American Historical Documents (1000-1904)

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New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1916. – 462 p. — (The Harvard Classics Series, Volume 43). With Introductions and Notes.Contents The Voyages to Vinland The Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery Amerigo Vespucci's Account of His First Voyage John Cabot's Discovery of North America First Charter of Virginia The Mayflower Compact The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut The Massachusetts Body of Liberties Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of the Massachusetts Vindicated from that Aspersion, by John Winthrop The Instrument of Government A Healing Question, by Sir Henry Vane John Eliot's Brief Narrative Declaration of Rights The Declaration of Independence The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown Treaty with Great Britain Constitution of the United States The Federalist, Nos. I and 2 Opinion of Chief Justice Marshall, in the Case of Mcculloch vs. The State of Maryland Washington's First Inaugural Address Treaty with the Six Nations Washington's Farewell Address Treaty with France (Louisiana Purchase) Treaty with Great Britain (End of War of 1812) Arrangement as to the Naval Force to be Respectively Maintained on the American Lakes Treaty with Spain (Acquisition of Florida) The Monroe Doctrine Webster-Ashburton Treaty with Great Britain Treaty with Mexico Fugitive Slave Act Lincoln's First Inaugural Address Emancipation Proclamation Haskell's Account of the Battle of Gettysburg Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Proclamation of Amnesty Lincoln's Letter to Mrs. Bixby Terms of Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Lee's Farewell to his Army Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End Treaty with Russia (Alaska Purchase) Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands Recognition of the Independence of Cuba Treaty with Spain (Cession of Porto Rico and the Philippines) Convention Between the United States and the Republic of Panama