Category: Historical Documents

John C. Calhoun on the Clay Compromise Measures – 1850

The Clay Compromise Measures by John C. Calhoun March 4, 1850 This is among John C. Calhoun's most famous speeches. He was too ill to deliver it himself, so it was read by another senator with Calhoun present in the ...
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Peter Wilson (Waowawanaonk) on The Empire State – 1847

Peter Wilson (Waowawanaonk) on The Empire State by Peter Wilson May 4, 1847 Cayuga Chief Waowawanaonk, also known as Peter Wilson, delivered this speech before the New York Historical Society. "Waowawanaonk" means "They hear his voice." Abridged. You see before ...
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Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson – 1841

Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was a renowned philospher, lecturer, poet and writer. He lived in the time of the lyceum movement, in which popular lecturers travelled throughout the U.S., leading debates and discussions about the great ...
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The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson – 1837

The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of America's most famous and influential writers and thinkers. He was instrumental in the development of a distinct American philosophy. Born in Boston, Emerson was a Unitarian minister ...
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Fall Of The Alamo – 1836

The Fall Of The Alamo by Captain R. M. Potter Date of Event: 1836 Written in 1860, Subsequently Revised by Author Captain R.M. Potter lived near the Alamo at the time it fell, and was in a good position to ...
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Democracy in America, Volume II, Part B

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume II, Part B  THIRD BOOK Influence of Democracy on Manners, Properly so Called Chapter 1 That Manners Are Softened as Social Conditions Become More Equal WE perceive that for several ages social ...
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Democracy in America, Volume II, Part A

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume II, Part A FIRST BOOK Influence of Democracy on the Progress of Opinion in the United States Chapter 1 Philosophical Method Among the Americans I THINK that in no country in the ...
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Democracy in America, Volume I, Part B

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume I, Part B Corruption and Vices of the Rulers in a Democracy, and Consequent Effects Upon Public Morality In aristocracies rulers sometimes endeavor to corrupt the people -- In democracies rulers frequently ...
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Democracy in America, Volume I, Part A

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume 1, Part A Introductory Chapter AMONGST the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of conditions. I ...
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Monroe Doctrine – 1823

The Monroe Doctrine December 2, 1823 ...At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St ...
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