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  • Creating A Virginia Republic - Thomas Jefferson

    Virginia was the ground in which Jefferson planned to plant the roots of his ideal republic. Jefferson's broad vision of a republican society encompassed governmental, cultural, educational, and societal institutions and activities.

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2000-04-24

  • The West - Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson acquired an interest in western exploration early in life. More than most of his contemporaries, Jefferson realized that the American West was not an empty wilderness, but a land crowded ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2000-04-24

  • Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress Exhibition)

    Men and women with deep religious convictions crossed the Atlantic Ocean to practice their faith freely in the colonies that in 1776 became the United States of America.

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 1998-06-04

  • The Cartographic Setting - Louisiana European Explorations And The Louisiana Purchase

    Evolving European and American Conceptions of Louisiana to 1803 Until 1803 the exploration and mapping of the territory acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase was undertaken by the major ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2007-08-13

  • Establishing A Federal Republic - Thomas Jefferson

    In the various public offices he held, Jefferson sought to establish a federal government of limited powers. His actions as the first secretary of state, vice president, leader of the first political ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2000-04-24

  • History Of Railroads And Maps - Railroad Maps 1828 To 1900

    Railways were introduced in England in the seventeenth century as a way to reduce friction in moving heavily loaded wheeled vehicles. The first North American "gravity road," as it was called, was ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1998-10-19

  • Overview - Samuel Morse Papers

    Approximately 6,500 items from the Samuel F. B. Morse Papers in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress have been digitized, including correspondence, diaries, printed matter, maps, drawings and miscellany. Approximately ...

    Contributor: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 1793-01-01

  • America as a Religious Refuge: The Seventeenth Century, Part 1 - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

    Many of the British colonies that eventually formed the United States were settled by men and women, who, in the face of European persecution, refused to compromise their religious convictions and fled ...

    Contributor: Foster, John - Fox, John - Taylor, Matthew - Becklin, David - Tanner, Mathias - Luyken, J.
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 1998-06-04

  • Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

    The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained a number of deeply religious men. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress ...

    Contributor: Matteson, Harrison Tompkins - Polk, Charles Peale - Franklin, Benjamin - Jefferson, Thomas - Zeisberger, David
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 1998-06-04

  • Life and Labor at Monticello - Thomas Jefferson

    At least three hallmarks of Thomas Jefferson's character and interests date to his time in Piedmont, Monticello, and the Poplar Forest: his interest in western exploration and settlement; his belief and participation ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2000-04-24

  • The Exploration And Legacy Of The Louisiana Territory - Louisiana European Explorations And The Louisiana Purchase

    American Exploration of Louisiana Acquisition and exploration of American lands throughout the first decade of the 19th century began and ended with President Thomas Jefferson. Whether involved in purchasing the Louisiana Territory; ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2007-08-13

  • Washington s Farewell Address

    In 1796, towards the end of his second term, President Washington wrote a letter to the "People of the United States" in which he announced that he would not be seeking a ...

    Contributor: Wood, Margaret
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2013-02-21

  • Law Librarians and Immortal Glory – Pic of the Week

    âFor so great is the abundance of lawbooks that it is altogether difficult for the beginning student of jurisprudence to select authoritative authors on the area of his interest.â âFor so great ...

    Contributor: Dorn, Nathan
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2013-04-19

  • Maps Of Arcadia National Park - National Parks Maps

    Early European Maps | British Maps | Nineteenth Century Nautical Charts | Mount Desert Island | USGS Maps | National Park Service Maps of Acadia Map of the Discovery of the East ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1999-06-02

  • Overview - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

    Religion and the Founding of the American Republic explores the role religion played in the founding of the American colonies, in the shaping of early American life and politics, and in forming ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 1998-06-04

  • Timeline - Samuel Morse Papers

    Samuel F. B. Morse's life and career are carefully showcased in this special presentation timeline. April 27, 1791 Samuel Finley Breese Morse is born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first child of Jedidiah ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 1791-01-01

  • In God We Trust

    A short legislative history of the "In God We Trust"motto on u.s. currency.

    Contributor: Wood, Margaret
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2013-04-22

  • Overview - Thomas Jefferson

    The Thomas Jefferson exhibit is composed of nine sections. The first eight contain more than 150 items drawn primarily from the unparalleled Jefferson manuscript collection in the Library of Congress. Among the ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2000-04-24

  • Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912–2012

    Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912–2012 The Hebraic Section of the Library of Congress is recognized as one of the world's foremost centers for the ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page
    Date: 2012-10-25

  • Overview - American Revolutionary War Maps

    The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 represents an important historical record of the mapping of North America and the Caribbean. Most ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2008-08-04

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