Subscription & Internet Resources

Below are just a few of the databases that can be used for research on the history of tobacco. Some databases like Sabine America and Making of the Modern World contain many digitized documents on a variety of subjects, a number of them related to tobacco. Many of them are particularly helpful for covering the colonial period including these examples from Making of the Modern World:

An ordinance ... concerning the excise of tobacco (1643)
The Case of the tobacco-merchants, who are become insolvent, and are bound to her Majesty for duties on tobacco; humbly represented to the consideration of the honourable House of commons (1714)
The Case of the merchants who export tobacco (1714)
The tobacco trade (1842)
The impolicy of the present high duties on tobacco and their injurious effects on the trade and morals of the country (1848)

The subscription resources marked with a padlock are available to researchers on-site at the Library of Congress. If you are unable to visit the Library, you may be able to access these resources through your local public or academic library.

Historical Research Databases & Resources

American History, 1493-1945 External This link opens in a new window
This unique collection of documents brings to life American History from the times of the earliest settlers until the end of World War II. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the finest archives available for the study of American history. Its quantity and quality offers a wonderful overview of American history alongside some deep research strands. It is divided into two modules: Module 1: Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform, 1493-1859 and Module 2: Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era, 1860-1945.Features:Over 50,000 primary source documents split across two modules, including correspondence, diaries, government documents, business records, books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, photographs, artwork and maps Majority of the collection is unique manuscript Extensive cataloguing to aid search Translations and transcriptions for many manuscripts Secondary resources include chronology, essays, video lectures and interactive features Features from partner organizations Mount Vernon and the Gettysburg Foundation.

Biodiversity Heritage Library External
This has many digitized document and government reports and does include some of the Department of Agriculture's marketing reports including:
395 Speculative resales of Maryland tobaco
1010 The auction marketing of flue-cured tobacco : a preliminary appraisal

