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Sub-Categories in Historical Documents

Colonial@ (12)
Declaration of Independence@ (13)
Federalist Papers@ (8)

Thanksgiving Proclamations@ (3)
US Constitution@ (29)

Web Sites in Category Historical Documents

American Newspaper Repository - A collection of original late nineteenth, and twentieth century newspapers.

Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents - Text of 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts, and governmental documents from Eric the Red's c. 1000 description of Vinland to the Panama Convention of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.

Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 - Text of the Chinese Exclusion Act which barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States and denied them naturalization.

Constitution of the Confederate States of America - Hypertext from the Revolution to Reconstruction project, University of Groningen.

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy - Key documents that define the American democracy, divided by governmental branch.

Declaration and Resolves Of The First Continental Congress - Hypertext from the Journals of Congress (ed. 1800) at the Avalon Project.

Douglass: Archives of American Public Address - Electronic archive of American oratory and related documents, intended to serve general scholarship and courses in American rhetorical history at Northwestern University.

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents - Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history.

Gilder Lehrman Collection - One of the largest collections of American historical documents in private hands. The collection's holdings are strongest from 1760 through 1876.

Gilder Lehrman E-Journal of American History - Publishes manuscripts with transcript and commentary from the Gilder Lehrman Collection for use of scholars, teachers and students.

HarpWeek - Sells fully indexed, digitized version of Harper's Weekly, the preeminent news and literary journal of the last half of the 19th century.

Historical Text Archive - Documents categorized by the following: Native American, Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic, 19th Century and 20th Century.

Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation - 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.

Journey Back In Time - 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.

Key American Historical Documents and Subjects Compendium - Full texts of key American historical documents all on one page.

OurDocuments.gov - Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Scanned Originals of Early American Documents - US Constitution, US Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. From Emory Law School.

The Avalon Project - Major documents collections from pre-18th century to present day. Includes Mexican-American diplomacy and US statutes concerning Native Americans and slavery.

The Bowen Freedom Foundation - Text of numerous documents from the early history of the United States.

The Emancipation Proclamation - Complete text.

U.S. Historical Documents Archive - Large archive of documents gathered from the United States' history, including speeches, laws, declarations, and court cases.

US Historical Documents - A Chronology of US Historical Documents from pre-Colonial to present day.

Words and Deeds in American History - Library of Congress- "Representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century."

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