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Description: Digital primary source documents selected by the Yale Law School relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Document Collections include:

African-Americans / The American Constitution - A Documentary Record / American Diplomacy : Bilateral Treaties 1778 - 1999 / American Diplomacy : Multilateral Treaties 1864 - 1999 / American History : A Chronology 1492-Present / American Revolution - A Documentary Record / Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Documents / Annual Messages of the Presidents / Austrian - American Diplomacy / The Barbary Treaties 1816-1836 / Belgian-American Diplomacy / Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England : 1765-1769 / Brazilian-American Diplomacy 1829 - / British-American Diplomacy 1782 - / Chilean-American Diplomacy 1832 - / The Cold War / Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents / Confederate States of America : Papers / Congressional Resolutions / Diplomatic Document Collections

Economic and Legal Treatises / European Diplomacy 870 to the Present : Bilateral Treaties and Agreements / Documents on Terrorism / European History : A Chronology 802-1992 / The Federalist papers / Foreign Relations of the United States / Franco-American Diplomacy / From Versailles to NATO : 1918-1949 / German-American Diplomacy /History Treatises / Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents / Indochina - Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos / The Inter-American System : Agreements, Conventions and Other Documents / International Agreements and Diplomatic Documents / International Military Tribunal for Germany /The Jefferson Papers / Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789 : Selected Documents / Laws of War : Hague and Geneva Conventions / League of Nations

Madison's Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 / Mexican-American Diplomacy / The Middle East 1916-2002 : A Documentary Record / Native Americans : Documents 1789 - 1887 / Nazi - Soviet Relations 1939-1941 / Nuremberg War Crimes Trial / Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States / Peace Conference at the Hague 1899 : Correspondence, Instructions and Reports / Presidential Papers / Project DIANA - An Online Human Rights Archive / The Quasi War with France 1791-1800 / September 11, 2001 : Attack on America - A Collection of Documents / Slavery : Statutes and Treaties / Soviet-American Diplomacy / Spanish-American Diplomacy / State Constitutions 1776 - / Texas - From Independence to Annexation 1836-1846 / Treaties Between The United States and Native Americans / United Nations - Documents / The United States, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Area 1950 -1999 / United States Statutes / United States Statutes Concerning Native Americans / United States Statutes Concerning Slavery / Western European Security and Co-operation; 1948 - / World War II - Documents; 1940-1945

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
History, Genealogy & Archives
Law
Politics & Government
Publicly Available Resources

Related DatabasesOn-Site Access Only
Annals of American History
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