Contains documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. (
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html
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This site provides an in-depth look at the history of the Declaration of Independence. (
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/declaration/decmain.html
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This time line, found on the Library of Congress Web Site, is drawn largely from the work of Richard B. Morris, in particular his Encyclopedia of American History. (
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/timeline.html
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A source that includes documents on the roots of the Constitution, the American Revolution, and the Constitutional Convention. (
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm
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