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Digital Collections of Selected Primary Sources

Vital Speeches of the Day
1934-current, selected speeches of national and international importance.

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
From Yale Law School, with selected primary documents in law, history, economics and diplomacy.
Primary Documents in American History
From the Library of Congress.
Presidential Debates, 1960 - 2016
From the American Presidency Project at U.C. Santa Barbara.
Founders' Constitution
Selected primary documents, 1600s-1800s, from the University of Chicago Press and the Liberty Fund.
American Founders Online: An Annotated Guide to Their Papers and Publications
From the Library of Congress
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
From Dickinson College.

Making of the Modern World This link opens in a new window
An extensive collection of primary documents, 1450-1914.