Historical Documents

Year Title Author
1874 "Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
1926 "The American Senate" Published
2005 "The Evolving Federal Role in Education: An Introductory Essay" (Excerpt)
1920 19th Amendment
1775 A French Account of Braddock's Defeat in 1755, Captain de Contrecoeur
1898 A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton
1775 A Narrative, of the Excursion and Ravages of the King ’s Troops Under the Command of General Gage, on the nineteenth of April, 1775: Together with the Depositions...
1610 A True Declaration of the Estate in Virginia, 1610
1917 About Filibusters and Cloture
1774 Administration of Justice Act, 1774
1971 Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics
1954 Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam
1831 Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
1798 Alien and Sedition Acts
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
1872 American Progress, John Gast
2013 Americans Call for Term Limits, End to Electoral College: Gallup.com
1913 An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States: Selections
1777 Articles of Confederation
1610 Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia, 1610-1611.
1936 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
1774 Boston Port Act, 1774
1878 Brazil-U.S. Trade-Mark Agreement
1954 Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
1954 Brown v. Board of Education 1954
Earl Warren
Chief Justice
1690 Chapter 2 Of the State of Nature
1866 Civil Rights Act 1866
Bingham
Congressman John A.
1964 Civil Rights Act 1964
Marshall
Thurgood
1917 Cloture Rule
1770 Coffin of Patrick Carr
1794 Cotton Gin Patent
1920 Covenant of the League of Nations
Data on the Framers of the Constitution
1887 Dawes Act of 1887
1776 Declaration of Independence
Livingston
Robert
1790 Decree of French National Assembly on the Death of Franklin
1775 Diary of John Barker- Excerpt
2012 Did The Federal Ban On Assault Weapons Matter?
1862 District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford
1961 Eisenhower's Farewell Address
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln
Abraham
1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1863
Lincoln
Abraham
1962 Engel v. Vitale
1689 English Bill of Rights
1941 Executive Order 8802
1943 Executive Order 9346
1948 Executive Order 9981
1948 Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
1997 Explanation of Cover Photograph of Book "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road" by Philip Randazzo