Historical Documents

The text of the 2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment to the Constitution
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Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
George Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
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The Royal Academy of Farting
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Letter From Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams – June 13, 1804
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James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
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Vice President Charles Dawes
"The American Senate" Published
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Senate Action On Cloture Motions
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The Constitution
3rd Amendment to the Constitution
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George Mason
Virginia Declaration of Rights
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Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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Philip Frenau
"The British Prison Ship"
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Stamp Act
Stamp Act of 1765
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Students Praying in School
Engel v. Vitale
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Articles

The Shots Heard Round the World (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
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Boston's Freedom Trail (July/August 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 4)
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Patriots or Terrorists? (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
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Does a Freeborn Englishman Have a Right to Emigrate? (February/March 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 2)
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The Sewing Table (October 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 6)
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Monticello Reborn (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
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Fatal Sunday (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
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“The Die is Now Cast” (November/December 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 5)
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What Would the Founders Do Today? (June/July 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 3)
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What to See in Philadelphia, the Heart of American History (Spring 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 2)
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Two Intimate Enemies (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
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Amending America (May/June 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 3)
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American Politics at Ten Paces (Spring 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 1)
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American Revolutions: A Continental History (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 4)
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America and France's Love-Hate Dynamic (August/September 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 4)
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Major Renovation Unveiled at Mount Vernon (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
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With Little Less Than Savage Fury (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
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Why Is the American Revolution So Important? (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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The Imperial Congress (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
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American Rebels at Sea (Summer 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 3)
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Loyalist Refuge (April 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 2)
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Cover: Gilbert Stuart's Last Portrait of Washington (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
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The Measurement That Built America (November/December 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 6)
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Madison and the Invention of Congress (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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Franklin’s London Home (April/May 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 2)
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In A World of Trouble (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
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Who Was Washington? (February/March 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 1)
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The World Turned Upside Down (October 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 5)
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Historical Images

President John Adams
Portrait of John Adams
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Shay's Rebellion Illustration
Soldiers Fire on Protesters- Shays' Rebellion
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Henry Knox Travel Kit
Henry Knox Travel Kit, ca. 1790
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Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
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Routes Traveled
British Expedition and Patriot Messengers Map
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Data Chart
Economic Growth in America
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Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
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HMS Jersey
Interior of the HMS Jersey Prison Ship
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Collections

Chief Justice John Marshall & Associate Justice Joseph Story
Marbury V. Madison- The Case of the “Missing” Commissions, by John A. Garraty
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