AMDOCS: DOCUMENTS FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY QUICK FIND  800 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1787 1800 1825 1850 1860 1865 1875 1900 1910 1913 1917 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 Free downloads: RealPlayer [for audio files] Adobe Acrobat® Reader [for .pdf files] QuickTime 7 [for QuickTime, MIDI and MP3 audio, video files] Flash Player [for QuickTime, MIDI and MP3 audio, video files] 800 837 (about), The Voyage of St. Brendan the Abbot [Download this medieval legend from Gutenberg; note that the historicity of this tale is much debated] 1000 The Saga of Eric the Red [ca. 1000, Discovery of "Vinland" by Erik's sons and others.] 1008 (around) Voyage of Leif Erikson [Erik’s son sails along the coast of North America] 1011, Voyage of Freydis, Helgi and Finnbogi [A disastrous voyage to Vinland in search of profit] 1014, The Saga of Thorfinn Karlsefni [Relation of a Viking Settlement somewhere along the St. Lawrence Estuary] 1029, Voyage of Gudleif Gudlaugson to Great Ireland [Yet another account of a Viking voyage to North America] 1200 1200's, The Vinland Map and the Tatar Relation The Real Story Overview Katherine L. Brown, Robin J. H. Clark (2002). "Analysis of Pigmentary Materials on the Vinland Map and Tartar Relation by Raman Microprobe Spectroscopy" [From Analytical Chemistry 74: 3658 3661 Jacqueline S. Olin,Evidence That the Vinland Map Is Medieval " (November 2003) Kenneth M. Towe (2004). "The Vinland Map Ink Is NOT Medieval," [From the Analytical Chemistry 76(3): 863 865] Walter McCrone (1988). "The Vinland Map," [From Analytical Chemistry 60: 1009 1018] 1300 1362, Viking Expedition into the Midwest. [Based on the Kensington Rune Stone, the authenticity of which has hotly disputed] Return to the top 1400 1400, Map of Indian Nations' Tribes, Languages and Cultures 1400, Map of Native American Prehistory 1492-1600, Map of the Discovery of North America 1492, Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus; April 30 Christopher Columbus, Extracts From His Journal (1492) 1492, Christopher Columbus, Excerpts from Journal, (8/3 - 10/19) 1492, Christopher Columbus, Excerpts from Journal, (8/11 - 11/ 6) 1493, Christopher Columbus, Epistola De Insulis Nuper Inventis 1493 May 4, Papal bull, Inter Caetera 1494 June 7, The treaty of Tordesillas 1494, Christopher Columbus, Letter to the King and Queen of Spain 1496 March 5, The Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto John Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands 1497, Amerigo Vespucci's Account of His First Voyage 1497, John Cabot's Discovery of North America 1500 WWW-VL: US History: Discovery and Exploration 1517-Franco de los Cobos, Instructions to Conquistadors 1540 - The Journey of Coronado 1540-42, Map of the Coronado Expedition Coronado Cross, near Ft. Dodge, KS, June 29, 1541 1540 - Coronado's Report to Viceroy Mendoza, Sent from Cibola, August 3 1541, 20 October, Coronado's Report to the King of Spain, Sent from Tiguex 1542, The Journey of Alvar Nunyez Cabeza De Vaca 1542, Cabeza de Vaca, Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America 1542 - Bartolome de la Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies 1544, Luys Hernández de Biedma. Relación de la Isla de la Florida [The De Soto expedition] Nicholas Monardes, Of the Tabaco and of His Greate Vertues 1578, 11 June, Letters Patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte 1579, Sir Frances Drake's Brass Plaque [Found in California, claiming the region for England, and naming it "New Albion"] Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World, by Francis Pretty (1580) Drake's Brass Plate: The Real Story Overall Account Cyril Stanley Smith's 1976 Metallurgical Report on "Francis Drake's Brass Plate" X-ray of Sir Francis Drake's Brass Plate (1977) Historical Journal Reports Secrets Behind Infamous "Drake's Plate" Hoax 1581 July 26, Plakkaat van Verlatinghe [Dutch, with an English translation] 1584, Richard Hakluyt, Discourse of Western Planting 1584, Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh; March 25 1584, Arthur Barlow. First Voyage To Virginia 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh. A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, 1586, Adam Winthrop's Commonplace Book 1586, Ralph Lane, The Colony At Roanoke Thomas Hariot, A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia 1590 November 7, John White, Return To Roanoake 1596, Pedro de Castaneda, The Journey of Coronado Return to the top 1600 WWW-VL: History: US Colonial Era 1600-1675, Map of Exploration and Settlement North America Before 1675 The Iroquois Constitution 1603, Charter of Acadia Granted by Henry IV of France to Pierre du Gast, Sieur de Monts; December 18 1606, Instructions for the Virginia Colony 1606, The First Virginia Charter 1609, The Second Virginia Charter 1609, Chief Powhatan: Address to Captain John Smith Audio mp3 reading by Vine Deloria, Jr. 1611, Publication of the King James or Authorized Version of the Bible [A recurring source of quotation, reference and allusion in speeches and writings] 1612, The Third Virginia Charter 1619/20 March 3, Petition for a Charter of New England by the Northern Company of Adventurers 1620, Mayflower Compact 1620-1622, Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620, The Charter of New England 1620, Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth 1621 June 3, Charter of the Dutch West India Company 1621 June 30 - 1628 December 7, William Bradford, Letters 1621 July 24-August 3, Ordinances for Virginia 1621 July 23, An Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company in England 1621 , 24 July, An Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company in England for a Council of State and General Assembly 1622-1623, Edward Winslow, Good Newes from New England The Pilgrim Fathers 1622-1623 1622 August 10, A Grant of the Province of Maine to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason, esq. Return to the top 1625, Winthrop, On Liberty 1626, 14 June, Privileges Granted by King Gustavaus Adolphus to the Swedish South Company 1626 November 5, Account of the Purchase of Manhattan by the Dutch 1629, Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford and His Associates 1628, Petition of Right 1629 April 30, The Constitution of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay 1629 February 12, Grant of Land North of the Saco River to Thomas Lewis and Richard Bonighton by the Council for New England 1629 March 4, Charter of Massachusetts Bay 1629, Grant of Hampshire to Capt. John Mason 1629 November 17, Grant of Laconia to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason by the Council for New England 1629, The Salem Covenant 1629, 26 August, The Cambridge Agreement 1629, Capt. John Smith, History of the First Settlements 1630-1654, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation 1630-1675, Map: Boston, MA 1631, Captain John Smith,Advertisements for the Inexperienced Planters of New England, or Anywhere or The Pathway To Experience to Erect a Plantation. 1632, Charter of Maryland 1635 April 22, Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, By the Name of Masonia 1634, Royal Commission for Regulating Plantations; April 28 1634, Royal Commission for Regulating Plantations; April 28 1635, The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty : June 7 1635, Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to John Wollaston, Esq. 1635 June 11, Grant of the Province of New Hampshire From Mr. Wollaston to Mr. Mason 1635, September 17, Grant By Sir Ferdinand Forgas of his rights in New Hampshire 1637, Transcript of The Trial of Anne Hutchinson 1637, Letter of Thomas Shephard to his son at Harvard College 1637, 23 July, Appointment by King Charles I of Sir Ferdinando Gorgas as Governor of New England 1639, Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire 1639, Grant of the Province of Maine 1639 January 14, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 June 4, Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven, Connecticut 1639, John Winthrop, The Wicked Capitalism of Robert Keayne September 9 [from Winthrop's Journal 1639, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1640 March 20, William Bradford, &c. Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freeman 1641, John Winthrop, Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of the Massachusetts Vindicated from that Aspersion 1641, The Combinations of the Inhabitants Upon the Piscataqua River (New Hampshire) for Government 1642, Map: New York City NY 1643, The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England; May 19 1643 1643, Government of New Haven Colony 1645, John Winthrop, On Liberty 1649, The Maryland Toleration Act Return to the top of the page 1650 1650, The Population of the United States Was 50,400 Proclamation of First Thanksgiving 1661, Map: New York City NY 1662, Charter of Connecticut 1663, Charter of Carolina : March 24, 1663 1664, Grant of the Province of Maine 1664, The Duke of York's Release to John Ford Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret regarding New Jersey, 24 June 1665, The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, to and With All and Every the Adventurers and All Such as Shall Settle or Plant There 1665, Charter of Carolina : June 30, 1665 1668, Brief Observations Concerning Trade and Interest of Money by Josiah Childs 1670, The Population of the United States Was 111,900 1671, Map: Charleston SC 1672, A Declaration of the True Intent and Meaning of us the Lords Proprietors, and Explanation of There Concessions Made to the Adventurers and Planters of New Caesarea or New Jersey 1674, His Royal Highness's Grant to the Lords Proprietors, Sir George Carteret, 29 July 1674, Grant of the Province of Maine Return to the top of the page 1675-1800, Map of the Exploration and Settlement of North America 1675-1800, Map of Exploration and Settlement 1676, Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York 1676, The Charter or Fundamental Laws, of West New Jersey, Agreed Upon 1676, Quintipartite Deed of Revision, Between E. and W Jersey: 1 July 1676, Governor William Berkely on Bacon's Rebellion, 19 May 1676, Bacon's Declaration in the Name of the People, 30 July 1680 8 September An account of the Pueblo Revolt by Don Antonio de Otermin, governor and captain-general of New Mexico 1680, Duke of York's Second Grant to William Penn, Gawn Lawry, Nicholas Lucas, John Eldridge, Edmund Warner, and Edward Byllynge, for the Soil and Government of West New Jersey, 6 August 1680, Commission of John Cutt Regarding New Hampshire 1681, Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania : February 28, 1681 1681, Province of West New-Jersey, in America, The 25th of the Ninth Month Called November 1682, Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors of East New Jersey, 14 March 1683, The Fundamental Constitutions for the Province of East New Jersey in America 1684, Samuel de Champlain, Voyages 1687, Memoir... Dangers That Threaten Canada and the Means to Remedy Them, January 1688, Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New England. April 7 1689, Cotton Mather, Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions 1690, The Population of the United States Was 210,400 1690, Comptroller-General De Monseignat, The French Capture of Schenectady 1691, The Charter of Massachusetts Bay. October 7 1691 February 19, Warrant vs. Tituba and Sarah Osborne during the Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, Cotton Mather, The Tryal of G[eorge] B[urroughs] at a Court of Oyer and Terminer Held in Salem 1693, Penn, William, Some Fruits of Solitude 1693, Cotton Mather, "The Wonders of the Invisible World" 1697, Penn's Plan for a Union Return to the top of the page 1700 1700, The Population of the United States Was 250,900 1701 October 28, Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, esq. to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories 1701 December 31, King William Addresses Parliament on the French Question 1701, Charter of Delaware 1702, Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty 1702-1740, Colonel Miles Brewton and Others, "The Evil Deeds of the Spaniards" [dealing with Spanish incursions into South Caroline 1704, Robert Beverley on Bacon's Rebellion 1709 17 April, The Queen's Acceptance of the Surrender of Government 1712, Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York, 1676, Exemplified by Queen Anne 1715, The North Carolina Biennial Act 1720, The Population of the United States Was 466,200 1720-1772, John Woolman, The Journal of John Woolman [The Inner Life of a Quaker and Early Abolitionist] 1723, October, Benjamin Franklin, "How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia 1724, Cotton Mather, "The Last Days of Increase Mather" Cotton Mather, The Duties of Children to their Parents Cotton Mather, The Duties of Parents To Their Children 2 Cotton Mather, The Education of Children 1724, March, Black Code" of Louisiana Return to the top of the page 1726 July 22, Benjamin Franklin, Journal of Occurrences in My Voyage to Philadelphia on board the Berkshire, Henry Clark, Master. From London 1725 26 August, Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay 1728 11 September, Massachusetts House of Representatives on the Governor's Salary 1728 17 September, Governor Burnet of Massachusetts on the Governor's Salary, 1732, Charter of Georgia 1733, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1734, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1735, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1736, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1736 18 October, Governor Gabriel Johnston's request to repeal the Biennial Act, 1737, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1737, Disposition of the North Carolina Biennial Act 1738, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1739, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1740, The Population of the United States Was 905,600 1740, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1741, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1741 July 8, Jonathan Edwards. