Historical Documents

S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day".
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Alien and Sedition Act
Alien and Sedition Acts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Students Praying in School
Engel v. Vitale
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Sons of Liberty dumped tea in Boston Harbor
Eyewitness Account of George Hewes
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cover Page
An appeal to the Congress of the United States from the Society of Old Brooklynites : for the erection of a monument over the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on board the British prison ships during the Revolutionary War- Excerpt
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President Woodrow Wilson
Cloture Rule
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Judiciary Act
Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
Declaration of Independence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Boston Harbor
Boston Port Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Vice President Charles Dawes
"The American Senate" Published
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Washington's_Farewell_Address
George Washington's Farewell Address
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Concealed Carry Weapon Law Maps
Guns in Public Places: Legal Community Against Violence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Protestors at the Supreme Court
Zellman v. Simmons-Harris
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Articles

Electoral Headaches (November 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 7)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Yellow Fever Stalks the Founders (Spring 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Boston's Freedom Trail (July/August 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 4)
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)
The Conway Cabal (February/March 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“The Die is Now Cast” (November/December 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A History of Gun Rights in America (September/October 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington Struggles with Slavery (June 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
McCullough's "The Pioneers" (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
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)
Loyalist Refuge (April 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Friends at Twilight (May/June 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Corps (October 2002 | Volume: 53, 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)
The Shores of Tripoli (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Heart of the Constitution: The Bill of Rights (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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)
Thomas Jefferson Takes a Vacation (July/August 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
British Ships Lost in 1780 Hurricanes (September 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Liberté, Egalité, Animosité (July/August 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Slave Concubine? (November 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 7)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Paris (April 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Monticello (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
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)
Franklin’s Forgotten Triumph: Scientific Testing (October 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

POWs Held On The HMS Jersey Prison Ship
Patriots or Terrorists, by Edwin G. Burrows
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
"The Spirit of '76" painted by Archibald M. Willard
Making Sense of the Fourth of July, by Pauline Maier
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)
Seal of Bald Eagle, includes the motto E Pluribus Unum, "Out of Many, One."
Original Design of the Great Seal of the United States (1782)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Routes Traveled
British Expedition and Patriot Messengers Map
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
HMS Jersey
Interior of the HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Henry Knox Travel Kit
Henry Knox Travel Kit, ca. 1790
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)