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  • An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery - Pennsylvania; March 1, 1780


  • Act of Bogota; September 13, 1960


  • The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty : June 7, 1635


  • Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836


  • Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : July 12, 1941


  • Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire, August 4, 1639


  • American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota); April 30, 1948


  • Albany Plan of Union 1754


  • Algeria : Treaty of Peace and Amity September 5, 1795


  • Algieria : Treaty of Peace June 30 And July 3, 1815


  • Algieria : Treaty of Peace and Amity December 22 and 23, 1816


  • Amendments Proposed by the Peace Conference, February 8-27, 1861


  • Amendments Proposed in Congress by Senator John J. Crittenden, December 18, 1860


  • Amendments to the Constitution Proposed by the Hartford Convention, 1814


  • The American Crisis by Thomas Paine


  • Ancient Law by Henry Maine : 1861


  • Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry


  • Anglo-American Mutual Aid Agreement : February 28, 1942


  • The Anglo-Russian Entente - 1907


  • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle


  • Anglo-Saxon Law - Extracts From Early Laws of the English.


  • The Annapolis Convention; 1786


  • The Articles of Association; October 20, 1774


  • Anti-Comintern Pact - Protocol, Signed at Berlin, November 25, 1936


  • Articles of Confederation; 1781


  • The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England; May 19 1643


  • Assize of Clarendon, 1166


  • The Athenian Constitution


  • Atlantic Charter


  • The Atlantic Conference - August 9-12, 1941 : Documents


  • The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by The Manhattan Engineer District, June 29, 1946.


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  • Balfour Declaration; 1917


  • The Barbary Treaties 1786-1836


  • The Berlin (Potsdam) Conference, July 17-August 2, 1945


  • Bill of Rights for the Territory of New Mexico; September 22, 1846


  • Brief Observations Concerning Trade and Interest of Money by Josiah Childs : 1668


  • British White Paper of June 1922 on Palestine


  • British White Paper of 1939 on Palestine


  • The Bryce Report


  • The Bull of Pope Adrian IV Empowering Henry II to Conquer Ireland. A.D. 1155


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  • Cairo Conference; 1943


  • Caracas Declaration of Solidarity; March 28, 1954


  • Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between Great Britain and the United States of America November 1812


  • Provisional Agreement for the Exchange of Naval Prisoners of War November 28, 1812


  • Capitulary of Charlemagne Issued in the Year 802


  • Casablanca Conference; 1943


  • Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York, 1676 - Exemplified by Queen Anne; 1712


  • The Charlotte Town Resolves; 1775


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  • Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania : February 28, 1681


  • Charter of Carolina : March 24, 1663


  • Charter of Carolina : June 30, 1665


  • Charter of Connecticut; 1662


  • Charter of Delaware - 1701


  • Charter of Maryland : 1632


  • Charter of Massachusetts Bay : March 4, 1629


  • Charter of Massachusetts Bay : October 7, 1691


  • Charter of New England : November 3, 1620


  • Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, esq. to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories, October 28, 1701


  • Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - July 15, 1663


  • Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford and His Associates : 1629


  • Charter of the Dutch West India Company : 1621


  • The Charter or Fundamental Laws, of West New Jersey, Agreed Upon - 1676


  • Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh : 1584


  • Circular Letter of the Secretary of Congress, Dated September 28, 1787, Transmitting Copy of the Constitution to the Several Governors.


  • Code of Hammurabi


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  • The Combinations of the Inhabitants Upon the Piscataqua River for Government, October 22, 1641


  • Commission of John Cutt, September 18, 1680


  • Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New England. April 7, 1688


  • Communist Manifesto


  • Concessions and Agreements of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, 1665


  • The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, to and With All and Every the Adventurers and All Such as Shall Settle or Plant There - February 10 1664


  • Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania - July 11, 1681


  • Confirmation of the Charters, 1297


  • Constitution of Delaware; September 21, 1776


  • Constitution of Georgia; February 5, 1777


  • Constitution of Maryland; November 11, 1776


  • Constitution of New Hampshire - January 5, 1776


  • Constitution of New Jersey; July 2, 1776


  • Constitution of New York : April 20, 1777


  • Constitution of North Carolina : December 18, 1776


  • Constitution of Pennsylvania - September 28, 1776


  • Constitution of South Carolina - March 26, 1776


  • Constitution of South Carolina - March 19, 1778


  • Constitution of the Confederate States of America


  • Constitution of the United States - 1787


  • Constitution of Vermont - July 8, 1777


  • Constitution of Vermont - July 4, 1786


  • The Constitution of Virginia; June 29, 1776


  • Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164


  • Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles July 16, 1782


  • Contract between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America February 25, 1783


  • Convention Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of Consuls and Vice Consuls, signed at Versailles November 14, 1788.


