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18th Century Documents : 1700 - 1799
  • An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery - Pennsylvania; March 1, 1780

  • An Act Repealing the Stamp Act; March 18, 1766

  • The Administration of Justice Act; May 20, 1774

  • Albany Plan of Union 1754

  • Alexander Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States, 1791

  • Algeria : Treaty of Peace and Amity September 5, 1795

  • The Alien Act - An Act Respecting Alien Enemies : July 6, 1798

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts : 1798

  • The American Constitution - A Documentary Record

  • The Annapolis Convention; September 11, 1786

  • Annual Messages of the Presidents of the United States

  • The Articles of Association; October 20, 1774

  • Articles of Capitulation; October 18, 1781

  • Articles of Confederation; March 1, 1781

  • Articles of Convention Between Lieutenant-General Burgoyne and Major General Gates; October 16, 1777

  • Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York; December 15, 1773

  • The Association of the Virginia Convention; August 1-6, 1774

  • The Barbary Treaties 1786-1836

  • Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England : 1765-1769

  • Boston Non-Importation Agreement, August 1, 1768

  • The Boston Port Act : March 31, 1774

  • British-American Diplomacy

  • Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York, 1676 - Exemplified by Queen Anne; 1712

  • Charleston Non-Importation Agreement; July 22, 1769

  • The Charlotte Town Resolves; May 31, 1775

  • Charter of Delaware - October 28, 1701

  • Charter of Georgia : June 9, 1732

  • Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, esq. to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories, October 28, 1701

  • Chronology of American History

  • Circular Letter of the Boston Committee of Correspondence; May 13, 1774

  • Circular Letter to the Governors in America; April 21, 1768

  • Circular Letter of the Secretary of Congress, Dated September 28, 1787, Transmitting Copy of the Constitution to the Several Governors.

  • Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents

  • Connecticut Resolutions on the Stamp Act: December 10, 1765

  • Constitution of Delaware; September 21, 1776

  • Constitution of Georgia; February 5, 1777

  • Constitution of Maryland; November 11, 1776

  • Constitution of New Hampshire - January 5, 1776

  • Constitution of New Jersey; July 2, 1776

  • Constitution of New York : April 20, 1777

  • Constitution of North Carolina : December 18, 1776

  • Constitution of Pennsylvania - September 28, 1776

  • Constitution of South Carolina - March 26, 1776

  • Constitution of South Carolina - March 19, 1778

  • Constitution of the United States - 1787

  • Constitution of Vermont - July 8, 1777

  • Constitution of Vermont - July 4, 1786

  • The Constitution of Virginia; June 29, 1776

  • Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles July 16, 1782

  • Contract between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America February 25, 1783

  • Convention Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of Consuls and Vice Consuls, signed at Versailles November 14, 1788.

  • The Currency Act; April 19, 1764

  • Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities; January 20, 1783

  • Declaration of Independence; July 4, 1776

  • Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms : July 6, 1775

  • Declaration of the Commissioners under Article 5 of the Jay Treaty October 25, 1798

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man; 1789

  • Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress; October 14, 1774

  • The Declaratory Act; March 18, 1766

  • Draft Constitution for Virginia; June 1776

  • Exchange of Notes Referring to Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France of February 6, 1778

  • Explanatory Article to Article 3 of the Jay Treaty May 5, 1796

  • Explanatory Article to Article 5 of the Jay Treaty March 15, 1798

  • Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay - August 26, 1725

  • The Federalist Papers

  • France : Treaties of 1778 and Associated Documents

  • Franco-American Diplomacy

  • George Washington : Papers

  • Gervaise, Isaac; The System or Theory of the Trade of the World : 1720

  • Greenville, Treaty of; August 3, 1795

  • Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States, 1791

  • Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

  • James Madison : Papers

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  • The Jay Treaty 1794 and Associated Documents

  • The Jefferson Papers

  • Jefferson's Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 1791

  • Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789 : Selected Documents

  • The Judiciary Act; September 24, 1789

  • Kentucky Resolutions : Draft - October 1798

  • Kentucky Resolution - 1799

  • Lee's Resolution; June 7, 1776

  • Letter from Lieutenant-Governor Colden to the Earl of Dartmouth; June 1, 1774

  • Letter from the New York Committee of Fifty-One to the Boston Committee of Correspondence; May 23, 1774

  • Letter of the President of the Federal Convention, Dated September 17, 1787, to the President of Congress, Transmitting the Constitution.

  • Letters From an American Farmer

  • Maryland Toleration Act; September 21, 1649

  • The Massachusetts Government Act; May 20, 1774

  • The Mecklenburgh Resolutions : May 20, 1775

  • Madison's Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787

  • Massachusetts Circular Letter to the Colonial Legislatures; February 11, 1768

  • Money and Trade Considered With a Proposal for Supplying the Nation with Money by John Law 1705

  • Morocco - Treaty of Treaty of Peace and Friendship : 1786

  • Native Americans : Statutes of the United States

  • Native Americans : Treaties with the United States

  • New Hampshire Constitution - January 5, 1776

  • New York Merchants Non-importation Agreement; October 31, 1765

  • Northwest Ordinance; July 13, 1787

  • Notes of Alexander Hamilton in the Federal Convention of 1787

  • Notes of Major William Pierce (Georgia) in the Federal Convention of 1787

  • Notes of Rufus King in the Federal Convention of 1787

  • Notes of William Paterson in the Federal Convention of 1787

  • Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Reported by James Madison

  • Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787, Taken by the Late Hon Robert Yates, Chief Justice of the State of New York, and One of the Delegates from That State to the Said Convention

