Historical Documents

Sons of Liberty dumped tea in Boston Harbor
Eyewitness Account of George Hewes
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Charles A. Beard
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States: Selections
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Death Decree
Decree of French National Assembly on the Death of Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
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)
Treaty of Peace with Algieria 1815
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
Declaration of Independence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Copley Medal
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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)
The U.S. Constitution
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and Morocco
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)

Articles

Introducing George Washington on TV (June/July 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Ethan Allen’s Ill-Fated March on Canada (Fall 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War (Winter 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Paris (April 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs” (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Slave Concubine? (November 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 7)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
In A World of Trouble (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The High Art of George Hadfield (August/September 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Electoral College: How It Got That Way and Why We're Stuck With It (February/March 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Other John Gordon (May/June 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
America's Divorce from England (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Joseph Ellis Explains Just How Revolutionary the Revolution Was (Winter 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Wall Street’s First Collapse (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Wilderness Ordeal (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Friends at Twilight (May/June 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington, Founding CEO (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington, Spymaster (February/March 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
In Defense of the Articles of Confederation (February/March 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Britain’s Yankee Whaling Town (June/July 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Heart of the Constitution: The Bill of Rights (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Times That Try Men’s Souls” (Spring 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The First Act of Submarine Warfare (September 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Daughters (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
How History Made the Constitution (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Getting a Life (February/March 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Save the Glover House! (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington Struggles with Slavery (June 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution, by Richard Beeman (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Native Americans First See White Men from the Shore (Spring 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Images

Sugarhouse Prison
Rhinelander's sugar house & residence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

Chief Justice John Marshall & Associate Justice Joseph Story
Marbury V. Madison- The Case of the “Missing” Commissions, by John A. Garraty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
filibuster
The Filibuster Since 1789, by Allan Damon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
The “Horrid And Unnatural Rebellion” Of Daniel Shays, by Alden T. Vaughan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The American Cowboy
How The Frontier Shaped The American Character, by Ray Allen Billington
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), Multiple Eras