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 US Historical Documents - http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ A Chronology of US Historical Documents from pre-Colonial to present day. |
 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. |
 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to Reconstruction: Documents - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/ Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history. |
 The Bowen Freedom Foundation - http://freebowen.bravepages.com/Bowenfreedomfound.html Text of numerous documents from the early history of the United States. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents - http://www.bartleby.com/43/ Text of 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts, and governmental documents from Eric the Red's c. 1000 description of Vinland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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 The Emancipation Proclamation - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/index.html Complete text. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 American Newspaper Repository - http://home.gwi.net/~dnb/newsrep.html A collection of original late nineteenth, and twentieth century newspapers. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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." |
 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. |
 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. |
 OurDocuments.gov - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration. |
 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. |
 Core Documents of U.S. Democracy - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html Key documents that define the American democracy, divided by governmental branch. |