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Founders Online

Correspondence and Other Writings of Six Major Shapers of the United States:

George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Over 119,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects. NARA intends to add the papers of Benjamin Franklin before the end of 2013. The site is a Beta Release, so...

Keywords:: George Washington, John Adams, Jeffersonian Republicans, Colonial America, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, American Revolution, Federalist Era, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Founding Fathers, US Constitution, War of 1812

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Humanities / History / Area Studies / Americas / United States / 1789-1865

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Material Type:: Collection
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 2, 2013
Date Modified in MERLOT:: February 6, 2014
Authors:: National Historical Publications and Records Commission
National Archives and Records Administration
Submitter:: Sue Patrick
Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Sue Patrick (Faculty)

9 years ago

Those interested in using the documents located here for a particular assignment will have to do some searching. A fun type of assignment for high school students or general education college students might be a sort of scavenger hunt involving finding letters written on particular dates or from particular places or about particular topics (or some combination thereof).

Time spent reviewing site: 20 minutes