johnson. A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson (Walpole, N.H., 1796).

• Goddard, William. The Prowess of the Whig Club (Baltimore, 1777).

• Loudon, Archibald. A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives...of Outrages, Committed by the Indians (Carlisle, Pa., 1808-1811).

• Kino, Eusebio F. Exposicion Astronomica (Mexico City, 1681).

• Proceedings of the South Carolina Yazoo Company (Charleston, 1791).

• Purry, Jean Pierre. A Memorial...Concerning the Present State of Carolina (London, 1724).

• Groome, Samuel. A Glass for the People of New England (London, 1676).

• [Manuscript] John Brittain. "Description of the Settlements in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with an account of their natural productions and advantages, collected from a number of respectable inhabitants," 1784. Information gathered for Col. Edward Winslow.

• [Print] Peter Gordon. A View of Savanah as it stood the 29th of March 1734 (London, 1734).

• The Husbandman's Guide (Boston, 1712).

• Description du grand et riche pays de la Floride occidentale (Brest, 1781). Account of the Spanish capture of Pensacola from the British.

• [Manuscript] James Furnis Letterbook, 1755-58. Correspondence of British comptroller of ordnance in North America, 1755-58.

• [Map] Antoine Phillippe de Marginy Mandeville, "Carte compossee des differens ouvrages de messieurs les ingenieurs qui ont éé à Louisiane," 1763. Manuscript topographical map, colored.

• Defoe, Daniel. The Chimera, or, The French Way of paying National Debts (London, 1720).

• Morgan, John. A Discourse upon the Institution of Medical Schools in America (Philadelphia, 1765).

• Chippendale, Thomas. The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director (London, 1754).

• Rawson, Edward. The Revolution in New England Justified (Boston, 1691).

• McGillivray, Simon. A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America (London, 1817).

• [Manuscripts] Wayne Papers, 1783-1853. Private correspondence and retained copies of military papers of Gen. Anthony Wayne and family, with emphasis upon the campaign in Ohio.

• [Manuscripts] Abraham Whipple Papers, 1763-1787. Revolutionary War correspondence of American naval commander.

• Vincent, Philip. A True Relation of the Late Battell Fought in New England between the English, and the Salvages (London, 1637). Pequot War.

• [Music] Collection of sixteen printed and ten manuscript pieces of sheet music composed and performed in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, 1824-1825, to celebrate General Lafayette's visit to America.

• Rules of the Marine anti-Britannic Society (Charleston, 1784).

• [Map] William Scull. Map of the Province of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1770).

• [Map] Bernard Ratzer. Plan of the City of New York (London, 1767). Containing manuscript notes of the New York fire of 1776.

• Lay, Benjamin. All Slave-keepers that Keep the Innocent in Bondage (Philadelphia , 1737). Franklin imprint.

• Rowlandson, Mary. A True History of the Captivity and Restoration (London, 1682).

• Swan, Abraham. The British Architect; or, The Builders Treasury of Stair-cases (Philadelphia, 1775). First architectural book.

• [Prints] John Verelst. Mezzotint engravings of the Four Kings, (London, 1710). Portraits of the Iroquois Indian chiefs who visited London.

• Wilson, Samuel. Description de la Carolline prés la Floride (Geneva ,1684).

• Smith, William. A Brief History of the Rise and Progress of a Charitable Scheme...for the Relief and Instruction of poor Germans (Philadelphia, 1755). Franklin imprint.

• Fillmore, John. A Narration of the Captivity of John Fillmore (Johnstown, N.Y., 1809).

• Hamilton, Alexander, and Jonathan Lawrence. Six pamphlets on ratification of the U.S. Constitution (New York, 1789).

• [Newspaper] Royal Gazette. (Charleston, S.C. 1781-82.) Published during British occupation.

• Penn, William. Governour Penn's Speech to the Assembly...September 15, 1701 (London, 1701).

• St. Clair, Arthur, defendant. Proceedings of a General Court Martial (Philadelphia, 1778).

• [Manuscripts] David Porter Papers, 1807-29. Correspondence of noted War of 1812 officer.

• Compagnie de New York. Description topographique de six cents mille acres (Paris, 1792).

• Galland, Isaac. Galland's Iowa Emigrant (Chillicothe, 1840).

• Sales, Luis. Noticias de la provincia de Californias en tres cartas (Valencia, 1794).

• Smith, James. A Treatise, on the Mode and Manner of Indian War (Paris, Ky., 1812).

• Birkbeck, Morris. An Appeal to the People of Illinois, On the Question of a Convention (Shawneetown, Ill., 1823).

• Taylor, G., of Sheffield, Eng. A Voyage to North America (Nottingham, Eng., 1771).

• Daniels, William M. A Correct Account of the Murder of Generals Joseph and Hyrum Smith (Nauvoo, Ill., 1845).

