Historical Documents

Treaty of Peace between the United States and Morocco
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Webster Ashburton Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John Brown Constitution Cover Page
Pamphlet, John Brown’s "Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States"
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
1853 Treaty on Free Navigation of the Parana and Uruguay Rivers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Surveying U.S. Coastal Territories
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Amendments to the Constitution Proposed by the Hartford Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John F. Kennedy
"City Upon a Hill" Speech
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Painting of Joh Quincy Adams
"Ripe Fruit" Theory
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Texas Revolution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Seneca Falls Convention
Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty of Velasco
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Molefi Kete Asante
The Real Nat Turner by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Judiciary Act
Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Limits
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Collections

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
America: Experiment or Destiny, by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
Two Intimate Enemies, by Joseph J. Ellis
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John Brown, the Abolitionist
The Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Articles

Did Burr Commit Treason? (Spring 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Fruitlands (February/March 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Corruption and Treason in the Buchanan Cabinet (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Andrew Jackson Censured for a “High Crime” (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Frémont Steals California (Winter 2011 | Volume: 60, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Commerce Raider (September 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Legacy of Violence (October 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lincoln and Presidential Character (October 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Technology of the Future (October 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
They Said They Spoke With the Dead (September 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A Treasure Trove of Documents Discovered in Whaling Town (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Oddest of Characters (June/July 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Mr. Wadsworth’s Museum (September 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
From the Greek (November 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 7)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
When the Hereafter Was Now (October 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Andrew Jackson: Our First Populist (November/December 2022 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Humboldt in America (Winter 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Snapshot in Time (Fall 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lincoln & Frederick Douglass (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Father of American Terrorism Embodied His Era (February/March 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Fighting for the Other Side in the Mexican War (June/July 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Man Who Knew Mozart (April/May 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Terror, Practical and Impractical (September 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Comparing Notes with Lewis And Clark (April/May 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Tragedy of Bridget Such-a-one (December 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 8)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Celebrity Journalists (March 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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)
Map
U.S. Territorial Acquisition Map
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), Multiple Eras