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Avalon Project: An Essay on the East India Trade 1697
Read a letter written to a lord in 1697 discussing the state of trade with the East, India's riches, and the impact of trade upon the West.
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Avalon Project: Constitution of the United States: Article Ii
Read the text of Article II of the Constitution, the four sections of which lay out the powers and duties of the executive branch of the federal government.
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Jefferson: 6th Annual Message to Congress
Jefferson's speech to Congress given December 2, 1806.
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Egyptian Israeli General Armistice Agreement, Feb. 1949
The text of the document which provoked further Egyptian-Israeli hostilities.
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Shipment of Soviet Arms to Arab Countries (1955)
U.S. Secretary of State answers questions concerning the United States' response, in light of conversations with Egyptian President Nasser, to the possibility of Soviet shipments of arms to Arab countries.