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Text Comparison

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All of the "Text Comparison" links on this page make use of Frames in order to compare side by side the text of two documents. You will see three frames; the top frame contains a menu of links to open files in the left and right frames. The link or links on the left in the top frame will open files in the left frame; those on the right, files in the right frame. When you are finished be certain to click on the "Close Frames" link to exit properly from the frames. The files used for comparison are specifically marked up for this purpose. In order to read the fully marked up files choose those links as indicated below.

  • Articles of Confederation
  • Text Comparison
  • Benjamin Franklin's Articles of Confederation - Fully Marked up File
  • John Dickinson's Articles of Confederation - Fully Marked up File
  • Articles of Confederation; 1781 - Fully Marked up File


  • Constitution of the Confederate States of America
  • Text Comparison
  • Constitution for the Provisional Government - Fully Marked Up File
  • Constitution of the Confederate States of America - Fully Marked Up File

  • Declaration on Taking Up Arms - Journals of the Continental Congress; July 6, 1775
  • Text Comparison
  • Fully Marked Up File


  • Kellogg-Briand Pact for the Renunciation of War
  • Text Comparison
  • Draft of the Treaty - Fully Marked up File
  • Final Form of the Treaty - Fully Marked up File


  • Kentucky Resolution; 1799
  • Text Comparison
  • Draft of the Kentucky Resolution - Fully Marked Up File
  • The Kentucky Resolution - Fully Marked Up File


  • Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France - 1778
  • Text Comparison
  • Plan of the Treaty - Fully Marked up File
  • Final Form of the Treaty - Fully Marked up File


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