Historical Documents

Columbus letter
Translation of letter from Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
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)
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Witches
Rye Ergo and Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Black Code
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Johnson with his attorney
Texas v. Johnson
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Alien and Sedition Act
Alien and Sedition Acts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Salem Oath for Residents
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Calvin Coolidge and group of Native Americans at the White House, 1924. Library of Congress
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Proclamation
Presidential Proclamation 3748
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), 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)
The Frost King, a short story by Helen A. Keller
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Royal Academy of Farting
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lee Letter
Robert E. Lee’s Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and His Party
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lincoln's address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery,
Gettysburg Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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 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.
U.S. Bill of Rights
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
U.S. Constitution
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Zimmeran File
Zimmerman Telegram
William Styron
The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Petition
Petition of Ten Prisoners at Ipswich
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Loving v. Virginia 1967
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Executive Order 10925
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Signing the Magna Carta
Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day".
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Seneca Falls Convention
Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
No Increase in Mass Shootings
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John Demos
My Favorite Historical Novel by John Demos
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Virginia Plan Front Page
Virginia Plan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe- Short Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Historical Marker
Salem Covenant of 1629
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Two Treatises of Government Title Page
Chapter 2 Of the State of Nature
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Adams
John Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Stamp Act
Stamp Act of 1765
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
work at Jamestown
Letter from an Indentured Servant to His Parents, 1623
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Hoyt Letter
David Hoyt Jr. to his Father, Regarding Shays' Rebellion- Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Abigail Adams Obituary Notice
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Death Warrant
Death Warrant for Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, and Sarah Wilds
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
General Thomas Gage
Massachusetts Government Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty
Treaty of Alliance with France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Rebecca Nurse
Trial of Rebecca Nurse- Excerpt
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)