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Historical Documents

Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

John Adams Letter to Abigail Adams: February 16, 1801

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959

Law #3 of the Sierra Maestra on Agrarian Reform

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

"Ripe Fruit" Theory

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

National Chicano Moratorium

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Proclamation 3447

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Alliance for Progress

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

President Joe Biden gives his Farewell Address

President Joe Biden’s Farewell Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Foraker Act of 1900

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Treaty of Alliance with France

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Good Neighbor Policy

ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

"The Evolving Federal Role in Education: An Introductory Essay" (Excerpt)

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Excerpt from Palmer's speech: "The Case Against the Reds"

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

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)

Bill Clinton’s America

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress

Legacy of the Clinton Administration

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Plan of San Diego

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Sierra Maestra Manifesto

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Federalist No. 48

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Stamp Act of 1765

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

The Trial of Charles Guiteau: An Account- Excerpt

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

1984 Commonwealth Club Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Insanity Defense: An Intersection of Morality, Public Policy, and Science

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru

Organization of American States (OAS) Charter

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Democratic ticket. Our principals the Constitution. For President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky For Vice President Joseph Lane of Oregon

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Cooper Union Address

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Richard Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras

Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography

Bill Clinton on Life after the Presidency

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965

First Blood In Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

America’s Oddest Election, by Harold Holzer

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Lincoln at the Time of the Cooper Union Speech

Lincoln, the Orator by Harold Holzer

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

The Great Chief Justice, by Fred Rodell

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

Two Intimate Enemies, by Joseph J. Ellis

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

A Nation of Immigrants, by Bernard Weisberger

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras

Historical Images

Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo

Hands Off!

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

The White Man's Burden

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

The Cuban Melodrama

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Separated

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

The political cartoon for the year 1775

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)