Historical Documents

Year Title Author
1606 First Charter of Virginia, 1606
1861 First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
1869 First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant
1900 Foraker Act of 1900
Foraker
Joseph B.
1991 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Cuba, Volume VI
1728 Franklin’s Epitaph
1918 Frederick Jackson Turner- Short Biography
1793 Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
1850 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
1853 Gadsden Purchase Treaty
2003 Geography and History: Bridging the Divide
1937 George Putnam’s response to Commander Weems
1786 George Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
1790 George Washington Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790
1796 George Washington's Farewell Address
1863 Gettysburg Address
2012 Gettysburg Dedication Day Ceremony a Naturalization Ceremony & remarks from Steven Spielberg
1963 Gideon v. Wainwright
1861 Glory hally, hallelujah! or The John Brown song. H. De Marsan, 54 Chatham Street, N.Y.
1933 Good Neighbor Policy
2011 Gun Violence
2011 Guns in Public Places: Legal Community Against Violence
1861 H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States
1863 H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
1791 Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
1951 Harlem, a poem by Langston Hughes
2017 Harriet Beecher Stowe- Short Biography
1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
1954 Hernandez v. Texas
2025 Hewitt v. United States
2012 Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lincoln, The Movie and Man- Excerpt
1862 Homestead Act (1862)
1962 Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
1965 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
In His Own Words: Samuel de Champlain
1924 Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
1987 INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca
2023 Insanity Defense Overview
Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings
1861 Jefferson Davis' Farewell Address
1776 Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson
Thomas
2010 Jewish Pioneers- Article
1797 John & Abigail Adams Correspondence
1801 John Adams Letter to Abigail Adams: February 16, 1801
2023 John Adams- Brief Biography
1881 John Brown: An Address
1863 John Brown's Entrance Into Hell.
1859 John Brown's Speech to the Court at his Trial
1839 John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny