Historic U.S. Documents

Historical Document Series in the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)

American Memory (Library of Congress)

American State Papers (UT Austin users)

The Avalon Project (Yale Law School)

Digital documents from the 18th century to recent, relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government

Bill of Rights (National Archives)

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

American State Papers 1789-1838
Annals of Congress 1789-1824
Congressional Globe 1833-1873
Congressional Record 1873-1877
Elliot's Debates 1787-1789
Farrand's Records 1787
House Bills 1799-1873
House Journal 1789-1875
Journal of the Continental Congress 1774-1789
Letters of Delegates to Congress 1774-1789
Maclay's Journal Navigator 1789-1791
Register of Debates 1824-1839
Senate Executive Journal 1789-1875
Senate Bills 1819-1873
Senate Joint Resolutions 1824-1873
Senate Journal 1789-1875
Serial Set - Selected Volumes 1833-1917
Statutes at Large 1789-1875


Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (University of Oklahoma Law Center)

Historic documents and speeches from pre-colonial times to the present

Constitution of the United States (Emory)

Searchable

Constitution of the United States (GPO)

With annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court through 2000

Constitution of the United States (National Archives)

Includes images of the original document

Declaration of Independence (National Archives)

Declassified Documents Online

Election 2004 Web Archive

Election 2002 Web Archive

Election 2000 Web Archive

Election 1996 Web Archive

Federalist Papers (Thomas)

Foreign Relations of the United States - Selected Documents (Avalon Project)

Foreign Relations of the United States - Online Volumes (Department of State)

Historical Document Series in PCL

Historic Documents (University of Michigan)

Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000 [pdf format]

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion

One Hundred Milestone Documents (National Archives)

Primary Documents in American History (Library of Congress)

Includes full text of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Federalist Papers and Early Congressional Documents

Public Papers of the Presidents 1991-2003

U.S. Congressional Serial Set UT Austin users

1817 - 1980, in progress. Full searchable text and images.

Words and Deeds in American History (Library of Congress)

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Web Harvest (National Archives)

The new home for archived versions of all Federal Agency web sites. The first "snapshot" of these sites was made in early January 2005. Note that some of the original site functions do not work, such as internal search forms.