Historical Images

Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
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Map
U.S. Territorial Acquisition Map
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Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
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Articles

The Widow Washington (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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George Washington: A Life in Books (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
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American Politics at Ten Paces (Spring 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 1)
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They Turned the World Upside Down (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
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Wall Street’s First Collapse (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
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The Measurement That Built America (November/December 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 6)
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The Shores of Tripoli (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
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The Sewing Table (October 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 6)
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Compromise 1: The Philadelphia Story (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
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Monticello Reborn (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
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America and France's Love-Hate Dynamic (August/September 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 4)
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Friends at Twilight (May/June 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 3)
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The Home Front (December 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 8)
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An Ignoble Profession (Fall 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 2)
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America’s Constitution Inspired the World (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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George Washington on September 11, 1776 (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
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On the Trail of Benedict Arnold (April/May 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 2)
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The Revolution Could Have Started Here (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
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The Self-Made Founder (April/May 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 2)
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The Student Who Exasperated George Washington (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
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Wilderness Ordeal (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
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The Founding Wizard (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
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March on Quebec (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
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A French Count Who Aided the Revolution Was Not Keen on Americans (February/March 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 1)
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Some of the Best Books on the American Revolution (November/December 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 6)
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America's Sweet-and-Sometimes-Sour Relationship with France (August/September 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 4)
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“Impeach President Washington!” (Fall 2017, Summer 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 3)
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Mr. Franklin’s Leadership Maxims (August/September 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 5)
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Patriots or Terrorists? (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
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The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
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The Dartmoor Massacre (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
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Historical Documents

The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the enrolled original Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution.
U.S. Bill of Rights
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Treaty of Peace with Algiers (1815)
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Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and Algieria 1816
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
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President Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
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Two Treatises of Government Title Page
Chapter 2 Of the State of Nature
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The Boston Tea Party, which led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts
Administration of Justice Act, 1774
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President Woodrow Wilson
Cloture Rule
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Abolition/Slavery Timeline
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Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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Judiciary Act
Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts
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Vice President Charles Dawes
"The American Senate" Published
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Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Signed at Tunis
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Boston Harbor
Boston Port Act, 1774
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Text of the 4th Amendment
4th Amendment to the Constitution
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Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
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