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IBUKI has collected together and indexed electronic (mostly PDF) editions of primary sources, books, articles and study guides for history, science and literature.

Document Collections

  • Liberty Documents
    • 1901 - |hill-liberty|
      from the Internet Archive - LOC
  • American History Leaflets
    • 1896 - |hart-leaflets|
  • Old South leaflets
  • The Federalist Papers
  • Formation
  • Peter Force

United States Records

  • American Archives, Peter Force, editor. 9 vols. Washington, 1837-1853. (Amer. Arch.)
  • American State Papers, Finance. Washington, 1832-1861. (A.S.P., Fin.)
  • American State Papers, Post Office. Washington, 1832-1861. (A.S.P.,P.O.)
  • Annals of the Congress of the United States. 42 vols. Washington, 1834-1856. (Annals.)
  • bates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution.
  • Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution in the Convention held at Philadelphia, Jonathan Elliot, editor. 5 vols. Washington, 1836, 1845.
  • Journals of Congress, containing their proceedings. 13 vols. Philadelphia, 1800-1801. (Journ. Cong. Old Ser.)
  • Journals of the Continental Congress, W. C. Ford and G. Hunt, editors. Washington, 1904-. (J.C. C.)
  • Messages and Papers of the Presidents, J. D. Richardson, editor. 10 vols. Washington, 1896-1899. (Richardson.)
  • Papers of the Continental Congress. MSS. in the Library of Congress, Washington. (P. C. C.) The volume most useful for this study has been Volume 61, containing the letters and papers of Richard Bache and Ebenezer Hazard, Postmasters General from 1776 to 1790.
  • Register of Debates in Congress. 29 vols. Washington, 1825-1837. (Cong. Deb.)
  • Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury (1790-1828). Washington, 1828-1829. (Repis. Sec'y of Treas.)
  • Statutes at Large of the United States. Boston and Washington, 1850-. (Siat.)
Post Office Department
  • Papers of the Continental Congress. MSS. in the Library of Congress, Washington. (P. C. C.)
  • Volume 61, containing the letters and papers of Richard Bache and Ebenezer Hazard, Postmasters General from 1776 to 1790.
  • Register of Debates in Congress. 29 vols. Washington, 1825-1837. (Cong. Deb.)
  • Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury (1790-1828). Washington, 1828-1829. (Repis. Sec'y of Treas.)
  • tatutes at Large of the United States. Boston and Washington, 1850-. (Siat.)
Post Office Department
  • Annals of the Post Office Department. MS. 13 pp. in MS. Division, Li- brary of Congress. Date appears to be about 1837.
  • Letter Books of the Postmaster General. MSS. in Post Office Department. Lbk.) - set is practically complete from 1789 to date. On many points connected with the development of the postal service this has been the leading source of information.
  • List of the Post Offices in the United States. Washington, 1803, and many later editions. Published by the Postmaster General.
  • "Miscellaneous Post Office Papers." Several bundles of MSS. so labelled have been deposited in the MS. Division, Library of Congress. For the most part the papers are of little value.
  • Postal Laws and Regulations. (P. L. & R.) Official publication by the Postmaster General, 1798, and many subsequent editions at irregular intervals. Useful for the detailed instructions to postmasters and official interpretations of points of law.
  • Reports of the Postmaster General. Annually since 1823. Route Registers. MSS. Contain lists of post routes and their histories. most after 1840.

Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention

  • Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
  • Letters of the Delegates of Congress
  • Elliot's Debates
    The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
  • Ferrand's Records
    The Records of the Federal Convention 1787
  • Richardson's Messages
    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents

Journals of Congress

  • House Journal
  • Senate Journal
  • Senate Executive Journal
  • Maclay's Journal

Debates of Congress

  • Annals of Congress, 1789-1824
  • Register of Debates, 1824-1837
  • Congressional Globe, 1833-1873
  • Congressional Record, 1873-

Statutes and Resolves

  • Bills and Resolutions
  • Statutes at Large
  • American State Papers
  • U.S. Serial Set

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