  • Convention for the surrender of Criminals Between the United States and France : 1843
  • Additional Article to the Convention of November 9, 1843
  • Convention of 1818 between the United States and Great Britain


  • Convention Regarding Articles 6 and 7 of the Jay Treaty and Article 4 of the Definitive Treaty of Peace January 8,1802


  • A Convention to Regulate the Commerce between the Territories of The United States and of His Britannick Majesty : 1815.


  • The Corn Laws by Thomas Malthus


  • Count Palatinate as Judge Over the Kings. Decree of the Nuremberg Diet, November 19, 1274


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  • Dawes Act : February, 8, 1887


  • A Decade of American Foreign Policy - Basic Documents 1941-1949


  • Decision of the Commissioners under Article 4 of the Treaty of Ghent


  • A Declaration and Proposals of the Lord Proprietor of Carolina, Aug. 25-Sept. 4, 1663


  • Declaration by the United Nations, January 1, 1942


  • Declaration of 1815 Concerning Article 3


  • Declaration of Caracas; March 28, 1954


  • Declaration of Independence; 1776


  • Declaration of San José; August 28, 1960


  • Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms : July 6, 1775


  • Declaration of the Rights of Man; 1789


  • A Declaration of the True Intent and Meaning of us the Lords Proprietors, and Explanation of There Concessions Made to the Adventurers and Planters of New Caesarea or New Jersey - December 6, 1672


  • Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress; 1777


  • Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities 1783


  • Decree of the Emperor Henry IV Concerning a Truce of God (1085 A.D.)


  • Democratic Party Platform 1860


  • The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer. circa 1180


  • A Discourse Upon Coins by Bernardo Davanzati : 1588


  • Discourses Upon Trade by Dudley North : 1691


  • Draft Constitution for Virginia; June 1776


  • The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany - October 7, 1879


  • Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors: 14th of March 1682


  • The Duke of York's Release to John Ford Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret, 24th of June, 1664


  • Duke of York's Second Grant to William Penn, Gawn Lawry, Nicholas Lucas, John Eldridge, Edmund Warner, and Edward Byllynge, for the Soil and Government of West New Jersey-August 6, 1680


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  • Emancipation Proclamation; 1862


  • English Bill of Rights, 1689


  • The Entente Cordiale Between England and France - April 8, 1904


  • The Establishment of the Duchy of Austria; September 17, 1156


  • European Parliament Resolution on the Situation Tibet; 1992


  • Exchange of Notes Referring to Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France of February 6, 1778


  • Exchange of Notes Relative to Naval Forces on the American Lakes : 1817


  • Explanatory Article to Article 3 of the Jay Treaty May 5, 1796


  • Explanatory Article to Article 5 of the Jay Treaty March 15, 1798


  • Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay - August 26, 1725


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  • The Federalist Papers


  • The First Charter of Virginia; April 10, 1606


  • Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868


  • The Foundation of the University of Heidelberg AD. 1386


  • Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - May 5, 1682


  • Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - February 2, 1683


  • Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - November 1, 1696


  • France - Act Separate and Secret; February 6, 1788


  • France - Treaty of Alliance; February 6, 1788


  • France - Treaty of Amity and Commerce ; February 6, 1788


  • Franco-German Armistice : June 25, 1940


  • The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention - August 18, 1892


  • Fugitive Slave Act; 1850


  • Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven, 1639


  • The Fundamental Constitutions for the Province of East New Jersey in America, Anno Domini 1683


  • The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina : March 1, 1669


  • Fundamental Orders of 1639


  • Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money by John Locke


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  • The Gelnhausen Charter; April 13, 1180 A.D.


  • Gervaise, Isaac; The System or Theory of the Trade of the World : 1720


  • Gettysburg Address


  • The Golden Bull of the Emperor Charles IV 1356 A.D.


  • Government of New Haven Colony; October 27 - November 6; 1643


  • Government of Rhode Island-March 16-19, 1641


  • Grant of Hampshire to Capt. John Mason, 7th of Novemr., 1629


  • A Grant of the Province of Maine to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason, esq., 10th of August, 1622


  • Grant of the Province of Maine : 1639


  • Grant of the Province of Maine : 1664


  • Grant of the Province of Maine : 1674


  • Grant of the Province of New Hampshire From Mr. Wollaston to Mr. Mason, 11th June, 1635


  • Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to John Wollaston, Esq., AN. April 18, 1635


  • Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, 22 April 1635, By the Name of Masonia


  • Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, 22 Apr., 1635, By the Name of New Hampshire


  • Greenville, Treaty of; 1795


  • The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn by Thomas Malthus


  • Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of; 1848


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  • Hamas Covenant; 1988


  • Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States, 1791


  • The High Price of Provisions by Thomas Malthus


  • His Royal Highness's Grant to the Lords Proprietors, Sir George Carteret, 29th July, 1674


