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Three "General Correspondence" series which include incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material.

Contains the Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams, the Diary of John Adams, and his Autobiography.

"The Public Papers of the Presidents contain most of the President's public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks (1789-present).

Major speeches and statements from every American President, many with audio files.

Manuscript images and transcriptions of George Washington's correspondence

Correspondence and other writings by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.

The libraries of U.S. presidents, from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama.

A digitized copy of the findings of the commission headed by Chief Justice Warren.

Open access to digitized manuscripts, with transcripts, concerning U.S. presidents, as well as the Holy Land.

Digitized documents, as well as film and audio recordings.

This "collection documents Jefferson’s whole life, both public and personal--as a delegate to the second Continental Congress, Virginia legislator and governor, diplomat and residence in France, secretary of state, and president."

Online editions of the public papers of Presidents Reagan, Bush (the elder), Clinton, Bush (the younger), and Obama.

General and family correspondence, speeches, writings, reports, messages, military records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and other papers.