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Images
and Maps
Thomas
Jefferson
(A PBS companion site to this Ken Burns documentary)
American
Originals: The Louisiana Purchase
(A few images of the treaty, from the National
Archives and Records Administration)
The
Louisiana Purchase and Orleans Territory
(Images from this era)
Map
of the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis
and Clark
(This PBS companion site offers many images, maps,
and primary sources.)
Ft.
McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
War
of 1812-1814
(This site offers an overview of the war along
with numerous images, mainly of reenactments.)
War
of 1812 Website
(For those inclined towards military strategy)
War
of 1812
(This site offers images of many of the battles
in this war.)
Old
Ironside
(A contemporary image of this famous battleship)
Primary
Sources
Thomas
Jefferson Documents
The
History Buff: Newspaper Articles on the Louisiana
Purchase
The
American War of 1812
James
Madison's Second Inaugural Address
The
Papers of James Madison
(This site also includes a concise biography of
the fourth president.)
Study
Guide to the War of 1812
(Scroll down for several documents relating to
the political dispute over this war.)
The
Marshall Cases
(Several texts of important Supreme Court cases
from A
Hypertext on American History )
Secondary
Sources
Conor
Cruise O'Brien, "Thomas Jefferson: Radical and
Racist"
(From the Atlantic
Monthly)Lucian
K. Truscott IV, "Tom and Sally and Frank and Me"
(An article from American
Heritage exploring the Sally Hemings controversy)
The
Louisiana Purchase
(This site offers a decent essay on the events
surrounding this territorial acquisition.)
James
Madison: His Legacy
(This site offers numerous essays and primary
sources exploring the life of James Madison, including
his presidency.)
Lewis
and Clark Trail
(This site presents several essays on this expedition.)
Thomas
Fleming, "Old Hickory's Finest Hour"
(An essay on the Battle of New Orleans from The
Quarterly Journal of Military History)
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