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» 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.

» 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.

» Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents - Text of 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts, and governmental documents from Eric the Red's c. 1000 description of Vinland to the Panama Convention of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.

» The Bowen Freedom Foundation - Text of numerous documents from the early history of the United States.

» Charters of Freedom - Information and images on several important historical American documents including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.

» 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 Congress - Hypertext from the Journals of Congress (ed. 1800) at the Avalon Project.

» The Emancipation Proclamation - Complete text.

» Examining the American Bill of Rights Using the Ethic of Justice - Essay which looks at the ethic of justice and applies it to the American Bill of Rights.

» From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents - Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history.

» Gilder Lehrman Collection - One of the largest collections of American historical documents in private hands.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.

» 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 Translation - 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.

» OurDocuments.gov - Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration.

» Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860 - Collection of legal documents, pamphlets, and books concerning slavery, slaves, and abolition.

» The United States Democratic Review - Political journal archive, published from 1837-1859. Part of the Making of America e-text collection at Cornell University.

» 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."

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