Historical Documents

Concealed Carry Weapon Law Maps
Guns in Public Places: Legal Community Against Violence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Peace with Algieria 1815
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Royal Academy of Farting
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Copley Medal
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Franklin
“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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)
Federalist No. 1
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
George Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Hamilton and Washington
Letter to George Washington from Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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)
Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
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)
The U.S. Constitution
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Did The Federal Ban On Assault Weapons Matter?
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)

Historical Images

Seal of Bald Eagle, includes the motto E Pluribus Unum, "Out of Many, One."
Original Design of the Great Seal of the United States (1782)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Articles

Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Revolutionary Village (April 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Dickinson: Forgotten Founder (Fall 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Turning Point in the Revolutionary War (October 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Constitution: Was It An Economic Document? (December 1958 | Volume: 10, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Monticello Reborn (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Memory and America’s Birthday (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Hostage Rescue, 1796 (February 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Franklin’s Forgotten Triumph: Scientific Testing (October 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Seeking a Real Tax Revolt (May/June 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
America’s Constitution Inspired the World (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Conway Cabal (February/March 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“The Die is Now Cast” (November/December 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Property of the Nation: Washington's Tomb (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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)
The Black Times of ‘76 (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington on September 11, 1776 (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Second Home (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Yellow Fever Stalks the Founders (Spring 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The British Are Coming (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Impeach President Washington!” (Fall 2017, Summer 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
"The Sparck of Rebellion" (Winter 2010, Summer 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Radical Revolution (December 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 8)
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)
The Magna Carta Comes to America (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“The Law is King” (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson on the Bible (Fall 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Indian World of George Washington (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

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)
Signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)