Historical Documents

The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence
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President Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
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Corwin Amendment
H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States
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Abolition/Slavery Timeline
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Charles A. Beard
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States: Selections
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Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court
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Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Dey of Algiers
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Text of the 4th Amendment
4th Amendment to the Constitution
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Did The Federal Ban On Assault Weapons Matter?
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Federalist No. 48
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Philip Frenau
"The British Prison Ship"
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Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
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Franklin
“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Painting of Joh Quincy Adams
"Ripe Fruit" Theory
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James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
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Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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Vice President Charles Dawes
"The American Senate" Published
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Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
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Boston Harbor
Boston Port Act, 1774
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Articles

Wisky for the Men (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
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The Best Presidential Insults (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
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Discovered: First Maps of the American Revolution  (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
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Introduction: A Special Issue on the Right to Bear Arms (September/October 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 4)
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Lewis & Clark Were Lost ( | Volume: 1, Issue: 1)
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Samuel Adams Starts a Revolution (May 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 3)
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Amending America (May/June 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 3)
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The British Are Coming (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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Franklin’s London Home (April/May 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 2)
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Thomas Jefferson Takes a Vacation (July/August 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 4)
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Christmas Dinner at Mount Vernon (Winter 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 1)
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George Washington, Founding CEO (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
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Revolutionary Village (April 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 3)
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The Student Who Exasperated George Washington (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
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Did Hurricanes Save America? (September 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 5)
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Making Sense of the Fourth of July (July/August 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 4)
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“The Law is King” (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
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What to See in Philadelphia, the Heart of American History (Spring 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 2)
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A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
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Private Flohr’s America (December 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 8)
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Lafayette's Grand American Tour (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
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Rediscovering Hand-Drawn Maps from the American Revolution and the Duke Who Collected Them (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
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American Rebels at Sea (Summer 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 3)
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Introduction: Revisiting Concord and Lexington (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
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The Dartmoor Massacre (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
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Did Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Love Each Other? (Fall 2008, Summer 2025 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
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Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War (Winter 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 1)
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Collections

POWs Held On The HMS Jersey Prison Ship
Patriots or Terrorists, by Edwin G. Burrows
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filibuster
The Filibuster Since 1789, by Allan Damon
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Historical Images

England's Vietnam
England's Vietnam [Not Original Title]
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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)
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