Historical Documents

Muqaddimah
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History- Excerpt
Metahistory & Historiography
Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between Great Britain and the United States of America
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Newspaper Headline Announcing Amendment
18th Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Plessy v. Ferguson decided judgement
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
1901 Supreme Court
Downes v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Virginia Plan Front Page
Virginia Plan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Amendments to the Constitution Proposed by the Hartford Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Painting of Jamestown Life
A True Declaration of the Estate in Virginia, 1610
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Liberator
The Liberator Comments on Nat Turner’s Insurrection
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The North Atlantic Treaty
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Gideon v Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Mystery Poem
“Mystery” Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Americans Call for Term Limits, End to Electoral College: Gallup.com
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Joint Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Abraham Lincoln and Congress Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865
Joint Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Abraham Lincoln and Congress Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alan (Moondog) Freed
Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
Emma Goldman's Deportation
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Columbus Manuscript
Columbus’s Account of 1492 Voyage- Excerpt
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Rescue Agreement (1968)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Federalist No. 1
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
U.S.-Soviet Incidents at Sea Agreement (1972)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act 1964
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Washington's_Farewell_Address
George Washington's Farewell Address
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
A Narrative, of the Excursion and Ravages of the King's Troops Under the Command of General Gage
A Narrative, of the Excursion and Ravages of the King ’s Troops Under the Command of General Gage, on the nineteenth of April, 1775: Together with the Depositions...
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Seneca Falls Convention
Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Insanity Defense Overview
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rachel Carson
Silent Spring- Excerpt
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Treaty of Velasco
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and Algieria 1816
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Death Decree
Decree of French National Assembly on the Death of Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
General Thomas Gage
Massachusetts Government Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Students Praying in School
Engel v. Vitale
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Document
Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs and Others for Witchcraft
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The Plan of San Diego
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Frederick Douglass Address Cover Page
John Brown: An Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sioux Treaty
Sioux Treaty of 1868- Excerpts
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Tehran Conference
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)
Reagan's Farewell Address
Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A. Mitchell Palmer
Excerpt from Palmer's speech: "The Case Against the Reds"
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Young Lords members with a sign
The Young Lords Organization
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Franklin Letter
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
Second Morrill Act 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Lincoln Address
Cooper Union Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Original Document of Former President Harry Turman's Executive order 9981
Executive Order 9981
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)