Historical Documents

Year Title Author
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
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
1841 John Quincy Adams’s Argument Before the Supreme Court in United States v. Cinqué et al. (1841)
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
Congress
United States
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