Treaty of Alliance Between The United States and France
The most Christian King and the United States of North America, to wit, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhodes island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, […]
On Being Brought from AFRICA to AMERICA
’Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there’s a God, that there’s a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. […]
The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men (excerpt)
…In the first place, I would take the opportunity on this occasion, and from this subject, to press every hearer to a sincere concern for his own soul’s salvation. There […]
Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 15
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (London: John Stockdale, 1787), 249-258. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/i1an. Query 15: The colleges and public establishments, the roads, buildings, &c.? The college of William and Mary is […]
Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 14
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (London: John Stockdale, 1787), 214-249. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/db7h. Query 14: The administration of justice and description of the laws? The state is divided into counties. In […]
Coercive Acts
Boston Port Act (March 31, 1774) An act to discontinue, in such manner, and for such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods, […]
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to a Royal Academy About Farting (1781)
Franklin, Benjamin. “To the Royal Academy Of ***.” In The Bagatelles from Passy (The Eakins Press, New York, 1967 reprint). https://archive.org/details/bagatellesfrompa0000benj/page/n7/mode/1up GENTLEMEN, I have perused your late mathematical Prize Question, […]
Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 13
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (London: John Stockdale, 1787), 191-214. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/oe73. Query 13: THE constitution of the state, and its several charters? . . . The executive powers are […]
Preamble to “A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge”
“79. A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, 18 June 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/fv6p. Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than […]
Letter from George Washington to Thomas Jefferson (1788)
“From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/kr51. Dear Sir: I was very much gratified by the receipt of your letter, dated the 3d. of […]