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Primary Documents in History

Some Sources for Historical Documents

Annals of America.  E 173 .A15 1994 (Ref)
This is the most comprehensive set of primary source documents for U.S. history prior to 1968. Over 2,000 documents are reproduced in this multi-volume set arranged in chronological order from 1493 to 1968. The various indexes are a gold mine of information about U.S. history.

Online Documents

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This site, AMDOCS, presents a chronological selection of full-text documents relating to the history of the United States, beginning in the 11th century through the year 2005.

Avalon Project at Yale Law School

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Hosted at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale, the Avalon Project at Yale Law School presents online documents relating to law, history and diplomacy, from ancient times through the present day, from countries all around the globe.

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