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, 1742, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1743, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1744, Onondaga Chief Canasatego: On Colonizing Education Audio mp3 of Reading by Vine Deloria, Jr. 1744, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1745, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1745 March 23, Captain Samuel Curwen,"The Louisburg Expedition" Map of the Capture of Louisburg 1746, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1747, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard 1748, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved Return to the top of the page 1750 1750, The Population of the United States Was 1,170,800 1750, Jonathan Mayhew A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers 1750, Petition to Parliament: Reasons for making bar, as well as pig or sow-iron, ca. 1750 Petition to Parliament: Reason against a general prohibition of the Iron Manufacture in Plantations 1750, Memoir on the English Aggression, October 1750 1750 December, Memoir on the French Colonies in North America 1750, Gottlieb Mittelberger, "On the Misfortune of Indentured Servants" 1751, Governor Glen, The Role of the Indians in the Rivalry Between France, Spain, and England 1752, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved 1753, Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved French and Indian War Overview Maps 1755-1759, Operations in New York 1759 - 1760, Operations in Canada 1759, "The Death of General Wolfe" - At the Battle of Quebec [song: text and audio] 1754 The Albany Plan for a Union Samuel Davies, "The Curse of Cowardice" 1755, Map: New York City NY 1755 July 16, French Account of the defeat of the English force under General Braddock 1755 September 8, Letter from Baron de Dieskau to Count d'Argenson [concerning his defeat in the Battle of Lake George] 1706-1757, Benjamin Franklin, His Autobiography 1759, Standing Orders for Rogers' Rangers 1759 Franklin, Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved 1759 December 13, General Townshend, "The Capture of Quebec" 1759 December 13, Col. John Knox, "The Fall of Quebec" [.pdf file] 1761, James Otis. Against the Writs of Assistance 1761, James Otis, "In Opposition to Writs of Assistance" 1761 Governor Glen, The Role of the Indians in the Rivalry Between France, Spain, and England 1763 Map of British Colonies in North America 1763 - 1812, The Formative Years 1764-1765, Timeline 1765 Daniel Dulany, Considerations, October 1765 Soame Jenyns, The Objections to the taxation consider'd 1765 October 19, The Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress 1766-1767, Timeline 1766 January 14, William Pitt's speech on the Stamp Act, 1766 March 19, An Act Repealing the Stamp Ac. 1766, Benjamin Franklin, "His Examination Before the House of Commons" 1767-1768 John Dickenson's Letter 2, from Letters from a Farmer 1767-1768 John Dickenson's Letter 4, from Letters from a Farmer 1768-1769, Timeline 1768 April 21, Circular Letter to the Governors in America 1768 August 1, Boston Non-Importation Agreement 1769 July 22, Charleston Non-Importation Agreement 1770-1772, Timeline 1770, The Population of the United States Was 2,148,100 1770 March 5, Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre 1770 March 13, Captain Thomas Preston's account of the Boston Massacre 1772, Map: Boston, MA 1773-1774, Timeline 1773 April 29, Peter Bestes , "Letter from Boston" 1773 August 1-6, The Association of the Virginia Convention 1773 December 15, Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York 1774, James Logan, Chief of the Mingo Nation, "Letter to to Lord Dunmore" 1774 March 5, John Hancock, Boston Massacre Oration 1774 March 31, The Boston Port Act, London 1774 May 13, Circular Letter of the Boston Committee of Correspondence 1774. Mingo Chief Logan, "Logan's Lament" Audio mp3 of Reading by Vine Deloria, Jr. 1774 Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America 1774 October 20, The Articles of Association 1774, James Wilson, Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament Administration of the Continental Congress 1774-1789-Collection of Documents from the Journal of the Continental Congress Return to the top of the page 1775 WWW-VL: History: US Revolutionary Era 1775-1920, Map of the Territorial Growth America 1775, Timeline 1775-1890, Map of Battle Sites of the United States 1775-1783, Maps of the American Revolution 1775 January 9, Daniel Leonard's letter 1775 February 6, John Adams, Novanglus 1775 March 22, Edmund Burke speech on conciliation with America 1775 April 18, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" 1775 April 19, Map of the Battle of Lexington 1775 April 22, Lt.-Col. Nith, Report on the Battle of Lexington [.pdf file] 1775 May 31, The Charlotte Town Resolves 1775, Patrick Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" 1775 June 22, Major-General Sir John Burgoyne to Lord Stanley [British account of the Battle of Bunker Hill] 1775 June 22, Lieutenant Waller, Royal Marines, "Account of the Battle of Bunker Hill" [.pdf file] 1775, "Bunker Hill" [song: text and audio] 1775, Articles of War, June 30 1775 July 8, John Dickinson, "The Declaration on Taking up Arms," 1775 July 21, Franklin's Articles of Confederation 1775 August 23, King George of England, Proclamation of Rebellion 1776, Timeline 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations [The "Bible" of Free Trade and Laissez-Faire Capitalism] 1776 January 2, The Tory Act Image 1776, Samuel Adams, "On American Independence" Yankee Doodle Bibliographies of the War of American Independence, US Army Center Of Military History Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution , by Robert K. Wright, Jr. and Morris J. MacGregor, Jr., US Army Center Of Military History 1776, Constitution of Delaware 1776, Constitution of New Hampshire 1776, Constitution of New Jersey 1776 February 14, Thomas Paine, Common Sense 1776, The Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 12 1776, Samuel West, "On the Right to Rebel against Governors" 1776, Resolution of Richard Henry Lee in the Continental Congress; June 7 1776, Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence 1776 July 4, Declaration of Independence 1776 July 12, Journal of the Continental Congress. Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union 1776, Charles Inglis, "The True Interest of America Impartially Stated" 1776 August 1, Adams, Samuel, American Independence Jefferson's notes on Slavery 1776 September-November, Map of Operations Along the Hudson 1776, Letter of George Washington to John Hancock, September 24 1776 November 11, Constitution of Maryland 1776, Jopseph Brand, "Letter to Lord George Germaine" 1777-1779, Timeline 1777 January 20, General Burgoyne's letter to his nieces [.pdf file] [discussing his defeat by American forces at the Battle of Saratoga] 1777, "The Battle of Saratoga" - A Signal American Victory [song: text and audio] 1777 February 5, Constitution of Georgia 1777 July 2-6, Map of the Capture of Fr Ticonderoga 1777 August 14, Observations on the slaves and the indented servants, enlisted in the army, and in the navy of the United States 1777 September 11, Captain Ferguson's account of the Battle of Brandywine [A British officer's view] Constitution of the State of New York 1777 October 16, Articles of Convention Between Lieutenant-General Burgoyne and Major General Gates [Aftermath of the Battle of Saratoga] 1777, Albigence Waldo, From the diary of a Surgeon at Valley Forge 1777, November 17, US Articles of Confederation 1776-1783, Thomas Paine, The American Crisis 1776, Samuel Cooper, A Sermon on the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution 1777 September 11, Captain Ferguson's account of the Battle of Brandywine [A British officer's view] 1777 January 20, General Burgoyne's letter to his nieces [.pdf file] [discussing his defeat by American forces at the Battle of Saratoga] 1773 April 29, Peter Bestes, Letter from Boston" 1777 August 14, Observations on the slaves and the indented servants, inlisted in the army, and in the navy of the United States 1777, Constitution of the State of Vermont 1778 February 6, Treaty of Alliance with France 1778 April 3, Denunciation of American Loyalists by the Continental Congress Image Text 1778 July 4, Lieutenant Hale's account of the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse [.pdf file] [A British officer's view] 1778, Draft for a Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, by Jefferson 1778 July 4, Lieutenant Hale's account of the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse [.pdf file] [A British officer's view] 1779-1782, Timeline 1790, The Population of the United States Was 3,929,214 1780, Constitution of the State of Massachusetts 1780, An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, Pennsylvania; March 1, 1780 1780-1781, Map of Operations in the South 1781 January 17, Map of the Battle of Cowpens 1781 May-October, Map of Operations in Virginia 1781, The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Seizure of Yorktown "Rangers in Colonial and Revolutionary America" 1781 September 28-October 19, Map of the Siege of Yorktown 1781 October 18, Articles of Capitulation [Cornwallis' Surrender at Yorktown] 1781, Lenape Chief Buckongahelas: Address to Christian Native Americans at Gnadenhutten Audio mp3 of Reading delivered by Junaluska 1781 October 18, "The World Turned Upside Down" - Played by British Troops at Their Surrender at Yorktown [song: text and audio] 1781 October 20, General Cornwallis account of the surrender of British forces at Yorktown [.pdf file] 1781, From the diary of Ebenezer Denny, describing the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown 1781, March 1, Articles of Confederation 1782, Thomas Jefferson, Commerce between Master and Slave 1782 J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur, Letters From An American Farmer 1782 July 16, Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles 1783-1784, Timeline 1783, Treaty of Paris 1783, Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America 1783, Constitution of the State of New Hampshire 1784, Daniel Boone, The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, Formerly A Hunter; Containing a Narrative of the Wars of Kentucky 1784, Map: New Orleans LA 1784 February 19, George Wallace, "From the United States chronicle, Thursday, February 19, 1784" 1785-1786, Timeline 1785, June 20, James Madison, "Memorial and Remonstrance" [regarding the separation of Church and State] 1785 ca., George III, Letter on the loss of America 1786, The Annapolis Convention 1786, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 1786, The Barbary Treaties "Halls of Montezuma" - The Marine Corps Hymn [song: text and audio] Return to the top of the page 1787 WWW-VL: History: US Constitutional Era 1787, The Federalist Papers [Audio MP-3 Version] 1787, The Anti-Federalist Papers 1787 June 21, Record of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 1787, Franklin, Benjamin. Disapproving and Accepting the Constitution 1787, Benjamin Franklin, "Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy" 1787, The Northwest Ordinance 1787 October 6, Wilson, James, State House Yard Speech on the Constitution, 1787, Benjamin Franklin, "On the Federal Constitution" Letter of Transmittal of US Constitution 1788, Patrick Henry, "Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought?" 1788, John Marshall, "On the Federal Constitution" Constitution of the State of New York 1788, Alexander Hamilton, "On the Adoption of the Federal Constitution" 1788 June 7, Corbin, Francis. Answering Patrick Henry [criticism of the Constitutional powers of the government] 1788-1952-Map of the Admission of States to the Union 1789, James Madison, speech proposing the Bill of Rights, June 8, 1789 1788, William Pinkney, "For the Relief of Slaves" Bill of Rights and the Amendments to The Constitution Administration of George Washington, 1789-1797 Presidential Oath of Office 1789, George Washington, First Inaugural Address 1789 August 16, The Battle of Camden South Carolina, by Lieut. Col. H. L. Landers 1790-Map of the United States 1790, Constitution of the State of Rhode Island 1790 January 8, First Annual Message of George Washington 1790 December 8, Second Annual Message of George Washington 1790 July 16, Residence Act 1791 October 21, Third Annual Message 1792 November 6, Fourth Annual Message of George Washington 1793 December 3, Fifth Annual Message 1793, George Washington, Second Inaugural Address 1793 April 22, The Proclamation of Neutrality 1793 December 3, Fifth Annual Message 1793 Alexander Hamilton, "Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States" 1793, Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 1794, Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin 1794 November 19, Sixth Annual Message of George Washington 1795 December 8, Seventh Annual Message 1795 August 3, Greenville Treaty with a number of Indian Tribes [Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoes, Ottawas, Chipewas, Putawatimes, Miamis, Eel-river, Weea's, Kickapoos, Piankashaws, and Kaskaskias] 1795, Farmer's Almanack 1791 October 6, Major-General Arthur Saint Clair, Movements of the Army [.pdf file] 1791 November 11, Major-General Arthur Saint Clair, Movements of the Army [.pdf file] 1791 November 9, Major-General Arthur Saint Clair. "Battle of the Wabash" [.pdf file] 1796 December 7, Eighth Annual Message 1796, Fisher Ames, "On the Treaty with Great Britain" 1797, Washington's Farewell Address 1797-1801, Administration of John Adams 1797, John Adams Inaugural Address 1797 November 22, First Annual Message of John Adams 1798, The Sedition Act 1798 July 6, The Alien Act, An Act Respecting Alien Enemies 1798 July 12, Sailing Orders for the USS Constitution, Captain Samuel Nicholson Commanding [.pdf file] 1798 September 12, Captain Samuel Nicholson on the Capture of HMS Niger by the USS Constitution [.pdf file] 1798 December 8, Second Annual Message 1798, The Virginia Resolution 1799 December 3, Third Annual Message 1799, The Kentucky Resolutions Return to the top of the page 1800 WWW-VL: History: US National Period 1800-1820, Map of Exploration and Settlement 1800 February 3, Captain Thomas Truxton, USN, in the USS Constellation versus L'Vengeance [.pdf file] 1800 November 22, Fourth Annual Message 1800 Map of the United States 1800 Map: Exploration and Discovery 1801-1809, Administration of Thomas Jefferson See Avalon's extensive collection of the papers of Thomas Jefferson 1801 Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address 1801 December 8, First Annual Message of Thomas Jefferson 1802 December 15, Second Annual Message 1803-1807, Map of Westward Expansion and Exploration 1803-1807-Map Westward Expansion and Settlement 1803 October 17, Third Annual Message 1803 U.S. Supreme Court, Marbury v Madison 1803-1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, The Journals of Lewis and Clark 1803, Letter from President Thomas Jefferson to Meriweather Lewis 1803, The Louisiana Purchase Treaty 1804-1806, Map of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804 February 17, Stephen Decatur Reporting the Destruction of the USS Philadelphia [.pdf file] 1804, Eliphalet Nott, "On the Death of Hamilton" 1804 November 8, Fourth Annual Message 1805 Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson 1805, Red Jacket, "On the Religion of the White Man and the Red" 1805 December 3, Fifth Annual Message 1805 The New England Primer 1805, Chickasaw Treaties Between the Chickasaw and the United States 1806, John Randolph, "On Offensive War with England" 1806 December 2, Sixth Annual Message 1807 February 10, An Act to Provide for Surveying the Coasts of the United States 1807 October 27, Seventh Annual Message 1808 November 8, Eighth Annual Message 1809-1817, Administration of James Madison 1809 James Madison, First Inaugural 1809, The Autobiography of Stephen Hall Meek 1809, Map of the Organization of US Territories 1809-1811, John Bradbury, Travels in the Interior of America. 