Historical Documents

Letter From Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams – June 13, 1804
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
First Bank of the United States
Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Corwin Amendment
H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Data on the Framers of the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Coffin of Patrick Carr
Coffin of Patrick Carr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Signing the Magna Carta
Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between Great Britain and the United States of America
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Hamilton is Mortally Wounded by Burr
Timeline: Alexander Hamilton's Chronology, 1788-1854
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Concealed Carry Weapon Law Maps
Guns in Public Places: Legal Community Against Violence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and Algieria 1816
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sons of Liberty dumped tea in Boston Harbor
Eyewitness Account of George Hewes
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Federalist No. 47
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Articles

America's Divorce from England (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Attempted Impeachment of Thomas Jefferson (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Introduction: Revisiting Concord and Lexington (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Shame? (May/June 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington: “The Tyrant, Instead of the Savior, of his Country" (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Burr Conspiracy (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington, Founding CEO (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Mr. Franklin’s Leadership Maxims (August/September 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Joseph Ellis Explains Just How Revolutionary the Revolution Was (Winter 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Radical Revolution (December 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 8)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Constitution: Was It An Economic Document? (December 1958 | Volume: 10, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The High Art of George Hadfield (August/September 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Soldier in a Longboat (February 1960 | Volume: 11, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Gothic Awakening (November 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 7)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
What Do State Constitutions Say About "Bearing Arms"? (September/October 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Power of Objects in 18th-Century America (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Founding Wizard (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
How History Made the Constitution (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cover: Gilbert Stuart's Last Portrait of Washington (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The British Are Coming (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Property of the Nation: Washington's Tomb (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Fateful Encounter (August 1975 | Volume: 26, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington: A Life in Books (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Holding Down the Fort (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Two Intimate Enemies (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Compromise 2: Missouri, Slave Or Free? (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Osceola Fights to Save the Seminole (Summer 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Patrick Henry Smells a Rat (Summer 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

First Sunday School Class
Religious Education-Confronting Issues As Old As Public Schools, by Kevin Baker
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Electoral College by L.M. Glackens
The Electoral College: How It Got That Way and Why We're Stuck with It
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
The “Horrid And Unnatural Rebellion” Of Daniel Shays, by Alden T. Vaughan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Images

Shay's Rebellion Illustration
Soldiers Fire on Protesters- Shays' Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Join, Or Die Cartoon
Join, or Die
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
England's Vietnam
England's Vietnam [Not Original Title]
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
HMS Jersey
HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)