Historical Documents

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
General Thomas Gage
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Louisiana Purchase
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Letters from An American Farmer
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)
Hamilton is Mortally Wounded by Burr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alexis de Tocqueville
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)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
John F. Kennedy
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Washington's_Farewell_Address
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President Joe Biden gives his Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Virginia Plan Front Page
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Newspaper Headline Announcing Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
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)
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Ernesto Miranda's mugshot
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Helen Keller signature
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Protestors at the Supreme Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Vice President Charles Dawes
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Ronald Schouten
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws Book XI- Excerpts
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Dollree Mapp
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Columbus letter
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Original Social Security Act
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Hamilton and Washington
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)