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Milestone Documents cover Milestone Documents in the National Archives

    This book features 22 of the most important "permanently valuable" records of the Federal Government--records that protect public and private rights or contain useful information for researchers and the general public.

    Each chapter features a milestone document and includes other documents, maps, prints, photographs, posters, and cartoons selected from the National Archives holdings. The text and legends point up the significance of each document and place it in historical context.

    8 1/2" x 11", 112 pages, 220 illustrations
    National Archives and Records Administration, 1995
    #100006 Softcover $12
    ISBN 0-911333-98-3


Milestone Documents Booklets This series of booklets focuses on some of the great documents that have shaped the course of U.S. history.

Each booklet includes a historical introduction, a transcription, and a facsimile of the featured document.

The Bill of Rights
8 1/2" x 11", 28 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1986
#200102 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-42-8

The Emancipation Proclamation
8 1/2" x 11", 14 pages
National Archives and Records Administration,1993
#200103 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-40-

Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Address of 1941 on War Against Japan
8 1/2" x 11", 16 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1988
#200114 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-70-3

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Inaugural Address of 1933
8 1/2" x 11", 22 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1988
#200112 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-69-X

The Great Seal of the United States
8 1/2" x 11", 10 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1986
#200104 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-41-X


The Judiciary Act of 1789 cover The Judiciary Act of 1789
8 1/2" x 11", 36 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1989
#200115 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-74-6

A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
8 1/2" x 11", 34 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1986
#200105 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-24-X

Patent Drawings
8 1/2" x 11", 20 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1986
#200106 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-47-9

Prohibition: The 18th Amendment, the Volstead Act, the 21st Amendment cover Prohibition: The 18th Amendment, The Volstead Act, The 21st Amendment
8 1/2" x 11", 20 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1986
#200107 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-48-7

Records of Impeachment
8 1/2" x 11", 20 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1987
#200109 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-49-5

The Right to Vote
8 1/2" x 11", 26 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1988
#200108 Softcover $3.50
ISBN 0-911333-51-7

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