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Adams, Abigail
Adams, George
Adams, John
death of
delegate to Continental Congress
funeral
invited to fiftieth-year July 4 celebration
not present at Constitutional Convention
opinion on the Declaration of Independence
papers of
recollections of, in old age
signing the Bill of Rights
signing the Declaration of Independence
troubled by Americans’ lack of interest in history
Adams, John II
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Samuel
Adams, Susanna
Adams, Thomas
Alden, Roger
“all men are created equal” (Jefferson)
amendments to the Constitution
before ratification, demanded
American Heritage Foundation
American Revolution
paintings to commemorate
prior to 1776
Anderson, L. T.
Andrews, Alonzo A.
Annapolis
anti-Federalists
Aristotle
Armstrong, Helen
Armstrong, John
Arnold, Isaac
Articles of Confederation
engrossed copy
failures of
revision of, planned
total replacement of
Washington’s opinion of
artworks, protection of, in wartime
Augustine, St.
Bacon, Francis H.
Baer, Norbert S.
Baldwin, Abraham
Baltimore
Barbour, James
Bartlett, Josiah
Baxter, James Phinney
Bedford, Gunning
Bell, Alexander Graham
Berlin, Irving
Bier, Robt. L.
bill of rights
national, need for, urged
postponement of consideration urged by Madison
Bill of Rights (First Ten Amendments)
drafting of
engrossing of. See next entry
living value of
place among Charters of Freedom
Bill of Rights (First Ten Amendments), Engrossed copy
at National Archives (1952)
Bill of Rights Day (December 15)
Biltmore House, North Carolina
Binns, John
Birmingham, Alabama
“Blessings of Liberty” (Morris)
blockades, British
bombproof structures, documents stored in
Bond, Dr. Thomas
Boston
Brady, James H.
Britain. See England
British form of government
praised by Hamilton
British Museum
bombing of
storage of treasures of
British navy
Bryant, Gridley
Buck, Solon
Bulloch, Archibald
Bush, George W.
Butler, Price
Calhoun, John C.
Canby, William J.
Capitol, the, protection of, in wartime
Carlin, John W.
Carroll, Charles
invited to fiftieth-year July 4 celebration
Carvel, Elbert
caves, storage in, disadvantages of
census
Centennial Exhibition of 1876
display of inventions at
central, some terms beginning with. See national
Chandler, Charles F.
Charleston
Charters Monitoring System
Charters of Freedom
defined by Truman
importance of documents to the national psyche
at Library of Congress, potential threats to
living values of
MacLeish and
restoration, conservation and redisplay of
safeguarded in Fort Knox
transfer to National Archives (1952)
Chase, Salmon
checks and balances
chief executive. See national executive; President
Chiefs of Staff Conference (December 26, 1941)
Churchill, Winston
address to Congress
Cicero
Civil War
Clapp, Verner W.
Clark, Aaron
Clark, Abraham
Clark, Susan
Clark, Thomas
Clay, Henry
Claypoole, David
Clymer, George
Cochrane, Sir Alexander
Colbenz, William
Colby, Bainbridge
cold war
colonies
nine in favor of independence
See also states
Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources (CCCR)
Committee of Five
Common Sense (Paine)
Confederacy (slaveholding)
Confederation Congress
call for a Federal Convention to amend the Articles of Confederation
Congress. See Confederation Congress; Congress, U.S.; Continental Congress
Congress, U.S.
custody of documents given to State Department
power of, compared to that of the President
Connecticut
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
Connecticut Compromise
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Committee of Detail
Committee of Style and Arrangement
convened for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation
convening of (May 1787)
delegates from states to
formerly known as the Federal Convention
Grand Committee
Madison’s notes
official record of
second convention proposed for the purpose of amending the Constitution before ratification
secrecy rules
states absent from
states represented at
Constitution of the United States
approved by Washington and Franklin
Articles of
creation of. See Constitutional Convention of 1787
engrossed. See next entry
influence of the Declaration of Independence on
influence on Gettysburg Address
living value of
opposition to
place among Charters of Freedom
preamble to
published in newspapers
signed and approved
state ratification conventions
supporters of
writing of
Constitution of the United States, engrossed copy
condition of document considered good
displayed at Library of Congress
importance of document to national psyche
in “custody and charge” of the State Department
leaving Library of Congress for the National Archives (1952)
returned to Library of Congress after World War II
safeguarded during War of 1812
safeguarded in Fort Knox, during World War II
sealed in cases, no longer available (ca. 1898)
Washington’s transmittal letter as part of
Continental Congress
discussing the Declaration of Independence
First
fled Philadelphia (1776)
papers of
resolution of, re independence
Second
Coolidge, Calvin
Crown, the
authority of, denied
destruction of symbols of
grievances against
rebellion against, as treason
See also King
Cunningham, W. H.
