Historical Documents

Ticket
Maryland state ticket. Election, Tuesday November 6th, 1860...For President of the United States John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President of the United States, Edward Everett of Massachusetts
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Grant Inauguration
First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Picture of Henry Teller, the author of the Teller Amendment
Teller Amendment
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Hoyt Letter
David Hoyt Jr. to his Father, Regarding Shays' Rebellion- Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Fugitive Slave Bill Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Treaty of Peace with Algiers (1815)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Penelope J. Corfield
All People Are Living Histories—Which Is Why History Matters
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
The Plan of San Diego
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
No Annexation of Texas
Texas Annexation Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Limits
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Big Stick in the Caribbean
Big Stick Diplomacy
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Representatives meeting in Paris to sign the Treaty
Treaty of Paris of 1898
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Franklin
“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Covenant of the League of Nations
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Newspaper discussing the 1934 Treaty of Relations
1934 Treaty of Relations
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Longstreet Letter
Battlefield Dispatches Gettysburg- July 3, 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the United States and the Soviet Union (1971)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Cuba, Volume VI
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Texas Revolution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam (Geneva Accords, 1954)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Atlantic Charter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Custer's Last Charge
Custer's Last Charge (Song)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alliance for Progress Postage
Alliance for Progress
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Armistice of Cassibile
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (1948)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
Newspaper documenting the court case
Botiller v. Dominguez
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Royal Academy of Farting
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
1853 Treaty on Free Navigation of the Parana and Uruguay Rivers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Cover Page
An appeal to the Congress of the United States from the Society of Old Brooklynites : for the erection of a monument over the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on board the British prison ships during the Revolutionary War- Excerpt
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
First Blood In Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
The Slaves Freed, by Stephen Oates
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Chromolithograph entitled "Custer's Last Fight," National Museum of American History
A Road They Did Not Know, by Larry McMurtry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Franklin at the Court of France
Franklin Charms Paris, by Tom Fleming
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lee surrenders
Why The Civil War Still Matters, by James McPherson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Images

Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
HMS Jersey
HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln print
The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
Soldiers Fire on Protesters- Shays' Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Cuban Melodrama cartoon
The Cuban Melodrama
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
George Armstrong Custer
Major General George Armstrong Custer
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
Hands Off!
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)