Important Historical Documents

Historical Documents

This is a listing of some of the more important historical documents I have acquired thus far. All pdf files ( pdf

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General Course-Related Documents

	Year	Title / Author
	1974	Cargo Cult Science Richard Feynman
	2007	APSA References How-To Ole J Forsberg
	2007	What is Science? Ole J Forsberg

Historical Documents

	Year	Title / Author
	1090	The Constitution of the Iroquois Confederation The Iroquois Confederation
	1164	The Constitutions of Clarendon King Edward I
	1215	The Magna Carta King John Lackland
	1494	The Letter to the King and Queen of Spain Christopher Columbus
	1513	The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli
	1620	The Mayflower Compact William Bradford
	1644	A Plea for Religious Liberty Roger Williams
	1645	On Liberty John Winthrop
	1679	The Habeas Corpus Act English Parliament
	1689	The English Bill of Rights Prince William of Orange and Princess Mary
	1741	Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathon Edwards
	1754	The Albany Plan of Union Benjamin Franklin
	1775	The Liberty Speech Patrick Henry
	1775	Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms Second Continental Congress
	1776	The Crisis Thomas Paine
	1776	The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
	1776	The Virginia Declaration of Rights George Mason as principal author
	1777	The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Second Continental Congress
	1783	The Treaty of Paris Various Diplomats
	1786	The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom Thomas Jefferson
	1787	Antifederalist No. 6 Centinel
	1787	Federalist No. 6 Alexander Hamilton
	1789	The US Constitution The United States in Congress
	1789	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Marquis de Lafayette
	1791	Rights of Man Thomas Paine
	1796	The Treaty of Tripoli Various Diplomats
	1798	The Sedition Act An Act of the US Congress
	1823	The Monroe Doctrine James Monroe
	1848	The Manifesto of the Communist Party Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
	1849	On Civil Disobedience Henry Thoreau
	1854	Slavery in Massachusetts Henry Thoreau
	1863	The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln
	1863	The Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln
	1918	The Fourteen Points Woodrow Wilson
	1941	The Atlantic Charter Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
	1945	Statements from the Yalta Conference Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin
	1946	The Long Telegram George F. Kennan
	1946	The Iron Curtain Speech Winston Churchill
	1947	The Truman Doctrine Harry S. Truman
	1961	Special Address to Congress John F. Kennedy
	1993	The Arusha Peace Accords Anastase Gasana and Pasteur Bizimungu
	1994	Cable Response to Roméo Dallaire Kofi Annan
	1994	Cable to Kofi Annan Roméo Dallaire
	1999	Constitution of the Swiss Confederation Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
	2001	The USA PATRIOT Act The US Congress
	2007	Petraeus Report Gen. David H. Petraeus

Laws And Legal Documents

	Year	Title / Author
	1090	The Constitution of the Iroquois Confederation The Iroquois Confederation
	1164	The Constitutions of Clarendon King Edward I
	1215	The Magna Carta King John Lackland
	1679	The Habeas Corpus Act English Parliament
	1776	The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
	1777	The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Second Continental Congress
	1783	The Treaty of Paris Various Diplomats
	1789	The US Constitution The United States in Congress
	1796	The Treaty of Tripoli Various Diplomats
	1798	The Sedition Act An Act of the US Congress
	1863	The Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln
	1993	The Arusha Peace Accords Anastase Gasana and Pasteur Bizimungu
	1999	Constitution of the Swiss Confederation Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
	2001	The USA PATRIOT Act The US Congress