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The Speeches, Addresses, and Messages of the Several Presidents of the United States at the Openings of Congress and at Their Respective Inaugurations; Also, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address to His Fellow-Citizens (Philadelphia: R. Desilver, 1825), contrib. by George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams (multiple formats at archive.org)
Epoch-making papers in United States history (The Macmillan company, 1903), by Marshall Stewart Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
A source book of American political theory / y Benjamin Fletcher Wright, jr. ... (The Macmillan company, 1929), by Benjamin Fletcher Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
The formation of the Union; a documentary history based upon an exhibit in the National Archives Building. (National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Service, 1970), by United States National Archives and Records Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Documents and readings in American government : national, state, and local (Macmillan, 1928), by John Mabry Mathews and Clarence A. Berdahl (page images at HathiTrust)
Documents in American Government. (W. Sloane Associates, 1949), by Clinton Rossiter (page images at HathiTrust)
American government: basic documents and materials (Van Nostrand, 1950), by Robert G. Dixon and Elmer Plischke (page images at HathiTrust)
Calvin Coolidge papers (Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1959), by Calvin Coolidge (page images at HathiTrust)
National Archives microfilm publications. M (Washington, in the 20th century), by United States National Archives and Records Administration and National Archives (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Documents and readings in American government: national and state (Macmillan Co., 1947), by John Mabry Mathews and Clarence A. Berdahl (page images at HathiTrust)
The people shall judge : readings in the formation of American policy (University Press, 1919), by University of Chicago. College (page images at HathiTrust)
Documents and readings in American government (The Macmillan company, 1940), by John Mabry Mathews and Clarence A. Berdahl (page images at HathiTrust)
Select orations illustrating American political history (The Hollenbeck press, 1908), by Samuel Bannister Harding (page images at HathiTrust)
Charter of American liberty (Taggard & Thompson, 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., between 1000 and 1999), by United States President (page images at HathiTrust)
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress with reports of Departments and selections from accompanying papers (Washington, 1859), by United States President (page images at HathiTrust)
Select orations illustrating American political history. (The Macmillan company, 1923), by Samuel Bannister Harding and John Mantle Clapp (page images at HathiTrust)
American Government: basic documents and materials (Greenwood Press, 1972), by Robert Galloway Dixon and Elmer Plischke (page images at HathiTrust)
Serial set. vol. 05378-06074, 60th Congress, 2d sess. (1908)-61st Congress, 3d sess. (1911) (U.S. G.P.O., in the 1900s), by United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
State of the Union Addresses of Barack Obama, 2009-2016, by Barack Obama (Gutenberg ebook)

Filed under: United States -- Politics and government -- Sources -- Bibliography

Records of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1946 (Washington, 1959), by National Archives (U.S.), Harold E. Hufford, Handy B. Fant, Buford Rowland, and United States National Archives and Records Service (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: United States -- Politics and government -- Sources -- Indexes

Index to executive documents (Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, in the 19th century), by United States Senate (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- Sources

Department reports of the commonwealth of Massachusetts containing decrees, rulings and awards of the executive, legislative and administrative branches of government affecting business, with Supreme court decisions in full ...v. I-IX. (New England bureau of department reports inc., 1916), by Massachusetts and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- Sources

Papers of the governors (under the direction of Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1900), by Pennsylvania. Governor and George Edward Reed (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Sources

Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, From the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation, by the Adoption of the Constitution of the United States (4 volumes; Boston: T. B. Wait, 1820), by United States Continental Congress
Journals of the Continental Congress (Library of Congress edition, 34 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1904-1937), by United States Continental Congress, ed. by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Gaillard Hunt, John Clement Fitzpatrick, and Roscoe R. Hill (HTML and page images with commentary at loc.gov)
The letters of Richard Henry Lee (The Macmillan Company, 1911), by Richard Henry Lee, James Curtis Ballagh, and National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (page images at HathiTrust)
Speeches of the Governors of Massachusetts from 1765-1775 : and the answers of the House of Representatives to the same; with their resolutions and addresses for that period and other public papers relating to the dispute between this country and Great Britain which led to the independence of the United States. (Printed by Russell and Gardner, proprietors of the work, 1818), by Alden Bradford, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts. Governor (1774-1775 : Gage), Massachusetts. Governor (1770-1774 : Hutchinson), and Massachusetts. Governor (1760-1770 : Bernard) (page images at HathiTrust)
Burke's speeches and letters on American affairs. (J.M. Dent & Co.;, 1908), by Edmund Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Journals of the Continental Congress (Printed and published by Way and Gideon, 1823), by United States Continental Congress and United States. Continental Congress. Committee of the States (page images at HathiTrust)
Thomas Jefferson papers (Library of Congress, 1974), by Thomas Jefferson and Library of Congress Manuscript Division (page images at HathiTrust)
The founding father's papers : ensuring public access to our national treasures : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, February 7, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Speeches of the governors of Massachusetts, from 1765 to 1775; and the answers of the House of Representatives, to the same; with their resolutions and addresses for that period and other public papers relating to the dispute between this country and Great Britain which led to the independence of the United States. (Printed by Russell and Gardner, proprietors of the work, 1818), by Alden Bradford, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts. Governor (1774-1775 : Gage), Massachusetts. Governor (1771-1774 : Hutchinson), and Massachusetts. Governor (1760-1770 : Bernard) (page images at HathiTrust)
The papers of James Madison, purchased by order of Congress; being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation and his reports of debates in the Federal convention: now published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of state, by direction of the Joint library committee of Congress, under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin. (J. & H. G. Langley, 1841), by James Madison and Henry D. Gilpin (page images at HathiTrust)
The letters of Richard Henry Lee (The Macmillan company, 1911), by Richard Henry Lee, James Curtis Ballagh, and National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (page images at HathiTrust)
The papers of James Madison, purchased by order of Congress; being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation and his reports of debates in the Federal convention; now published from the original manuscripts (J. & H. G. Langley, 1841), by James Madison and Henry D. Gilpin (page images at HathiTrust)
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 (W.S. Hein, 2005), by United States Continental Congress, Roscoe R. Hill, John Clement Fitzpatrick, Gaillard Hunt, Worthington Chauncey Ford, and Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Papers relating to public events in Massachusetts preceding the American Revolution. (Printed for the Seventy-Six Society, 1856), by Alfred Langdon Elwyn and Pa.) Seventy-six Society (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
The constitutions of the several independent states of America. : The Declaration of Independence. The Articles of Confederation between the said states. The treaties between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America. And the treaties between their high mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America (Printed by Norman and Bowen, 1785), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789 -- Sources

Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, From the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation, by the Adoption of the Constitution of the United States (4 volumes; Boston: T. B. Wait, 1820), by United States Continental Congress
Journals of the Continental Congress (Library of Congress edition, 34 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1904-1937), by United States Continental Congress, ed. by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Gaillard Hunt, John Clement Fitzpatrick, and Roscoe R. Hill (HTML and page images with commentary at loc.gov)
Journals of the Continental Congress (Printed and published by Way and Gideon, 1823), by United States Continental Congress and United States. Continental Congress. Committee of the States (page images at HathiTrust)
The papers of James Madison, purchased by order of Congress; being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation and his reports of debates in the Federal convention: now published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of state, by direction of the Joint library committee of Congress, under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin. (J. & H. G. Langley, 1841), by James Madison and Henry D. Gilpin (page images at HathiTrust)
The papers of James Madison, purchased by order of Congress; being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation and his reports of debates in the Federal convention; now published from the original manuscripts (J. & H. G. Langley, 1841), by James Madison and Henry D. Gilpin (page images at HathiTrust)
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 (W.S. Hein, 2005), by United States Continental Congress, Roscoe R. Hill, John Clement Fitzpatrick, Gaillard Hunt, Worthington Chauncey Ford, and Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Secret journals of the acts and proceedings of Congress, from the first meeting thereof to the dissolution of the Confederation (Printed and published by Thomas B. Wait., 1820), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings: On Moral, Historical, Political, and Literary Subjects, by Noah Webster (Gutenberg ebook)

Filed under: United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809 -- Sources

Letters and papers of Governor John Henry of Maryland, member of continental Congress 1777-1788, member of United States Senate 1789-1797, governor of Maryland, 1797-1798. With some account of his life, genealogy and descendants, as shown by extracts from records and papers in the Maryland historical society, and original letters and memoranda in the hands of the compiler, one of his great-grandsons, J. Winfield Henry. (G. W. King printing co., 1904), by John Henry and James Winfield Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
The founding father's papers : ensuring public access to our national treasures : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, February 7, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters and papers of Governor John Henry of Maryland, member of Continental Congress 1777-1788, member of United States Senate 1789-1797, governor of Maryland, 1797-1798. (G. W. King printing co., 1904), by John Henry and James Winfield Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
Selections from letters received by David Daggett, 1786-1802 : read at the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society, April 27, 1887 (C. Hamilton, 1887), by Franklin Bowditch Dexter and David Daggett (page images at HathiTrust)

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