Historical Documents

Year Title Author
1884 Nat Turner by T. Thomas Fortune
1860 National Republican platform adopted by National Republican Convention, held in Chicago. May 17, 1860.
1870 Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria Hungry
1787 New Jersey Plan
2012 No Increase in Mass Shootings
1775 Orders To Lieut. Colonel Smith, 10th Regiment ’Foot
1859 Pamphlet, John Brown’s "Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States"
1692 Petition of Ten Prisoners at Ipswich
1925 Pierce v. Society of Sisters
1896 Plessy v. Ferguson
1896 Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
Brown
Justice Henry
2003 President George Bush's Address Announcing End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq
1832 President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification
2025 President Joe Biden’s Farewell Address
1986 President Ronald Reagan's Speech on Space Shuttle Challenger
1966 Presidential Proclamation 3748
1492 Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus: 1492
Quotations of Alexander Hamilton
1865 Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870
1957 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
1859 Robert E. Lee’s Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and His Party
1989 Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address
1980 Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address
1662 Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662
2001 Rye Ergo and Witches
1991 S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day".
1629 Salem Covenant of 1629
1634 Salem Oath for Residents
1604 Samuel De Champlain Voyages, 1604
2000 Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe Court Decision
1890 Second Morrill Act 1890
Morrill
Senator Justin
2025 Senate Action On Cloture Motions
1935 Social Security Act
1765 Stamp Act of 1765
1807 Surveying U.S. Coastal Territories
2008 Syllabus For The Decision District of Columbia et al v. Heller (2008)
1989 Texas v. Johnson
1831 The Confessions of Nat Turner- Excerpt
1998 The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French
1636 The Enlarged Salem Covenant
1903 The Frost King, a short story by Helen A. Keller
1831 The Liberator Comments on Nat Turner’s Insurrection
1896 The Problem of the West
2009 The Real Nat Turner by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
1781 The Royal Academy of Farting
1800 Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
Timeline: Alexander Hamilton's Chronology, 1788-1854
1863 Tobacco Admission Treaty Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
1871 Trademark Agreement Between the United States and Austra-Hungary
1493 Translation of letter from Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella