Historical Documents

Cover Page
Fear of Insurrection: Chapter 12 of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Federalist No. 47
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Charles Guiteau to William T. Sherman
Charles Guiteau Letter to William T. Sherman
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
John Brown Song
Glory hally, hallelujah! or The John Brown song. H. De Marsan, 54 Chatham Street, N.Y.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Hewitt v. United States
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)
Cuban Missile Crisis
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and Morocco
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus: 1492
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Federalist No. 1
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Resolve Relative to the Indictment, Trial, Conviction, and Execution of Ann Pudeator and Certain Other Person For “Witchcraft” in the Year Sixteen Hundred and Ninety-Two
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Abigail Adams Obituary Notice
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty of Peace and Amity, with Article Additional and Explanatory, Signed at Algiers December 22 and 23, 1816
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Image of the first page of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
About Filibusters and Cloture
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Arizona v. United States
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Reagan's Farewell Address
Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Texas Revolution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
Birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll? Memphis has plenty of evidence in its favor
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)
Extradition Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
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
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lyons Seward Treaty of 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
H.R. 14
H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
George Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Homestead Act
Homestead Act (1862)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Surveying U.S. Coastal Territories
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Truman Doctrine
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams- Brief Biography
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)
George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport
George Washington Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790
Grant Inauguration
First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Corwin Amendment
Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clinton Farewell Address
Clinton's Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Camp David Accords
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Longstreet Letter
Battlefield Dispatches Gettysburg- July 3, 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Salem Oath for Residents
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)