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This Land: A History of the United States
Primary Sources:
1776-1812

1776 - Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams    Text

1776 - The Declaration of Independance    Text

1776 - Thomas Paine Common Sense   Text

1777 - The Articles of Confederation   Text

1778 - The Treaty of Paris   Text

1782 - J. Hector St. Johns de Crevecoeur Letters From an American Farmer
          Letter I - Introduction   Text
          Letter II - On The Situation, Feelings, and Pleasures, of an American Farmer   Text
          Letter III - What is An American   Text

1783 - Treaty of Paris   Text

1784 - The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone   Text

1787 - Benjamin Franklin's Speech at the Constitutional Convention   Text

1787 - Free African Society   Text

1787 - North West Order   Text

1787 - The United States Constitution   Text

1788 - The Authobiography of Benjamin Franklin   Text

1788 - The Federalist
           Federalist Papers 1-33   Text
           Federalist Papers 58-85   Text

1788 - Alexander Hamilton On the Adaption of the Constitution   Text

1789 - George Washington First Inaugural Address   Text

1790 - George Washington State of the Union   Text

1791 - Latter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson   Text

1791 - Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker   Text

1793 - Eli Whitney Patition for Cotton Gin Patent   Text

1793 - George Washington Second Inaugural Address   Text

1794 - The Slave Trade Act   Text

1795 - The Treaty of Greenville   Text

1796 - George Washington Farewell Address   Text

1798 - The Alien Enemies Act   Text

1798 - A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture Smith   Text

1798 - The Sedition Act   Text

1801 - Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address   Text

1803 - Thomas Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition   Text

1803 - Marbury vs.Madison   Text

1803 - Thomas Jefferson Messages to Congress on Louisiana Purchase   Text

1804 - William Shaler An American Describes California   Text

1805 - Thomas Jefferson Second Inauguration Address   Text

1806 - The Journals of Lewis and Clark   Text

1807 - The Slave Trade Abolished   Text

1808 - Absalom Jones Sermon on the Abolition of the Slave Trade   Text

1809 - James Madison First Inaugural Address   Text

1812 - Pedro Bautista Pino Describes Province of New Mexico   Text




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