Historical Documents

Year Title Author
1861 Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution
1865 Joint Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Abraham Lincoln and Congress Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865
2010 Josephine and Wyatt Earp- Article
1789 Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts
1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
Douglass
Senator Stephen
1966 Katzenbach v. Morgan
1958 Law #3 of the Sierra Maestra on Agrarian Reform
1619 Laws Enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia, 1619
1929 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
2012 Legacy of the Clinton Administration
1860 Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln
1907 Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
1623 Letter from an Indentured Servant to His Parents, 1623
1777 Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence
1907 Letter from Helen Keller to Alexander Graham Bell, February 19, 1907
1775 Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
1804 Letter From Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams – June 13, 1804
1932 Letter to Dr. Wiggam, circa 1932
1783 Letter to George Washington from Alexander Hamilton
1782 Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
2007 Librarian of Congress James H. Billington Testifies on the Library's Digital Evolution
1860 Lincoln as They Saw Him by Herbert Mitgang- Excerpt
2012 Lincoln, Hollywood, and an Opportunity for Historians- Excerpt
2024 Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
1803 Louisiana Purchase
Monroe
James
1967 Loving v. Virginia 1967
1978 Madrigal v. Quilligan
1215 Magna Carta
Making Sense of Films: Film as Social and Cultural History
1961 Mapp v. Ohio
1803 Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court
1860 Maryland state ticket. Election, Tuesday November 6th, 1860...For President of the United States John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President of the United States, Edward Everett of Massachusetts
1774 Massachusetts Government Act, 1774
Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution
1911 Meeting of the Mexicanist Congress
1946 Mendez v. Westminster
2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006
Connerly
Ward
1966 Miranda v. Arizona
1966 Miranda v. Arizona
1937 Miss Earhart Forced Down at Sea, Howland Isle Fears; Coast Guard Begins Search
1823 Monroe Doctrine
1748 Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws Book XI- Excerpts
1992 My Favorite Historical Novel by John Demos
Demos
John
1884 Nat Turner by T. Thomas Fortune
1970 National Chicano Moratorium
1962 National Farm Workers Association
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
1865 New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”