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Alexander Hamilton and Washington’s Presidency

Return to Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era .

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The Private Life of Alexander Hamilton

Return to Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era .

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The Hamilton-Burr Duel

Return to Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era .

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The American Revolution through the Eyes of Hamilton

Return to Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era .

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Hamilton's New York: Lower Manhattan Walking Tour

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Join the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Professor Cindy Lobel on a virtual walking tour of Alexander Hamilton’s Lower Manhattan.

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Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation

Government and Civics

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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Electing the President Timeline

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Lincoln, Douglas, and Their Historic Debates

Government and Civics

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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Excerpts from American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation

Art, Literature

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Why Documents Matter: An Interactive Digital Edition

Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, World History

Welcome to Why Documents Matter: An Interactive Digital Edition —a selection of primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection curated and annotated for K–12 classrooms (print edition available here ). Scroll through the entire...