Historical Documents

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
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Federalist No. 68
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Federalist No. 48
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Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 78
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"Keep Off!" cartoon
Monroe Doctrine
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Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and Morocco
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S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day".
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General Thomas Gage
Massachusetts Government Act, 1774
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Treaty
Treaty of Alliance with France
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Franklin Letter
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence
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Articles

The Best Presidential Insults (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
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A Crisis of Peace (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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Inventing the Presidency (October 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 5)
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Banneker’s Answer to Jefferson: “I Am an American” (Fall 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 7)
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The Student Who Exasperated George Washington (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
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Drama at the Old North Bridge (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
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Discovered: First Maps of the American Revolution  (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
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The Conway Cabal (February/March 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 1)
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“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs” (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
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Washington Acropolis (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
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The Black Times of ‘76 (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
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Thanksgiving Dinner During The Revolution (November 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 7)
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Freedom of Religion: America’s Greatest Invention (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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Rethinking the Boston Massacre (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
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Compromise 2: Missouri, Slave Or Free? (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
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If Lewis and Clark Came Back Today (November 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 7)
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The Plight of Massachusetts Loyalists (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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America's Divorce from England (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
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Washington Mythology (February 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 1)
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James Monroe’s “Furniture Fund” (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
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“Times That Try Men’s Souls” (Spring 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 2)
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The Widow Washington (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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Samuel Adams Starts a Revolution (May 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 3)
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Candidate Washington (May/June 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 3)
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Benjamin Rush: the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
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Two Intimate Enemies (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
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The Founding Wizard (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
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Children of Monticello (February/March 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 1)
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Introduction: Revisiting Concord and Lexington (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
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Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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Jefferson’s Daughters (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
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Franklin’s Forgotten Triumph: Scientific Testing (October 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 5)
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The Power of Objects in 18th-Century America (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
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Adams Appoints Marshall (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
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Historical Images

Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
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The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
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Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
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Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
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Collections

The Minuteman
America as a Gun Culture, by Richard Hofstadter
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The Boston Tea Party
"The Sparck of Rebellion" (Boston Tea Party), by Douglas Brinkley
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