Curtin, Andrew
Cushing, Caleb
debtors
Declaration of Independence
analysis of structure of
basis of America’s future foreign policy
discussed in the Continental Congress
drafting and editing of
engrossed. See next entry
eulogies to
influence on the Constitution
influence on the Gettysburg Address
influences on
inspiration of, in the War for Independence
place among Charters of Freedom
printing and distribution of
read out loud to Washington’s troops
revered by Lincoln
signers’ later lives
signers of
signing ceremony
value to the world
vote to approve
Declaration of Independence, engrossed and signed copy
displayed at dedication of Jefferson Memorial
displayed at Library of Congress
facsimiles of (1818)
importance of document to national psyche
leaving Library of Congress for the National Archives (1952)
moved to State Department
physical condition of
reading of, at Centennial Exhibition of 1876
restoration of
returned to Library of Congress after World War II
safeguarded during War of 1812
safeguarded in Fort Knox during World War II
sealed in cases, no longer available (1898)
signatures on
Delaware
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
ratification of U.S. Constitution
Denison University, Granville, Ohio
Dickinson, John
Dill, Sir John
documents (generally)
effect of light on
in encasements
engrossing of
safeguarding of the most important ones
See also Charters of Freedom
“domestic tranquility” (Morris)
Donovan, William “Wild Bill”
Dunlap, John
Ehrlich, Evelyn
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
electoral college
Ellsworth, Henry L.
Ellsworth, Oliver
Emancipation Proclamation
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
England
assault on Washington, D.C. (1814)
reconciliation with, precluded by John Adams’ resolution of independence
English people, Jefferson’s excoriation of
engrossing a document
Erie Canal
“establish justice” (Morris)
Etting, Frank
Evans, Luther
Everett, Edward
speech at Gettysburg
factions
Farrow, Samuel
federal, some terms beginning with. See national
Federal Convention of 1787. See Constitutional Convention of 1787
federal district (Washington City)
federal government
Madison’s idea of
vs. national government, according to Morris
Federal Hall, NYC
The Federalist Papers
Federalists. See nationalists
Federal Records Act of 1950
Ferriero, David S.
Floyd, William
Ford, Henry II
foreclosures
Forrester, Guy Nelson
Fort Hunt, Virginia
Fort Knox, Kentucky
transport of documents to, in World War II
Fort McHenry
Fort Ticonderoga
the Founders
legacy of
slave owning by
founding documents
defined by Truman
“Four score and seven years ago” (Lincoln)
Fourth of July. See July 4 entries
France
storage of treasures of, in war
trade with, during War of 1812
Frankfurter, Felix
Franklin, Benjamin
delegate to Constitutional Convention
delegate to Continental Congress
opinion of the Constitution
signing the Declaration of Independence
freedom, essential principles of, stated in Declaration of Independence
Freedom Train of 1847–1949
popularity of
Freedom Train of 1975–1976
freemen
Frost, J. T.
George III
statues of, overturned
George VI, King, and Queen Elizabeth
Georgia
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
position on independence
Germany
attacks on libraries and museums in Europe
bombing of U.S. territory, in World War II
fear of attack by, on Washington, D.C.
Gerry, Elbridge
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
campaign and battle
cemetery
Lincoln at
Gettysburg Address
handwritten copies of
immediate reactions to
importance of document to national psyche
influences on
original manuscript of
returned to Library of Congress
what it accomplished
Gilpin, Henry D.
Gleig, G. R.
Goddard, Mary Katherine
“goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy” (J. Q. Adams)
Goff, Frederick
gold bullion
Gorgas, Josiah, diary of a Confederate soldier
gorges, storage in, advantages of
Gorham, Nathaniel
government, lawfulness of
“government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” (Lincoln)
“governments deriving their powers from the consent of the governed” (Declaration of Independence)
Grant, Ulysses S.
