The USA Library

The Declaration of Independence: The full text of the Declaration of Independence from 1776.
The Death of Elijah Parish Lovejoy: From the Alton Observer, November 1837.
The Sentence of John L. Brown (1844): John Greenleaf Whittier's introduction to his poem of the same name, and an excerpt from a letter to Wright.
The Mississippi Resolutions: November 1860.
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address: 1861-03-04.
The Civil War in American: From Justin McCarthy's Short History of our Own Times. It is mainly interesting for England's attitude.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Given 1863-11-19 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Puritans and Pilgrims: by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943).

Last modified 2004-05-14