1810, Pierre Menard, Reports of Missouri Fur Co. activities at Three Forks of the Missouri 1810, Tecumseh, "To Governor Harrison at Vincennes" 1810, The Population of the United States Was 7,239,881 1811, Brackenridge, Henry Marie, Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River 1812-1814, Maps of the War of 1812 1812 - 1814, Bibliographies: The U.S. Army in the War of 1812, US Army Center Of Military History 1812, Thomas Kimber, The American Class Book, [Philadelphia: Kimber and Richardson, 1812] 1812-1814 , Map of the Northern Frontier 1812, Map of the Southern Frontier 1812, Map of the Niagara River Area 1812 October 9, Captain James D. Elliot to the Secretary of the Navy, On a Naval Action on Lake Erie 1812-1813, John C. Luttig, Journal of a fur-trading expedition on the Upper Missouri 1813, John Jenkins, The Art of Writing, Reduced to a Plain and Easy System 1813, Tecumseh. "To General Proctor" 1813, James Madison, Second Inaugural Address 1813 September 10, Lieutenant Inglis, Royal Navy, on the Battle of Lake Erie 1813 September 12, Captain Barclay, Royal Navy, on the Battle of Lake Erie 1813 September 12, Commodore Perry on the Battle of Lake Erie 1813 November 24, Adjutant General Baynes on the Battle of Lake Erie 1814 September 20, Francis Scott Keyes, Star Spangled Banner 1814 Amendments to the Constitution Proposed by the Hartford Convention 1814, Treaty with Great Britain (End of War of 1812) 1814. Map of the New Orleans Campaign 1814, Map of the Battle of New Orleans 1815 April 3 and July 2, Treaty of Peace, Signed by Algiers 1815-1845, Map of Westward Expansion Administration of James Monroe, 1817-1825 1817 James Monroe, First Inaugural 1817 Opening of New York to Liverpool Packet Line 1817, Charles Bagot to Richard Rush, Anglo-American agreement to reduce naval forces operating on the Great Lakes 1817, Thomas Jefferson, notes on the State of Virginia 1818 May 3, Adjutant-General Butler on the Battle of the Appalachiola River [.pdf file] 1818 Constitution of the State of Connecticut 1819, Treaty with Spain (Acquisition of Florida) 1819 Constitution of the State of Connecticut 1819, U. S. Supreme Court, McCulloch v The State of Maryland 1819, U.S. Supreme Court, Dartmouth College v Woodward 1820-Map of the United States 1820, The Population of the United States Was 9,638,453 1820-1835, Map of the Exploration and Settlement of North America 1820-Map: Western Exploration 1820, Robert Young Hayne, "On the Foote Resolution " 1821- James Monroe, Second Inaugural 1821, Cohen v. Virginia 1823, Dr. Richard Furman, Exposition on Slavery, reflecting the Views of Baptists 1823, The Monroe Doctrine, December 2 1824, U.S. Supreme Court, Gibbons v Ogden 1824, Ross, Alexander, Journal, Snake Country Expedition 1824, Pushmataha, "To John C. Calhoun" Interactive Santa Fe Trail Return to the top of the page 1825 WWW-VL: US History: Age of Jackson Administration of John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 1825, John Quincy Adams, Inaugural Address 1825, Daniel Webster, �The First Bunker Hill Monument Oration" 1825, Ogden, Peter Skene, Accounts of an 1825 Expedition into Utah 1826 March 21, Cemetery in Algiers 1827, Jos� Maria Sanchez, reporting on Anglo-Mexican Relations in Texas Before the Revolution 1828, Jos� Maria Sanchez discusses the co-existence of Mexicans and Anglos in Texas Administration of Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 1829, Andrew Jackson, First Inaugural 1829, Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between Austria-Hungary and The United States; August 27 1829 September 28, David Walker, "Appeal in Four Articles; ... to the Coloured Citizens of the World..." 1830-Map of the United States 1830, The Population of the United States Was 12,866,020 1830, Stephen F. Austin Advertises for More American Settlers to Come to Texas 1830 April 6, A Resident of Texas Speaks in Favor of Yet Greater Anglo-American Immigration [suggesting that such immigration cannot be stopped in any event] 1830, Daniel Webster, "In Reply to Hayne" 1831-1845-Map: Westward Expansion and Settlement 1831, The Confessions of Nat Turner 1831, U.S. Supreme Court, The Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia 1831, Captain F. W. Beechey [describing the operation of the Spanish/Mexican System of religious missions on the frontier] 1831, Alexis DeTocqueville, Democracy in America 1832, John Ball, Across the Plains to Oregon 1832, Black Hawk, Surrender Speech 1833, American Anti-Slavery Society, "Declaration of Sentiments" 1832-1834 Wyeth, Nathaniel J.: The Journals of Expeditions to the Oregon Country 1832, 1834 and Selected Letters. 1832, Andrew Jackson, Veto of the Bank of the United States 1832, Henry Clay, Speech on the Bank Veto 1832 October 27, Treaty with the Potawatomi, [who cede their title and interest to lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois, and in the Territory of Michigan] 1832, President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10 Worcester v. Georgia [regarding Indian lands] 1833, Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore 32 U.S 243 [the limitations imposed by the Bill of Rights does not extend to state governments] 1833, Calhoun, John. 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Prentiss, "On the Death of Lafayette" 1836-1847, The Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman 1836 March 2, Texas Declaration of Independence 1836 March 7, Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky 1836, William Barret Travis: Letter from the commandancy of the Alamo, 1836 May 1, First Lieutenant George A. McCall, 4th US Infantry, "The Seminole Wars" 1836 August 5, Treaty with the Potawatomi ["to remove to the country west of the Mississippi river"] Administration of Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 1837, Martin VanBuren, Inaugural Address 1836-1847, Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman [missionary life in the Hawaiian Islands 1837 February 8, John C. 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"] 1837, Wendell Phillips, "On the Murder of Lovejoy" 1837, Andrew Jackson, "His Farewell Address" 1837, Thomas Hart Benton, "On the Expunging Resolution" 1837, John Caldwell Calhoun "On the Expunging Resolution" 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "On the American Scholar" 1838 January 4, Colonel Zachary Taylor on the Battle at the Kissimmee River [.pdf file] 1838 January 27 , Abraham Lincoln, "Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois" 1839, Alexander Forbes [discussing the missions of California shortly after their suppression] 1839-1840, The Case of the Amistad 1839 - 1840, The Case of the Amistad: A Trial Account by Douglas Linder (c) 1998 1839 August 26, Account of the Amistad Affair, from the New London Gazette 1839 November 19 - 1840 January 13, Records of the Trial of the Amistad "Conspirators" 1841 January, The Amistad Affair before the Supreme Court [40 U.S. 518] 1840, The Population of the United States Was 17,069,453 "Santy Anna Gained the Day" - American Sea-Chanty Referring to the Rise of Santa Anna [song: text and audio] Election of 1840 1840 May 6, The Democratic Party Platform 1840 November, Results of the General Election "Shenandoah" - A Sea-Chantry Referring to the Early Fur Trade [song: text and audio] Administration of William Henry Harrison, 1841 1841, William Henry Harrison, Inaugural Address Administration of John Tyler, 1841-1845 1841, Argument of John Quincy Adams Before the Supreme Court of the United States: in the Case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and Others, Africans, Captured in the schooner Amistad, by Lieut. Gedney 1841, James D. Elderkin, Fourth U.S. Infantry, "The Seminole War" 1841, Argument of Roger S. Baldwin Before the Supreme Court in the Case of U.S. Appellants vs. Cinque, and Other, Africans of the Amistad 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" 1841, James D. Elderkin, Fourth U.S. Infantry, "The Seminole War 2" 1841 December 14, Lieutenant George McCall, Fourth US Infantry, "The Seminole Wars" 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Transcendentalist 1842, Webster-Ashburton Treaty with Great Britain 1844-1847, James Josiah Webb Reminisces About Life on the Santa Fe Trail 1844, Catherine Sager, Across the Plains in 1844 [The Oregon Trail and the Whitman Massacre] 1844, Catlin, George, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of North American Indians. 1845, The Cruise of the 'Dove': A Whalers' Song 1845, John L. Sullivan's Newspaper Article Introducing the Concept and term "Manifest Destiny" Administration of James K. 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Sweeny, First NY Volunteers, "Demobilization" I Am an Abolitionist, song by William Lloyd Garrison Administration of Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850 1849 March 6, Zachary Taylor, Inaugural Address 1849 Map of Charleston, South Caroline 1849, Parkman, Francis, The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life 1849, Vicente Filisola Reflects on the Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio 1849 July 4, Letter from William Swain to Sabrina Swain, written on the Trail to California, 1849, S. Shufelt, "The California Gold Rush" Return to the top of the page 1850 WWW-VL: US History: The Coming of the Civil War Administration of Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853 1850, The Population of the United States Was 23,191,876 1850-1890, Map of Exploration and Settlement 1850-1890, Map of the Exploration and Settlement of North America 1850, Letter from William Swain to George Swain, written at "The Diggings" in California, January 6 1850, The Protocol of Queretaro, addressing the U.S. Abrogation of a Critical Article in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1850, Ramon Alcaraz, a Mexican Writer, Discusses the Origins of the Mexican-American War 1850, Sojourner Truth, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth 1850 March,The Book of Mormon becomes accessible [One of the Sacred Texts of The Latter Day Saints] 1850, Henry Clay, " On His Own Compromise Measures" 1850, John Caldwell Calhoun, "On the Clay Compromise Measures" 1850, Daniel Webster, "On the Clay Compromise" 1850, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, "The South and the Public Domain" 1851 December 14, Louise Clappe describes "Vigilante Justice" 1851, William Cullen Bryant, "His Welcome to Kossuth" 1852 July 5, Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? 1852, Stowe, Harriet Beecher,, Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly Volume One Volume Two 1852, Map of the Oregon Trail Administration of Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 1853, Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Black Potential and the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" 1853, Franklin Pierce, Inaugural Address 1853, Excerpts from : Henry Carey, The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign. 1853, Rufus Choate, "His Eulogy of Webster" 1853, President Millard Fillmore, Letter Requesting a Japan - U.S. Agreement 1854, Lithographs of Perry in Japan The Abolitionist Hymn 1854, �Report of the Committee of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, with the Act of Incorporation� 1854 November 1, "Indian Fight in Texas", from The New-Orleans Picayune 1854 December 26, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel McCall, 4th US Infantry, "The Military in New Mexico" 1855, Burning of the Steamship City of Newark 1855, Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act 1855-1863, Julia Louisa Lovejoy, Selected Letters from Kansas 1856, Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey in the Seaboard States 1856, Preston Smith Brooks, "In Defense of His Attack on Sumner: " 1856, Charles Sumner, "On the Crime Against Kansas" 1854, Kansas Nebraska Act 1854, Abraham Lincoln Speaks on the Kansas Nebraska Act 1854, Newspaper Editorials on the Kansas-Nebraska Bill 1856, Charles Sumner, On the Crime Against Kansas 1856, Newspaper Editorials on the Caning of Sumner March 1856, Scott vs. Sandford, The Dred Scott Case Newspaper Editorials on the Dredd Scott Case 1856, Republican Party Platform Administration of James Buchanan, 1857-1861 1857, James Buchanan, Inaugural Address 1857, McGuffey's New Sixth Eclectic Reader: Exercises in Rhetorical Reading, With Introductory Rules and Examples (Cincinnati: Sargent, Wilson and Hinkle, c1857) [Sixth-Grade Manual for Young Orators] Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives 1857 July, The discussion by The Hutchings' California Magazine of the Expropriation of the Lands and Rights of Mexican Residents of California 1857, McGuffey's New High School Reader: For Advanced Classes, Embracing About Two Hundred Classic Exercises (New York: Wilson, Hinkle and Co., c1857) [A Mid-Nineteenth-Century High School Textbook] Frederick Douglass, 1817-1895, Autobiography 1858, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858, Stephen Arnold Douglas, "In the First Debate with Lincoln" 1858, William Henry Seward, "His "Irrepressible Conflict" Speech" 1858, Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided" 1858, John Brown's Raid [in a Contemporary Newspaper] 1858 October 25, William Seward, The Irrepressible Conflict 1858, John N. Seguin, former Mayor of San Antonio After the Revolution in Texas [Reflects on the Status of Mexicans in the New Anglo-Dominated State] 1859 July, Proclamation by Juan Nepomuceno Cortina [Rebel in Texas and, Later, Border Raider Across the Rio Grande] 1859 September, Juan Nepomuceno Cortina to the inhabitants of the State of Texas 1859 September 30, A Second Proclamation Published by Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, 1859 October 15, Col. Robert E. Lee, �John Browns Raid on Harper�s Ferry� 1859 November 23, Juan Cortina, Proclamation to the Mexicans of Texas 1859, Newspaper Articles about John Brown's Raid 1859 November 2, John Brown's Final Address to the Court 1859, John Brown, "His Speech to the Court at His Trial" An Early Stage Play About John Brown, from The Kansas Historical Quarterly 1859 December 12, What John Brown Did In Kansas, Representative Andrew Johnson, Tennessee 1859, Randolph B. Marcy, Captain, U. S. 