Documents & Speeches

In Chronological Order:

• Benjamin Franklin to George Whitfield, June 6, 1753
• George Washington to Lieut. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, March 9, 1754
• George Washington to Richard Corbin, March 1754
• Lieut. Col. George Washington to Acting Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, March 20, 1754
• Benjamin Franklin to Miss Stevenson, May 16, 1760
• Alexander Hamilton to Edward Stevens, November 11, 1769
• Alexander Hamilton to Tileman Cruger, November 16, 1771
• Alexander Hamilton to Capt. William Newton, November 16, 1771
• John Adams, May 12, 1774
• John Adams, June 29, 1774
• John Adams, June 30, 1774
• John Adams, July 1, 1774
• John Adams, July 2, 1774
• John Adams, July 3, 1774
• John Adams, July 4, 1774
• John Adams, Morning, July 5, 1774
• John Adams, July 5, 1774
• Abigail Smith Adams to John Adams, September 22, 1774
• Henry Knox to Thomas Longman, November 1774
• James Rivington to Henry Knox, December 1, 1774
• George Washington to the 2nd Continental Congress, June 16, 1775
• Capt. Alezander Hamilton to the Provincial Congress of New York, May 26, 1776
• Alexander Purdie to Thomas Jefferson, July 27, 1778
• Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, March 19, 1780
• Lieut. Col. John Laurens to Maj. Gen. George Washington, May 19, 1782
• Maj. Gen. George Washington to Lieut. Col. John Laurens, July 10, 1782
• John Jay to the English Anti-slavery Society, 1788
• Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, March 14, 1779
• George Washington's First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789
• George Washington's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1793
• George Washington to the House of Representatives, March 30, 1796
• John Adams' Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797
• Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
• Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1805
• An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves, March 2, 1807
• James Madison's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1809
• James Madison's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1813
• James Monroe's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1817
• Diary of John Quincy Adams, February 24, 1820
• Thomas Jefferson to John Holmes, April 22, 1820
• James Monroe's Second Inaugural Address, March 5, 1821
• John Quincy Adams' Inaugural Address, March 4, 1825
• Andrew Jackson's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1829
• Andrew Jackson's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1833
• Martin Van Buren's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1837
• William Henry Harrison's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1841
• James K Polk's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1845
• Col. Jefferson Davis’ Memoranda of the Transactions in Connexion with the Capitulation of Monterey, Capital of Nueva Leon, Mexico, October 7, 1846
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago, February 2, 1848
• Zachary Taylor's Inaugural Address, March 5, 1849
• Franklin Pierce's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1853
• Amos A. Lawrence to Franklin Pierce, April 17, 1855
• James Buchanan's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1857
• John C. Breckinridge to Daniel S. Dickinson, June 29, 1860
• Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Address, February 27, 1860
• James Buchanan's Fourth Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1860
• James Buchanan to the Congress of the United States, January 8, 1861
• Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
• Diary of William Howard Russell, May 30, 1861
• Abraham Lincoln's First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861
• Diary of Lieut. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, December 25, 1861
• Franklin Pierce to Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1862
• Diary of John Beauchamp Jones, October 10, 1862
• Abraham Lincoln's Second Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862
• Maj. Gen. John A. Dix to the Citizens of New York, August 17, 1863
• Abrahan Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
• Ulysses S. Grant's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1869
• Ulysses S. Grant's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1873
• Rutherford B. Hayes' Inaugural Address, March 5, 1877
• James A. Garfield's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1881
• Gen. William T. Sherman to Sen. John Sherman, July 2, 1881—8:45 a.m.
• Gen. William T. Sherman to Sen. John Sherman, July 2, 1881—3 p.m.
• Gen. William T. Sherman to Sen. John Sherman, July 3, 1881—4:15 p.m.
• Gen. William T. Sherman to Sen. John Sherman, July 4, 1881—1:40 p.m.
• Gen. William T. Sherman to Sen. John Sherman, July13, 1881
• Gen. William T. Sherman to Sen. John Sherman, August 25, 1881
• Gen. William T. Sherman to Sen. John Sherman, August 29, 1881
• Grover Cleveland's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1885
• Benjamin Harrison's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1889
• Grover Cleveland's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1893
• Killed His Son, published June 1, 1899
• The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan's Remarks on the Fortieth Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1984
• Donald J.Trump's Inaugural Address, January 20, 2017