  • Papers of Dr. James McHenry on the Federal Convention of 1787

  • Papers of the Presidents of the United States

  • The Paris Peace Treaty 1783 and Associated Documents

  • Patrick Henry - Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death; March 23, 1775

  • Petition from the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the House of Commons; November 3, 1764

  • Petition of the Virginia House of Burgesses to the House of Commons: December 18, 1764

  • The Philadelphia Resolutions; October 16, 1773

  • The Plan of Charles Pinckney (South Carolina), Presented to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787

  • Plan of the Treaties with France of 1778

  • Preamble and Resolution of the Virginia Convention, May 15, 1776

  • Preliminary Articles of Peace; November 30, 1782

  • Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government; September 11, 1786

  • Proceedings of Farmington, Connecticut, on the Boston Port Act; May 19, 1774

  • Proceedings of the Inhabitants of Philadelphia; June 18, 1774

  • Proclamation Declaring the Cesssation of Arms : April 11, 1783

  • The Proclamation of Neutrality, April 22, 1793

  • A Project for Perpetual Peace; 1761 - PDF File -

  • The Quartering Act; May 15, 1765

  • The Quartering Act; June 2, 1774

  • Quasi War with France, 1791-1800 - Documents

  • The Quebec Act: October 7, 1774

  • The Queen's Acceptance of the Surrender of Government; April 17, 1709

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Connecticut; January 8, 1788

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Delaware; December 7, 1787

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Georgia; January 2, 1788

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Maryland; April 28, 1788.

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Massachusetts; February 6, 1788

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New Hampshire; June 21, 1788

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New Jersey; December 18, 1787

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York; July 26, 1788

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina; November 21, 1789

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Pennsylvania; December 12, 1787

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Rhode Island; May 29, 1790.

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23, 1788.

  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788.

  • Report of Proceedings in Congress; February 21, 1787

  • Report on Government for Western Territory; March 1, 1784

  • Resolution of Congress, Dated July 2, 1788, Submitting Ratifications of the Constitution to a Committee

  • Resolution of the Congress, of September 13, 1788, Fixing Date for Election of a President, and the Organization of the Government Under the Constitution, in the City of New York.

  • Resolution of Congress of September 28, 1787, Submitting the Constitution To the Several States.

  • Resolution of the First Congress Submitting Twelve Amendments to the Constitution; March 4, 1789

  • Resolution of Secrecy Adopted by the Continental Congress, November 9, 1775

  • Resolution of the Federal Convention Submitting the Constitution to Congress, September 17, 1787

  • Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, January 21, 1786

  • Resolutions of the Boston Town Meeting; September 13, 1768

  • Resolutions of the Congress of October 19, 1765

  • Resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Agreeing to the Virginia Proposal; May 28, 1773

  • Resolutions of the Provincial Congress of Virginia; March 23, 1775

  • Resolves of the Pennsylvania Assembly on the Stamp Act, September 21, 1765

  • The Royal Proclamation - October 7, 1763

  • Sedition Act - An Act in Addition to the Act, Entitled "An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States." : July 14, 1798

  • Spanish-American Diplomacy

  • The Stamp Act, March 22, 1765

  • The Statute of Anne; April 10, 1710

  • Statutes of the United States

  • Statutes of the United States Concerning Native Americans

  • Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery

  • The Sugar Act; September 29, 1764

  • Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty; 1702

  • The System or Theory of the Trade of the World by Isaac Gervaise : 1720

  • Thomas Jefferson : Papers

  • Thomas Jefferson's Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 1791

  • The Townshend Act, November 20, 1767

  • Treaty of 1790 Between the Creeks and the United States - Documents

  • A Treaty of Amity and Commerce between His Majesty the King of Prussia, and the United States of America; September 10, 1785

  • Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation Between Spain and The United States; October 27, 1795

  • The Treaty of Paris; February 10, 1763

  • The Treaty of Paris 1783 and Associated Documents

  • Treaty of Peace and Amity Between the United States and Algeria September 5, 1795

  • Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between the United States and Morroco: 1786

  • Tripoli : Treaty of Peace and Friendship November 4, 1796

  • Tunis : Treaty of Peace and Friendship August 28, 1797

  • United States Constitution

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. A

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. B

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. C

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. D

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. E

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by William Patterson, ( N. J. ) to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787. Text A

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by William Patterson, ( N. J. ) to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787. Text B

  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by William Patterson, ( N. J. ) to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787. Text C

  • Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. Text A.

  • Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. Text B.

  • Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. Text C.

  • Virginia Declaration of Rights; June 12, 1776

  • Virginia Resolution; December 24, 1798

  • Virginia Resolutions Establishing A Committee of Correspondence; March 12, 1773

  • Washington's Farewell Address; 1796

  • Washington, George : Papers

  • Wharton's Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence Volume 6

  • The Whiskey Rebellion - August 7, 1794

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