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Gilder Lehrman Collection - http://gilderlehrman.org/
One of the largest collections of American historical documents in private hands. The collection's holdings are strongest from 1760 through 1876. |
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American Experience - War Letters - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/warletters/
Feature about war letters from the American Revolution to Desert Storm. Film description, transcript of letters, timeline, gallery, and teacher's guide. |
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The Avalon Project - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/major.htm
Major documents collections from pre-18th century to present day. Includes Mexican-American diplomacy and US statutes concerning Native Americans and slavery. |
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HarpWeek - http://www.harpweek.com/
Sells fully indexed, digitized version of Harper's Weekly, the preeminent news and literary journal of the last half of the 19th century. |
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Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents - http://www.bartleby.com/43/
Text of 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts, and governmental documents from Eric the Red's c. 1000 description of Vinland to the Panama Convention of 1904. |
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From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/
Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history. |
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Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation - http://chnm.gmu.edu/declaration/
The Declaration of Independence, as it has been translated into different languages, and at different times. Compliments March 1999 Journal of American History roundtable discussion of the same title. |
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Declaration and Resolves Of The First Continental Congress - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/resolves.htm
Hypertext from the Journals of Congress (ed. 1800) at the Avalon Project. |
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American Newspaper Repository - http://home.gwi.net/~dnb/newsrep.html
A collection of original late nineteenth, and twentieth century newspapers. |
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Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.html
Collection of legal documents, pamphlets, and books concerning slavery, slaves, and abolition. |
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Warletters.com - The Legacy Project - http://www.warletters.com/
The project's mission is to honor America's veterans and active duty personnel by preserving their wartime letters and other written communications. |
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The United States Democratic Review - http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.journals/usde.html
Political journal archive, published from 1837-1859. Part of the Making of America e-text collection at Cornell University. |
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Journey Back In Time - http://www.journeybackintime.com
Michael Kocha's collection of thousands of historical newspaper articles, documents, and writings of America's past spanning more than 400 years. Available online by subscription. |
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Constitution of the Confederate States of America - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1851-1875/constitution/css.htm
Hypertext from the Revolution to Reconstruction project, University of Groningen. |
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The Bowen Freedom Foundation - http://freebowen.bravepages.com/Bowenfreedomfound.html
Text of numerous documents from the early history of the United States. |
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Examining the American Bill of Rights Using the Ethic of Justice - http://www.michaellorenzen.com/billofrights.html
Essay which looks at the ethic of justice and applies it to the American Bill of Rights. |
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Historical Text Archive - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=17
Documents categorized by the following: Native American, Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic, 19th Century and 20th Century. |
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Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinex.htm
Text of the Chinese Exclusion Act which barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States and denied them naturalization. |
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OurDocuments.gov - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration. |
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Key American Historical Documents and Subjects Compendium - http://databank.oxydex.com/spirit_of_america.html
Full texts of key American historical documents all on one page. |