The formation of the Union : a documentary history based upon an exhibit in the National Archives Building

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1. The Declaration of Rights, October 14, 1774

2. The Articles of Association, October 20, 1774

3. The Battle of Lexington: Deposition of Captain Parker, Commander of the Militia in Lexington, Massachusetts, April 25, 1775

4. Appeal for Assistance from Massachusetts, May 3, 1775

5. Credentials of the Pennsylvania Delegates to the Second Continental Congress, May 6, 1775

6. Washington's Acceptance of the Post of Commander in Chief, June 16, 1775

7. Privateering Resolution of March 23, 1776

8. Resolution Opening the Ports of America to World Commerce, April 6, 1776

9. Resolution with Preamble, for the Establishment of Local Governments, May 10, 15, 1776

10. Virginia's Instructions to its Delegates to Move for Independence, May 15, 1776

11. The Lee Resolution for Independence, June 7, 1776

12. Appointment of the Committee to Prepare the Declaration of Independence, June 11, 1776

13. Adoption of the Lee Resolution for Independence, July 2, 1776

14. First Printing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4-5, 1776

15. Plan of Treaties, 1776

16. General Gates' Letter Announcing Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 18, 1777

17. Treaty of Alliance with France, February 6, 1778

18. The Articles of Confederation: John Dickinson's Draft, July 12, 1776

19. The Engrossed Articles of Confederation, July 9, 1778

20. Resolution for Equal Statehood for Acquired Territory, October 10, 1780

21. Washington's Letter Announcing Victory at Yorktown, October 19, 1781

22. The Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783

23. A Plan for Government of the Western Country, March 1, 1784

24. The Ordinance of 1787, July 13, 1787 (Northwest Ordinance)

25. Report of the Annapolis Convention, September 14, 1786

26. Resolution Calling for the Philadelphia Convention, February 21, 1787

27. The Virginia Plan as Amended in the Philadelphia Convention, June 13, 1787

28. The Great Compromise, Journal of the Federal Convention, July 16, 1787

29. Printed Draft of the Constitution, August 6, 1787

30. Delaware's Ratification of the Constitution, December 7, 1787

31. Call for the First Presidential Election, September 13, 1788

32. Appointment of the Massachusetts Electors, January 7, 1789

33. Report of the South Carolina Electoral Vote, February 4, 1789

34. Notification to Washington of his Election as President, April 6, 1789

35. Charles Thomson's Description of his Journey to Mount Vernon, April 24, 1789

36. Washington's Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789

37. North Carolina's Proposed Amendments to the Constitution, August 1, 1788

38. New York's Ratification of the Bill of Rights, March 27, 1790