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Lee,"Surrender at Appomattox" 1865, Terms of Lee�s Surrender at Appomattox 1865 April 10, Lee�s Farewell to His Army 1865 April 17, Gideon Welles, "The Death of President Lincoln" 1865 Nay-June, Sarah Raymond, "Crossing the Plains" Administration of Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869 1865 - 1898, "Winning the West: The Army in the Indian Wars, 1865-1890" 1865 July 7, Lieutenant Edward Doherty, "The Death of John Wilkes Booth" Albert Underwood's Civil War Diary 1865, Paul Jennings' Reminiscences of James Madison 1865, An Act To Establish A Bureau For The Relief Of Freedmen And Refugees 2866, Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End 1865 April 9, The Civil Rights Act 1865 October 14, Treaty with the Cheyenne and Arapaho [Little Arkansas River Treaty] 1866 June 13, 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Passed by Congress : Civil Rights [image, notes and transcription] 1866 June 20, Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction 1866, Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End 1866, Jean Baptiste Lamy (1814-1888), Describes Conditions in New Mexico 1866, Edward Everett,"The Issue in the Revolution" The Little Sod Shanty On My Claim [Song about homesteading on the plains] 1867, A First-Grade Textbook, McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Primer: Newly Illustrated. (Cincinnati: Wilson, Hinkle and Co., c1867) 1867 January 21, Second-Lieutenant George A. Armes, 2nd US Cavalry, "Indian Pursuit" 1867 January, Frederick Douglass, Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage, 1867 March 30, Russian Treaty ["Seward's Folly", the purchase of Alaska] 1868 April 29, Fort Laramie Treaty, [Treaty with "Sioux Nation"] 1868 November 30, From New York Times, Letter from General Custer to General Sheridan reporting on the battle of the Washita 1868-1874 The Buffalo Harvest Administration of Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877 1869, Ulysses S. 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Bourke, "Battle With The Apache" 1873 March 04, Ulysses S. Grant, Second Inaugural Address 1873, H.H. Raymond, Buffalo Hunter Dairy: Old West Pioneer 1873, Susan Brownell Anthony, "On Woman's Right to the Suffrage " 1875, George William Curtis, "His Oration at Concord" 1874, L.Q.C. Lamar, "On Sumner and the South" 1874 October 9, General Postal Union; 1874, George Armstrong Custer, General, U. S. Army, My Life on the Plains 1874, Joseph G. McCoy, The Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest Return to the top of the page 1875 WWW-VL: History: US The Gilded Age WWW-VL: US American West 1875, Brigham Young, deposition on the Mountain Meadows Massacre for the second trial of John D. 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Garfield, 1881 1881, James Garfield, First Inaugural 1881 July 14, Pat Garrett, "The Death Of Billy The Kid" Administration of Chester Arthur, 1881-1885 1881, McGuffey's Eclectic Primer (New York: American Book Company, c1881) [A Late Nineteenth-Century Beginning Level Textbook, 1881 September 18, From The New York Times, Report from General Carr on the Battle of Cibicu Creek 1882, James Gillespie Blaine, "On the Death of Garfield " 1882, Andy Adams, "A Cowboy in Dodge City" 1882 March 6, Chinese Exclusion Act [image, notes and transcription] 1882, Chinese Exclusion Act; May 6 1882, Colonel Prentiss Ingraham< Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood. Deeds of Daring, Scenes of Thrilling, Peril, and Romantic Incidents In the Early Life of W. F. 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Hopkins [A non-descriminatory law may be enforced in a discrimatory fashion] 1887 February 4, Interstate Commerce Act [image, notes and transcription] 1887 February 6, Dawes Act [image, notes and transcription] 1887, Interstate Commerce Act 1887, Dawes Act; February, 8 [The government right to divide reservations among the resident Indians] 1888 February 8, The Dawes Act [ending of tribal homelands] 1888, Theodore Roosevelt, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail 1888, Ida Ellen Rath, The Rath Trail (pub. 1961) [Recollections of one of the most important dealers in buffalo hisdes] Administration of Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 1890, $7.76 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1890, The Population of the United States Was 62,979,766 1890 April, Eugene V. Debs, "What Can We Do for Working People?" [.pdf file] 1890, Mrs. Z. A. Parker, the Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge Reservation 1896, Anna R. White, Youth's Education for Home and Society 1890, Frances Elizabeth Willard, "Work Done for Humanity" 1890, Mary Elizabeth Lease. "Wall Street Owns The Country" 1890, Mary Elizabeth Lease, Speech to the Women's Christian Temperance Union 1890, John M. Reynolds, Twin Hells [The Kansas State Penitentiary in 1890] How the Other Half Lives, [Jacob Riis' stunning photo-essay capturing living conditions among the New York City poor at the height of the Gilded Age] 1890 March 12, Proclamation of the "White Caps," New Mexico Bandits Protesting the Treatment of the Mexican-American Population 1891, Wovoka, The Messiah Letter 1890 July 2, Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 July 2, Sherman Anti-Trust Act [image, notes and transcription] 1890 August 18, Felix Martinez Discusses the Grievances That Have Motivated the White Caps 1890 December 16, James McLaughlin, An Account of Sitting Bull's Death 1890 December 29, Philip Wells, "Massacre At Wounded Knee" 1890, Lakota accounts of the massacre at Wounded Knee 1892, Walt Whitman, "The Spanish Element in Our Nationality" 1892 October 5, David Elliott , "The Dalton Gang's Last Raid" Administration of Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897 1893, Grover Cleveland, Second Inaugural 1893, Richard Parks Bland, "The Parting of the Ways" 1893, September 16, Seth Humphrey, "The Oklahoma Land Rush" 1894, Statement of the Principles of The League of United Latin-American Citizens, a Texas-Mexican Civic Organization 1894, Charles F. Crisp, "In Closing the Wilson Tariff Bill Debate" 1894, Thomas Brackett Reed, "In Closing the Wilson Tariff Bill Debate" 1895, John Sherman, "On �The Crime of 1873' " Conwell, Russell Herman: Acres of Diamonds 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson [Supreme Court Decision establishing the principle of "Separate But Equal"] 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson [image, notes and transcription] 1896, The "People's Party" Platform [the Populists] 1896, Charles M. Sheldon, In His Steps [an influential novel promoting Christian reform of small-town ills] Administration of William McKinley, 1897-1901 Geneva Conventions 1897, William McKinley, First Inaugural 1897, John Peter Altgeld, "On Municipal and Governmental Ownership" 1897, Constitution of the State of Delaware 1897, April, W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, Strivings of the Negro People [from The Atlantic, 1897, November, "The Social Democracy," by Cyrus Field Willard. [.pdf file] 1898, Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands 1898, The De Lome Letter [image, notes and transcription] 1898, Recognition of the Independence of Cuba 1898 April 21, Act Declaring War Between The United States Of America And The Kingdom Of Spain 1898, Map of the Spanish-American War 1898, Maps of the Spanish American War 1898, "Black Jack in Cuba: General John J. Pershing's Experience in the Spanish American War", by Kevin Hymel 1898 June 11, Statement of Principles of the Social Democratic Party: Adopted at [.pdf file] 1898 June 14, William Jennings Bryan. First Speech Against Imperialism 1898 July 7, Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States [image, notes and transcription] 1898 July 7, Annexation Of The Hawaiian Islands 1898 July 16, Eugene V. Debs, "The Future" [.pdf file] 1898 December 10, Treaty of Peace With Spain 1898, Treaty Of Paris With Spain 1898 June 2, Rear-Admiral Sampson's Orders for the Blockade of Santiago [.pdf file] 1898 June 8, Rear-Admiral Sampson's Orders for the Use of Searchlights at Night [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Commodore Schley, aboard the USS Brooklyn "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Captain Clark aboard the USS Oregon, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Captain Chadwick aboard the USS New York "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] LI> 1898 July 6, Captain Robert Evans aboard the USS Iowa, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Captain J. W. Philip aboard the USS Texas, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Captain H. C. Taylor aboard the USS Indiana,"Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Lieutenant-Commander Chadwick aboard the USS Gloucester, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Seaman Alfred Schaeffer, aboard the USS Texas, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, Seaman George Keegan, aboard the USS Iowa, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 6, George Edward Graham, aboard the USS Brooklyn, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1898 July 15, from the Brooklyn Eagle, Rear-Admiral W.T. Sampson, aboard the USS New York, "Report on the Battle of Santiago" [.pdf file] 1899, Andrew Carnegie, Wealth 1899, Benjamin Harrison, Inaugural Address 1899 June, Robert Lawson, "Train Robbery" [An escapade of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid] 1899, Hubbard, Elbert, A message to Garcia 1899 July 29, Hague Conventions 1899 September, First Open Door Note 1899, Edward L. Wheeler, Deadwood Dick's Doom; or, Calamity Jane's Last Adventure, a Tale of Death Notch [.pdf file] [Popular literature of the day for young people. Help to create the myth of "The Old West"] 1899, Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders [Roosevelt's Famous Volunteer Cavalry Force] The Wabash Cannonball, Text And Music Return to the top of the page 1900 WWW-VL: US 1900s History 1900, $7.17 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 The National Debt was $2, 136, 961, 091.67 1900, The Population of the United States Was 76,212,168 1900, Map: Los Angeles CA [East] 1900 January, "A Trip to Girard," by "Wayfarer" [.pdf file] 1900 March 23, "Their Own Hotheadedness Justifies Violence Against Southern Blacks", [a speech by Senator Benjamin R."Pitchfork Ben" Tillman] 1900, Captain A.B. Dyer, Sixth Artillery, USA, Handbook for Light Artillery 1900 March 14, Gold Standard Act 1900 August 8, William Jennings Bryan, "Against Imperialism" [image, text and audio file of an excerpt] 1900, Burt L. Standish, "Frank Meriwell's limit "[.pdf file] [a typical story from a weekly magazine for young people] 1900, September, "Why I Am a Socialist," by George Herron [.pdf file] 1900 September 8, Milton Elford, "The Galveston Hurricane" Election of 1900 1900, Democratic Party Platform 1900, Republican Party Platform 1900 November, Results of the General Election 1901 July, N. Hudson Moore, The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, Part 1 [from The Delineator Magazine] 1901, The National Debt was $2, 143, 326, 933.89 1901, Map: Chicago IL 1901 August, N. Hudson Moore, The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, Part 2 [from The Delineator Magazine] 1901, Buffalo World's Fair: "The Pan-American Exposition" [illustrations] 1901, Buffalo World's Fair: The Pan-American Exposition [text] 1901 February 14, The Jamestown Exposition 1901 March 4, William McKinley, Second Inaugural 1901, Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery: An Autobiography 1901 March, 1901 March, W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, The Freedman's Bureau [from The Atlantic [.pdf file 1901, "White House Blues" - The Assassination of William McKinley [song: text and audio] Administration of Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 1901, Ike Hoover, "The Roosevelts Move into the White House" 1901 October 6, Child Labor and the Law, by Homer Folks 1901, Grover Cleveland, " His Eulogy of McKinley" 1902, Map: Los Angeles CA [Old Westside] 1902 June 28, Panama Canal Act 1902, The National Debt was $2, 158, 610, 445.89 1902, Jacob A. Riis, The Battle with the Slum [Sequel to How the other Half Lives] 1902 August, A.M. Simons, "Lines of Division in American Socialism" [.pdf file] 1902 September 25, Sadie Frowne, "Days and Dreams" [working in a sweatshop; published in The Independent] 1902, Charles H. Vail, "Socialism and the Negro Problem" [.pdf file] 1902, "Socialism and the Negro Problem," by Charles H. Vail [.pdf file] 1902, George Frisbie Hoar, "Subjugation of the Philippines Iniquitous" 1903, Map: Boston, MA 1903, The National Debt was $2, 202, 464, 781.89 1903 January 29-31, "Resolutions of National Executive Committee, Socialist Party of America [.pdf file] 1903 February 23, Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval stations 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk [Leader of African=American Civil Rights Movement] 1903 May 22, The Platt Amendment [image, notes and transcription] 1903, Proclamation by President Theodore Roosevelt upon the death of John Hay 1903 October, "The Disintegration of the SLP and the Establishment of the Socialist Party of America," by Morris Hillquit [.pdf file] 1903 October, "What Revolutionary Socialism Means," by Carl D. Thompson [.pdf file] 1903 November 18, Convention with Panama for the Construction of a Ship Canal (Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty) 1903 November, "The Negro and the Class Struggle," by Eugene V. Debs [.pdf file] 1903, John Hay, "His Tribute to McKinley" 1903 December 17, Orville Wright , "The Wright Brothers' The First Powered Flight" 1904, The National Debt was $2, 264, 003, 585.14 1903, Peter Finley Dunne (1867-1936), "Mr. Dooley Says. . ." [Note that these essays are written in an imitation of a thick Irish brogue] 1903, 1907, "Early Adventures with the Automobile" 1904, Ida Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company [A remarkable expose of ruthless business practices] 1904, Convention Between the United States and the Republic of Panama Election of 1904 1904, Democratic Party Platform 1904, Republican Party Platform 1904, Socialist Eugene V. Debs Speaks During the Presidential Campaign [audio] [audio] 1904 November, Results of the General Election 1904 and 1905, Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine [image, notes and transcription] WORDS to One Big Industrial Union, a anthem of the IWW And MUSIC [to the rally-song of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)] 1905, $7.51 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1905, The National Debt was $2, 274, 615, 063.84 1905, Theodore Roosevelt, Inaugural Address 1905, June 29, Eugene V. Debs, Speech at the Founding of the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World 1905, Sadie Frowne, "Immigrating to America" 1905, Mark Twain, "The War Prayer" [A Reaction to American Military Action Against the Insurrectionists in the Philippines] 1905 August, "The Industrial Convention," by Eugene V. Debs [.pdf file] 1905, Theodore Roosevelt,"On American Motherhood" 1906, The Ships of the United States Navy [images] 1905, The National Debt was $2, 337, 161, 839.04 1906 January 25 - 1909 November 15, A Lynching in Tennessee: The Case of Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp "The Trial of Sheriff Joseph Shipp et al.: An Account, " by Doug Linder (c) 2000 Excerpts from the Transcript of the Trial of Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp 1906 April 14, Theodore Roosevelt, "The Man with the Muck-rake" [image and text] 1906 April 18, The San Francisco Earthquake 1906 May 5, Theodore Roosevelt, The Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Lecture 1906 May 15, President