Historical Documents

Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution
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George Mason
Virginia Declaration of Rights
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The text of the 2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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)
No Increase in Mass Shootings
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Orders To Lieut. Colonel Smith, 10th Regiment ’Foot
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dick Heller
Syllabus For The Decision District of Columbia et al v. Heller (2008)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Dey of Algiers
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Treaty with Tripoli
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Franklin
“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Epitaph
Franklin’s Epitaph
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), 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)
Hamilton and Washington
Letter to George Washington from Alexander Hamilton
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Articles

The Rattle-Snake as a Symbol Of America (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
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Lewis & Clark Were Lost ( | Volume: 1, Issue: 1)
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Wilderness Ordeal (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
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The Shots Heard Round the World (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Washington Gives Haughty General Lee the Boot at Monmouth (June/July 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington: A Life in Books (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
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George Washington, Spymaster (February/March 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 1)
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“Boston Harbor a Tea-pot This Night!”  (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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George Washington on September 11, 1776 (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The American Presidency (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Freedom of Religion: America’s Greatest Invention (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
How One Man Launched a Revolution (Spring 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 1)
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Discovered: First Maps of the American Revolution  (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Organized President (July/August 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 4)
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The Best Presidential Insults (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
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Behind the Federal Facade (May/June 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 4)
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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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The Shores of Tripoli (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
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Amending America (May/June 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 3)
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George Washington's Journey (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
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The Other John Gordon (May/June 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 3)
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The Imperial Congress (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
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Home of John Glover Threatened with Demolition (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Why Is the American Revolution So Important? (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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Jefferson’s Second Home (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
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The World Turned Upside Down (October 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 5)
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Loyalist Refuge (April 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 2)
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What Does the Second Amendment Really Mean? (September/October 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 4)
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Wisky for the Men (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
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Monticello Reborn (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

The Minuteman
America as a Gun Culture, by Richard Hofstadter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
"The Spirit of '76" painted by Archibald M. Willard
Making Sense of the Fourth of July, by Pauline Maier
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)

Historical Images

Marshall Door
Bronze Door Panel of the Supreme Court Building
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Cartoon
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
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