Great Britain. See England
Great Compromise
Green, Theodore
Greenland
gridlock
Grover, Wayne
Gutenberg Bible (St. Blasius-St. Paul copy)
Hamilton, Alexander
delegate to Constitutional Convention
papers of
support of Constitution
Hancock, John
signature of
Harding, Warren G.
Harrison, Benjamin (of Virginia)
Harrison, William Henry
Hatfield, W. C.
Hay, Clara
Hay, John
Hearst, William Randolph
Hemings, Sally
Henry, Patrick
eventually agrees to Constitution
opposed to the Constitution
position on independence
history, America’s lack of interest in
Hitler, Adolf
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
Hoover, Herbert
Hopkins, Stephen
Houses of Parliament
Houston Public Library
Hughes, Charles Evans
Hume, David
Hungarian National Archives
“if men were angels, no governments would be necessary” (Madison)
Illinois State Archives
impeachment
impressments
incendiary bombs, used against libraries
independence
debate about
moderates’ doubts about
reasons for declaring it
Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Indian tribes
individual vs. the state
isolationism
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, William
Japan
bombing of U.S. territory, in World War II
fear of attack by, on Washington, D.C.
Jay, John
Jefferson, Thomas
biography
custody of engrossed Constitution
death of
delegate to Continental Congress
diaries of
drafting Declaration of Independence
epitaph at grave of
invited to fiftieth-year July 4 celebration
library of
and Library of Congress
not present at Constitutional Convention, but kept informed
opinion of the Constitution
position on independence
recollections of, in old age
retirement at Monticello
revered by Lincoln
as secretary of State
signing the Declaration of Independence
a slaveholder
on slavery
troubled by Americans’ lack of interest in history
in War of 1812
writings of
Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C.
Jennings, Paul
Jersey (prison ship)
Johnson, William Samuel
Joint Committee on the Library
Jones, Norvell M.
Jones, Walter
Jubilee of 1826
July 4
battles on (1863)
celebrations
centennial (1876)
death of Adams and Jefferson on the same day (1826)
glorious place in American history (Lincoln)
important events on
Jubilee (1826)
Key, Francis Scott
Kimberley, Arthur E.
king
powers of a
See also Crown; George III
King, Ernest
King, Rufus
Kirby, Gustavus T.
Knox, Henry
Kremer, Alvin W.
Lafayette, Marquis de
Lambert, William
Lamon, Ward Hill
large states
Latin America
Lee, Richard Henry
delegate to Continental Congress
position on independence
signing the Declaration of Independence
Lee, Richard Henry (grandson of the above), speech to Centennial Exhibition of 1876
Lee, Robert E.
legislature. See national legislature
Lend-Lease bill (HR 1776)
Lewis, Elizabeth
Lewis, Francis
Lexington, Virginia
librarians, role of, in war
libraries and museums, German attacks on
Library of Congress
burning of first library (1814)
documents displayed at
documents transferred to National Archives (1952)
irreplaceable collections of
marble shrine for displaying documents
rebuilt after British burning of
relocation of 5000 boxes of material (1942)
safety of documents at
storage of treasures of
war efforts in World War II
“Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson)
Life magazine
Lincoln, Abraham
Civil War presidency
invited to Gettysburg
papers, donated to the Library of Congress
Lincoln, Robert Todd
Lincoln, Tad
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Littlejohn, Rev. Mr.
Livingston, Robert
Locke, John
London, bombing of
Look magazine
Louisiana Purchase
Louisville, Kentucky
Louvre, storage of treasures of
lower house
number of representatives in
thirty thousand inhabitants represented by each congressman
Lyman Hall
Machen, Lewis
MacLeish, Ada
MacLeish, Archibald
actions to save irreplaceable documents
advocating U.S. involvement in World War II
and Charters of Freedom
death of
later years
legacy of accomplishments at Library of Congress
as Librarian of Congress
librarians’ resistance to appointment of
packing documents for shipping to Fort Knox
packing 5000 boxes of papers for shipment to other locations
resignation and reappointment by Roosevelt to State Department
urges a bombproof shelter for documents
war efforts in World War II
Macon, Nathaniel
Madison, Dolly Payne
Madison, James
and Bill of Rights
death of
delegate to Constitutional Convention
in the First Congress
invited to fiftieth-year July 4 celebration
notes on the Constitutional Convention
papers of
ratification of U.S. Constitution
revered by Lincoln
support of the Constitution
in War of 1812
Magna Carta
influence on Declaration of Independence
Lincoln Cathedral copy, Library of Congress custody of, during World War II
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, bombing of library of
Marbury v. Madison case
Marshall, George C.
