The Harvard Classics: American Historical Documents — Volume 43 — Edited by Charles W. Eliot

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Full title: The Harvard Classics: Volume 43 - American Historical Documents. Compiled and Edited by Charles William Eliot. Published in New York by F.F. Collier & Son in 1909. 491pp.

Ours is in excellent condition.

The volume includes selections from early accounts of discovery, colonial charters, and the formation of American government, through major national milestones such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and key presidential writings.

Among the documents included:

• Voyage to Vinland (c. 1000)
• Letter of Columbus announcing his discovery (1493)
• Amerigo Vespucci’s account of his first voyage (1497)
• John Cabot’s discovery of North America (1497)
• First Charter of Virginia (1606)
• The Mayflower Compact (1620)
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
• Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641)
• Declaration of Rights (1765)
• Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Articles of Confederation (1777)
• Treaty of Paris (1783)
• Constitution of the United States (1787)
• Selections from The Federalist (1787)
• Washington’s First Inaugural Address (1789)
• Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
• Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
• Treaty ending the War of 1812 (1814)
• Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• Treaty with Mexico (1848)
• Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
• Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address (1861)
• Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
• Gettysburg Address (1863)
• Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865)
• Terms of Lee’s Surrender (1865)
• Alaska Purchase Treaty (1867)
• Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
• Treaty with Spain (1898)
• Panama Canal Convention (1904)

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