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Rufus King. Substance of Two Speeches, Delivered in the Senate of the United Sta

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A Founding Father on the Missouri Compromise, 1819

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa joint resolution ratifying the 13th Amendment, March 30, 1866. (GLC02631)

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Ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment, 1866

President Abraham...

The Articles of Confederation, 1777 (GLC04759)

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The Articles of Confederation, 1777

A day after appointing a committee to write the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress named another...

Thomas Jefferson to David Howell, December 15, 1810. (GLC01027)

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Thomas Jefferson’s opposition to the Federalists, 1810

The Federalist Party evolved from the core of Federalists, like George Washington and Alexander...

Mary Todd Lincoln to James Orne, February 4, 1870. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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Mary Todd Lincoln on life after the White House, 1870

Mary Todd Lincoln’s years in the White House were a combination of triumph and tragedy. Never fully...

Proposed thirteenth amendment, April 30, 1861. (GLC09040p4)

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A proposed Thirteenth Amendment to prevent secession, 1861

In the wake of the presidential election of 1860 that...

Hamilton’s Report . . . on the Subject of Manufactures, Dec. 5, 1791. (GLC00891)

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Hamilton’s Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791

When George Washington...

“The Americanese wall - as Congressman [John Lawson] Burnett would build it ,” 1

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Immigration cartoon, 1916

This political cartoon...

George Washington to Henry Knox, April 1, 1789. (GLC02437.09419)

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The first inauguration: George Washington and his reluctance to become president, 1789

From 1787 to 1789, as the Constitution was submitted for ratification by the states,...

Edward Kennedy to Mr. Thursby, April 25, 1973 (GLC09526)

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The end of the Vietnam War: conscience, resistance, and reconciliation, 1973

Vietnam was “America’s longest war.” While US operations tended to be very limited between 1945 and 1964, escalation in the early...