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PROQUEST
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS
The “Missing Piece” in U.S. History and Legal Research
Historic and Current Primary Source Government Documents
11/20/2014 3
The History of Thanksgiving: draft, manuscript, and printed versions
of Thanksgiving proclamations throughout U.S. history
Manuscript and print images of the first Thanksgiving proclamation
President George Washington 1789
11/20/2014 4
The History of U.S. Military Actions: The First Seminole War
President Monroe instructs General Jackson
not to attack any fort occupied by Spanish troops
11/20/2014 5
History of Public Lands: Lands Withdrawn for Military Use…
many records include maps and attachments
President Jackson orders Mississippi Territory lands withdrawn for naval timber supply
11/20/2014 6
Civil War Era
General Fitz John Porter career and court-martial
11/20/2014 7
History of U.S.-Native American Relations:
Resettlement of the Nez Perce nation following the Nez Perce War
Includes documents signed by
President Hayes, General Sherman, and General Miles
11/20/2014 8
Panama and Panama Canal executive orders...some with
maps and attachments
11/20/2014 9
The History of Presidential Pardons
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