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  • A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation

    U.S. Congressional documents and debates from 1774 to 1875.

  • Avalon Project

    Full-text documents in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government. The site has a search feature and is organized by century and then alphabetically by the name of the document.

  • Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

    A collection of hypertexted primary documents relevant to law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government.

  • Avalon Project at Yale Law School

    Legal documents dating from pre-18th Century to the present.

  • Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

    Yale University's Project Avalon makes available in digital format full text documents in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. This phenomenal resource includes documents as varied as the ancient Code of Hammurabi, the Communist Manifesto, and the Treaty of Versailles.

  • Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation

    This site provides access to the records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress.

  • Chronology of U.S Historical Documents

    Full-text, historical documents dating back to pre-colonial times.

  • Congressional Documents

    A database of House and Senate Documents, Senate Executive Documents, and Senate Treaty Documents beginning with the 104th Congress (1995-1996).

  • Eurodocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

    Links to Western European (mainly primary) historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries (and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history). The order of documents is chronological wherever possible.

  • Federal Government Resources / Historic Documents

    A portal to federal documents, organized by agency and subject.

  • Government Views of Iraq

    A compilation of online primaryresources regarding Iraq which concentrates on government documents and information. The bulk of the resources are from the United States, but there are international entries as well.

  • National Security Archive

    This site from George Washington University includes declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

  • The 9-11 Commission

    The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) offers links to two staffmonographs that provide much more detailed treatment of two important subjects covered by the Commissions statutory mandate: terrorist financing and immigration, border security, and terrorist travel.

  • The 9-11 Commission Report

    The Commissions Final Report provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks.

  • U.S. National Archives & Records Administration

    Millions of documentary treasures spanning a century of life in America.

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