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Name of the Document

Date

   

 

L

La Jaunaye, Treaty of (Traité de La Jaunaye)

February 17, 1795

   

 

 

La Mesilla, Treaty of

1854

   

 

  Leoben, Treaty of

April 17, 1797

   

 

  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

January 29, 2009

   

 

  Lombard League

1167

   

 

  London, Treaty of

1605

   

 

  London, Treaty of

1914

   

 

  Last Will of Louis XVI

December 25, 1792

   

 

  Louisiana Purchase

1803

   

 

  Luneville, Treaty of   

Luneville, Treaty of - French Transcript

Luneville, Treaty of - English Translation

February 9, 1801
 

   

 

   

 

   

 

M

Mabilais, Treaty of

April 9, 1795

   

 

 

Magana Papers

1925

   

 

  Magna Carta

1215

   

 

 

Manifesto for the Mexican People

1914

   

 

  Margus, Treaty of

435

   

 

  Macon's Bill No. 2

May 1, 1810

   

 

  Mayflower Compact

1620

   

 

  Mediation, Act of

1803

   

 

  Mersen, Treaty of

870

   

 

  Milan Decree

December 17, 1807

   

 

  Missouri Compromise

March 6, 1820

   

 

  Monroe Doctrine

1823

   

 

  Monroe-Pinkney Treaty

December 31, 1806

   

 

  Morfontaine, Treaty of

September 30, 1800

   

 

  Munich Agreement

September 30, 1938

   

 

   

 

   

 

N

Nantes, Edict of

1598

   

 

  Napoleonic Code

1804

   

 

  National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), Proclamation of the

June 17, 1789

   

 

  Nerchinsk, Treaty of

1689

   

 

  Neutrality, Proclamation of

April 22, 1793

   

 

  Nicias, Peace of

421 BC

   

 

  Nijmegen, Treaty of
(Treaties of Nijmegen)

1678

   

 

  Non-Intercourse Act

March 1, 1809

   

 

  North Atlantic Treaty

April 4, 1949

   

 

  Notables, Assembly of the / Assemblée des Notables

February 22 - May 25, 1787

   

 

  Notables, Assembly of the / Assemblée des Notables - Minutes / Procès-verbal (French, PDF)

 

   

 

  Notables, Assembly of the / Assemblée des Notables

November 6 - December 12, 1788

   

 

  Notables, Assembly of the / Assemblée des Notables - Minutes / Procès-verbal (French, PDF)

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

O

October Manifesto - English transcript
 

1905

   

 

 

Oliva, Treaty of

1660

   

 

 

Order in Council

June 8, 1793

 

   

 

Order in Council

November 6, 1793

 

   

 

Order in Council

January 7, 1807

 

   

 

Order in Council

November 11, 1807

 

   

 

Order No. 1 - English Transcript

1917

   

 

   

 

   

 

P

Pact of Steel

1939

   

 

  Panmunjom Armistice

1953

   

 

  Paris, Treaty of

1229

   

 

  Paris, Treaty of

1259

   

 

  Paris, Treaty of 

1763

   

 

  Paris, Peace of

1783

   

 

  Paris, Treaty of

English transcript

September 3, 1783

   

 

  Paris, Treaty of

English translation

May 20, 1784

   

 

  Paris, Treaties of
(Concluding the Napoleonic Wars)

     First Treaty of Paris 
  
  May 30, 1814

     Treaty of Paris
     (as above but with Spain) July 20, 1814

     Second Treaty of Paris 
    
November 20, 1815

1814-1815

   

 

  Paris, Treaty of

March 30, 1856

   

 

  Paris, Treaty of

December 10, 1898

   

 

  Passarowitz, Peace of

1718

   

 

  Pendleton Civil Service Act

1883

   

 

  Petition of Right

1628

   

 

  Phoenice, Peace of

205 BC

   

 

  Pillnitz, Declaration of

August 27, 1791

   

 

  Pinckney Treaty (Treaty of San Lorenzo)

October 27, 1795

   

 

  Plan of Ayala

1911

   

 

  Plan of San Luis Potosí

1910

   

 

  Portsmouth, Treaty of

1905

   

 

  Pragmatic Sanction

1713

   

 

  Presidential Proclamation (Annexation of West Florida)

October 27, 1810

   

 

  Pressburg, Treaty of

1805

   

 

  Prut, Peace of the

1711

   

 

  Public Lands, The Conservation of

1909

   

 

  Pyrenees, Treaty of the

November 7, 1659

   

 

   

 

   

 

