Library Guides: Early Government Documents: 19th Century

19th Century

Congressional Debates can be found in a series of publications:

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Congressional and legislative information
Congressional provides access to the best web resources for congressional and legislative information. This includes services available to Penn State Users only, such as Congressional Universe (1789-to date) as well as other free services that provide similar or related information such as Thomas (1993-to date) and GPO Access (1993-to date). The Guided Tour provides a step-by-step approach to congressional and legislative information for users who have never done research of this type before. Updates:Continuous

Foreign Relations of the United States
The official record of U.S. foreign policy with correspondence and papers on major policies and decisions.

Official Records: War of the Rebellion (U.S. Civil War)

U.S. Executive Branch Documents

The American Presidency Project
The most comprehensive of the online resources of presidential papers, it includes the Public Papers of the President, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Papers, signing statements, radio addresses, and more.

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Full-text of government publications, including congressional reports, executive and department reports and other documents ordered printed by Congress. A massive collection of government publications produced by Congress (hearings, reports, etc...). Also a source for many early Executive Branch documents such as Annual Reports which Congress directed to be printed for its use.
Congressional provides access to the best web resources for congressional and legislative information. This includes services available to Penn State Users only, such as Congressional Universe (1789-to date) as well as other free services that provide similar or related information such as Thomas (1993-to date) and GPO Access (1993-to date). The Guided Tour provides a step-by-step approach to congressional and legislative information for users who have never done research of this type before. Updates:Continuous

Various Printed Indexes
U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909. A collection of reports issued by federal agencies (State Dept, Navy, Commerce). These documents are sometimes more easily located through the printed indexes.