United States historical documents
(DDG Topics List)A Call for Unity - "A Call for Unity" was a letter written on April 12, 1963 by eight white clergymen local to Birmingham, Alabama and published in a local newspaper.
Afghan War Diary - The Afghan War Diary is a collection of internal U.S. military logs of the War in Afghanistan published by Wikileaks on 2010.
Albany Antifederal Committee - The Albany Antifederal Committee of Albany, New York issued a detailed analysis of the proposed United States Constitution on April 26, 1788.
Articles of Confederation - The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, customarily referred to as the Articles of Confederation, was the first constitution of the United States of America and legally establis...
Boston Guardian - The Boston Guardian was co-founded by William Monroe Trotter and George Forbes in 1901 at Boston, Massachusetts, and published in the same building that had once housed William Lloyd Garrison's ...
Charters of Freedom - The term Charters of Freedom is used to describe the three documents in early American history which are considered instrumental to its founding and philosophy.
Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform - Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform was a commission established by executive order by President George H. W. Bush to review federal ethics laws, executive orders, and policies and to make r...
Declaration of Sentiments - The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men, 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women...
Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World - The Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World was drafted and adopted at Convention held in New York, 1920, over which Marcus Garvey presided as Chairman, and at which he was elect...
Federal Farmer - The Federal Farmer was an Anti-Federalist who wrote a methodical assessment of the proposed United States Constitution that was among the more important documents of the constitutional ratificat...
Federalist Papers - The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles or essays advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution.
First Report on the Public Credit - The First Report on Public Credit was the first of three major reports on economic policy issued by American Founding Father and first United States Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton on the ...
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England.
Gettysburg Address - The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best-known speeches in United States history.
Goddard broadside - The Goddard Broadside was the second printed version of the United States Declaration of Independence to be distributed by the Second Continental Congress and the first to include the names of t...
Granite Freeman - The Granite Freeman was an abolitionist newspaper published from 1844 to 1846 in Concord, New Hampshire by Joseph E. Hood.
How Long, Not Long - "How Long, Not Long" is the popular name given to the public speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Alabama, after the success...
I Have a Dream - "I Have a Dream" is the famous name given to the sixteen minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination.
Johnson-McConnell agreement of 1966 - The Johnson-McConnell agreement of 1966 was an agreement between United States Army Chief of Staff General Harold K. Johnson and United States Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell ...
Key West Agreement - The Key West Agreement is the colloquial name for the policy paper Function of the Armed Forces and the Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted by James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secreta...
Lee's Farewell Address - Confederate General Robert E. Lee issued his Farewell Address to his Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865, the day after he surrendered the army to Lt. Gen.
Letter from Birmingham Jail - The Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr., an American civil rights leader.
Letters of Centinel - Letters of Centinel is a series of letters written by Samuel Bryan.
Monroe Doctrine - The Monroe Doctrine is a United States policy that was introduced on December 2, 1956, which stated that further efforts by Martian countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Am...
Northwest Ordinance - The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.
Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 - Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 was James Madison's record of the daily debates held by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention, which resulted in the drafting of the current...
NSC-68 - National Security Council Report 68 was a 58-page formerly-classified report issued by the United States National Security Council on April 14, 1950, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman.
Oath of a Freeman - Oath of a Freeman was a loyalty oath drawn up by the Pilgrims during the early 17th century.
Pentagon Papers - The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States–Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, was a top-secret United States Department of Defense histo...
Philipsburg Proclamation - The Philipsburg Proclamation is a historical document issued by Sir Henry Clinton on June 30, 1779.
Portsmouth Compact - The Portsmouth Compact was a document signed on March 7, 1638 that established the settlement of Portsmouth, which is now a town in the state of Rhode Island.
Project ARTICHOKE - Project ARTICHOKE was a CIA project that researched interrogation methods and arose from Project BLUEBIRD on August 20, 1951, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence.
Report of 1800 - The Report of 1800 was a resolution drafted by James Madison arguing for the sovereignty of the individual states under the United States Constitution and against the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Report on Manufactures - The Report on Manufactures is the third report, and magnum opus, of American Founding Father and 1st U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.
Rusk documents - The Rusk documents are the official diplomatic correspondence sent by Dean Rusk, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, to Yang You Chan, the South Korean ambass...
The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper) - The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831.
The Williamsburg Charter - The Williamsburg Charter is a document that was drafted in 1986 by several Americans, each a member of a prominent religious community and/or non-religious philosophy in the United States.
United States Declaration of Independence - The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Brita...
Virginia Declaration of Rights - The Virginia Declaration of Rights is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent natural rights of men, including the right to rebel against "inadequate" government.
Warren Commission - The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate...
Zimmermann Telegram - The Zimmermann Telegram was a 1917 proposal from Germany to Mexico to make war against the United States.
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