  • Hodgskin, Thomas; Labour Defended against the Claims of Capital : 1825


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  • Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents


  • An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent by Thomas Malthus


  • International Labor Organization - Declaration Concerning Aims and Purposes, May 10, 1944


  • International Military Tribunal for the Far East


  • International Military Tribunal - Nuremberg War Crimes Trials


  • Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization Agreement : 1993


  • Israeli Declaration of Independence; 1948


  • Israeli-Egyptian Treaty; 1973


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  • The Jay Treaty; 1794



  • Convention Regarding Articles 6 and 7 of the Jay Treaty and Article 4 of the Definitive Treaty of Peace January 8,1802


  • Declaration of the Commissioners under Article 5 of the Jay Treaty October 25, 1798


  • Explanatory Article to Article 3 of the Jay Treaty May 5, 1796


  • Explanatory Article to Article 5 of the Jay Treaty March 15, 1798


  • The Jefferson Papers


  • Jefferson's Draft on an Amendment to the Constitution, 1803


  • Jefferson's Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 1791


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  • Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854


  • Kellogg-Briand Pact


  • Kentucky Resolutions : Draft - October 1798


  • Kentucky Resolution - 1799


  • The King's Letter Recognizing the Proprietors' Right to the Soil and Government ; November 23, 1683


  • Kovalesky, Maxime; Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russia : 1891


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  • Labour Defended against the Claims of Capital by Thomas Hodgskin : 1825


  • Laws for the Government of the Territory of New Mexico; September 22, 1846


  • Laws of Richard I (Coeur de Lion) Concerning Crusaders Who Were to Go by Sea. 1189 A.D.


  • Laws of William the Conqueror


  • League of Nations Covenant; 1924


  • Lee's Resolutions; 1776


  • Letter of Lord Londonderry to Richard Rush : July 30, 1821


  • The Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands; March 5, 1498


  • Letters Patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte June 11, 1578


  • Louisiana Purchase; 1803


  • First Convention


  • Second Convention


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  • Madison's Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787


  • Magna Carta, 1215


  • works by Malthus, Thomas
  • The Corn Laws


  • The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn


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  • The High Price of Provisions


  • The Manner of Holding Parliament


  • Mayflower Compact; 1620


  • The Mecklenburgh Resolutions : May 20, 1775


  • Money and Trade Considered With a Proposal for Supplying the Nation with Money by John Law 1705


  • Monroe Doctrine; 1823


  • Morocco - Treaty of Treaty of Peace and Friendship : 1786


  • Moscow Conference


  • The Munich Pact


  • Mutual Aid Agreement Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : June 11, 1942


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  • Native Americans : Statutes of the United States


  • NATO Treaty; 1949


  • Nazi - Soviet Relations 1939-1941


  • New Hampshire Constitution - January 5, 1776


  • A New View of Society by Robert Owen : 1813


  • Northwest Ordinance 1787


  • Notes of Alexander Hamilton in the Federal Convention of 1787


  • Notes of Rufus King in the Federal Convention of 1787


  • Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Reported by James Madison


  • Nuremberg War Crimes Trial


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  • The Ordinance of Louis the Pius - Division of the Empire of the Year 817


  • Ordinance of William I, Separating the Spiritual and Temporal Courts.


  • Ordinances for Virginia; July 24-August 3, 1621


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  • works of Paine, Thomas
  • The American Crisis


  • Rights of Man by Thomas Paine; 1792


  • The Palestine Mandate; 1922


  • The Palestinian National Charter; 1968


  • Papers of the Presidents of the United States


  • Paris Peace Treaty 1783


  • Patent for Providence Plantations - March 14, 1643


  • Patrick Henry - Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death


  • Peace of the Land Established by Frederick Barbarossa Between 1152 and 1157 A.D.


  • Penn's Charter of Libertie - April 25, 1682


  • The Plan of Charles Pinckney (South Carolina), Presented to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787


  • Plan of the Treaties with France of 1778


  • Plantation Agreement at Providence August 27 - September 6, 1640


  • Preamble and Resolution of the Virginia Convention, May 15, 1776


  • Preliminary Articles of Peace 1782


  • Priviledges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus : 1492


  • Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government


  • Proclamation Declaring the Cesssation of Arms : 1783


  • The Proclamation of Neutrality, 1793


  • Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States (Protocol of Buenos Aires); February 27, 1970


  • Province of West New-Jersey, in America, The 25th of the Ninth Month Called November. 1681


  • Provisional Agreement for the Exchange of Naval Prisoners of War November 28, 1812


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  • Quasi War with France, 1791-1800 - Documents


  • The Queen's Acceptance of the Surrender of Government; April 17, 1709


  • Quintipartite Deed of Revision, Between E. and W Jersey: July 1st, 1676


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  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Connecticut; January 8, 1788


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Delaware; December 7, 1787


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Georgia; January 2, 1788


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Maryland; April 28, 1788.


