Historical Documents

Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
C-SPAN’s 2021 Survey of Presidential Leadership
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
President Carter and Omar Torrijos shaking hands after signing the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
Panama Canal Treaty of 1977
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The text of the 19th amendment
19th Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Corwin Amendment
H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Additional Article to the Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
Camp David Accords
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
A Plea for Captain John Brown
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Executive Order 9346
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Clinton & Gore
Bill Clinton: Impact and Legacy
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)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
East Los Angeles Walkouts
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Treaty with the Apache 1852
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
work at Jamestown
Letter from an Indentured Servant to His Parents, 1623
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
Hernandez v. Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Plessy v. Ferguson decided judgement
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Excerpt from Champlain
In His Own Words: Samuel de Champlain
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Alan (Moondog) Freed
Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
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)
Siena College Research Institute 2022 US Presidents Survey
American Presidents: Greatest and Worst Siena’s 7th Presidential Expert Poll 1982 - 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Portrait of Andrew Jackson
President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10, 1832
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Samuel De Champlain
Samuel De Champlain Voyages, 1604
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
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)
Treaty
Treaty of Alliance with France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
1901 Supreme Court
DeLima v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Adams Letter
John & Abigail Adams Correspondence
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Federalist No. 10
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Adams
John Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Loving v. Virginia 1967
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lincoln First Inaugural Address
First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Rochester Evening Express, Editorial
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
Law #3 of the Sierra Maestra on Agrarian Reform
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Hewitt v. United States
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)
The Enlarged Salem Covenant
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Penelope J. Corfield
All People Are Living Histories—Which Is Why History Matters
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Lyons Seward Treaty of 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Arizona v. United States
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Lincoln as They Saw Him by Herbert Mitgang- Excerpt
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Washington Consensus
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Timeline of Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922 (Excerpts)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Boston Harbor
Boston Port Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)