The Andrew Jackson Papers contain more than 26,000 items dating from 1767 to 1874. Included are memoranda, journals, speeches, military records, land deeds, and miscellaneous printed matter, as well as correspondence reflecting Jackson’s personal life and career as a politician, military officer, president, slave holder and property owner.

This collection is made up of digital versions of books from the Library of Congress General Collections on a wide range of subjects. Most of the books in this collection were published in the United States before 1923.

Historic American newspapers selected and contributed by state partners in the National Digital Newspaper Program.

The Madison Papers consist of approximately 12,000 items, spanning the period 1723-1859,

The collection contains, among other materials, posters, playbills, songsheets, notices, invitations, proclamations, petitions, timetables, leaflets, propaganda, manifestos, ballots, tickets, menus, and business cards.

The issue of whether or not a state had the right to nullify a federal law was not a new issue in 1832. Over thirty years earlier, the Kentucky Resolution was secretly authored by Thomas Jefferson in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. Along with the Virginia Resolution, which was written by James Madison, the Kentucky Resolution argued that state legislatures had the right to nullify Federal statutes. This version of the Kentucky Resolution is from the Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress.