Historical Documents and Collections

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution of the United States
• Bill of Rights
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Federalist Papers
• Gettysburg Address

American Memory Project Historical Collections from the National Digital Library

U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875 a portion of the American Memory Project

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - Documents in law, history and diplomacy (3000 BC to 1999)

U.S. Army's Center of Military History Collection of Vietnam War Documents