Q

Quadruple Alliance

November 20, 1815

   

 

 

Quintuple Alliance

October 9, 1818

   

 

   

 

   

 

R

Rambouillet Decree

March 23, 1810

   

 

 

Rastatt (Rastadt), Treaty of

March 6, 1714

   

 

  Reform Act of 1832

Reform Act of 1832 - Original Document

Reform Act of 1832 - Transcript 

1832

   

 

  Reform Act of 1867

1867

   

 

  Reform Act of 1884

1884

   

 

  Reichsdeputation, Final Recess of the

1803

   

 

  Report to the King

   French Original:
  
Compte rendu au roi

1781

   

 

  Residence Act

July 16, 1790

   

 

  Rights, British Bill of

1689

   

 

  Rights, U.S. Bill of

1791

   

 

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

August 26, 1789
 

   

 

  Rights, Virginia Declaration of

June 12, 1776

   

 

  Rijswijk, Treaty of

1697

   

 

  Roeskilde, Peace of

1658

   

 

   

 

   

 

S SALT I

1972

   

 

  SALT II

1979

   

 

 

Saint Germain, Treaty of

Saint Germain - PDF, Treaty of

1919

   

 

  San Ildefonso, Treaty of

August 19, 1796

   

 

  San Ildefonso, Treaty of

October 1, 1800

   

 

  San Lorenzo, Treaty of (Pinckney Treaty)

October 27, 1795

   

 

  San Luis Potosí, Plan of

1910

   

 

  San Stefano, Treaty of

1878

   

 

  Schönbrunn, Treaty of

December 15, 1805

   

 

  Schönbrunn, Treaty of

October 14, 1809

   

 

  Sedition Act

July 14, 1798

   

 

  Settlement, Act of

1701

   

 

  Sevres, Treaty of (Treaty of Sèvres)

August 10, 1920

   

 

  Shakespeare's Will

1616

   

 

  Slave Trade Act

January 1, 1808

   

 

  Stamp Act

1765

   

 

  START I

1991

   

 

  START II

1993

   

 

  Statute Law (Repeals) Act

November 19, 1998

   

 

  Stockholm, Treaties of

1719

   

 

  Stolbovo, Treaty of

1617

   

 

   

 

   

 

T

Telephone - The American Telephone Journal

October 14, 1911
 

   

 

 

The Conservation of Public Lands

 

   

 

  The Tribune - Manila, Philippines

April 24, 1942

   

 

  Thirteenth Amendment

December 6, 1865

   

 

  Thirty Years' Treaty

 

   

 

  Tilsit, Treaties of

1807

   

 

  Toleration Act

1689

   

 

  Tordesillas, Treaty of

1494

   

 

  Tours, Truce of

1444

   

 

  Transcontinental Treaty (Adams-Onís Treaty)

February 22, 1819

   

 

  Trianon Decree

August 5, 1810

   

 

  Triennial Act

1694

   

 

  Troyes, Treaty of

May 21, 1420

   

 

  Turin, Treaty of

March 24, 1860

   

 

   

 

   

 

U

Union, Act of

January 1, 1801

   

 

 

United States Constitution

United States Constitution - Transcript

1787

   

 

 

United States Constitution - Amendments 11-27

1794-1992

   

 

   

 

 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 10, 1948

   

 

 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Transcript

December 10, 1948

   

 

   

 

 

Utrecht 1713, Treaty of / Utrecht 1713, Treaties of

1713

   

 

   

 

   

 

V

Värälä, Treaty of

August 14, 1790

   

 

  Verdun, Treaty of

843

   

 

  Vereeniging, Peace of

1902

   

 

  Versailles, Peace of

1783

   

 

  Versailles, Treaty of
(Britain and France)

French transcript

English translation

September 3, 1783

   

 

  Versailles, Treaty of
(Britain and Spain)

French transcript

English translation

September 3, 1783

   

 

  Versailles, Treaty of

1919

   

 

  Vienna, Final Act of the Congress of

1815

   

 

  Vienna, Treaty of

1738

   

 

  Villa's Manifesto to the Mexican People

1914

   

 

 

Virginia Declaration of Rights

June 12, 1776

   

 

  Vyborg Manifesto
(Russian: Выборгское воззвание)

1906

   

 

   

 

   

 

W

Wehlau, Treaty of
(also called Treaty of Welawa)

September 19, 1657
 

   

 

  Westphalia, Peace of

1648

   

 

   

 

Z

Zurich, Treaty of

November 10, 1859

   

 

   

 

 

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