Continental Congress Collection

Document commissioning John Paul Jones as a US Navy captain
John Paul Joness commission as captain in the US Navy, from the Congress, 1776. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

George Wythe of Virginia
George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia. Digitally colored printed halftone reproduction of an illustration

American Declaration of Independence, 1776. Watercolor wash over a 19th century woodcut reproduction of the document

Arthur Middleton of South Carolina
Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina. Digitally colored printed halftone reproduction of an illustration

Committee writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776: Franklin, Jefferson, Livingston, Adams, and Sherman (left - right). Hand-colored engraving

Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut
Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. Digitally colored printed halftone reproduction of an illustration

Richard Henry Lee of Virginia
Richard Henry Lee, who proposed declaring independence from England in 1776. Hand-colored engraving

Roger Sherman of Connecticut
Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration, jurist, and senator. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the Continental Congress met to write the Declaration of Independence, 1776. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Delegates signing the Declaration of American Independence, July 4, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Henry Laurens of South Carolina. Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a portrait

Josiah Bartlett, president and first governor of NH. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Benjamin Rush
Dr. Benjamin Rush at his desk. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Lyman Hall of Georgia
Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

William Whipple of New Hampshire
William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire. Digitally colored printed halftone reproduction of an illustration

Matthew Thornton of New Hampshire
Matthew Thornton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire. Digitally colored printed halftone reproduction of an illustration

Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Continental Congress leaving Independence Hall to hear the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, PA, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a Howard Pyle illustration

Thomas Jefferson reading his rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to Ben Franklin, 1776. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Opening prayer of the First Continental Congress in Carpenters Hall Philadelphia, 1774. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Crowds outside Independence Hall hearing John Nixon read the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia, where the First Continental Congress met. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Benjamin Harrison of Virginia
Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and grandfather of President Benjamin Harrison. Digitally colored printed halftone reproduction of an illustration

Caesar Rodney of Delaware. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Draft of the Declaration of Independence in Jeffersons handwriting, page 1. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Portraits of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, with the drafting Committee in the middle, Philadelphia, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Robert R. Livingston, a member of the committee which wrote the Declaration of Independence. Hand-colored engraving of a painting

Roger Sherman, full portrait, with his signature. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving reproduction of a painting

John Dickinson, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait by Charles Wilson Peale. 1770

Signing the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Printed halftone reproduction of Trumbull painting

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