Theodore Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1906 July 29, Naturalization Act 1906 October 10, Mary Church Terrell, "What it Means to be Colored in the...U.S." [image and text] 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle [An expose of conditions in Chicago's Union Stockyards and, by extension, the quality of the food that the American people were consuming] 1906, The Voice of William Howard Taft [scroll down and click to activate this audio file] 1906, William Howard Taft Speaks on the Rights of Labor to Unionize [audio. Click on "Listen" 2.2 minutes] 1906, The South Dakota National Guard Goes to Fort Riley [An account of the annual training session of a unit of the National Guard] 1907 January 26, Prohibition Of Campaign Contributions by Corporations 1907, The National Debt was $2, 457, 188, 061.54 1907, Theodore Roosevelt, The Conservation of Natural Resources December 3 1908, Map: Las Vegas NV 1908, The National Debt was $2, 626, 806, 271.54 1908, Map: New Orleans LA 1908 July, Charles Sorensen, "The Production of the Ford Model T Motor Car" 1908, Declaration of the Conservation Conference of Governors, 1908 May 21, "A Short Speech Amongst Friends: Girard, Kansas," by Eugene V. Debs [.pdf file] Election of 1908 1908, Democratic Party Platform 1908, Republican Party Platform 1908 November, Results of the General Election Administration of Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 1909, William Howard Taft, Inaugural 1909, The National Debt was $2, 639, 546, 241.04 1909 May 29, Constitution of the Christian Socialist Fellowship [.pdf file]\ 1909, William Howard Taft Speaks on "America's Responsibility to Spread Civilization, Christianity and Democracy to Other Nations" [audio. Click on "Listen" 3.1 minutes] 1909 November 12, Story of the Great Cherry Coal Mine Disaster 1909 November, Clara Lemlich. "Life in the Shop" [organizer of a sweatshop workers' strike; published in The New York Evening Journal] 1909, Robert E. Peary Describes Planting the American Flag at the North Pole [audio] Return to the top of the page 1910 WWW-VL: US 1910s History 1910, $8.11 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1910, The National Debt was $2, 639, 546, 241.04 1910, The Population of the United States Was 92,228,496 1910, Map: Austin TX 1910 May, "Hoboes Over 8,000 Miles," by Thomas J. Mooney [.pdf file] 1910, Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull-House 1910, Photos of Sweatshop Working Conditions 1910, "Steamboat Bill" - A Song of the Great Days of the Mississippi Paddle=Wheel Steamboats [song: text and audio] 1910, Emma GoldmanAnarchism and Other Essays 1910, William Jennings Bryan on the Popular Election of Senators [Audio. Time: 1.4 min. From the Vincent Voice Library] 1910, Theodore Roosevelt, "The New Nationalism" 1911, The National Debt was $2, 652, 665, 838.04 1911, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v United States [landmark anti-trust decision] 1911, The National Debt was $2, 765, 600, 606.69 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 March 25, "141 Men and Girls Die in Waist Factory Fire, " [from The New York Times on the Triangle Shirtwaist Disaster 1911 March 25, Photos of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 December 3 - 27, The Trial of the Owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory "The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Trial, " by Douglas Linder (c) 2002 1911 March 26 - December 28, Accounts of the Fire and Ensuing Events, From the New York Times Excerpts from Trial Testimony Trial Summations 1912, Preliminary Report of the New York Factory Investigating Commission "Ballad of the Triangle Fire, " by Ruth Rubin 1911, Algie Martin Simons, Social Forces in American History (New York: Macmillan Co., 1911) [A Socialists's view of American History] 1911 June, "Patriotism," by Ralph Korngold [.pdf file] 1911 September, "The New Review: A Socialist Weekly, (A Prospectus)." [.pdf file] 1911, William S. Hart , "Birth of the Hollywood Cowboy" 1911, Rose Cohen, "My First Job" [by a survivor of the Triangle sweatshop fire] 1912, William Jennings Bryan on Railroads [Audio. Time: 2.0 min. From the Vincent Voice Library] 1912, William Jennings Bryan on American Labor Issues [Audio. Time: 2.2 min. From the Vincent Voice Library] 1912 March, "'Nigger' Equality, " by Kate Richards O'Hare [.pdf file] 1912, The National Debt was $2, 868, 373, 874.16 1912, The Voice of William Jennings Bryan [scroll down and click to activate this audio file] 1912, Training the Little Home Maker , by Mabel Louise Keech. 1912 April 16, "Harriet Quimby, "The First Woman to Fly the English Channel" 1912, "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy, an Early Blues Song [song: text and audio] 1912 March, "'Nigger' Equality," by Kate Richards O'Hare [.pdf file] 1912 April 16, "Harriet Quimby, "The First Woman to Fly the English Channel" 1912, Former Secretary of State Elihu Root Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1912, "A New York Detective", Ching Foo, the Yellow Dwarf; or the Bradys and the Opium Smokers [.pdf file] [As usual., the Bradys battle sinister Chinese] Election of 1912 1912, Democratic Party Platform 1912, The Voice of Woodrow Wilson [scroll down and click to activate this audio file] 1912, Republican Party Platform 1912, William Howard Taft Speaks on "Who are the People? [audio. Click on "Listen" 2.4 minutes] 1912, Progressive "Bull Moose" Party Platform 1912, Theodore Roosevelt Speaks During the Presidential Campaign [audio] Theodore Roosevelt on "The Right of the People to Rule" [audio. Click on "Listen" 4.6 minutes] 1912, The Voice of Theodore Roosevelt [scroll down and click to activate this audio file] Woodrow Wilson Criticizes Theodore Roosevelt and His "Bull Moose Party" [audio. Click on "Listen" 2.0 minutes] Woodrow Wilson, Speech on "The National Awakening" [audio. Click on "Listen" 3.9 minutes] 1912 November, Results of the General Election 1912, Former Secretary of State Elihu Root Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1912, "A New York Detective", Ching Foo, the Yellow Dwarf; or the Bradys and the Opium Smokers [.pdf file] [As usual., the Bradys battle sinister Chinese] 1912, Excerpts from The Constitution of the State of New Mexico 1912 December, Elihu Root, The Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Lecture Return to the top of the page 1913 Administration of Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 1913, The National Debt was $2, 916, 204, 913.66 1913, Woodrow Wilson, First Inaugural 1913, The Armory Show [the jolting introduction of modern art to America] 1913 February 4, 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax [image, notes and transcription] 1913 March 5, "Debs on IWW: A Letter to William English Walling from Eugene V. Debs in Terre Haute, Indiana [.pdf file] 1913 April 4, Woodrow Wilson, "First Inaugural Address" [image and text] 1913 April 8, 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators [image, notes and transcription] 1913, Keating-Owen Child Labor Act [image, notes and transcription] 1913, Kansas Penitentiary 1913, Woodrow Wilson, Monopoly or Opportunity? 1913, The Ludlow Massacre 1913 April 20, "The Ludlow Massacre", discussed by Howard Zinn 1913, Federal Reserve Act December 23 1914, The National Debt was $2, 912, 499, 269.16 1914, U.S. Army Order of Battle 1914-1918, Maps of World War I 1914 March, "Jesus, the Supreme Leader," by Eugene V. Debs [.pdf file] 1914 April 20, President Wilson's Message to Congress Concerning the Tampico Incident 1914, May, Colonel House's Report to President Wilson President 1914 August 19, Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality 1914 September 19, The US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels 1914, September 26, Establishment of the Federal Trade Commission 1914, Clayton Anti-Trust Act October 15, 1914 November 13, Letter Concerning William Jennings Bryan's Opinion of the Great War 1914 December Brougham's Memorandum of Interview with President Wilson 1914-1915, U.S. Protests Against Maritime Warfare 1914, U.S. Army Order of Battle 1914-1915, Development of U.S. Neutrality Policy 1914-1915, U.S. Policy on War Loans to Belligerents 1915, $8.58 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1915, The National Debt was $$3, 058, 136, 873.16 1915, "Joe Hill's Last Will" - A Hero and Martyr of the I.W.W. [song: text and audio] 1915-1918, U.S. Naval Losses in the First World War 1917-1918, U. S. Navy Ships Sunk or Damaged by Enemy Torpedo, Bombs, or Gunfire 1918-1919, U. S. Navy Ships Sunk or Seriously Damaged by Enemy Mines 1919, U. S. Naval Vessels Sunk Or Damaged In Northern Mine Barrage 1915-1918, Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged during World War I 1915-1918, Ships Sunk by German Raiders 1915-1918, Ships Sunk or Damaged by Enemy Torpedo, Gunfire, or Bombs 1915-1918, Ships Sunk or Seriously Damaged from Miscellaneous Causes 1915-1918, Ships Mined 1915 January 22, Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sir Edward Grey 1917 February 3, President Wilson's Speech to Congress Regarding Unrestricted U-Boat Warfare 1915 February 10, Wilson's First Warning to the Germans 1915 February 8 and 11-1916 February 22, The House-Grey Memorandum 1915 April 4, Woodrow Wilson Speaks on the rights of the American Indians [audio. Click on "Listen" 1.2 minutes] 1915 April 28, William Jennings Bryan, American Protest Over the Sinking of the Lusitania 1915 May 10, "America Must Be a Special Example," 1915 May 7, Captain Walter Schwieger, �The Sinking of the Lusitania� 1915 May 13, Wilson's First Lusitania Note to Germany 1915 July 21, Wilson's Protest to the Germans 1915 August 26, Wilson's Change of Attitude on War Loans 1915, Kate Richards O'Hare, I Denounce, March from the The National Rip-Saw 1915, Felix Adler, The World Crisis and Its Meaning 1916, $9.37 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1916, The National Debt was $3, 609, 244, 262.16 1916, WORDS to The Roses of Picardy [a famous war-time ballad] 1916 February 19, Eugene V. Debs, " The Prospect for Peace" in American Socialist 1916 April 19, Wilson on the Sussex Case Housekeeping, by Elizabeth Hale Gilman 1916, Carrie Chapman Catt, "The Crisis" [text] 1916, Houston Railway vs. United States [Challenge to Congress' power to control interstate commerce] 1916 November 26, "Manifesto of the Socialist Propaganda League of America" [.pdf file] 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education : an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education [The Father of "Modern Education"] The Election of 1916 1916, Democratic Party Platform 1916, Republican Party Platform 1916 November, Results of the General Election Return to the top of the page 1917 1917 , $11.30 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1917, The National Debt was $5, 717, 770, 279.52 1917, Map: Seattle WA 1917, Map: Los Angeles CA [Downtown] 1917, Map: New York City NY 1917, William F. Cody, Life and Adventures of "Buffalo Bill" 1917 January 18, The Zimmermann Telegram [image, notes and transcription] 1917 January 19, The Zimmerman Note to the German Minister to Mexico 1917 January 22, Address of the President of the United States to the Senate 1917, Woodrow Wilson, Second Inaugural Address 1917 March 20, Telegram from the American Consulate General in Petrograd to the U.S. Secretary of State 1917 March 20, Lansing's Memorandum of the US Cabinet Meeting 1917 April 2, Wilson's War Message to Congress 1917 April 3, President Woodrow Wilson, Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Germany [image, notes and transcription]] 1917 April 4, Senator Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War 1917, James Ford Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861 1865 [Summary by the Outstanding Historian of His Day] 1917 April 6, Declaration Of War Against Germany 1917-1918, Emmett J. Scott, The American Negro in the World War 1917-1918, Paul B. Hendrickson, The Letters, Diary, Postcards and Pictures of a World War I Soldier, [U.S. 33rd Division.] 1917 April 15, "Do Your Bit For America" 1917 April 12, Socialists Denounce U.S. Entry Into War from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1917 May 9 - 1918, The Case of "Big Bill" Haywood, Labor Organizer and Leader of the IWW 1916 December 3, Decision of the Supreme Court Regarding the Appeal of William Haywood [holding that Haywood had no constitutional right to argue against his forcible extradition to Idaho] 1917 June 6, Testimony of Harry Orchar testifies about Murders in Idaho, from the New York Times 1917 July, Excerpts from the State's Summation in the Haywood Trial 1917 July, Excerpts from Clarence Darrow's Summation in the Haywood Trial 1917 July 9, "Address to the Jury" [image and text] 1917 April-1919 January, Jack Morris Wright, A Poet of the Air. Letters of Jack Morris Wright, First Lieutenant of the American Aviation in France, 1917 October 6, Robert La Follette, "Free Speech in Wartime" [image and image] 1917 November 4, Carrie Chapman Catt, "A Speech Before Congress" [image and text] 1917-1918, US Troops Transported 1917 November-1918 January, Marine Flyer in France. The Diary of Captain Alfred A. Cunningham 1917, Constitution of the Socialist Party of America [.pdf file] 1918-1919, Reeder Miller, Letters Written While on Duty with the American Expeditionary Forces France During the Great War 1918, $13.74 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1918, The National Debt was $14, 592, 161, 414.00 1918 January 8, President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points 1918 March, Eugene V. Debs, "Marx and Young People," 1918 March 21, U.S. Railway Control Act 1918 May 16, The U.S. Sedition Act 1918 May-June, The Allied Appeal for Rapid American Assistance [Allies' intervention in Russian civil war] 1918 June 6, Leutnant von Buy, German Interrogation Officer, "Assessment of the US 2nd Division" [.pdf file] 1918 June 6, Report of Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Wise, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, on the Battle of Belleau Wood [.pdf file] 1918 June 11, Report of Brigadier-General James G. Harbord, 4th Marine Brigade, on the Battle of Belleau Wood [.pdf file] 1918 June 9-10, Americans Take Belleau Wood 1918 June 16, Eugene V. Debs, Speech Against the War [text] 1918 June 13, Report of Colonel Walter S. Grant, AEF, on the Battle of Belleau Wood [.pdf file] 1918 July 17, U.S. Participation in the Archangel Expedition 1918 July 31, Liberty Defense Union Letter 1918 July 31, Liberty Defense Union Letter 1918 November 4, Colonel Edward House, Interpretation of President Wilson's Fourteen Points 1918 November 5, The Allies' Conditional Acceptance of the Fourteen Points 1918 November 9-11, The New York Times Reports the End of the War 1918 November 10, The Allies' Armistice Demands 1918 November 11. Col. Thomas Gowenlock, 1st Division, A.E.F., "Armistice - The End of World War" 1918, The Espionage Act of 1918 World War I Document Archive WWI Resources Centre Words to Caissons Go Rolling Along And music [to the song of the United States