Historical Documents

Franklin Letter
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Coffin of Patrick Carr
Coffin of Patrick Carr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Newspaper with the headline "Nixon Resigns"
US vs. Nixon Court Decision
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Surveying U.S. Coastal Territories
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty of Peace between the United States and Morocco
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
Zoot Suit Riots
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Newspaper Headline Announcing Amendment
18th Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Cover of "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road"
Explanation of Cover Photograph of Book "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road" by Philip Randazzo
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
War Powers Resolution
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Lincoln and Hamlin Image
Book Review by Chandra Miller Manning
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus: 1492
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Virginia Plan Front Page
Virginia Plan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Rescue Agreement (1968)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Hamilton is Mortally Wounded by Burr
Timeline: Alexander Hamilton's Chronology, 1788-1854
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Map showing American territorial gains
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Witches
Rye Ergo and Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Corwin Amendment
H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Portrait of John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams’s Argument Before the Supreme Court in United States v. Cinqué et al. (1841)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Reagan Being Sworn In
Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe- Short Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Chinese Exclusion Act
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam (Geneva Accords, 1954)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Liberator
The Liberator Comments on Nat Turner’s Insurrection
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The text of the 19th amendment
19th Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Little Arkansas
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Did The Federal Ban On Assault Weapons Matter?
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Indian Land for Sale
Dawes Act of 1887
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Medicine Lodge Treaty
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Roosevelt shortly after giving one of his famous fireside chats.
Fireside Chat 9: On ‘Court-Packing’
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John F. Kennedy
"City Upon a Hill" Speech
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Library of Congress Main Reading Room
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington Testifies on the Library's Digital Evolution
Metahistory & Historiography
Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 78
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Proclamation
Presidential Proclamation 3748
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
John Brown Constitution Cover Page
Pamphlet, John Brown’s "Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States"
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Petition
Petition of Ten Prisoners at Ipswich
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
FAA Sets New Standards for Cockpit Doors
Poem
Nat Turner by T. Thomas Fortune
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Penelope J. Corfield
All People Are Living Histories—Which Is Why History Matters
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan (Spiritual Plan of Aztlan)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Constitution
3rd Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Extradition Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
Pecan Shellers Strike
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)