Highlights from our Holdings at the National Archives in Washington, DC

The National Archives in Washington, DC, holds permanent historical records of federal agencies and courts dating back to 1774. Some of our most frequently requested records include Papers of the Continental Congress, court records (DC District Court and U.S. Supreme Court), Civil War service records and pension files, 19th- and early 20th-century U.S. Navy deck logs, U.S. Coast Guard deck logs, census records, immigration records, land records, lighthouse records, and American Indian records.

George Washington

George Washington's Oath of Allegiance

Louisiana Purchase

Agreement to Pay France for the Louisiana Purchase

Alaska Purchase

Treasury Warrant for the Purchase of Alaska

Margaretta S. Meade's Pension File

Approved Pension File for Margaretta S. Meade, Widow of General George G. Meade (WC-219235)

Henry David Thoreau

1850 Census Entry for Henry David Thoreau and Family

Jim Thorpe

Photograph of Jim Thorpe, Carlisle Indian School

USS Olympia

Logbook of the USS Olympia - May 1, 1898

Civil Rights Act

Civil Rights Act of 1964

 

Dunlap Broadside

First Printing of the Declaration of Independence

13th Amendment

Resolution Proposing the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

William Christman

Record of Death and Interment of William Christman

Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Opinion

Ellis Island

Ellis Island: Its Organization and Some of Its Work

Virgil W. Earp

Homestead Application for Virgil W. Earp

Ida Lewis (Wilson)

Registers of Nominations - Ida Lewis (Wilson)