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Massachusetts; February 6, 1788


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New Hampshire; June 21, 1788


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New Jersey; December 18, 1787


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York; July 26, 1788


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina; November 21, 1789


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Pennsylvania; December 12, 1787


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Rhode Island; May 29, 1790.


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23, 1788.


  • Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788.


  • Report of Proceedings in Congress; February 21, 1787


  • Report on Government for Western Territory; March 1, 1784


  • Resolution of Congress, Dated July 2, 1788, Submitting Ratifications of the Constitution to a Committee


  • Resolution of the Congress, of September 13, 1788, Fixing Date for Election of a President, and the Organization of the Government Under the Constitution, in the City of New York.


  • Resolution of Congress of September 28, 1787, Submitting the Constitution To the Several States.


  • Resolution of the First Congress Submitting Twelve Amendments to the Constitution; March 4, 1789


  • Resolution of Secrecy Adopted by the Continental Congress, November 9, 1775


  • Resolution of the Federal Convention Submitting the Constitution to Congress, September 17, 1787


  • Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, January 21, 1786


  • Resolutions of the Congress of 1765


  • Resolutions of The Germantown Mennonites; February 18, 1688


  • Rights of Man by Thomas Paine; 1792


  • The Royal Proclamation - October 7, 1763


  • Russian Treaty 1867


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  • The Salic Law


  • The Second Charter of Virginia; May 23, 1609


  • Sedition Act - An Act in Addition to the Act, Entitled "An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States." : July 14, 1798


  • Short Observations on a Printed Paper, Entitled "For encouraging the coining Silver Money in England, and after for keeping it here." by John Locke


  • Sir Robert Heath's Patent 5 Charles 1st; October, 30 1629


  • Soviet - Nazi Relations: 1939-1941


  • The Spanish Government and the Axis : Documents


  • Statute of Edward I Concerning the Buying and Selling of Land (Quai emptores); 1290


  • The Statute of Laborers; 1351


  • Statute of Mortmain; November 15, 1279


  • Statutes of the United States Concerning Native Americans


  • Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery


  • The Stroop Report : The Warsaw Ghetto is No More


  • Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty; 1702


  • The Sykes-Picot Agreement : 1916


  • The System or Theory of the Trade of the World by Isaac Gervaise : 1720


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  • Texas-American Boundary Convention : 1838


  • Texas-American Convention to Terminate Reclamations : 1838


  • Texas Annexation : Documents


  • The Third Charter of Virginia; March 12, 1611


  • Thomas Jefferson's Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 1791


  • The Three Emperors League - June 18, 1881


  • Tonkin Gulf Incident; 1964


  • Treaty at Aix Between Louis II and Charles the Bald Concerning the Division of the Kingdom of Lothar II A.D. 870.


  • Treaty Between Spain and Portugal, Concluded at Alcacovas, September 4, 1479


  • A Treaty of Amity and Commerce between His Majesty the King of Prussia, and the United States of America; September 10, 1785


  • Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey 2 August, 1914


  • Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation Between Spain and The United States; October 27, 1795


  • Treaty of Ghent 1814


  • Decision of the Commissioners under Article 4 of the Treaty of Ghent


  • The Treaty of Paris; 1763


  • Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain; 1898


  • Treaty of Peace and Amity Between the United States and Algeria September 5, 1795


  • Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between the United States and Morroco: 1786


  • The Treaty of Versailles; June 28, 1919


  • Treaty of Westphalia 1648


  • Tripartite Pact, September 27, 1940.


  • Tripoli : Treaty of Peace and Friendship November 4, 1796


  • Tripoli : Treaty of Peace and Amity June 4, 1805


  • Truman Doctrine; 1947


  • Tunis : Treaty of Peace and Friendship August 28, 1797


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  • The U2 Incident; 1960


  • United Nations Charter; 1945


  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights


  • United Nations Resolution 181; 1947


  • United States Constitution


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  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. A


  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. B


  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. C


  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. D


  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18, 1787. Text. E


  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by William Patterson, ( N. J. ) to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787. Text A


  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by William Patterson, ( N. J. ) to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787. Text B


  • Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by William Patterson, ( N. J. ) to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787. Text C


  • Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. Text A.


  • Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. Text B.


  • Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. Text C.


  • Velasco, Treaty of : 14 May 1836


  • Virginia Declaration of Rights; 1776


  • Virginia Resolution 1798


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  • Washington's Farewell Address; 1796


  • The Webster-Ashburton Treaty.


  • Wharton's Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence Volume 6


  • The Whiskey Rebellion - August 7, 1794


  • William Bradford, &c. Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freeman, March 2D, 1640


  • Wilson's Fourteen Points


  • World War II - Documents; 1940-1945


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  • Yalta Conference


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