Field Artillery] 1918 December-1919 February, "A View of the Trial," by Adolph Germer [.pdf file] 1919, The National Debt was $27, 390, 970, 113.12 1919, $15.78 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1919 January 8, "A New Appeal," by John Reed [scroll down. Downloadable .pdf file> 1919 January 8, "The Situation in Ohio," by Eugene V. Debs [.pdf file] 1919 January 18, Signing of the Treaty of Versailles 1919 January 21, "A View of the Trial," by Adolph Germer [scroll down. Downloadable .pdf file> 1919 February 4, Anna Louise Strong, "No One Knows Where" 1919 February 12, "The End of War," by C.E. Ruthenberg [.pdf file] 1919, The Voice of Tom Mooney [scroll down and click to activate this audio file] 1919, Abrams v, United States [On what bases can Government legitimately restrict freedom of expression ] 1919 June: The Versailles Treaty, Complete Text Articles 1, 30 and Annex. The Covenant of the League of Nations Articles 31, 117, Political Clauses for Europe and Annexes Articles 118-158. German Rights and Interests Outside Germany Articles 159-213, Military, Naval and Air Clauses Articles 214-226. Prisoners of War and Graves. Articles 227-230. Penalties Articles 231-247 and Annexes. Reparations Articles 248-263. Financial Clauses Articles 264-312. Economic Clauses 1919 June, Peace Treaty of Versailles. Articles 313-320. Aerial Navigation 1919, June; Peace Treaty of Versailles. Articles 321-386. Ports, Waterways and Railways 1919, June; Peace Treaty of Versailles. Articles 387-399. Labour Articles 400-427 and Annex. Procedure Articles 428-433. Guarantees. Articles 434-440 and Annex. Miscellaneous Provisions 1919 May, "Debs Goes to Prison," by David Karsner< 1919 August 26, "The Communist Party of America," by Nicholas I. Hourwich [Gurvich] [.pdf] 1919- Justice Holmes Delivers the Majority Opinion in Schenk v. United States [Limitation of Freedom of Speech] 1919, President Thomas Woodrow Wilson awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1919 July 25, President Woodrow Wilson's Address In Favour of the League of Nations 1919 August 12, Henry Cabot Lodge, Against the League of Nations 1919 August 25, US Peace Treaty with Germany 1919 September 25, Woodrow Wilson, "Final Address in Support of the League of Nations" [image and text;] 1919 October 2, Ike Hoover, "President Wilson Suffers a Stroke" 1919 November, Reservations Drawn up by Republican Senators To the Treaty of Peace with Germany 1919, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary 1919 December 6, Arnold Petersen, "Whippersnapper or Agent-Provocateur?" [.pdf file] 1919 (1991 November), Testimony before the 102nd US Congress, concerning the AEF experience in Russia 1919 December, Woodrow Wilson, The Nobel Peace Prize, Acceptance Speech Return to the top of the page 1920 WWW-VL: US 1920s History 1920, $18.28 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1920, The National Debt was $25, 952, 456, 406.16 1920, The Population of the United States Was 106,021,537 1920's, Aimee Semple McPherson: "The Baptism of the Holy Spirit" 1920-1935, Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), "Quotes" [One of the most pungent critics of American social and political life in the 1920's and 1930's.] 1920, Margaret Sanger, Woman and the New Race. [Founder of Planned Parenthood and Advocate of Women's Rights] 1920, Crystal Eastman, "‘Now We Can Begin': What's Next?" [image and text] 1920, March, Frederick Jackson Turner, The Frontier In American History 1920, The Perry Home Cook Book [American Midwest cooking before cholesterol] 1920 August 18, 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote [image, notes and transcription] 1920 September 11 - 1927 August 3, The Tral of Sacc and Vanzetti The Sacco-Vanzetti Case: An Account, by Douglas Linder 1927 April 9, Speeches by Sacco and Vanzetti to the Court at the Time of Sentencing Petitions, Reports, and Appellate Court and Clemency Decisions 1921-1927, Sacco and Vanzetti's Letters From Prison> Excerpts from the Trial Records Summary of the Evidence Presented 1920 September, Samuel Bryan discusses Mexican Immigration into the United States 1919-1921, The Black Sox Scandal and Trial �The Black Sox Trial: An Account, � by Douglas Linder (c) 2001 Game Performance 1919 World Series, Game by Game 1919, The Chicago Black Sox: Player Statistics Statements and Court Records 1920 September 28, Joe Jackson's Statement ("Confession") Before the Grand Jury [.pdf file] 1920 September, Statement of Claude "Lefty" Williams 1920 October, Criminal Subpoena for Joe Jackson 1921 February, Petition of George "Buck" Weaver and Joe Jackson (arguing their innocence) The Grand Jury Hearing 1921 February, People vs Edward Cicotte, et al.: Bill of Particulars 1921 March, Indictment and Bill of Particulars in People of Illinois vs Cicotte 1921 March, True Bill The Trial 1921 July, Trial Testimony 1921 August, Trial Summation 1921 August, Signed Verdict Form for Gandil 1920 September 11 - 1927 August 3, The Sacco-Vanzetti Case: An Account, by Douglas Linder � Excerpts from the Trial Records Summary of the Evidence Presented Excerpts from the Trial Records Summary of the Evidence Presented 1921-1927, Sacco and Vanzetti's Letters From Prison> 1920 October 15, "Radicalism in America," by Morris Hillquit [.pdf file] 1920, John Dos Passos, One Man's Initiation: 1917 1920, League of Nations Treaty Election of 1920 1920, Democratic Party Platform 1920, Republican Party Platform 1920 November, Results of the General Election Administration of Warren Harding, 1921-1923 1921- Warren G. Harding, Inaugural Address 1921, The National Debt was $23, 977, 450, 552.54 1921 January 15, Letter from Arnold Petersen to N. Lenin [.pdf file] 1921 May 1, "William D. Haywood, Communist Ambassador to Russia," by David Karsner [.pdf file] 1921 May 1 - June 1, Race Riot in Tulsa, 1921 August 24, US Peace Treaty with Austria August 29, US Peace Treaty with Hungary 1921 November 18, Margaret Higgins Sanger, "The Morality of Birth Control" [image and text] 1922, The National Debt was $22, 963, 381, 708.31 1922 October 2, "Review and Personal Statement, " by Eugene V. Debs [.pdf file] Administration of Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 1922 February 4, Washington Conference Establishing a Commission of Jurists to Consider Laws of War 1922 February 6, Washington Treaty in Relation to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare 1923, The National Debt was $22, 349, 707, 365.36 1923, The State of Tennessee v. John Scopes "State v. John Scopes ("The Monkey Trial")" by Douglas Linder (c) 2002 Excerpts from Scopes Trial Transcript "Impressions of the Scopes Trial ", by Marcel Haldeman-Julius "The Monkey Trial: A Reporter's Account," by H.L. Mencken Appellate Court Decisions Smithsonian Institution Archives: Scopes Trial Photos A Resource Guide to The State of Tennessee V. John Thomas Scopes, by Lawrence D. Maclachlan (March, 1997) State v. Scopes: Trial Excerpts 1923 August 2, Calvin Coolidge, "Coolidge Becomes President" 1923 December 7, Margaret Mead, Letter to her grandmother, Martha Ramsay Mead, discussing her decision to retain her maiden name 1924, The National Debt was $21, 250, 812, 989.49 1924 September, Clarence Seward Darrow, "Mercy for Leopold and Loeb" [image and text; .pdf and audio files] Election of 1924 1924, Democratic Party Platform 1924, Republican Party Platform 1924, Progressive Party Platform 1924 November, Results of the General Election 1925 , $15.99 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1925- Calvin Coolidge, Inaugural Address 1925, Vice-President Charles Gates Dawes awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1925 March, Margaret Sanger, "The Children's Era" [image and text] 1925, The National Debt was $20, 516, 193, 887.90 1925 July 20, Clarence Darrow Questions William Jennings Bryan 1925 August 1, Joseph Brandon, "The Workers Party vs. The Socialist Labor Party" [.pdf file] 1925 December, Charles G. Dawes, The Nobel Peace Prize, Acceptance Speech 1926, The National Debt was $19, 643, 216, 315.19 1926, The Philadelphia World's Fair: "The Sesqui-centennial Exposition" 1926, James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man 1927 March 5, Bertrand Russel: "Why I am Not a Christian" 1926 October 2, "A Tribute to Debs," by Morris Hillquit [.pdf file] 1927 May 20, Charles Lindbergh, "First Solo Flight Across the Atlantic" 1927, Charles Lindbergh Speaks After his Historic Flight 1927, The National Debt was $18, 511, 906, 931.85 1927, Whitney v. California [Protection of women (but not men) in the workplace] 1928, The National Debt was $17, 604, 293, 201.43 1928, April, Eleanor Roosevelt, "Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do." 1928 April 30, "Casey Jones" - About a Wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad [song: text and audio] 1928, Calvin Coolidge Speaks on "Equal Rights" [audio. Click on "Listen" 3.6 minutes] 1928, Calvin Coolidge Speaks on the Cost of Government [audio. Click on "Listen" 2.3 minutes] 1928 August 27, Treaty Providing for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy (Kellogg-Briand Pact) 1928, Congressman John Box, in Favor of Restrictions on Mexican Immigration 1928 December 21, Boulder Canyon Project Act [image, notes and transcription] Election of 1928 1928, Democratic Party Platform 1928, Republican Party Platform 1928 November, Results of the General Election 1928 December 21, Boulder Canyon Project Act [image, notes and transcription] Administration of Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 Herbert Hoover Library 1929, March 4 Herbert Hoover, Inaugural Address 1928, The National Debt was $17, 604, 293, 201.43 1929-1941, Photographs of the Great Depression 1929, Former Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1929, The National Debt was $16, 931, 088, 484.10 1929 December 10, Frank B. Kellogg, The Nobel Peace Prize, Acceptance Speech Return to the top of the page 1930 WWW-VL: US 1930s History 1930 , $15.24 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1930, The National Debt was $16, 185, 309, 831.43 1930, The Population of the United States Was 123,202,624 1930, April, Eleanor Roosevelt, " Good Citizenship: The Purpose of Education" 1930 December 12, Sinclair Lewis, The Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Lecture 1931, Frederick Lewis Allen Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's [as revised, covers the years 1919-1933] 1931, Jane Addams, The Nobel Peace Prize, Biography 1931, Nicholas Murray Butler, The Nobel Peace Prize, Biography 1931, The National Debt was $16, 801, 281, 491.71 1931, Near v. Minnesota [Affirming that state as well as the Federal are restricted by the Bill of Rights] 1931 February 18, Franklin D. Roosevelt, " A Program of Assistance for the Crippled" 1931 May, Evalyn Walsh McLean , "The Bonus Army March Reaches Washington, D.C." 1931, December, F.D.R., "The Challenge of the Depression" 1932, March, Eleanor Roosevelt, " What Ten Million Women Want" 1932, 2 July, FDR's Nomination Address 1932, 21 September, FDR, The Portland Speech "Utilities Hydro-Electric Power" Administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 1933, 4 March, Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural (text) 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt. First Inaugural [Audio - RealPlayer] 1933, The National Recovery Act. 1933 May 7, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "Outlining the New Deal Program" 1933 May 18, Tennessee Valley Authority Act [image, notes and transcription] 1933 June 16, National Industrial Recovery Act [image, notes and transcription] 1935 July 5, National Labor Relations Act [image, notes and transcription] 1933 July 24, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program" 1935 August 14, Social Security Act [image, notes and transcription] 1933, The National Recovery Act (NRA) 1933 October 10, Anti-war Treaty of Non-aggression and Conciliation (Saavedra Lamas Treaty) 1933 October 22, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On the Currency Situation" 1933, 25 October, Cael M. Mydans, "Why Ford Workers Strike" 1933, 30 October, Mauritz A. Hallgrin, "The Right to Strike" 1934 February 5, Senator Huey P. Long, D-LA, "A Speech to the American People." [advocate of radical reform] 1934 June 28, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "Review of the Achievements of the Seventy-third Congress" 1934 June 29, Creation of the First National Labor Relations Board. Executive Order No. 6763. 1934, September 30. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Greater Security" 1934, November 11, Father Charles Coughlin, The National Union For Social Justice 1935, Eleanor Roosevelt, "Women and the Vote" 1935, The Social Security Act, with a Compilation of the Social Security Laws 1935 April 28, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On the Works Relief Program" A.L.A. Schecter Poultry Corporation v. United States [Declared unconstitutional the National Recovery Act] 1935, December 12, Eleanor Roosevelt, "The Negro and Social Change" 1936 January 8, Josephine Herbst, The German Underground War [Anti-Nazi Feeling Rises] 1936: WPA Workers' Handbook 1936, January 15, "The Supreme Court Swings the Ax" [Editorial from The Nation 1936, March, Edwin Embree, "Southern Farm Tenancy" 1936, May 8, Abstract of Conversation with Mr. John Maynard Keynes 1936, "A Migrant Mother" [Illustrating the plight of migrants during the Dust Bowl] 1936, August 27, Report of the Great Plains Drought Area Committee 1936 September 6, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On Drought Conditions" 1936 October 3 -Neville Chamberlain: Peace in Our Time 1936, November, John Dewey Authority and Freedom 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural (text) 1937-1945, Maps of the World War II in Asia and the Pacific 1937 October 12, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On Legislation to be Recommended to the Extraordinary Session of the Congress" 1937, March 19, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat n Reorganization of the Judiciary" [Audio, RealPlayer] 1937 October, Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Quarantine" Speech 1937 November 14, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On the Unemployment Census" 1938, April 14, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On Economic Conditions" 1938, Harlan Fiske Stone, "Carolene Products Footnote" 1939, June 24, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On Party Primaries" 1939-1945, Maps of World War II in Europe 1939, September 3, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fireside Chat, "On the European War" Return to the top of the page 1940 WWW-VL: US 1940s History WWW-VL: History: World War Two History 1940 , $12.80 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1940, The National Debt was $42, 967, 531, 037.68 1940, The Population of the United States Was 132,164,569 1940, "Lili Marlene" - Favorite Song of Both Allies and Germans in the Second World War [song: text and audio] Lili Marlene (German) 1940-1950, Abbott & Costello: