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Map or Atlas

An improved map of the United States

Date: 1813
Description: Eastern half of the United States. Scale: 2.5 inches = 250 miles.
Historical Object

Manchester Massacre Handkerchief

Date: 1819
Description: A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst...
Book or Pamphlet

U.S. Capitol after the Fire

Date: 1814
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol building after the fire in August. The Federal building was burned by British forces during the War of 1812. In the foreg...
Book or Pamphlet

Capture and Burning of Washington, D.C.

Date: 1814
Description: Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit...
Drawing

First State Buildings at Columbus

Date: 1815
Description: Engraved view of the first state buildings in Columbus, Ohio, including the United States Courthouse, Public Offices and the Old State House. A number of p...
Print

City of London

Date: 1810
Description: View of the city of Lincoln, England. Photocopy after an engraving by B.G. Topham.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Town of Two Rivers

Date: 1810
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, and the public square. The bottom right margin reads: "Robert M. Eberts, Henry S. Baird, A.G. Ellis, R.S. Sa...
Map or Atlas

Harbour of St. Catherine Map

Date: 1814
Description: A map of the Harbour (sic) of St. Catherine (Brazil).
Drawing

Pyramide de Cholula

Date: 1816
Description: The four-stepped, low-rising Pyramid of Cholula, covered in sparse vegetation, stands in a flat valley, surrounded by distant mountains. A stairway leads u...

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