Historical Documents

Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Limits
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Federalist No. 47
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Treaty of Peace and Amity, with Article Additional and Explanatory, Signed at Algiers December 22 and 23, 1816
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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)
Federalist No. 1
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
No Increase in Mass Shootings
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
"The Evolving Federal Role in Education: An Introductory Essay" (Excerpt)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Hamilton and Washington
Letter to George Washington from Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John L. O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny
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)
Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Dey of Algiers
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Data on the Framers of the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Articles

In A World of Trouble (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Britain’s Yankee Whaling Town (June/July 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
We Banked on Them (July/August 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Compromise - Finding A Way Forward (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, 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)
Rediscovering Hand-Drawn Maps from the American Revolution and the Duke Who Collected Them (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Forgotten Battle of Menotomy (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Candidate Washington (May/June 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lafayette's Grand American Tour (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Drama on Dorchester Heights: Washington’s First Victory (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Electoral Headaches (November 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 7)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Grave Matters (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
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)
Wisky for the Men (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
If Lewis and Clark Came Back Today (November 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 7)
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 Plight of Massachusetts Loyalists (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Measurement That Built America (November/December 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Hostage Rescue, 1796 (February 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
In Defense of the Articles of Confederation (February/March 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Great Traitor (May/June 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 3)
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)
The Sewing Table (October 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Compromise 1: The Philadelphia Story (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Student Who Exasperated George Washington (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
America’s Constitution Inspired the World (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Great Crash of 1792 (May/June 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 3)
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 Gothic Awakening (November 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 7)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Behind the Federal Facade (May/June 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Images

The able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught
The able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cartoon
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885
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Data Chart
Economic Growth in America
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Court of France
Benjamin Franklin at the Court of France
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)

Collections

U.S. Constitution
Taking Another Look at the Constitutional Blueprint, by Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, et al
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)