Funded Founding Era Projects

You can access the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison online at https://founders.archives.gov/. Over 182,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.

Here are direct links to those projects and other Founding Era papers projects.

• Papers of the Adams Family
  A comprehensive edition of President John Adams, edited through the Massachusetts Historical Society.
   
• Papers of Benjamin Franklin
  A documentary edition of the works of the American statesman, diplomat, inventor, and publisher, Benjamin Franklin. At Yale University.
   
• Papers of Thomas Jefferson
  A comprehensive documentary edition of President Thomas Jefferson, edited at Princeton University.
   
• Papers of James Madison
  A comprehensive documentary edition of President James Madison, edited at the University of Virginia.
   
• Papers of George Washington
  A comprehensive documentary edition of President George Washington, edited at the University of Virginia.
   
• First Federal Congress Project
  A comprehensive documentary edition of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791, edited at George Washington University.
   
• Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
  A comprehensive documentary edition of the states' ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; the project is headquartered at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
   
• Documentary History of the Early Supreme Court
  The website of the Supreme Court Historical Association, home of this documentary edition of the first Supreme Court.
   
• Papers of Alexander Hamilton
  Bibliographical information on the complete documentary edition of the papers of Alexander Hamilton, published by Columbia University Press.