Historical Documents

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clinton & Gore
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Virginia Plan Front Page
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Homestead Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
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
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
George Putnam’s response to Commander Weems
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Document
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Image of the first page of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Indian Land for Sale
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Original Document of Former President Roosevelts Executive order 8802
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clinton Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Painting of Jamestown Life
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Articles of Confederation
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Ernesto Miranda's mugshot
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)