• Winchester, James. Historical Details, Having Relation to the Campaign (Lexington, Ky., 1818).

• Pigafetta, Antonio. Le voyage et nauigation faict par les espaignolz (Paris, 1525).

• The Case of the Inhabitants of East-Florida (St. Augustine, 1784).

• Company for the Inland Navigation, from Santee to Cooper River. Rules of the Company (Charleston, 1786).

• Allen, Ethan. A Brief Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of New-York (Hartford, 1774).

• Songs, Naval and Military (New York, 1779).

• W.J. A Letter from New England Concerning their Customs, Manners, and Religion (London, 1682).

• The Government of Nature Delineated; or An Exact Picture of the New Federal Constitution (Carlisle, Pa., 1788). Anti-Federal satire directed at James Wilson.

• Official Letters, with Comments, and Observations Relative to the Capture of the President, American Frigate (St. George, Bermuda, 1815).

• Colles, Christopher. Proposals for the Speedy Settlement of the Waste and Unappropriated Lands on the Western Frontiers of the State of New York (New York, 1785).

• Davisson, Ananias. Kentucky Harmony, or A Choice Collection (Lexington, Ky., 1816).

• Smith, Daniel. A Short Description of the State of Tennasee (Philadelphia, 1796).

• Wetmore, Alphonso. The Pedlar: A Farce in Three Acts (St. Louis, 1821).

• Carden, Allen D. The Missouri Harmony, Or a Choice Collection (St. Louis, 1820).

• Smith, Emma Hale, comp. A Collection of Sacred Hymns (Kirtland, Oh., 1835). First Mormon hymnal.

• McNeil, Samuel. McNeils Travels in 1849, To, Through and From the Gold Regions, in California (Columbus, Oh., 1850).

• Miles, William. Journal of the Sufferings and Hardships of Captain Parker H. French's Overland Expedition to California (Chambersburg, Pa., 1851).

• Clayton, William. The Latter-day Saints' Emigrants' Guide (St. Louis, 1848).

• [Manuscript] John Ligonier Letterbook, 1758-1760. Correspondence of the commander in chief of the British army during the Seven Years War.

• Warren, Mercy Otis. The Motley Assembly, A Farce (Boston,1779).

• Smith, William. A General Idea of the College of Mirania (New York, 1753).

• Narrative of Henry Bird, Who Was Carried Away by the Indians (Bridgeport, Ct., 1815).

• Jourdain, Silvester. A Plaine Description of the Bermudas, now called Sommer Islands (London, 1613).

• Copland, Patrick. Virginia's God be Thanked (London, 1622).

• Smith, John. A Map of Virginia. With a Description of the Countrey (Oxford, 1612). Descriptive text, with first printing of Smith's map.

• [Manuscripts] Moses Warren, Jr. Twelve letters, 1796-1797. Correspondence of surveyor of the Western Reserve. Purchased in honor of James S. Schoff of New York on his retirement as Chairman, Clements Library Associates.

• Hale, John. A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft (Boston, 1702).

• Billings, William. The Singing Master's Assistant (Boston, 1778).

• [Manuscripts] Oliver Hazard Perry Family Papers, 1795-1864. War of 1812 hero.

• [Manuscript, Map] Louis A.P. Bouan. "Journal of the siege of Yorktown, 1781," accompanied by personal manuscripts and a manuscript map, "Siege d'York 1781." Finished map, colored.

• Ware, Joseph E. The Emigrants' Guide to California (St. Louis, 1849).

• An Association in Arms for the Defence of the Protestant Religion, and for Asserting the Right of King William and Queen Mary to the Province of Maryland and all of the English Dominions. The Declaration of the Reasons and Motives for the Present Appearing in Arms (London, 1689).

• [Map] John Thornton. A New Map of Carolina (London, 1690).

• Society for Promoting the Manufacture of Sugar from the Sugar Maple-Tree. Constitution (Philadelphia, 1793).

• Massachusetts. A Conference Held at St. George's to Treat with the Eastern Indians (Boston, 1753).

• [Manuscripts] Wayne Family Papers, 1724-1939. Large addition to papers of Anthony Wayne and family.

• [Map] George Taylor. "Plan of Charleston," 1781. Manuscript map, colored.

• Cotton, John. God's Promise to His Plantation (London, 1630).

• Helvetische Societät. Neu-gefundenes Eden (1737). Description of Virginia, to encourage Swiss emigration to America.

• [Manuscripts] Jonathan Dayton Papers, 1760-1824. Correspondence of New Jersey Federalist congressman and Ohio speculator, for whom Dayton is named.

• [Map] William Brazier. "Project for Taking Post at Crown Point, 13th May 1774." Finished, colored map, copied from original by John Montressor.

