Historical Documents

Cover Page
Fear of Insurrection: Chapter 12 of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Court Proceedings and Testimony Regarding the Denmark Vesey Rebellion
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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)
The Texas Declaration of Independence
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
American Progress
American Progress by John Gast
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), Multiple Eras
Abigail Adams Obituary Notice
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Printed Proclamation
President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton
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)
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Molefi Kete Asante
The Real Nat Turner by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Lee Letter
Robert E. Lee’s Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and His Party
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Portrait of Andrew Jackson
President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10, 1832
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Seneca Falls Convention
Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Articles

Bicentennial of the Inn Where Chief McIntosh “Signed His Death Sentence” (Winter 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Blighted Life of the Writer, Circa 1840 (August/September 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Andy Jackson and the Perils of the Surplus (May 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
King Cotton (September 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Light-Horse Harry's Tragic Fight for Freedom of the Press (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Father of American Terrorism Embodied His Era (February/March 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Admirable Three Millions (July/August 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A Short and Scary Walk with Andrew Jackson (October 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Man Who Knew Mozart (April/May 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
"Little Short of Madness" (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Man Who Brought Opera to America (Summer 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
From the Greek (November 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 7)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Railway Neurosis and the Birth of Psychotherapy (August/September 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Voyage of Mercy (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition (April/May 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Two Years That Made the West (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
First Encounter (December 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 8)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Opportunities (November 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 7)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Tecumseh and The Prophet at Tippecanoe (Winter 2021, Summer 2025 | Volume: 66, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Fruitlands (February/March 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
When Our Ancestors Became Us (December 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 8)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
“What is Hell to One Like Me...?” (August/September 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Legacy of Violence (October 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Fighting for the Other Side in the Mexican War (June/July 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Man Who Invented the Newspaper (August/September 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Commerce Raider (September 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Dusting Off America’s First Dinosaur (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Technology of the Future (October 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Chicago: Where They Went to See the Future (March 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Erie Rising (April 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
1832 - Lincoln the Indian Fighter (April/May 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
The Ostend Doctrine
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
John Brown Cartoon
John Brown exhibiting his hangman
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Alexander Hamilton
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Collections

Nat Turner
Children of Darkness, by Stephen B. Oates
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)