US History resources: historical documents

[This list of historical figures is from The American Experience Storybook.]

Here are links to historical documents to help your student research US historical figures. When possible, I have linked to documents written by the individual. When I could not find something written by the person, I linked to an historical document that references the figure or to an article that provides more information. 

Benjamin Franklin

* Poor Richard's Almanac

* excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography

George Washington

* Washington's First Inaugural Address

* Washington's Farewell Address

Daniel Boone

* Daniel Boone Petition

Paul Revere

* Letter from Paul Revere to Jeremy Belknap

Patrick Henry

* Patrick Henry's speech

Molly Pitcher

* Molly Pitcher 

* Molly Pitcher and Captain Molly

Eli Whitney

* Eli Whitney's patent for the cotton gin

Dolly Madison

* The Dolly Madison Project

Sacajawea

Sam Houston

Robert E. Lee

Abraham Lincoln

* The Gettysburg Address

* Lincoln's first Inaugural Address

Susan B. Anthony

* Susan B. Anthony Speeches and Writings

* Is it a Crime to Vote? 

Fanny Crosby

Harriet Tubman

Clara Barton

Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Edison

Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Ford

George Washington Carver

Helen Keller

Douglas MacArthur

Ronald Reagan

Martin Luther King, Jr.