Who's on First Audio mp3 of Act [a famous comedy routine of the period] 1940 May 26, FDR Fireside Chat, "On National Defense" 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address at Charlottesville [Pledging aid to England] 1940 1 December, "Back of the Yards," Kathryn Close [Chicago slums and ethnic neighborhoods] 1940, December 29, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Arsenal of Democracy" 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Third Inaugural 1941 January 6, FDR's "Four Freedoms" Speech 1941 January 10, Lend-Lease Act [image, notes and transcription] The Reuben James, Words And Music 1941, Atlantic Charter, August 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Third Inaugural 1940, September 29, FDR Fireside Chat, On National Security" 1941 May 27, FDR Fireside Chat,"Announcing Unlimited National Emergency" 1941 June 25, Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry [image, notes and transcription] 1941 September 11, FDR Fireside Chat, "On Maintaining Freedom of the Seas" 1941, December 9, FDR Fireside Chat, "On the Declaration of War with Japan" 1941, "Day of Infamy" Speech, 8 December (text) 1941, President Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan, 8 December [Audio, RealPlayer] 1942 February 19, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Japanese Relocation Order, Executive Order 9066 1942 February 19, Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese [image, notes and transcription] 1942, The Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth defends Young Mexicans arrested in Los Angeles 1942, Juanita Garcia, a migratory farm worker in California, testifying before a Congressional Committee 1942 February 23, FDR Fireside Chat, "On Progress of the War" 1942 February 28, Anglo-American Mutual Aid Agreement 1942 April 28, FDR Fireside Chat, "On Our National Economic Policy" 1942 September 7, FDR Fireside Chat, "On Inflation and Progress of the War" 1942 October 12, FDR Fireside Chat, "Report on the Home Front" 1943 May 2, FDR Fireside Chat, "On the Coal Crisis" 1943 July 28, FDR Fireside Chat, "On Progress of War and Plans for Peace" 1943 September 8, FDR Fireside Chat, "Opening Third War Loan Drive" 1943, Report of the Governor's Citizen's Committee Report on Los Angeles "Zoot Suits" Riots 1943 December 24, FDR Fireside Chat, "On Teheran and Cairo Conferences" Lili Marlene (German) Lili Marlene (English) and Melody 1944 January 11, FDR, "State of the Union Message to Congress" 1944 June 5, FDR Fireside Chat, "On the Fall of Rome" 1944 June 6, General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day [image, notes and transcription] 1944 June 12, FDR Fireside Chat, "Opening Fifth War Loan Drive" 1944 June 22, Servicemen's Readjustment Act [image, notes and transcription] 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) D-Day Message, June 6, General Order of the Day, Invasion of Normandy 1944, Campaign dinner address of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the Fala address) September 23 [Audio, RealPlayer 1944, Korematsu v. United States [Held that the relocation of American Citizens of Japanese descent to internment camps was acceptable due to the expediency of the times.] 1942 December 2, Manhattan Project Notebook [image, notes and transcription] 1945 March 13, Carlos E. Castaneda Testifies to a Congressional Committee on Discrimination Against Mexican American Workers in War Industries 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fourth Inaugural Speech 1945 June 26, United Nations Charter [image, notes and transcription] Constitution of the State of New Jersey 1945 September 2, Surrender of Japan [image, notes and transcription] 1945, Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1945, West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette [Whether Government can require actions contrary to religious scruples] Administration of Harry S Truman, 1945-1953 WWW-VL: History: The Cold War 1945 June 19, Harry Truman, "Thoughts Of A President" 1945 August 28, "Branch Rickey Discusses the Coming Difficulties with Jackie Robinson 1945 November 19, President Harry Truman, Address to Congreass Proposing National Health Insurance 1946 February 18, Mendez et al. v. Westminster School District [Marked the end of segregation of Mexican-American students] 1946, Emily Greene Balch awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1947 June 5, George C. Marshall. Commencement address, Harvard University [The "Marshall Plan" - Audio, RealPlayer] 1947 June 23. Passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, properly known as Labor-Management Relations Act, and popularly as the Right to Work Law passed by Congress A Veteran of the Wrong War [many American volunteers who fought against the Nazis and Italians in Spain, 1936-1939, were treated as Communists rather than heroes] 1946, Emily Greene Balch awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1946, John Raleigh Mott awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1947, The American Friends Service Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1948 April 30, American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota) 1949, NATO Defense Treaty 1949, Harry S. Truman, Inaugural Address 1949, William Faulkner awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Return to the top of the page 1950 WWW-VL: US 1950s History 1950, $21.97 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1950, The National Debt was $257, 357, 352, 351.04 1950, The Population of the United States Was 151,325,798 1950 June 1, Margaret Chase Smith, "Declaration of Conscience" [image and text] 1950, Harvard University Professor, Ralph Bunche awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1950 December 10, William Faulkner, The Nobel Prize in Literature, Banquet Speech 1950-1954, Maps of the Korean War 1951, $23.70 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1951, The National Debt was $255, 221, 976, 814.93 1950-1954, Maps of the Korean War 1951, Defense of Greenland: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, April 27 1951, Defense of Iceland: Agreement Between the United States and the Republic of Iceland, May 5 1951, Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines; August 30 1951, Security Treaty Between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand (ANZUS); September 1 1951, Military Facilities in the Azores: Agreement Between Portugal and the United States, September 6 1951, Recall of Gen. Douglas MacArthur 1951, Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan; September 1951, Report of the President's Commission on Migratory Labor 1951 November 14, Military Assistance Agreement Between the United States and Yugoslavia 1952 September 23, Richard M. Nixon, Television Address [The "Checkers" speech] 1952, George Stith, an agricultural Worker, Describing the Importation of Mexican Immigrant Laborers into Arkansas 1952, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer [Even in wartime, the President must observe Constitutional limitations on his powers] Administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Inaugural 1953, Mohammad Mosaddeq and the Coup in Iran 1953, The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup, 1953 [documentary collection of The National Security Archive 1953, Military Facilities in Spain: Agreement Between the United States and Spain, September 26 1953, Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea; October 1 1953, American GI Forum of Texas and Texas State Federation of Labor Speak Out Against the Importation of Mexican Workers (The "Bracero" Program) 1953, American GI Forum of Texas and Texas State Federation of Labor Speak Out Against the Importation of Mexican Workers (The "Bracero" Program) 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower, "State of the Union" 1954, Former Secretary of State George Cattlett Marshall awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1954 July 20, Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam 1954, 8 September Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (Manila Pact 1954 Protocol to the Manila Pact, September 8 1954 Pacific Charter, September 8 1954 Joint United States-Chinese Statement; December 1 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of China; December 2 1954 Exchange of Notes Between the Secretary of State and the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, December 10 1954, Senate Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al. [end of "Separate but Equal" principle] 1954, Ernest Miller Hemingway awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower, "State of the Union" 1955, Presidential Libraries Act 1956, Dwight D. Eisenhower, "State of the Union" 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Second Inaugural Dwight D. Eisenhower, "State of the Union, 1957" 1958, Cooper v. Aaron [Established that desegregation should proceed with "all deliberate speed"] 1958, Map of the US Marine in Beirut International Relations. 1958-60, Volume X, Part 1, Eastern Europe Region; Soviet Union; Cyprus Dwight D. Eisenhower, "State of the Union, 1958" Dwight D. Eisenhower, "State of the Union, 1959" 1959 December 1, The Antarctic Treaty 1959, John F. Kennedy, Address to Southern Baptist Leaders 1960, Dwight D. Eisenhower, "State of the Union" Return to the top of the page 1960 WWW-VL: US 1960s History 1960, $27.03 had the same value as $100 would have in 1986 1960, The National Debt was $290, 216, 815, 241.68 1960, The Population of the United States Was 179,323,175 1960 September 12, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Houston Ministerial Association Speech [image and text; .pdf and audio files] Election of 1960 1960 September 27, Adlai Stevenson: Campaign Speech on Behalf of John F. Kennedy [audi included] 1960, Democratic Party Platform 1960, Republican Party Platform 1960 Richard M. Nixon, Accepting the Republican National Convention's Nomination as Candidate for the Presidency 1960 September 26, First John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon Debate [Video and transcript] 1960 November, Results of the General Election Administration of John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963 1961, John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Speech 1961, John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Speech, 20 January [Audio] 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address Foreign Relations Documents of the John F. Kennedy Administration 1961- Foreign Relations: Volume I, Vietnam 1962- Foreign Relations: Volume II, Vietnam Foreign Relations: Volume V, 1961-1963. Soviet Union Foreign Relations: Soviet Union Volume VI, Kennedy-Khruschchev Exchanges Foreign Relations: Volume IX, Foreign Economic Policy Foreign Relations: Volume X, Cuba 1961-1962 Foreign Relations: Volume XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath Foreign Relations: Volume XXII, Northeast Asia 1961 October, Cuban Missile Crisis [The Avalon Collection of documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis numbers 275, dated from October 1 1961 to January 26 1963. The first few of these follow:] 1961 October, List of Abbreviations 1961 October, List of Persons 1961 Octobeer 1, Briefing Paper 1961 October 2, Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Ball to President Kennedy 1961 October 2, National Security Action Memorandum No. 194. 1961 October 2, Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Taylor) 1961 October 2, Memorandum From the Director of Intelligence and Research (Hilsman) to the Under Secretary of State (Ball) 1961 October 2, Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Kennedy 1962, John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis: October 18 [Audio - RealPlayer] 1962, John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis: October 19 [Audio - RealPlayer] 1962, John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis: October 23, Part 1[Audio, RealPlayer] 1962, John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis: October 23, Part 2[Audio, RealPlayer] 1962, Port Huron Statement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 1962, Linus Carl Pauling, California Institute of Technology awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1962, John Steinbeck awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1962, Engel v. Vitale [banning mandatory school prayer] Administration of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969 1962-Marilyn Monroe WWW-VL: United States History: African-American History 1963-Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream" Speech 1963-Robert C. Weaver, "The Negro as American" 1963-Gideon v. Wainwright [Supreme Court Decision establishing the defendant's right to counsel] 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson, "The American Promise" 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1964-George C. Wallace, &The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax& Barry Goldwater's Acceptance of the 1964 Republican Presidential Nomination October 27, 1964- Ronald Reagan, Address on Behalf of Senator Barry Goldwater. "Rendezvous with Destiny" 1964 New York Times Company v. Sullivan [to be actionable, media reports must be published maliciously and with reckless disregard for truth] Foreign Relations Documents Of the Johnson Administration Foreign Relations Documents: Volume I, Vietnam, 1964 1965 April 30, Maps of the Evacuation of the Dominican Republic Foreign Relations Documents: Volume II, Vietnam, January through June 1965 Foreign Relations Documents: Volume IV, Vietnam, 1966 Foreign Relations Documents: Volume VIII, International Monetary and Trade Policy Foreign Relations Documents: Volume XI, Arms Control and Disarmament Foreign Relations Documents: Volume XIII, Western Europe Region Foreign Relations Documents: Volume XV, Germany and Berlin Foreign Relations Documents: Volume XVII, Eastern Europe Foreign Relations Documents: Volume XVIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1964-67 Foreign Relations Documents: Volume XXI, Near East Region; Arabian Peninsula Foreign Relations Documents: Volume XXII, Iran Lyndon B. Johnson, Inaugural Speech (1965) 1966, Miranda v. Arizona [right of accused to legal counsel] Regents of the University of California v. Bakke [test of affirmative action] 1963-1968, Lyndon B. Johnson's White House Tapes 1965 -We Shall Overcome, Lyndon Johnson, March 15, 1965 1965 March, Daniel Moynihan, The Negro Family: The Case For National Action 1964, Reynolds v. Sims [Required enforcement of the doctrine of "One Man, One Vote"] 1966, National Organization of Women (NOW), "Statement of Purpose" 1967, Clyde Warrior, "We Are Not Free" 1968 March 16, Robert Kennedy, Announcement of Candidacy for Presidency 1968, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 1968 April 22 Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and of Objects Launched into Outer Space 1969, Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers Administration of Richard Nixon, 1969-1974 1969, Richard M. Nixon, First Inaugural Speech. Return to the top of the page 1970 WWW-VL: US 1970s History 1970, The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970 Jan 1, The National Environmental Policy Act 1971, The Tilt: The U.S. and the South Asian Crisis [documentary collection of The National Security Archive 1971-1973, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam 1971, New York Times Co. v. United States ["The Pentagon Papers" decision regarding freedom of the Press] 1972, Roe v. Wade [Majority opinion in landmark decision on choice and abortion] 1970, Clean Air Act Clean Water Act 1972, History and text of The Federal Water Pollution Control Act ["the Clean Water Act", .pdf file format] 1972, Endangered Species Act VIETNAM 1961, December 14, Letter from President Kennedy to President Diem. 1964, August 5. The Tonkin Gulf Incident: President Johnson's Message to Congress, 1964, August 5. Tonkin Gulf Resolution Vietnam Vets Against the War Statement (Kerry) 1969, Richard M. Nixon, First Inaugural Speech 1972, WATERGATE - Excerpts From the Nixon White House Tapes 1972 June 23, WATERGATE - Richard M. Nixon and H. R. Haldeman. Conversation at the White House [The "Smoking Gun" tape] 1973, Richard M. Nixon, Second Inaugural Speech 1973 January 23, Richard M. Nixon, Peace With Honor, 1973 March 17, WATERGATE - tapes: President Richard M. Nixon counsels Dean on possible testimony. [Audio, Real Player] 1973, WATERGATE - Richard M. Nixon. First Watergate Speech 1973 March 20, WATERGATE - tapes: President Richard M. Nixon Watergate tapes. Haldeman tries to convince the President he will survive this crisis. [Audio, Real Player 1973 March 21, WATERGATE - tapes: President Richard M. Nixon Watergate tapes. Dean advises the President about Hunt's involvement; attempt to shield the President from any wrong-doing. [Audio, Real Player 1973 August 13, WATERGATE - Richard M. Nixon, Second Watergate Speech. 