Historical Documents

Frederick Douglass Address Cover Page
John Brown: An Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Treaty of Little Arkansas
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Abolition/Slavery Timeline
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Consular Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln as They Saw Him by Herbert Mitgang- Excerpt
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Lincoln and Hamlin Image
Book Review by Chandra Miller Manning
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Supplemental Treaty to the Treaty of Little Arkansas
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Grant Inauguration
First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria Hungry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Articles

Frederick, Maryland: A Civil War Crossroads (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Race Riots in Manhattan in 1863 (March 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Lincoln Decoy (September 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
She Kept the Nest (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment as Prelude (February/March 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The First Kansas Colored (February/March 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dred Scott: the Supreme Court's Worst Decision (Winter 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
No Quarter: The Battle of The Crater, 1864, by Richard Slotkin (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Daring Escape of Frederick Douglass (Spring 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Terrible Price of Freedom (April 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Great Dismal Swamp (April/May 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Struggles of Edwin Stanton (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln’s Home Away from Home Reopens (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Straight Talk from Camp Humbug (July/August 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Simply a Man (February/March 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Surprise Inscription Found on Lincoln's Watch (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Treasure From The Carpentry Shop (December 1979 | Volume: 31, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Did Hayes Steal the Election from Tilden? (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Was Jefferson Davis Captured in a Dress? (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln’s Legacy (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Central Fact of American History (February/March 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Caning Senator Sumner Nearly to Death in the Senate (September 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Ten Best Civil War Films (August/September 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Endless Pull of Gettysburg (August/September 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
General Longstreet and the Lost Cause (February/March 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The First Chapter of Children’s Rights (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
High Stakes at Antietam (Summer 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Emancipation Question (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Financial Folklore (February/March 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Images

Douglas Letter
Bust of Stephen Douglas over Northern Democratic Party's presidential campaign shield
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map
U.S. Territorial Acquisition Map
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
Fire Insurance Map
1866 Fire Insurance Map of Tombstone, Ariz., Shows the O.K. Corral and Surrounding Streets
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Tragic Prelude
Tragic Prelude by John Steuart Curry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
William Sherman
Gen. William T. Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Photo
Abraham Lincoln on the day of his speech at the Cooper Union
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Women's Suffrage Map
Virginia Memory: The Rights of the People– Women are People. Suffrage Victory Map, 1920
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Collections

The Battle of Gettysburg
Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge, by Stephen Sears
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)