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Works
editPoetry
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Federal historical documents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
- Saint Petersburg Convention (1824)
- 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
editExecutive Branch
United States Department of State
edit- Albania
- 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
- Czechoslovakia
- American Recognition for the Czechoslovaks (3 September 1918)
- 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
- India
- Israel
- Jerusalem 1500
- Jerusalem 3239
- Jerusalem A-19
- Letter to Ariel Sharon from George W. Bush supporting disengagement plan (14 April 2004)
- Japan
- Soviet Union
United States National Security Council
edit- NSC-68 (1950)
- Paper by the Psychological Strategy Board (1976)
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)
- Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2005
- Memorandum of Deputy Attorney General delegating authority for investigating Plame leak (August 12, 2005)
- Medical Malpractice Insurance Claims in Seven States, 2000-2004 (2007)
- Report Regarding the Criminal Investigation into the Shooting Death of Michael Brown (March 4, 2015)
- Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department (March 4, 2015)
- A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election (June 2018) (transcription project)
FBI documents
edit- FBI Memo Morgan to Clegg, January 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
editNational Monuments
edit- Dunes and Dreams: A History of White Sands National Monument - (Michael Welsh April 1995)
National Parks
editUnited States Department of Defense
editU.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
- U.S. Department of the Army No Gun Ri Review Report
- Statement of Mutual Understanding on the No Gun Ri Investigations
U.S. Navy documents
edit- SECNAV Instruction 10520.6 (31 May 2002) - display of the first navy Jack during the Global War on Terrorism
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945–1952)
edit- SCAPIN-301: Commerical and Civil Aviation (18th November 1945)
Other military documents
editIntelligence agency documents
editCIA 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
- The World Factbook, 1982
- The World Factbook, 1990
- The World Factbook, 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- Portal:U. S. patents
- Portal:National Weather Service
- Census Bureau
- Summary of the Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 (2006)
Other
edit- ICD-10-CM (2010)
- American Red Cross 1917
- Telegram 28513 From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State, October 14, 1976
- Statement of Policy Regarding Comparative Advertising (1979)
- Statement on United States Oceans Policy (1983)
- United States – Vietnam Joint Vision Statement (2015)
- Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the People's Republic of China (2020)
- Competent Authority Agreement Regarding the Interpretation of Article 19 of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America And the Government of the People's Republic of China
- Portal:Presidents of the United States
Legislative branch
United States Congress
editUnited 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
- Statement by Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona on October 24, 2017
United States House of Representatives
editUnited States Congressional Research Service
edit
Judicial branch
Supreme Court of the United States
editEncyclopedias
edit- "United States of America," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "United States," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "United States," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "United States, The," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "United States of America," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "United States of America, The," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "United States of America," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
- "United States," in The World Factbook, (ed.) by CIA (1982)
- "United States," in The World Factbook, (ed.) by CIA (1990)
- "United States," in CIA World Fact Book, (ed.) by CIA (2004)
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
- American Convention on Human Rights, adopted at the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights, 1969
- A History of Banking in the United States (1896) by William Graham Sumner
- "American Interests and Bohemian Question" by in The Bohemian Review, 1 (11–12) (1917)
- Czechoslovakia's tribute to the memory of Woodrow Wilson, 1924
Works about
edit- The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2022 - State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
- The State of Democracy in the United States: 2022 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
See also
editHistory
edit- Portal:American History
- Portal:Philippines, a former protectorate of the United States
Literature
editLocations
edit- Portal:New Orleans
- Portal:Puerto Rico, a protectorate of the United States
- Portal:States of the United States
Projects
edit- Wikisource:WikiProject NARA
- Wikisource:WikiProject United States Executive Orders
- Wikisource:WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases