Historical Documents

Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
New Jersey Plan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Petition
Petition of Ten Prisoners at Ipswich
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Radio City
Alfred Hitchcock at Radio City Music Hall
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), Multiple Eras
Vice President Charles Dawes
"The American Senate" Published
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Columbus letter
Translation of letter from Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Federalist No. 47
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Signing the Magna Carta
Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
Josephine and Wyatt Earp- Article
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Treaty of Peace and Amity with Tripoli
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Pamphlet
Democratic ticket. Our principals the Constitution. For President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky For Vice President Joseph Lane of Oregon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alliance for Progress Postage
Alliance for Progress
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Students kneeling in prayer
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe Court Decision
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Clinton Farewell Address
Clinton's Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Gadsden Purchase Treaty
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)
Rochester Evening Express, Editorial
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Federalist No. 68
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
Civil War Battle Statistics
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)
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)
First Bank of the United States
Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
1901 Supreme Court
DeLima v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Philip Frenau
"The British Prison Ship"
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Federalist No. 48
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Black Code
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
S.123 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
S.123 - A Bill To abolish slavery throughout all the States and Territories of the United States.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Covenant of the League of Nations
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Charles A. Beard
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States: Selections
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Cuba, Volume VI
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
“Now for a Round-Up” by W.A. Rogers. This political cartoon was published in the New York Post following the passing of the 1901 Sedition Act, an updated revival of the original law that targeted Filipinos, Latin Americans, and union organizers.
Sedition Act of 1918
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam (Geneva Accords, 1954)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692.
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Argument of Roger S. Baldwin Before the Supreme Court in the Case of U.S. Appellants vs. Cinque, and Other, Africans of the Amistad
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Excerpt from Champlain
In His Own Words: Samuel de Champlain
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Grand Opening, 1995. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Why is the Rock Hall in Cleveland?
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)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
Pecan Shellers Strike
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Historical Marker
Salem Covenant of 1629
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Big Stick in the Caribbean
Big Stick Diplomacy
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Washington Consensus
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Longstreet Letter
Battlefield Dispatches Gettysburg- July 3, 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Joseph Foraker, the sponsor of the bill
Foraker Act of 1900
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)