American Memory
From Library of Congress, browsable by topic. Contains written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music.
American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
Compilation of U.S. black autobiographies focusing on slave narratives based on interviews made by the Federal Writers Project, 1936-1938.
American State Papers, 1789-1838
Congressional and Executive Department publication. Includes speeches and messages of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison.
Evans Digital Edition (Early American Imprints)
Full text online edition of Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800).
Founders Online
Searchable access to over 119,000 letters and other documents written and received by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.
House and Senate Journals, Series I, 1789-1817
1st Congress through 14th Congress.
Making of America(Cornell site)
Primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Making of America (University of Michigan site)
Same coverage but different content than the Cornell site (above).
Making of Modern Law
Full text of 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926.
Sabin Americana
Full-text of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, through the early 1900s.
Senate Executive Journals, Series I, 1789-1866
1st Congress through 39th Congress, 1st Session.
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Full text from the Library of Congress.
Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture: The Oliveira Lima Library
Pamphlets about Brazil, focused on history, politics and literature
Cambridge Archive Editions Online
British records concerning the Middle East.
Confidential Print: Latin America
Papers of the British Foreign and Colonial offices circulated to officials during the period 1820-1970. Documents include dispatches, telegrams, investigative reports and treaties and are wide ranging in topic.
Empire Online
Resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices and consequences.
Making of Modern Law
Full text of 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926.
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice
Documents on the history of slavery worldwide.
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
Records from 35,000 slaving expeditions between 1514 and 1866 from the Atlantic world.