Articles

The Power of Objects in 18th-Century America (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
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A French Count Who Aided the Revolution Was Not Keen on Americans (February/March 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Washington Acropolis (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
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Inventing the Presidency (October 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 5)
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The Rattle-Snake as a Symbol Of America (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Native Americans First See White Men from the Shore (Spring 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 1)
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Major Renovation Unveiled at Mount Vernon (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
How Benedict Arnold's Treason Was Discovered (August/September 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 4)
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The Home Front (December 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 8)
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Candidate Washington (May/June 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 3)
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Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution, by Richard Beeman (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
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George Washington on September 11, 1776 (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
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Two Intimate Enemies (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
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George Washington: “The Tyrant, Instead of the Savior, of his Country" (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Best Presidential Insults (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
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Osceola Fights to Save the Seminole (Summer 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 2)
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What to See in Philadelphia, the Heart of American History (Spring 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 2)
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Jefferson’s Second Home (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
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Thomas Jefferson Takes a Vacation (July/August 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 4)
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Heart of the Constitution: The Bill of Rights (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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Joseph Ellis Explains Just How Revolutionary the Revolution Was (Winter 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Some of the Best Books on the American Revolution (November/December 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Black Times of ‘76 (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
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On the Trail of Benedict Arnold (April/May 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 2)
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The Story of El Camino Real (April/May 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 2)
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We Banked on Them (July/August 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 4)
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George Washington, Spymaster (February/March 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 1)
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A Trove of Jefferson's Books Found! (Spring 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 1)
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Did Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Love Each Other? (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
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Introduction: A Special Issue on the Right to Bear Arms (September/October 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 4)
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Adams Appoints Marshall (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
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Collections

Alexander Hamilton
The Unknown Alexander Hamilton, by James Thomas Flexner
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The Boston Tea Party
"The Sparck of Rebellion" (Boston Tea Party), by Douglas Brinkley
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POWs Held On The HMS Jersey Prison Ship
Patriots or Terrorists, by Edwin G. Burrows
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Signing the Constitution
Was the Constitution An Economic Document? by Henry Steele Commager
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U.S. Constitution
Taking Another Look at the Constitutional Blueprint, by Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, et al
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Documents

Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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Treaty of Peace and Amity, with Article Additional and Explanatory, Signed at Algiers December 22 and 23, 1816
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Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
George Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
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James Madison by Glibert Stuart
Federalist No. 46
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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris
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Treaty of Peace with Algieria 1815
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Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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"Keep Off!" cartoon
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 78
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A Narrative, of the Excursion and Ravages of the King's Troops Under the Command of General Gage
A Narrative, of the Excursion and Ravages of the King ’s Troops Under the Command of General Gage, on the nineteenth of April, 1775: Together with the Depositions...
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Adams Letter
John Adams Letter to Abigail Adams: February 16, 1801
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The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the enrolled original Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution.
U.S. Bill of Rights
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Historical Images

Sugarhouse Prison
Rhinelander's sugar house & residence
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Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
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