The History of America
James Madison wrote that “a people who mean to be their own governors must be armed with the power that knowledge gives”.
In “Democracy in America” Alexis de Tocqueville noted that Americans of that time were far more knowledgeable about government and the issues of the day than their counterparts in Europe.
Tocqueville wrote “every citizen receives the elementary notions of human knowledge; he is taught, moreover, the doctrines and the evidences of his religion, the history of his country, and the leading features of its Constitution”.
The founders knew that only an educated populace, jealous of their rights, would be strong enough to resist the usurpation of their liberties by government. Today many people know nothing of our true history, or the source of our rights.
The mission of The Federalist Papers Project is to get people the history they never got in school and to motivate them to push back at the erosion of our liberties and restore constitutionally limited small government.
The links below represent our ever growing collection of books and source documents designed to tell the tale of America without the filter of either the public education system or the media.
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Colonial America
American Historical Documents 1000 A.D – 1900
Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions by B.F Morris
Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood
Columbus And the New World by James W. Buel
George Whitefield – Field Preacher by James Paterson Gledstone
Some Fruits of Solitude by William Penn
The Founding of a Nation; The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers – Volume One by Frank M. Gregg
The Founding of a Nation; The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers – Volume Two by Frank M. Gregg
The Great Awakening by Joseph Tracy
The Life and Times of Roger Williams by May Emery Hall
The Revolutionary Era
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America by John Adams
A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law by John Adams
A Summary View of the Rights of British America by Thomas Jefferson
American Historical Documents 1000 A.D – 1900
American Political History 1763 – 1876 – Volume One by Alexander Johnston
Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by B.J. Lossing
Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions by B.F Morris
Diary of the American Revolution – Volume One by Frank Moore
Diary of the American Revolution – Volume Two by Frank Moore
Letters from a Farmer In Pennsylvania by John Dickinson
The Articles of Association of 1774
The Boys of 1776″ by Charles Carleton Coffin
The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas by Carl L. Becker
The Eve Of The Revolution by Carl L. Becker
The History of the American Revolution – Volume One by Mercy Otis Warren
The History of the American Revolution – Volume Two by Mercy Otis Warren
The Letters of John and Abigail Adams During the Revolution by Charles Francis Adams
The Novanglus Essays by John Adams
The Rights of the Colonists by Samuel Adams
The Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776
Founding Era
Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison
Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787 by Robert Yates
Notes On The State Of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
The Age of Unreason – A Reply to Thomas Paine by Rev. Richard Watson
The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison and Jay
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 by H.M. Brackenridge
Biographies
George Washington the Christian by William J. Johnson
Benjamin Franklin Autobiography
Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by B.J. Lossing
John Hancock The Picturesque Patriot by Lorenzo Sears
John Locke by Richard I. Aaron
The Character Of John Adams by Samuel Willard M.D.
The Life of James Madison by Sydney Howard Gay
The Life of Samuel Adams by James K. Hosmer
The Life of Thomas Jefferson by B.L. Rayner
The Life of George Washington by Edward Everett
The Pictorial Life of George Washington by John Frost
The Real Benjamin Franklin by Sydney George Fisher
Papers
George Washington’s Farewell Address
Letters of John and Abigail Adams During the Revolution by Charles Francis Adams
Life & Letters of Thomas Jefferson by Edwards. Pratt and Foster
Life And Public Services of Samuel Adams – Volume One by William V. Wells
Life And Public Services of Samuel Adams – Volume Two by William V. Wells
Life And Public Services of Samuel Adams – Volume Three by William V. Wells
Life, Correspondence & Speeches of Patrick Henry – Volume One by William Wirt Henry
Life, Correspondence & Speeches of Patrick Henry – Volume Two by William Wirt Henry
Life, Correspondence & Speeches of Patrick Henry – Volume Three by William Wirt Henry
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior by George Washington
Source Documents
Manifesto of the Congress of the United States – 1778
The Anti-Federalist Papers Special Edition
The Articles of Association of 1774
The Constitution of the United States
The Declaration of Independence
Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence – Thomas Jefferson
The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison and Jay
The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson, 1786
American History
American Political History 1763 – 1876 – Volume One by Alexander Johnston
American Political History 1763 – 1876 – Volume Two by Alexander Johnston
Democracy in America – Volume One by Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America – Volume Two by Alexis de Tocqueville
George Washington
George Washington’s Farewell Address
George Washington the Christian by William J. Johnson
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior by George Washington
The Maxims of Washington by John Fred Shroeder
The Pictorial Life of George Washington by John Frost
The Wisdom of George Washington by Bill Bailey
John Adams
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law
Letters of John and Abigail Adams During the Revolution by Charles Francis Adams
The Character Of John Adams by Samuel Willard M.D.
Thomas Jefferson
A Summary View of the Rights of British America
Life & Letters of Thomas Jefferson by Edwards. Pratt and Foster
Notes On The State Of Virginia
Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence
The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom, 1786
James Madison
Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison
The Life of James Madison by Sydney Howard Gay
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Autobiography
Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin
The Real Benjamin Franklin by Sydney George Fisher
The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin
Founding Influences
An Essay on Crimes and Punishment by Cesare Becarria
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke
A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
Commentaries on the Laws of England – Volume One by Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England – Volume Two by Sir William Blackstone
Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Reasonableness of Christianity by John Locke
The Spirit of the Laws by Baron de Montesquieu
The Story of Liberty by Charles Carleton Coffin
Two Treatises of Government by John Locke
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
The Constitution
An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution by Noah Webster
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States – Abridged Version by Joseph Story
Elementary Catechism of the Constitution by Arthur J. Stansbury
Essays on the Constitution of the United States Edited By Paul Leicester Ford
Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison
Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787 by Robert Yates
Principles of Constitutional Interpretation
The Anti-Federalist Papers Special Edition
The Constitution of the United States
The Essential Anti-Federalist Papers
The Essential Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison and Jay
Quotes
The Essential Alexander Hamilton
The Essential Anti-Federalist Papers
The Essential Benjamin Franklin
The Essential Federalist Papers
The Essential Founding Fathers
The Essential Thomas Jefferson
The Wisdom of George Washington by Bill Bailey
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