Useful Government Documents on the Internet
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American Archives: Documents of the American Revolution 1774-1776Digitized documents from: American archives: consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters and other notices of publick affairs, the whole forming a documentary history of the origin and progress of the North American colonies; of the causes...
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Elliot's Debates 1787-1789 (Library of Congress)"Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution"
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Farrand's Records 1787 (Library of Congress)"The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787"
Useful Databases
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ProQuest CongressionalProQuest Congressional is a comprehensive database that searches across current and historical documents of the United States Congress, many of which are included in full text. It includes the U.S. Serial Set (the published working papers of Congress), Congressional Hearings, the Congressional Record (through 1997) and hundreds of thousands of House and Senate reports, State of the Union messages, Congressional journals, hearings, high-resolution maps, and more.
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American State Papers, 1789-1838Important executive and legislative documents issued between 1789 and 1838, including every legislative and executive document of the first fourteen U.S. Congresses.
Useful Print Government Documents
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Emerging nation : a documentary history of the foreign relations of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, 1780-1789Call Number: GOV DOCS AE1.114/3:N21/ v.1-3
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Formation of the union: A documentary history based upon an exhibit in the National Archives buildingCall Number: GOV DOCS GS4.2:Un3/2Publication Date: 1970
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Journals of the American Congress from 1774-1788Call Number: GOV DOCS Z 2.7:v.1-4
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Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789Call Number: GOV DOCS Z 2.5:
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Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789Call Number: GOV DOCS LC 1.34: