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Name of the Document

Date

   

 

1

1763, Proclamation of

October 7, 1763

   

 

   

 

   

 

A

A Convention to Regulate the Commerce between the Territories of The United States and of His Britannick Majesty

July 3, 1815

   

 

 

Åbo, Treaty of
(Treaty of Abo)

1743

   

 

 

Abolition of Slavery Act

August 28, 1833

   

 

 

Abolition of the Death Penalty France

October 9, 1981

   

 

 

Abolition of the Slave Trade, Act for the

March 25, 1807

   

 

 

Adams-Onis Treaty

Adams-Onis Treaty: English Transcript

Adams-Onis Treaty: Spanish Transcript

February 22, 1819

   

 

 

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of

May 2, 1668

   

 

 

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of

October 18, 1748
 

   

 

 

Alaska, Purchase of

March 30, 1867

   

 

 

Albany Plan

1754

   

 

 

Amendments 11-27: United States Constitution

1794-1992

   

 

 

Amiens, Treaty of

1802

   

 

 

Antalcidas, Peace of
(also called King's Peace)

386 BC

   

 

 

Apamea, Treaty of

188 BC

   

 

 

Aranjuez, Convention of

March 21, 1801

   

 

 

Arbroath, Declaration of

1320

   

 

 

Arras, Treaty of

1435

   

 

 

Augsburg, League of

1686

   

 

 

August Manifesto - English transcript

1905

   

 

 

Austro-Prussian Alliance against France

February 7, 1792
 

   

 

 

Ayala, Plan of

1911

   

 

   

 

   

 

B

Baden, Treaty of

September 7, 1714
 

   

 

 

Basel, Peace of

1795

   

 

 

Belem, Convention of

June 9, 1994

   

 

 

Berlin, Treaty of

July 13, 1878

   

 

 

Berlin Decree

November 21, 1806

   

 

 

Bill of Rights (British)

1689

   

 

 

Bill of Rights (United States)

Bill of Rights (United States) - Transcript

December 15, 1791
 

   

 

 

Birth Certificate Francisco Madero

October 30, 1873
 

   

 

 

Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of

1918

   

 

 

Bretigny, Treaty of

1360

   

 

 

Bucharest, Treaty of

1886

   

 

   

 

   

 

C

Calais, Treaty of

1360

   

 

 

Campo Formio, Treaty of

October 17, 1797

   

 

 

Caracalla, Edict of

212

   

 

 

Cardis, Treaty of 
(also spelled Treaty of Kardis)

1661

   

 

 

Carlowitz, Peace of

1699

   

 

 

Cateau-Cambrésis, Peace of

1559

   

 

 

Chaumont, Treaty of

March 9, 1814

   

 

 

Ciudad Juarez, Treaty of

1911

   

 

 

Civil Rights Act

1964

   

 

 

Claim of Right Act

1689

   

 

 

Communist Manifesto, The

1848

   

 

 

Compte rendu au roi

    English Translation:
   
Report to the King

January 1781

   

 

 

Concordat of 1801

July 15, 1801
 

   

 

 

Congress of Vienna, Final Act

1815

   

 

 

Conservation of Public Lands, The

1909

   

 

 

Constance, Peace of

1183

   

 

 

Constantinople, Treaty of

July 1832
 

   

 

 

Constantinople Agreement

1915

   

 

   

 

 

Constitution of the United States

Constitution of the United States - Transcript

1787

   

 

   

 

 

Creelman-Diaz Interview

Creelman-Diaz Interview - En Español

Creelman-Diaz Interview - PDF (11 MB)

1908

   

 

   

 

   

 

D

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence - Transcript

July 4, 1776
 

   

 

   

 

 

Declaration of Pillnitz 1791

August 27, 1791

   

 

   

 

 

Declaration of Rights, Virginia

June 12, 1776
 

   

 

   

 

 

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(
Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen)

August 26, 1789
 

   

 

 

Decree on the abolition of slavery in French colonies and possessions
(
Décret relatif à l'abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies et possessions françaises)

April 27, 1848
 

   

 

 

Dolben Act

1788

   

 

 

Domesday Book

1086

   

 

   

 

   

 

E

El Imparcial Newspaper

June 20, 1911
 

   

 

 

El Pais Newspaper

June 22, 1911
 

   

 

   

 

 

Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation: Transcript

January 1, 1863
 

   

 

   

 

 

Embargo Act

December 22, 1807
 

 

Enabling Act
(Ermächtigungsgesetz)

March 23, 1933
 

   

 

   

 

 

Erskine Agreement

April 19, 1809

   

 

   

 

 

Essex Decision

May 1805

   

 

   

 

   

 

F

Final Act of the Congress of Vienna

June 9, 1815

   

 

 

Final Recess of the Reichsdeputation

February 25, 1803

   

 

 

Florida Purchase (Adams-Onís Treaty)

February 22, 1819

   

 

 

Fontainebleau, Treaty of

Fontainebleau - Transcript, Treaty of

November 3, 1762

   

 

 

Fontainebleau, Treaty of

October 27, 1807

   

 

 

Frederiksborg, Treaty of

1720

   

 

 

Free Womb, Law of the

September 28, 1871

   

 

 

Fugitive Slave Act

September 18, 1850

   

 

   

 

   

 

G

Gadsden Purchase

1853

   

 

 

Geneva Conventions

1864-1949

   

 

 

Ghent, Treaty of

Ghent, Treaty of: Original

Ghent, Treaty of: Transcript

December 24, 1814

   

 

 

Grand Alliance

1689

   

 

 

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Transcript

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Transcript - PDF

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Original Document: First Page

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Original Document: Last Page

1848

   

 

 

Gulistan, Treaty of

1813

   

 

   

 

   

 

H

Habeas Corpus Act

1679

   

 

 

Holy Alliance

September 26, 1815

   

 

 

Howard, Catherine:
Catherine Howard's letter to Thomas Culpepper

November 1541
 

   

 

 

Hubertusburg, Treaty of

February 15, 1763
 

   

 

 

Human Rights Act

November 9, 1998
 

   

 

 

Human Rights, The Universal Declaration of

December 10, 1948
 

   

 

 

Human Rights - Transcript, The Universal Declaration of

December 10, 1948
 

   

 

   

 

   

 

I

Independence, Declaration of

1776

   

 

 

Indian Removal Act

May 28, 1830

   

 

 

Indian Reorganization Act

June 18, 1934

   

 

   

 

   

 

J

January 1562, Edict of

January 1562

   

 

 

Japanese War Declaration WWII
 

1941

   

 

 

Jay Treaty

Jay Treaty: Appendix

Jay Treaty: Transcript
 

November 19, 1794

   

 

 

Juarez, Treaty of Ciudad
 

1911

   

 

   

 

   

 

K

Peace of Kallias
(Peace between Athens and Persia, negotiated by Athenian ambassador Kallias. Disputed)

449/8 BC

   

 

 

Kalmar Union

1397

   

 

 

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

   

 

 

Kardis, Treaty of
(also spelled Treaty of Cardis)

1661

   

 

 

Kiakhta, Treaty of
(also spelled Treaty of Kyakhta)

1727

   

 

 

King's Peace
(also called Peace of Antalcidas)

386 BC

   

 

 

Kyakhta, Treaty of
(also spelled Treaty of Kiakhta)

1727

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

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