Martin, Lawrence
Martin, Luther
Maryland
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
position on independence
relations with other states
Mason, George
delegate to Constitutional Convention
opposed to the Constitution
position on independence
Massachusetts
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
opposition to Constitution in
position on independence
rebellion in
Matlack, Timothy
McBride, Harry
McDonald, John
McHenry, James
McKean, Thomas
Mearns, David
Memphis, Tennessee
Merrill, John A.
middle colonies
Middleton, Arthur
Miller, Robert (journalist at Gettysburg)
mines, storage in, advantages and disadvantages of
Monroe, James
and Bill of Rights
delegate to Constitutional Convention
foreign policy
invited to fiftieth-year July 4 celebration
opposed to the Constitution
in War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine
Montesquieu, baron de
Monticello
“a more perfect union” (Morris)
Morgenthau, Henry
Moriarty, Daniel
Morris, Gouverneur
contribution to writing of the Constitution
delegate to Constitutional Convention
personality
revered by Lincoln
Morris, Robert
Morse, Samuel
Morton (a Pennsylvania delegate)
Mount Vernon
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus
Murphy, Joseph E.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Napoleon
Napoleonic Wars
National Academy of Sciences
National Archives
documents enshrined at
documents transferred from Library of Congress (1952)
National Archives and Records Administration
relocation of documents in World War II
rotunda of
safeguards of key documents in
technology of
national capital, location of
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
national executive. See also President
National Gallery (England), storage of treasures of
National Gallery of Art
national government
debated at Constitutional Convention
vs. federal form of government
necessity of
proponents of
nationalists (Federalists)
national judiciary
national legislature
power of, compared to that of national executive
second house (Senate), equality of state votes in
two houses of
National Museum
storage of treasures of
National Resources Planning Board
Nazis
Neal, Barbara
Neal, Harry
Neal, Harry, Jr.
New England colonies
New Hampshire
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
ratification of U.S. Constitution
New Jersey
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
position on independence
Newton, Sir Isaac
New York
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
opposition to Constitution in
position on independence
ratification of U.S. Constitution
relations with other states
New York City
New York Convention
New York Public Library
Nicolay, Helen
Nicolay, John
Niles, Hezekiah
North Carolina
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
opposition to Constitution in
ratification of U.S. Constitution
northern states
Northwest Territory
Observations on the New Constitution (by a Columbian Patriot)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Old Executive Office Building
Oregon Territory
Our American Heritage (booklet)
Page, John
Page, Thad
Paine, Thomas
paper money
Paris
Patent Office
Paterson, William
Pearl Harbor attack
Pennsylvania
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
position on independence
Pennsylvania Committee of Safety
Pennsylvania State House
“people are the King” (Morris)
Philadelphia
Pierce, William
Pinckney, Charles
Pleasonton, Stephen
Ploeser, Walter Christian
population of states, how determined
Potomac River
Pound, Sir Dudley
President
election of
length of term
powers of, limited
Prohibitory Act
“promote the general welfare” (Morris)
property, and representation
proportional representation
vs. state sovereignty
“provide for the common defence” (Morris)
Providence, Rhode Island
Public Building Administration
Putnam, Herbert
Quakers
railroads
Randolph, Edmund, delegate to Constitutional Convention
Read, George
Reader’s Digest
rebellion against the king viewed as treasonous
relocation model of storage
representation
apportioned according to population
property and
republic, America as
“a republic, if you can keep it” (Franklin)
Revolutionary War
going badly (1776)
Rhode Island
absent from Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
opposition to Constitution in
ratification of U.S. Constitution
rights of man, stated in Declaration of Independence
“a rising and not a setting sun” (Franklin)
Rodney, Caesar
delegate to Continental Congress
signing the Declaration of Independence
Rodney, Thomas
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
appoints MacLeish as Librarian of Congress
appoints MacLeish to State Department
concern about Library of Congress documents
four terms of
seeks declaration of war (date of infamy speech)
speech at Jefferson Memorial dedication
in World War II
Ross, Robert
Ross, Stoyte O.
