American Experience - War Letters
Feature about war letters from the American Revolution to Desert Storm. Film description, transcript of letters, timeline, gallery, and teacher's guide.
American Newspaper Repository
A collection of original late nineteenth, and twentieth century newspapers.
Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents
Text of 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts, and governmental documents from Eric the Red's c. 1000 description of Vinland to the Panama Convention of 1904.
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
Text of the Chinese Exclusion Act which barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States and denied them naturalization.
Constitution of the Confederate States of America
Hypertext from the Revolution to Reconstruction project, University of Groningen.
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
Key documents that define the American democracy, divided by governmental branch.
Declaration and Resolves Of The First Continental
Hypertext from the Journals of Congress (ed. 1800) at the Avalon Project.
Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
Electronic archive of American oratory and related documents, intended to serve general scholarship and courses in American rhetorical history at Northwestern University.
From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents
Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history.
Gilder Lehrman Collection
One of the largest collections of American historical documents in private hands. The collection's holdings are strongest from 1760 through 1876.
Gilder Lehrman E-Journal of American History
Publishes manuscripts with transcript and commentary from the Gilder Lehrman Collection for use of scholars, teachers and students.
HarpWeek
Sells fully indexed, digitized version of Harper's Weekly, the preeminent news and literary journal of the last half of the 19th century.
Historical Text Archive
Documents categorized by the following: Native American, Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic, 19th Century and 20th Century.
Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Tr
The Declaration of Independence, as it has been translated into different languages, and at different times. Compliments March 1999 Journal of American History roundtable discussion of the same title.
Journey Back In Time
Michael Kocha's collection of thousands of historical newspaper articles, documents, and writings of America's past spanning more than 400 years. Available online by subscription.
Key American Historical Documents and Subjects Com
Full texts of key American historical documents all on one page.
OurDocuments.gov
Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Scanned Originals of Early American Documents
US Constitution, US Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. From Emory Law School.
Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860
Collection of legal documents, pamphlets, and books concerning slavery, slaves, and abolition.
The Avalon Project
Major documents collections from pre-18th century to present day. Includes Mexican-American diplomacy and US statutes concerning Native Americans and slavery.
The Bowen Freedom Foundation
Text of numerous documents from the early history of the United States.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Complete text.
The United States Democratic Review
Political journal archive, published from 1837-1859. Part of the Making of America e-text collection at Cornell University.
U.S. Historical Documents Archive
Large archive of documents gathered from the United States' history, including speeches, laws, declarations, and court cases.
US Historical Documents
A Chronology of US Historical Documents from pre-Colonial to present day.
Warletters.com - The Legacy Project
The project's mission is to honor America's veterans and active duty personnel by preserving their wartime letters and other written communications.
Words and Deeds in American History
Library of Congress- "Representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century."