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	Core Documents of U.S. Democracy - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html Key documents that define the American democracy, divided by governmental branch.
	Charters of Freedom - http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html Information and images on several important historical American documents including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
	Gilder Lehrman Collection - http://gilderlehrman.org/ One of the largest collections of American historical documents in private hands. The collection's holdings are strongest from 1760 through 1876.
	US Historical Documents - http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ A Chronology of US Historical Documents from pre-Colonial to present day.
	The Avalon Project - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/major.htm Major documents collections from pre-18th century to present day. Includes Mexican-American diplomacy and US statutes concerning Native Americans and slavery.

	OurDocuments.gov - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration.
	HarpWeek - http://www.harpweek.com/ Sells fully indexed, digitized version of Harper's Weekly, the preeminent news and literary journal of the last half of the 19th century.
	The Emancipation Proclamation - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/index.html Complete text.
	Words and Deeds in American History - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html Library of Congress- "Representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century."
	American Experience - War Letters - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/warletters/ Feature about war letters from the American Revolution to Desert Storm. Film description, transcript of letters, timeline, gallery, and teacher's guide.

	Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents - http://www.bartleby.com/43/ Text of 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts, and governmental documents from Eric the Red's c. 1000 description of Vinland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.
	American Newspaper Repository - http://home.gwi.net/~dnb/newsrep.html A collection of original late nineteenth, and twentieth century newspapers.
	Declaration and Resolves Of The First Continental Congress - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/resolves.htm Hypertext from the Journals of Congress (ed. 1800) at the Avalon Project.
	The United States Democratic Review - http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.journals/usde.html Political journal archive, published from 1837-1859. Part of the Making of America e-text collection at Cornell University.
	Warletters.com - The Legacy Project - http://www.warletters.com/ The project's mission is to honor America's veterans and active duty personnel by preserving their wartime letters and other written communications.

	Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation - http://chnm.gmu.edu/declaration/ 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.
	Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.html Collection of legal documents, pamphlets, and books concerning slavery, slaves, and abolition.
	Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinex.htm 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 - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1851-1875/constitution/css.htm Hypertext from the Revolution to Reconstruction project, University of Groningen.
	Journey Back In Time - http://www.journeybackintime.com 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.

	Examining the American Bill of Rights Using the Ethic of Justice - http://www.michaellorenzen.com/billofrights.html Essay which looks at the ethic of justice and applies it to the American Bill of Rights.
	The Bowen Freedom Foundation - http://freebowen.bravepages.com/Bowenfreedomfound.html Text of numerous documents from the early history of the United States.
	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/ Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history.
	Historical Text Archive - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=17 Documents categorized by the following: Native American, Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic, 19th Century and 20th Century.

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