Historical Documents

Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton’s America
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Hamilton is Mortally Wounded by Burr
Timeline: Alexander Hamilton's Chronology, 1788-1854
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Frost King, a short story by Helen A. Keller
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
William Styron
The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Columbus letter
Translation of letter from Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
The Witches
Rye Ergo and Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
Pecan Shellers Strike
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Image of First Charter of Virginia
First Charter of Virginia, 1606
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Radio City
Alfred Hitchcock at Radio City Music Hall
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Mark Twain in 1907
War Prayer
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Muqaddimah
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History- Excerpt
Metahistory & Historiography
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Frederick J. Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner- Short Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
John Adams
John Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
“The Land of Romance” Poem
“The Land of Romance” Poem
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Senate Action On Cloture Motions
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Armistice of Cassibile
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Resolve Relative to the Indictment, Trial, Conviction, and Execution of Ann Pudeator and Certain Other Person For “Witchcraft” in the Year Sixteen Hundred and Ninety-Two
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the United States and the Soviet Union (1971)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original document of Voting Rights Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Petition
Petition of Ten Prisoners at Ipswich
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus: 1492
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Adams Letter
John Adams Letter to Abigail Adams: February 16, 1801
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Two Treatises of Government Title Page
Chapter 2 Of the State of Nature
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Picture of the Proclamation
Proclamation 3869
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
H.R. 14
H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Geography and History: Bridging the Divide
Metahistory & Historiography
The President Dead
The President Dead- September 19, 1881
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Grand Opening, 1995. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Why is the Rock Hall in Cleveland?
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Langston Hughes
Harlem, a poem by Langston Hughes
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Eight base layers of the National Map
What Is A Geographic Information System (GIS)?
Metahistory & Historiography
Earhart Letter
Letter to Dr. Wiggam, circa 1932
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
General Thomas Gage
Massachusetts Government Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Tonkin Gulf Incident
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
American Progress
American Progress by John Gast
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), Multiple Eras
Joseph Jackson
Annual Address by Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
National Farm Workers Association
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Royal Academy of Farting
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Webster Ashburton Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Arizona v. United States
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
The U.S. Constitution
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
Zoot Suit Riots
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Limits
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Treaty of Little Arkansas
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Proclamation 3447
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)