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Works [edit]
Poetry [edit]
- Americanisation, poem by Author:Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- An American, poem by Author:Rudyard Kipling
Federal historical documents [edit]
- Mayflower Compact (1620)
- Navigation Acts (1651)
- East-Hampton Pattent of Thomas Dongan (1686)
- Albany Plan of Union (1754)
- Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists (1765)
- Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1765)
- Letter to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec (1774)
- Letter to the oppressed inhabitants of Canada (1775)
- Declaration of the causes and necessities of taking up arms (1775)
- The Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)
- Declaration of Rebellion (23 August 1775)
- Letter to the Inhabitants of the Province of Canada (1776)
- United States Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776)
- Treaty of Tripoli (7 June 1779)
- Memorial and Remonstrance (20 June 1785)
- Constitution of the United States of America (17 September 1787)
- The Federalist Papers, 1788
- Residence Act of 1790
- Appeal of the Cherokee Nation (1830)
- Treaty of Medicine Creek (1854)
- Know-Nothing Platform 1856
- Homestead Act (1862)
- Morrill Act (1862)
- Portal:Quantrill's Raid into Kansas (1863)
- Report of Col. Abel D. Streight (1864)
- Annexation Bill (1866)
- U.S. Patent 268503 (1882)
- Dawes Act (1887)
- Confederate Military History, Vol. III (Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, GA, 1899)
- Lodge Committee testimony from the New York Times (1902)
- The Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World (1920)
- Treaty of Peace between Germany and the United States of America (1921)
- Daniel Inouye's Medal of Honor Citation (1945)
- The Long Telegram (1946)
- Memo PPS23 by George Kennan (24 February 1948)
- Nathaniel Weyl testimony corroborating Alger Hiss as member of CPUSA secret apparatus (1953)
- Southern Manifesto (1956)
- Explanation and History of Venona Project Information (1956)
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- President's Daily Brief, June 9, 1967
- Alternative Materials for One Cent Coinage (Treasury Dept, 1973)
- Belmont Report (1979)
- Current Crisis in South Africa Desmond Tutu's testimony before U.S. Congress (1984)
- Report to the President for the White House Conference On Hate Crimes by the Metropolitan Community Churches (November 1, 1997)
- 1997 Special Investigation in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns
- Grand Jury indictment of Osama bin Laden (1998)
- August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Brief ("Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US")
- Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations (4 April 2003)
- 9/11 Commission Report (July 26, 2004)
- White House Press Releases:March 17 2005
- Hurricane Katrina state of emergency declaration (August 27, 2005)
Revolution & Independence [edit]
- Declaration of Independence & "Original Rough Draught" of the Declaration of Independence
- Treaty of Paris (1783), in which the United Kingdom recognizes the United States
Confederate documents [edit]
- Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States of America
- Constitution of the Confederate States of America
Federal Government of the United States [edit]
Executive Branch [edit]
United States Department of State [edit]
- Austria
- International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Austria
- International Religious Freedom Report 2005 - Austria
- International Religious Freedom Report 2004 - Austria
- International Religious Freedom Report 2003 - Austria
- International Religious Freedom Report 2002 - Austria
- International Religious Freedom Report 2000 - Austria
- International Religious Freedom Report 1999 - Austria
- Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report 2005 - Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report 2004 - Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report 2003 - Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report 2002 - Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report 2000 - Germany
- International Religious Freedom Report 1999 - Germany
- Albania
- India
- Israel
- Jerusalem 1500
- Jerusalem 3239
- Jerusalem A-19
- Letter to Ariel Sharon from George W. Bush supporting disengagement plan (14 April 2004)
United States National Security Council [edit]
United States Department of Justice [edit]
- Justice Department Memo on Torture
- Letter of Deputy Attorney General appointing Patrick Fitzgerald Special Counsel for investigating Plame leak (December 30, 2003)
- Letter of Deputy Attorney General clarifying powers of Special Counsel for investigating Plame leak (February 6, 2004)
- Memorandum of Deputy Attorney General delegating authority for investigating Plame leak (August 12, 2005)
FBI documents [edit]
- FBI Memo Morgan to Clegg, Janaury 14, 1947
- Memorandum for the Attorney General, January 27, 1947
- FBI Memorandum identifying Harry Dexter White as agent Jurist (1950)
- FBI Memo Brent to Hennrich, October 30, 1950
- Letter from William L. Borden to J. Edgar Hoover, November 7, 1953
- Explanation and History of Venona Project Information
- FBI Synopsis on "Operations of the MGB Residency at New York, 1944-45" (1957)
- Weather Underground Declaration of a State of War (May 20, 1970)
- A Review of Allegations of a Double Standard of Discipline at the FBI, 2002
United States Department of the Interior [edit]
National Monuments [edit]
- Dunes and Dreams: A History of White Sands National Monument - (Michael Welsh April 1995)
National Parks [edit]
United States Department of Defense [edit]
U.S. Army documents [edit]
- German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944)
- US Army Operator's Manual for the AK-47
- US Army 15-6 Report of Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq (Taguba Report, 2004)
- US Army Directive removing authority for discharges from battalion commander level (May, 2005)
- Calipari Report
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- SECNAV Instruction 10520.6 (31 May 2002) - display of the first navy Jack during the Global War on Terrorism
Other military documents [edit]
Intelligence agency documents [edit]
CIA documents [edit]
- MJ-12 Document (18 November 1952)
- CIA and Guatemala Assassination Proposals: CIA History Staff Analysis (June, 1995)
- CIA Adds Four Stars to Memorial Wall, 2007
- Message to Cyrus Vance about CIA Agents
- Statement of CIA Inspector General to The House Committee On Intelligence - March 16, 1998
- CIA World Fact Book, 2004
- CIA Report on NGOs With Terror Links, 1996
Documents of other intelligence agencies [edit]
- Venona 687 KGB New York to Moscow, 13 May 1944, Perlo group (13 May 1944)
- Venona 79 KGB New York to Moscow, 18 January 1945, KGB in Treasury (18 January 1945)
- Documents Seized from the US Embassy in Tehran, 1979
United States Department of Commerce [edit]
Other [edit]
Legislative branch [edit]
United States Congress [edit]
United States Senate [edit]
- Letter to Mark P. Mays from Senator Harry Reid (2 October 2007) - (Author: Senator Harry M. Reid D-NV)
- Statement of Richard A. Clarke to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, October 22, 2003
United States House of Representatives [edit]
United States Congressional Research Service [edit]
Judicial branch [edit]
Other [edit]
- Canada, England and the United States, 1899 speech by Wilfrid Laurier
- The History of New England 1630 to 1649, 1908 by James Kendall Hosmer
- Dramatic Moments in American Diplomacy, 1918 by Ralph Page
- Human Rights Record of United States in 2007, printed by the Chinese information office
