American Historical Documents Author:The Harvard Classics Contents — The Voyages to Vinland c iooo — 5 — The Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing — 21 — Amerigo Vespuccis Account of His First Voyage 1497 — 28 — John Cabots Discovery of North America 1497 — 45 — The Mayflower Compact 1620 — 59 — The Massachusetts Body of Liberties 1641 — 66 — Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of — 85 — T... more »he Instrument of Government 1653
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Washingtons First Inaugural Address 1789
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Washingtons Farewell Address 1796
233
Treaty with France Louisiana Purchase 1803
250
Arrangement as to the Naval Force to be Respectively Main
265
The Monroe Doctrine 1823
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Treaty with Mexico 1848
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Fugitive Slave Act 1850
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Lincolns First Inaugural Address 1861
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A Healing Question by Sir Henry Vane 1656
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John Eliots Brief Narrative 1670
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Declaration of Rights 1765
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The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 1775
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Articles of Capitulation Yorktown 1781
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Constitution of the United States 1787
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The Federalist Nos i and 2 1787
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Opinion of Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of McCulloch
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Emancipation Proclamation 1863
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Lincolns Gettysburg Address 1863
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Terms of Lees Surrender at Appomattox 1865
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Treaty with Russia Alaska Purchase 1867
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Recognition of the Independence of Cuba 1898
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Convention Between the United States and the Republic