Historical Documents

Protestors at the Supreme Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Historical Marker
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Coffin of Patrick Carr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Original Social Security Act
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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.
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Johnson with his attorney
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Louisiana Purchase
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Proclamation
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
First Bank of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
English Bill of Rights
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Poem
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Document
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
Reagan Being Sworn In
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the U.S. Supreme Court
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rebecca Nurse
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Death Decree
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Defeat of Braddock
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Liberator
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
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)
John L. O'Sullivan
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)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Hand written Emancipation Proclamation 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Fugitive Slave Bill Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)