1973 September 11, Chile: "The State and Revolution," by Tom Lewis from the International Socialist Review, Winter 1999 1973 September 11, US Role in Military Coup-d'Etatt in Chile [documentary collection of The National Security Archive 1973 October 10, "Paying Off a Vice President" [Relating to the resignation of Spiro Agnew as Vice-President of the United States] 1973, November 7. War Powers Act, 1973, The Endangered Species Act 1974 August 8, WATERGATE - Richard M. Nixon, Resignation Speech 1974 August 10, WATERGATE - Richard M. Nixon, Farewell Address to his Staff. 1974 July 24, WATERGATE - United States v. Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, et al. [required the President to surrender secretly recorded conversations] 1974, July 27, WATERGATE - Articles of Impeachment. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. Administration of Gerald Ford, 1974-1977 1974, August 9, Gerald R. Ford's Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President. 1974. September 8, President Gerald R. Ford's Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon. 1974, September 8, President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4311, Granting a Pardon to Richard Nixon. 1974, Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act 1976, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1976, Saul Bellow awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1976, Foreign Aid and Human Rights [Congress linking foreign aid to a country's respect for human rights] 1976 September 23, President Gerald Ford v. Jimmy Carter [Video and transcript] Administration of Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 Jimmy Carter, Inaugural Address (1977) 1977, Jimmy Carter, "Human Rights and Foreign Policy" [The President makes the promotion of human rights a goal of US foreign policy 1978, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke [Dealing with the question of "Reverse Discrimination"] 1978, Presidential Records Act 1978, Isaac Bashevis Singer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Return to the top of the page 1980 WWW-VL: US 1980s History 1980 September 21, Ronald Reagan v. John Anderson (President Carter absent) [Video and transcript] Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989 1981 January, Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address 1982 June 8, President Reagan: Speech to the British House of Commons (the "Evil Empire" speech) 1983 October 23, Map of the Invasion of Grenada 1984 October 07, Ronald Reagan v. Walter Mondale [Video and transcript] 1985 January, Ronald Reagan: Second Inaugural Address 1985 May 5, Ronald Reagan: Remarks at a Joint Military Ceremony at Bitburg Air Base, West Germany Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident Executive Summary, Independent Counsel's Report on the Iran-Contra Affair Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran-Contra Matters 1986, Presidential Libraries Act 1986, Sanctions Against South Africa 1988 September 25, Michael Dukakis v. George Bush [Video and transcript] Administration of George Bush, 1989-1993 1989 January, George Bush: Inaugural Address 1989 January 11, Ronald Reagan: Farewell Address 1989 December 20-January 30, Map of the Invasion of Panama Return to the top of the page 1990 WWW-VL: US 1990s History 1990, Clean Air Act as amended 1990 February 11, Nelson Mandela's speech upon release 1990 April, Milton Friedman: Letter to William Bennett Against the "War On Drugs" 1990 July 26, Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 August 1, Map of the First Gulf War 1990, Democracy and Foreign Policy [The spread of Democracy is to be an essential element of U.S. foreign policy] 1991, Civil Rights Act of 1991 1991, George Bush: State of the Union Speech 1991, George Bush: State of the Union Speech 1992, George Bush: State of the Union 1992 August � 1994 March, The Effort to Save Somalia 1992-1993 October, Map of Operations in Somalia 1992 October 11, George W. Bush v. Bill Clinton v. Ross Perot [Video and transcript] Administration of Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 1993 January, William J. Clinton II: Inaugural Speech 1994, March 21, US Vice President Al Gore, Information Superhighways Speech, International Telecommunications Union Meeting [commonly mis-referrenced as "Al Gore Invents the Internet"] 1993, Constitution of the State of Maine [Codification of 1883] 1994, The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda [documentary collection of The National Security Archive 1995 Apr 17, Executive Order 12958 1995, Operation Just Cause - Panama 1995 September 21, The Unabomber's Manifesto 1996, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 1996, Food Quality Protection Act 1996 October 02, Bob Dole v. Bill Clinton [Video and transcript] The National Debt was $ 5, 413, 146, 011, 397.34 1997 January, William J. Clinton II: Inaugural Speech 1997, Cesar Chavez discusses the origins of the National Farm Workers Union 1997, Operation Urgent Fury - Grenada 1997 December 10, Jody Williams, The Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Lecture 1998, The National Debt was $5, 526, 193, 008, 897.62 1998 February 26, Sidney Blumenthal, Assistant to President Bill Clinton, complains about Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr [Audio. Time: 1.8 min. the Vincent Voice Library] 1998, Independent Counsel's Report to the United States House of Representatives 1998, Baz Luhrmann, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" [A comic monologue] Windows Media Video of Address Audio mp3 of Track 1998-1999 Impeachment and Trial of President William J. 1998, Clinton II 1998, Documents on the Investigation of Charges 1999, The National Debt was $5, 656, 270, 901, 615.43 1999 January 7 to February 12, Senate Trial Transcripts 1998 January 13, White House Trial Memorandum 1999 January 19, William J. Clinton II, State of the Union Speech 1999 April 25, Al Gore: Columbine Memorial Speech 1998 December 19, Approved Articles of Impeachment 1999 February 12, Clinton Impeachment Articles Final Votes Senators' Final Statements by State 1999, Excerpts from Presidential Debates between Al Gore (Dem) and Gerge W. Bush (Rep) 1999 April 12, Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference" [image and text; .pdf and audio files] 1999, Maya Angelou, "On the Pulse of Morning" Return to the top of the page 2000 WWW-VL: US 2000s History 2000, $157.12 had the same value as $100 had in 1986 2000, The National Debt was $5, 674, 178, 209, 886.86 2000, The Population of the United States Was 281,421,906 Quality of U. S. Health Care System 2000, Healthy Life Expectancy by Country 2000, World Health Systems Attainment and Performance 2000, The World Health Organization's Ranking of the World's Health Systems 2000, Health Performance Rank by Country 2000, William J. Clinton. State of the Union 2000 May 1, Government Begins Reducing the National Debt 2000 September 27, Government Announces Record Budget Surplus 2000 December, Howard Zinn, "We've Had Class Warfare for a Very Long Time." from International Socialist Review, December 2000-January 2001 Election of 2000 2000, Democratic Party Platform 2000, Republican Party Platform 2000, October 11, Vice President Al Gore v. Governor George W. Bush [Video and transcript] 2000, October 11 2000, Excerpts from Presidential Debates between Al Gore (Dem) and George W. Bush (Rep) 2000 November, Results of the General Election 2000 December 12, Supreme Court of the United States: George Bush vs. Albert Gore Jr. Concurrence [ Rehnquist ] Dissent [ Stevens ] Dissent [ Souter ] Dissent [ Ginsburg ] Dissent [ Breyer 2000 December 11. Al Gore: 2000 Concession Speech [Audio Included] Administration of George W. Bush, 2001-2008 2001-George W. Bush Inaugural Speech 2001, The National Debt was $5, 807, 463, 412, 200.06 2001 September 11, Attack on America, A Collection of Documents 2001 September 20, George W. Bush: Speech to Congress 2001 October 8, Executive Order Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council 2001 October 24, Full Text of HR 3162 "The PATRIOT Act" [403 Kb] 2002, The National Debt was $6, 228, 235, 965, 597.16 2002-George W. Bush. State of the Union [The "Axis of Evil" Speech] 2002 December 10, Jimmy Carter, Nobel Laureate Lecture 2003, The National Debt was $6, 783, 231, 062, 743.62 2003, George W. Bush. State of the Union [Declaration of U.S. intentions toward Iraq] 2003, Colin Powell 2003 February, U.S. Secretary of State, Charges Against Iraq; Speech Before the United Nations Security Council 2003, The Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew Images of the Columbia 2003 February 1, NASA Statement on Loss of Communications with Columbia 2003 February 1, Statement By NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe 2003 March 17, George W. Bush, Address On Developments In Iraq Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction , National Security Archive, George Washington University 2003 May 1, George W. Bush, Address Announcing the End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq 2004 May 17, Bill Cosby: "The Importance of Education" [a serious talk by a famous comedian] Audio mp3 of Address The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Official Government Edition The Full Report (.pdf File, 2.3 Mb, 585 pp.) 2003 June 25, Embedded Reporter's Role In Army Unit's Actions Questioned by Military [from the Washington Post ] 2003 July 18, Tony Blair: Address Accepting U.S. Congressional Gold Medal 2004 July 29, Alexandra Kerry, Democratic National Convention Address Audio mp3 of Address 2004 July 29, Reverend Al Sharpton, Democratic National Convention Address Audio mp3 of Address 2004 August 26, Columbia Accident Investigation Board Releases Final Report 2004, 30 August- Rudolph Giuliani: 2004 Republican National Convention Address [audio MP-3 file included] 2004 September 11, George W. 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Bush; State of the Union 2005 May, Elizabeth Terzakis, "The New McCarthyism: The assault on civil liberties and academic freedom," from International Socialist Review, May-June 2005 2005 June 22, The Identity of Informant ("Deep Throat") Revealed [documentary collection of The National Security Archive] 2005 September 15, George Bush Discusses Hurricane Relief in Address to the Nation 2005 September, "Vigilantes at the Border: The New War on Immigrants," by Justin Akers. from International Socialist Review, September October 2005 2005 November 8, Constitution of the State of Texas 2005, Federal Disaster Declarations FEMA George Bush Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 2006 January 7, George Bush on the American Economy [Text and Audio] 2006 January 31, George W. Bush; State of the Union 2006, July 13, News Briefing with Major General Robert Durbin, Commander, Combined Security Transition Command, Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense 2006 September, A Higher Power; James Baker puts Bush's Iraq policy into rehab, By Robert Dreyfuss, The Washington Monthly 2006 September 7, Howard Zinn, "War Is Not A Solution For Terrorism" 2007, The Population of the United States Was 301,139,947 2007, Senator John Kerry, "Protecting Public Health" 2007 January, Barak Obama, "The Time Has Come For Universal Health Care In America" 2007 January 10, George W. Bush; Speech on Troop Levels In Iraq 2007 January 23, George W. Bush; State of the Union 2007 January, Proposal of the Physicians' Working Group for Single-Payer Health Insurance [.pdf file] 2007 February 28, {Single Payer is Labor's Only Clear Choice" [Published in Labor Notes] 2007 March 6, "Time to Fix Healthcare" [from The Nation] 2007 April 4, Iraq Report: “Civilians Without Protection” 2007 June 29, Miller Amendment Denies Funding for Bush Executive Order 2007, Al Gore, The Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Lecture 2007, Al Gore, The Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Lecture (video) 2007 September 24, Arnold Schwarzenegger: United Nations Speech on Climate Change Audio mp3 of Address 2008, The National Debt was $$9, 370, 020, 487, 674.78 2008 January 28, George W. Bush; State of the Union DiMaio v. Democratic National Committee Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2009- 2009, January 20, Barack H. Obama Inaugural Speech 2009, January 20, Barack H. Obama Inaugural Speech Video, whitehouse.org YouTube 2009, September 08, Barack Obama Address To America's Schoolchildren Menu of Classroom Activities, PreK - 6 [.pdf file] Menu of Classroom Activities, 7 - 12 [.pdf file] 2009, September 09, Barack H. Obama Address to Congress on Health Care Originally part of Carrie, The first full-text on-line library Also see EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe AMDOCS is maintained by George Laughead, manager WWW-VL: United States History, and Kansas History, and by Dr. Lynn H. Nelson, original author, WWW-VL: History, and the History Gateway at Kansas, established in 1993. Kansas Heritage Group founder Updated: 04 June 2010 WWW Virtual Library @ www.vlib.us (©2005-2010 George Laughead) AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History URL: http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/