Historical Documents

The text of the 2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment to the Constitution
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Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Signed at Tunis
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Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Limits
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Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court
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Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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Boston Harbor
Boston Port Act, 1774
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Corwin Amendment
H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States
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The Treaty with Tripoli
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
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Painting of Joh Quincy Adams
"Ripe Fruit" Theory
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Students Praying in School
Engel v. Vitale
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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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Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 78
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Articles

George Washington Invents the Presidency (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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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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Wilderness Ordeal (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
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Cover: Gilbert Stuart's Last Portrait of Washington (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
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Fatal Sunday (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
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A Crisis of Peace (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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America's Divorce from England (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
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Wisky for the Men (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
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America's Sweet-and-Sometimes-Sour Relationship with France (August/September 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 4)
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Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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Compromise - Finding A Way Forward (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
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The Organized President (July/August 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 4)
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The Home Front (December 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 8)
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George Washington on September 11, 1776 (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
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Amending America (May/June 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 3)
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Drama at the Old North Bridge (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
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The Corps (October 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 5)
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The Widow Washington (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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The Magnificent Fraud (February/March 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 1)
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Wall Street’s First Collapse (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
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The Indian World of George Washington (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
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The First Act of Submarine Warfare (September 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 6)
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Soldier in a Longboat (February 1960 | Volume: 11, Issue: 2)
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Compromise 1: The Philadelphia Story (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
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Boston's Freedom Trail (July/August 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 4)
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The Constitution: Was It An Economic Document? (December 1958 | Volume: 10, Issue: 1)
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American Rebels at Sea (Summer 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 3)
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The Three Faces of George Washington (November/December 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 6)
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“Impeach President Washington!” (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
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Historical Images

Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
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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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President John Adams
Portrait of John Adams
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HMS Jersey
HMS Jersey Prison Ship
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Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
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Collections

POWs Held On The HMS Jersey Prison Ship
Patriots or Terrorists, by Edwin G. Burrows
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Shay's Rebellion Illustration
The “Horrid And Unnatural Rebellion” Of Daniel Shays, by Alden T. Vaughan
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Alexander Hamilton
The Unknown Alexander Hamilton, by James Thomas Flexner
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