- Words and Deeds in American History - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html
Library of Congress- "Representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century."
- US Historical Documents - http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
A Chronology of US Historical Documents from pre-Colonial to present day.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents - http://www.bartleby.com/43/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.
- Gilder Lehrman Collection - http://www.gilderlehrman.com/
One of the largest collections of American historical documents in private hands. The collection's holdings are strongest from 1760 through 1876.
- 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.
- OurDocuments.gov - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Douglass: Archives of American Public Address - http://douglassarchives.org/
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 - http://odur.let.rug.nl/%7Eusa/D/
Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history.
- 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.
- The Bowen Freedom Foundation - http://freebowen.bravepages.com/Bowenfreedomfound.html
Text of numerous documents from the early history of the United States.
- 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.
- U.S. Historical Documents Archive - http://www.ushda.org/
Large archive of documents gathered from the United States' history, including speeches, laws, declarations, and court cases.
- American Newspaper Repository - http://home.gwi.net/~dnb/newsrep.html
A collection of original late nineteenth, and twentieth century newspapers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Charters of Freedom - http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html
Information and images on several important historical American documents including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
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