Rush, Benjamin
Rush, Richard
Rutledge, Edward
Rutledge, John
San Jacinto Monument
Saunders, William
Secret Service
Selma, Alabama
Senate
advice and consent of
as deliberative body
equality of state votes in
separation of powers
September 11, 2001, terrorist attack
Sergeant, John
Seventeenth Amendment
Shallus, Jacob
Shannon, Neil
Shawnee
Shays, Daniel
Shays’ Rebellion
Shenandoah National Park, Luray, Virginia
Sherman, Roger
Signers. See under Declaration of Independence
Signing Day (August 2, 1787)
Sioussat, John Pierre
slaveholders, many Founders as
slavery
extinction of
the word
slaves
counting of
emancipation of
number of, in America
as property
slave trade
small states
Smith, Harry
Smith, Margaret Bayard
South Carolina
at the Constitutional Convention
in the Continental Congress
Southern Railway tunnel (in Washington D.C.)
southern states
Speed, James
Stanton, Edwin
“The Star-Spangled Banner” (Key)
State Department
custody of documents
states
abolishing of, proposed
disputes among
equality of votes in the Senate
relations between
state sovereignty
states’ rights
proponents of
Stockton, Richard
Stokley, William S.
Stone, Harlan, F.
Stone, William J.
Stout, George L.
Strong, Caleb
Stuart, Archibald
Stuart, Gilbert
A Summary View of the Rights of British America (Jefferson)
Sumner, Charles
Supreme Court
tariffs
taxes
Tecumseh, chief
Thirteenth Amendment
Thompson, John, fable of
Thomson, Charles
three-fifths compromise
Tories
trade
treason, rebellion as
Treasury Department building, tunnel under
Treaty of Paris
Trenton, New Jersey
trial by jury
Truman, Harry
Trumbull, John
Twenty-second Amendment
Twenty-seventh Amendment
Tyler, Benjamin Owen
Tyler, John
U-boats
“unalienable rights” (Jefferson)
unconstitutionality
Union Station, Washington, D.C.
United Nations
United States
changes in fifty years after Independence
changes in one hundred years after Independence
fear of attack on American mainland, during World War II
foreign policy
lack of interest in early history of, claimed by Jefferson
preservation of the Union urged by Lincoln
University of Virginia at Charlottesville
Valley Forge
Van Horne, R.J.
Vermont
vessels, subject to forfeiture
veto
override of
vice president
Victoria and Albert Museum, storage of treasures of
Vinson, Fred
Virginia
at the Constitutional Convention
Constitution of
in the Continental Congress
Convention (legislature) of
Council of
Declaration of Rights
opposition to Constitution in
position on independence
ratification of the Constitution
relations with other states
slavery in
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Plan
Wait, Thomas
war, declaration of
War of 1812
Warren, Mercy Otis
Washington, D.C.
burning of (1814)
English assault on
as national capital
readiness prior to World War II
storage of treasures of
Washington, George
commander in chief of Continental army
delegate to Constitutional Convention
elected as president of the Constitutional Convention
elected as President of the United States
Father of His Country
inaugural address
opinion of the Articles of Confederation
opinion of the Constitution
opinion on independence
papers of
portrait of (Stuart)
revered by Lincoln
Washington and Lee University
Waters, Edward
Webster, Daniel
“We hold these truths to be self-evident” (Jefferson)
Weightman, Roger C.
“We must all hang together” (Franklin)
“We the People of the United States” (Morris)
White House
burning of (1814)
painting it black
protection of, in wartime
Wills, David
Wilson, Dr. Charles
Wilson, Frank
Wilson, James
delegate to Constitutional Convention
delegate to Continental Congress
position on independence
Winder, William
Wirt, Catharine
World War I
memory of, and isolationism
World War II
U.S. entry into
Yates, Robert
York, Canada
Yorktown, Cornwallis’ surrender at