Primary Sources
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- American Memory - Explore digitized items form the Library of Congress including maps, photos, atlases, documents, manuscripts, audio files, and much more.
- American Rhetoric - View landmark American speeches by political, religious, and cultural figures captured in print, audio and audiovisual formats.
- Explorers Primary Sources - Learn about voyages from the explorers themselves.
- Our Documents - This site contains 100 milestone documents of American History from the National Archives. It includes digital images of the actual documents, a transcript of the document, and background information.