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American Founders Online: An Annotated Guide to Their Papers and Publications
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/founders/
"The digital resources described in this guide provide online access, in varying degrees, to the personal papers and/or publications of the major founders of the American Republic -- that is, those men who served in roles of national political leadership between 1765 and 1815 -- and members of their families." Included are John Adams, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington, and others.
America's Story from the Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
Digital History of the United States
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Explore America's Past Through Our National Parks
http://www.cr.nps.gov/colherit.htm#top
Making of America
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
Maintained by the University of Michigan, this is a digital library of primary source material on late 19th-early 20th century American history.
The American Presidency: a Glorious Burden
http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html
The Charters of Freedom-The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/charters.html
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2004
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/