• Orr, George. The Possession of Louisiana by the French, Considered (London, 1803).

• Beauvais-Raseau. L'art de l'indigotier (Paris, 1770).

• Smith, Joseph. General Smith's Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States (Nauvoo, Ill., 1844).

• [Manuscript] John André. Autograph journal, September 28 to November 20, 1777, with manuscript maps, documenting William Howe's Philadelphia campaign.

• [Manuscripts] Nathanael Greene. Eighteen letters, 1781-83. Battle of Cowpens.

• MacPherson's Directory for the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1785).

• Tulley, John. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, MDCXCIII (Boston, 1693).

• [Manuscript Atlas] William Hacke. From the original Spanish Manuscripts & our late English Discoveries, A Description of all the Ports Bays Roads Harbours Rivers Islands Sands Shoalds Rocks & Dangers in the South Seas of America between California and the straghts of Lemaire," ca. 1690.

• Birch, William & Son. The City of Philadelphia In the State of Pennsylvania North America; As It appeared in the Year 1800, Consisting of Twenty-Eight Plates (Philadelphia, 1800).

• [Manuscripts] Isaac Chauncey Letterbooks, 1812-17. 3 vols. Naval commander on Great Lakes, War of 1812.

• [Manuscripts] Thomas Leyland Company. Two manuscript journals and account books of slave ships Hannah (1789-90) and Jenny (1792), from Liverpool to Africa, then to Jamaica and other West Indian Islands.

• Franklin, Benjamin. An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvania Fire-Places (Philadelphia, 1744). Thomas Godfrey's copy of a Franklin imprint.

• Wyman, Seth. The Life and Adventures of...Embodying the Prinpcipal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Theft, Gambling, Passing Counterfeit Money, etc. (Manchester, N.H., 1843).

• Fitch, James. An Holy Connexion, or a True Agreement (Cambridge, Mass., 1674).

• [Manuscripts] Henry Strachey Papers, 1776-1802. British Peace Commissioner and diplomat, American Revolution.

• [Manuscripts] Peter Alpin Logbooks, 1774-78. HMS Roebuck, HMS Prudent, and HMS Savage, including service during the Revolution on the American coast.

• [Newspapers] The National Police Gazette, 1845-47. First two volumes of noted crime and sports journal.

• [Manuscripts] Fenno-Hoffman Family Papers, 1780-1857. Including correspondence of John Fenno, editor of Gazette of the United States, and literary figure Charles Fenno Hoffman.

• [Manuscripts] Rochester New York Ladies Anti-Slavery Society Papers, 1852-1868. Including correspondence of Frederick Douglass relating to the Underground Railroad.

• [Maps] Martineau, "Plan Figuratif du Combat du Avril 1782 Entre l'Armée Anglaise commandée par l'Amiral Rodney...& l'Armée Française Commandée par Mr. Le Comte de Grasse," 1782. Three colored, pictorial maps of action at the Battle of the Saintes.

• A Relation of the Successefull Beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-land (London, 1634).

• [Manuscript] James Van Cleve. "Reminiscences of Early Steam Boats & Sail Vessels On Lake Ontario...," 1877. Scrapbook, containing clippings, watercolors, photographs, and ephemera concerning pioneering navigation on lower and upper Great Lakes.

• [Manuscripts] William Young Family Papers, 1790s-1830. Personal and business papers of Philadelphia and Delaware printer and paper manufacturer.

• [Manuscripts] Richard Whitworth Papers, 1765-75. Correspondence and documents of, and relating to western schemes of Jonathan Carver and Robert Rogers.

• [Map] Antonio de Mattos, "Description de las Costas de Tierra Firme de la America Semptentrional," 1741. Colored portolan chart of Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies on vellum. Purchased in memory of Harriet Skinner Upton, Chairman of Clements Library Associates.

• [Manuscript] François Viger to Thomas Desauniers, June 8, 1755. Contract for Indian trader based at St. Joseph [South Bend], Indiana.

• [Atlas] Robert. Mills Atlas of the State of South Carolina (Columbia, S.C., 1825).

• [Atlas] Matthew Clark. [A Complete Chart of the Coast of America from Cape Breton unto the Entrance of the Gulf of Mexico] (Boston, 1790). First atlas of American sea charts.

• Bound volume containing seventeen American sermons relating to the American Revolution (Boston, Newburyport, Watertown, Worcester, and Philadelphia, 1774-76).

• Gatford, Lionel. Publick Good without Private Interest (London, 1657). Virginia.

• Nicholson, Francis. Papers Relating to an Affidavit Made by His Reverence James Blair, Clerk, Pretended President of William and Mary College (London, 1727).

• Virginia Company of London. A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends (London, 1610).

• Waterhouse, Edward. A Declaration of the State of the Colony...in Virginia (London, 1622).

