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A collection of contemporary documents that includes Henry Clay's "I Am for Staying Within the Union," Jefferson Davis's "Separation by Necessity, Not Choice," Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and Robert E. Lee's farewell to his troops covers the Civil War from beginning to end.
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"Marc Favreau documents the Great Depression--a time when Americans from all walks of life fell victim to poverty, insecurity, and fear--and tells the incredible story of how they survived and, ultimately, thrived. This is the story of the Great Depression in the United States, from the sweeping consequences of the market collapse to the more personal stories of individuals and communities caught up in the aftermath. Packed with photographs, primary...
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Digital Collections Website offers papers of Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1757-1804), first treasury secretary of the United States. The Collection consists of his personal and public correspondence, drafts of his writings and speeches, which includes events in the lives of his family and legal papers from 1777 until Hamilton's death in 1804.
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" ... a substantial compilation of source materials which forms the basis of a Finding Aid for users to explore the diverse and ever growing holdings of the US Army Military History Institute (MHI) and the US Army War College Library (AWCL), both of which are now components of the US Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC). The majority of the holdings focus on, but are not restricted to, materials that document the American Expeditionary Forces'...
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A collection of documents that includes the First Continental Congress's "Declaration of Colonial Rights and Grievances," George Washington's "The Capture of Boston," Charles Cornwallis's "Surrender," and much more.