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- First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln1.asp 55 comments
- Thomas Jefferson's Letter to His Nephew Peter http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/let31.asp 55 comments
- Primary Source Link to Confederate Declarations of Secession - From Yale Law Avalon Project https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/csapage.asp 22 comments law
- A site where you can read Madisons Notes/Transcript from the Constitutional Convention In Philidelphia. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/debcont.asp 2 comments internetisbeautiful
- Alexander Hamilton: It may happen that this majority of States is a small minority of the people of America; and two thirds of the people of America could not long be persuaded ... to submit their interests to the management and disposal of one third. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed22.asp 7 comments politics
- State Constitutions as Context for Interpreting the Second Amendment http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/ma02.asp 42 comments law
- Yale University's Avalon project curates a digital library of all Presidential Inaugural addresses from 1789 to 2009. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/inaug.asp 3 comments history
- It is the electoral college's role to suppress "desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils" - Federalist 68, Alexander Hamilton http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp 4 comments politics
- Since the original Treaty of Tripoli was written in Arabic and then translated to English there seem to be discrepancies in the translation. Are there any other cases where a historical documents was (mis)translated to English that slightly change the meaning of the article? http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/bar1796n.asp 9 comments history
- French "Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789" how is it that the French were capable of writing something like this and then go off on the Reign of Terror 3 years later? http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp 9 comments history
- The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School brings together legal documents from the time of Hammurabi to the most recent Supreme Court Decisions. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp 6 comments law
- "When the laws...make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society...have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government - Andrew Jackson http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ajveto01.asp 17 comments politics
- I posted this to r/conservative and I thought you guys might like it as well. The Federalist Papers are a great insight into the philosophy behind the Constitution. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fed.asp 88 comments philosophy
- James Madison: "In England, at this day, if elections were open to all classes of people, the property of the landed proprietors would be insecure. An agrarian law would soon take place." http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/yates.asp 7 comments politics
- U.S. President George Washington's Farewell Address http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp 4 comments politics
- From Andrew Jackson's Bank Veto: Quite Relevant http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ajveto01.asp 4 comments politics
- George Washington is turning in his grave http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp 17 comments reddit.com
- A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_texsec.asp 4 comments history
- How do we get this piece of the Confederate Constitution added to the US Constitution?? http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp 21 comments politics
- George Washington was right - political parties suck http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp 4 comments reddit.com
- George Washington said it best: passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp 5 comments politics