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The Letter of Columbus to Luis De Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery
As I know you will be rejoiced at the glorious success that our Lord has given me in my voyage, I write…
Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus
FERDINAND and ELIZABETH, by the Grace of God, King and Queen of Castile, of Leon, of Arragon, of Sicily, of Granada, of…
The Declaration of Arbroath
1320 To the most Holy Father and Lord in Christ, the Lord John, by divine providence Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Roman…
The Magna Carta
EDWARD by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Guyan, to all Archbishops, Bishops, etc. We…
The Constitutions of Clarendon
1164 From the year of our Lord’s incarnation 1164, the fourth year of the papacy of Alexander, the tenth of the most…
The Ten Commandments
1447 B.C. Exodus 20:1-17, NKJV And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out…
The Code of Hammurabi
1727-1680 B.C. When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate…
State Constitutions on Faith
Faith assurances in state constitutions at the time those states debated and ratified the U.S. Constitution. DELAWARE, the first State to ratify…
A Note on the Signers of The Declaration of Independence
“…we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” (Each year information about those who signed the…
Amendments 11-27 to the Constitution of the United States
February 7, 1795 AMENDMENT XI Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795. Note: Article III, section 2, of the…
The Bill of Rights
December 15, 1791 Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or…
Madison’s Proposal for the Bill of Rights
June 8, 1789 I am sorry to be accessary to the loss of a single moment of time by the house. If…
Bill of Rights Preamble
Congress OF THE United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and…
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers: In-Progress of being archived on The National Pillar; Check back later. By James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay…
The Constitution of the United States of America
September 17, 1787 We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic…
Letter of Transmittal
George Washington September 17, 1787 Sir, We have now the honor to submit to the consideration of the United States in Congress…
Alexander Hamilton’s Plan of Union
Alexander Hamilton June 18, 1787 1. “The Supreme Legislative power of the United States of America to be vested in two different…
The New Jersey Plan
June 15, 1787 1. Resolved that the articles of Confederation ought to be so revised, corrected & enlarged, as to render the…
The Articles of Confederation
November 15, 1777 To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names…
The Declaration of Independence
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events,…