• Price, Daniel. Sauls Prohibition Staide....with Reproofe of Those that Traduce the Honourable Plantation of Virginia (London, 1609).

• [Map] John Hills. Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Its Environs (London, 1798).

• Du Pinet, Antoine. Histoire des plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virginie (Paris, 1620).

• Donne, John. A Sermon upon the Eighth Verse of the First Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles to the Honourable Company of the Virginia Plantation. 13 Novemb. 1622 (London, 1624).

• Whitbourne, Richard. A Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundland (London, 1623). Revised edition with information on Lord Baltimore's settlement at Avalon.

• [Manuscripts] Humphry Marshall Papers, 1759-1863. Papers of noted Pennsylvania Quaker botanist, horticulturist, and seedsman.

• [Manuscript] James Wolfe. Letter to George Sackville, Feb. 7, 1758. Lengthy discussion of upcoming American campaign, written on eve of sailing from England.

• Duhamel du Monceau, M. Traite géneral des pesches (Paris, 1769). 3 vols.

• [Manuscripts] Theodorick Bland Papers, 1759-1800. Small collection of Revolutionary War military and political manuscripts. Purchased in honor of Duane Norman Diedrich, Chairman, Clements Library Associates.

• [Manuscripts] David Greene Letterbook, 1777-1785. Boston Loyalist writing from exile in Antigua, and after his return, from Connecticut and Boston.

• [Manuscripts] James Patten Letters, 1788-1797. Correspondence of Ohio settler captured by the Delaware Indians. Purchased in honor of Robert P. Briggs, former Chairman, Clements Library Associates.

• [Manuscript] Thomas Clarkson. "Letter nouvelles sur le commerce de la Cote de Guinée," 1789-90. Manuscript in French, on the horrors of the slave trade, with colored manuscript maps and engraved plates.

• Scott & Wilson. A Treatise on Cutting Garments to Fit the Human Form (New York, 1841).

• [Newspaper] New York Gazette: or the Weekly Post-Boy, 1758-1761. French and Indian War.

• [Prints] Forty-six lithographic political cartoons relating to the Presidency of Andrew Jackson, the Whig Party, the campaign of 1856, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War, 1831-1865.

• [Manuscript] Reading Beatty Tunebook, 1780. Manuscript tunebook, kept by an American Revolutionary war soldier in the field, containing secular, popular music of camp and tavern.

• Ovalle, Alonzo de. Historica relatione del Regno de Chile (Rome, 1646).

• Piso, Willem. De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica (Amsterdam, 1658).

• [Manuscripts] Washington Bartlett Papers, 1834-1862. American naval officer involved in American takeover of San Francisco.

• [Manuscript] Woory, Joseph. "A discovery of the Coasts, Islands, Rivers, Sounds and Creeks of that part of the province of Carolina between Cape Roman and Port Royal," June 16, 1666. Exploration of Carolina coast by naval officer associated with first colony at Charles Town, North Carolina.

• Beissel, Conrad. Paradisisches Wunder-Spiel (Ephrata, 1754).

• [Drawing] David William Smith. "Elevations of the Principal Quarters for officers, in the Barracks at Detroit," 1790. Watercolor architectural drawing of Fort Lernoult officers' barracks.

• Hall, John. The Cabinet Makers Assistant (Baltimore, 1840).

• [Drawing] Sharples, Ellen. Pastel portrait, in color, of Joseph Priestley, ca. 1796. Purchased in memory of William C. Finkenstaedt, former Associates Board member, and grandson of William L. Clements.

• Caldwell, Joseph. Eulogy on General Washington. Pronounced...at the University of North-Carolina (Raleigh, 1800).

• Caldwell, Joseph. A Sermon Preached at the State-House in the City of Raleigh...Death of Mr. Samuel Holmes (Raleigh, 1799).

• [Newspaper] Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1867-1922). Extensive, post-Civil War run of scarce but influential illustrated newspaper.

• [Manuscripts] British Indian Agency Collection, ca. 1750-95. Fifty-two letters and documents, once part of the archive of Sir William Johnson and Guy Johnson.

• [Manuscripts] Van Swearingen-Bedinger Collection, 1775-1822. Revolutionary War and post-war Ohio Valley frontier.

• [Manuscripts] William Henry Lyttelton Letterbooks, 1756-59. Governor of South Carolina.

• [Manuscripts] Eaton-Shirley Papers, 1830-1903. Civil War Vicksburg and education of Freedmen.

• [Drawings] Charles Forrest. Five watercolor drawings, 1780-81. Five views of St. Lucia by British Marine.

• [Drawings] Thomas Smith. Eighteen finished watercolor drawings and four unfinished sketches, ca. 1820. Sketches of American and Canadian scenery by a skilled amateur British artist.

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