Category: Historical Documents

New York Sun on the San Francisco Earthquake – 1906

The New York Sun on the San Francisco Earthquake The New York Sun April 19, 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake of April 18, 1906 was followed by a fire lasting four days and destroying 497 city blocks covering five square ...
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Theodore Roosevelt On Motherhood – 1905

On American Motherhood by Theodore Roosevelt March 13, 1905 A speech given by President Roosevelt in Washington on March 13, 1905, before the National Congress of Mothers. In our modern industrial civilization there are many and grave dangers to counterbalance ...
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Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Address – 1905

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Address March 4, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt had served as president for three years at this time of his first inaugural address, as he had ascended to the presidency on September 14, 1901 after the assassination of President ...
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Ulysses S. Grant: Reasons for Being a Republican – 1880

Reasons for Being a Republican by Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) September 28, 1880 Delivered by the retired president before a Republican gathering in Warren, Ohio. IN view of the known character of the speaker who is to address you to-day, ...
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Susan B. Anthony on a Woman’s Right to Vote – 1873

Woman's Rights to the Suffrage by Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) 1873 This speech was delivered in 1873, after Anthony was arrested, tried and fined $100 for voting in the 1872 presidential election.  Friends and Fellow Citizens: I stand before you ...
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Chicago Fire – 1871

The Great Chicago Fire by Horace White October 14, 1871 Horace White, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune, wrote this eyewitness account of the most destructive fire in American history in a letter to Murat Halstead, the editor of the Cincinnati Commercial. The ...
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Concord Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson – 1837

Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was a key early American philospher, poet and writer, particularly known for his appreciation of individualism, self-reliance and intuition. He wrote this poem, which was sung as a hymn at a ...
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Andrew Jackson’s Farewell Address – 1837

Jackson's Farewell Address by Andrew Jackson 1837 This speech was given on the occasion of Andrew Jackson's retirement from the presidency, and from public life. Jackson spent the remainder of his life at his home, known as the Hermitage, near ...
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Battle Hymn of the Republic

The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe  Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the LordHe is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,He has loosed the fateful lightening of ...
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Second Inaugural Address of President Abraham Lincoln – 1865

Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865 One of the great speeches of American history; some say, the greatest. Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended ...
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