Articles

We Banked on Them (July/August 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Three Faces of George Washington (November/December 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 6)
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 Shores of Tripoli (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dolley's Moment... (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Other John Gordon (May/June 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Why We Hate to Love Judges (May 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Children of Monticello (February/March 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 1)
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)
American Rebels at Sea (Summer 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Magnificent Fraud (February/March 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The First Act of Submarine Warfare (September 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Times That Try Men’s Souls” (Spring 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson and the Declaration (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Property of the Nation: Washington's Tomb (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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)
What Did State Constitutions Say About the Right to Bear Arms? (September/October 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 4)
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)
The Rattle-Snake as a Symbol Of America (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Soldier in a Longboat (February 1960 | Volume: 11, 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 Sparck of Rebellion" (Winter 2010, Summer 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Finest Books on the Young Republic: 1787 To 1860 (November/December 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Revolution Song (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Joseph Ellis Explains Just How Revolutionary the Revolution Was (Winter 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Leadership of the Founders (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Turning Point in the Revolutionary War (October 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War (Winter 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution, by Richard Beeman (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Two Intimate Enemies (September 2000, Summer 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 3)
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)
Samuel Adams Starts a Revolution (May 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
James Monroe’s “Furniture Fund” (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Indian World of George Washington (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
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Historical Documents

Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and Algieria 1816
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Federalist No. 1
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map illustrating the outcomes of the Adams-Onis Treaty
Adams-Onis Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Federalist No. 47
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Federalist No. 10
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Alien and Sedition Act
Alien and Sedition Acts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Dey of Algiers
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Virginia Plan Front Page
Virginia Plan
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)
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
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Gun Violence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

First Sunday School Class
Religious Education-Confronting Issues As Old As Public Schools, by Kevin Baker
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
The “Horrid And Unnatural Rebellion” Of Daniel Shays, by Alden T. Vaughan
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
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