Ashland the Lexington, Kentucky home of Henry Clay. Clay's career is sketched with illustrations and links in the Library of Congress, Today in History feature for June 29.
Links for US History 1826-1849
Ashland the Lexington, Kentucky home of Henry Clay.
Clay's career is sketched with illustrations and links in the
Library of Congress, Today
in History feature for June 29.
The Library of Congress is offering a preview of its
exhibit on Samuel
Morse, the inventor of the telegraph with an
introduction at its Today
in History features for May 24. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and early
railroads are introduced in the Today in History feature for February 28 and second feature for December 25
while sewing machine inventor Elias Howe is the subject for July 9. George Perkins Marsh a pioneer in the
convservation movement is introduced with links and pictures in
the first feature for September 30.
The Eire Canal is introduced in the second feature for October
26.
From Jackson to Lincoln: Democracy and Dissent : An Exhibition at The Pierpont Morgan Library offers material on the personalities and events of the period.
Territorial growth maps of the United States in 1830, 1840, and 1850 are available from the From U.S. National Atlas, 1970 courtesy of the Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection at The University of Texas at Austin.
This page was last updated
April 01, 2005
Background: an altered image of the Declaration of Independence, see the original images at the presentation on the Declaration of Independence by the US National Archives.
