Biography
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- The Avalon Project : Thomas Jefferson Papers
- Includes major works, messages to Congress, inaugural addresses, miscellaneous papers, and letters.
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- Thomas Jefferson Papers
- 27,000 documents from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress digitized and available online. Also includes a timeline of Jefferson's life.
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- The Politics of Andrew Johnson
- Examines the bitter political battle that caused the only impeachment of an American President.
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- John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address
- Complete text of the speech delivered Friday, January 20, 1961. Includes background information.
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- President Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Examines the controversy that surrounds Kennedy's handling of the international crisis.
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- Vincent Voice Library: President John F. Kennedy
- Hear Kennedy's voice as he outlines the U.S. response to the crisis. In MP3 format.
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- House Divided Speech
- The 1858 speech in which Lincoln warned that slavery would divide the nation.
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- Lost and Found Sound: Gettysburg Eyewitness
- William V. Rathvon was only nine years old when he watched and listened to Abraham Lincoln deliver the famous Gettysburg address. Decades later, he recorded his memories of that occasion on a 78 rpm record. That sound file is reproduced here in RealAudio format.
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- Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas
- Complete text of the seven masterpieces of debate on the evil of slavery.
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- The Emancipation Proclamation
- The document that proclaimed slaves in all Confederate states free.
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- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Summarizes events leading up to the assassination, the shooting itself, and the aftermath.
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- Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
- Short illustrated account of the fateful night. From the Library of Congress.