Signing the Declaration of Independence

From the painting by
Charles E. A. Dumaresa

Copyright, 1910
By P. F. COLLIER & Son

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THE VOYAGES TO VINLAND (c. 1000). ..

THE LETTER OF COLUMBUS TO LUIS DE SANT ANGEL An-

NOUNCING HIS DISCOVERY (1493)

AMERIGO VESPUCCI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS FIRST VOYAGE (1497).

John CA ,ot's DISCOVERY OF NORTH AMERICA (1497)

FIRST CHARTER OF VIRGINIA (1606)

THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT (1620)

THE FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT (1639)

The MASSACHUSETTS BODY OF LIBERTIES (1641)

ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT DESCRIBED AND THE GOVERNMENT OF

THE MASSACHUSETTS VINDICATED FROM THAT ASPERSION,

BY JOHN WINTHROP (1644)

THE INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT (1653)

A HEALING QUESTION, BY SIR HENRY VANE (1656)

JOHN ELIOT's BRIEF NARRATIVE (1670)

DECLARATION OF Rights (1765) . .

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1776)

THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1775)

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (1777) ...

ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION, YORKTOWN (1781).

TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN (1783).

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (1787)

THE FEDERALIST, Nos. I AND 2 (1787).

OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL, IN THE CASE OF

McCULLOCH VS. THE STATE OF MARYLAND (1819)

WASHINGTON'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS (1789)

TREATY WITH THE Six NATIONS (1794)

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS (1796).

TREATY WITH FRANCE (LOUISIANA PURCHASE) (1803)

TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN (END OF WAR OF 1812) (1814)

ARRANGEMENT AS TO THE NAVAL FORCE TO BE RESPECTIVELY

MAINTAINED ON THE AMERICAN LAKES (1817)

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