Eighteenth Century Collections Online External This link opens in a new window
ECCO and ECCO Part II contains digital images of over 150,000 books, broadsides, pamphlets, sermons, sheet music, and ephemera published during the 18th Century. ECCO includes the full text of many significant English-language and foreign-language titles (Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Welsh, and others) printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of works from the Americas. Contains material on the whole of European and American life in the eighteenth century, with accounts of:
- Agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, scientific education and the treatment of diseases.
- Business practices, covering banking, taxation and lotteries, manufacturers and merchants, artisans and skilled workers.
- Development of law in the British Empire.
- Eighteenth-century essayists, novelists, poets and playwrights.
- Government acts, with texts of parliamentary papers, political satire, political essays, speech/addresses, handbills, parish registers, and poll books.
- Music, painting, theater and architecture.
- Voyages and discoveries.
Subjects covered: architecture art business fine arts geography history law literature and language medicine military technology music philosophy and religion science, technology and medicine and the social sciences. Citations without the full text of the work in ECCO contain links to Early English Books Online (EEBO) documents.
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange External This link opens in a new window
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange provides a vast array of visual,manuscript and printed primary sources from over twenty key libraries and more than a dozen companies and trade organizations around the world. The 15 major commodities explored in this resource are: Chocolate, Coffee, Cotton, Fur, Opium, Oil, Porcelain, Silver and Gold, Spices, Sugar, Tea, Timber, Tobacco, Wheat, Wine and Spirits. The large selection of original material offers information on subjects such as: Advertising and Consumption Cultivation and Production Exploration and Discovery Ecology and the Environment Global Trade and Commerce Health and Welfare Politics and Empire Social Practice Transportation and Exchange. The types of material represented include: business accounts, mercantile papers and correspondence, government reports, rare pamphlets, dock records, prices current, bills, entry and trade returns, historical maps, advertising memorabilia and ephemera, including posters and packaging, photographs, paintings and prints.
GPO Monthly Catalog External This link opens in a new window
Covers all types of US government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records judiciary materials and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition External This link opens in a new window
This is a databases of statistics. There is no particular focus but does include the following charts specific to tobacco research but is also good for looking at populations, trade, and consumption expenditures. There is a specific section for Colonial era statistics and the notes and sources for the tables can be good to expand the body of research sources. Examples:
Tobacco imported into England, by origin: 1697-1775
English colonial tobacco imported into England: 1615-1701
Cotton, cottonseed, shorn wool, and tobacco-acreage, production, price, and cotton stocks: 1790-1999 (annual)
Tobacco exported from Virginia, by port: 1745-1773
Tobacco exported and imported, by colony and by origin or destination: 1768-1772
Tobacco exported from James River, Upper Part, to British ports, by destination: 1773-1775
Freight rates for tobacco from Maryland and Virginia to Great Britain: 1675-1775
Wholesale tobacco prices in Virginia and Maryland, by region: 1647-1820
Making of the Modern World, Part I External This link opens in a new window
The Making of the Modern World provides digital facsimile images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Full-text searching across millions of pages of works from the period 1450-1850 provides researchers unparalleled access to this vast collection of material for research in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more. Part II from the period 1851-1914 is also available at this site.
Making of the Modern World, Part II External This link opens in a new window
The Making of the Modern World provides digital facsimile images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Full-text searching across millions of pages of works from the period 1851-1914 provides researchers unparalleled access to this vast collection of material for research in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more. Part I from the period 1450-1850 is also available at this site.
Mergent Archives External This link opens in a new window
Mergent Archives is an online database featuring a vast, indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. The database contains hundreds of thousands of reports covering over 100 countries and industries. Mergent Archives uses a reliable and easy to navigate system designed to meet your historical research needs. Included in this archive collection are:
- Mergent's Full Collection of Digitized Manuals: Beginning with the very first Moody's Manual published in 1909, Mergent offers you more than a century's worth of global corporate data fully digitized into high quality, PDF formatted documents. Mergent Archives further simplifies your research through extensive screening options and linked tables of contents for every manual, allowing you to go right to the information that matters to you.
- Ford Equity Research Reports (aka: Mergent Equity Investment Research Reports): Mergent Archives offers up to 3 years of multi-page equity research reports released weekly for over 5500 U.S. and Canadian companies. Clear and factual in its design the Ford Equity Research Report provides ratings, recommendations, sector analysis and company financial information.
- Annual Reports: Access more than 85 years of Annual Reports for companies across the globe through Mergent Archives' historical annual report collection dating back to as early as 1925.
- Industry Report Collection: Since 2003, Mergent, Inc. has been providing you with detailed analysis and forecasts on two dozen major global industry sectors from Textiles to Aviation for the North American, European, Asia Pacific, and Latin American regions. Mergent Archives offers you our entire collection of these semi-annually released Industry Reports.
- Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory (MDDI) (1959-Present): Dating back to 1959, the Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory (MDDI) provides a valuable source of information and privately held and public companies and their executives. MDDI features easy-to-use cross references, primary and secondary lines of business and the names and titles of company officers and directors. These easy-to-use directories provide in-depth information on 160,000 leading public and privately held U.S. companies. Covers all U.S. companies with:
  -$9 Million or more in sales or
  -180 or more employees or
  -Branches with 900 or more employees
- First Research® Archives (2003-Present): Unlimited direct access to extensive market analysis on more than 1000 top industry segments. Each report consists of key statistics and analysis on market and competitive landscape characteristics, operating conditions, business challenges, industry trends, current and historical industry growth, and more. These features, plus our sales call preparation questions and industry forecasts, help you make more informed business decisions in less time.
- Mergent Historical SEC Collection: Includes all of the filings from EDGAR (1993-present) and is growing collection of historical SEC filings back to the late 1960’s. Historical filings are being added over time, starting with 10K reports, each filing report will be added to the collection incrementally.
- FTSE Russell Collection Monthly Index Reviews, Valuations Monthly and Monthly Market Valuations: PDF monthly reports (start dates vary from 2010-2016). Content is regularly updated with no more than a one to two month delay in access.
- Listing Statements & Applications: includes New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Listing Applications (1823-2000) and Listing Statements (1884-1945), and American Stock Exchange (AMSE) Listing Applications (1883-2000). In addition, there are New York Curb Market (NYCM) Listing Bulletins (1928-1929), and New York Curb Exchange (NYCE) Listing Bulletins (1929-1933) and Listing Applications (1933-1953).
ProQuest Congressional External This link opens in a new window
Explore government in action with the most comprehensive web-based resource available for congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.

The resource includes:
- Hearings 1824-present: published, temporary and unpublished hearings, including written and oral statements of witnesses, transcripts, reports, exhibits, correspondence and other materials.
- CRS Reports 1916-present: Reports from the Congressional Research Service provide nonpartisan research and analysis on public policy issues and news events.
- House and Senate Documents/Reports 1789-present: Reports on legislation and documents included for Congress. Includes documents and reports from the Congressional Serial Set.
- Legislative Histories 1969-present: trace the development of a public law from early consideration to enactment.
- Bills and Laws 1776-present: legislative proposals and enacted legislation.
- Miscellaneous publications 1789-present: Includes publications from Congressional Committees and other government entities such as GAO, CBO, the American State Papers and the House and Senate Journals.
- Vote reports 1987-present: vote reports on bills with details by member, party and sponsor.
- Maps 1789-2007: Includes maps from the Congressional Serial Set.
- Congressional Record 1789-present: provides a record of debates and remarks given on the floor of the House and Senate.
- Executive Branch 1789-1948: Includes material issued by federal departments and agencies, including annual reports, general publications, serials, instructions, rules, circulars, decisions, and registers.
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926External This link opens in a new window
Sabin Americana contains books, pamphlets and other documents about society, politics, culture, religious beliefs, and contemporary opinions for North, Central and South America, the Arctic and Antarctica and the West Indies. This resource offers original accounts of exploration, pioneering, settlement, the western movement, military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law External This link opens in a new window
This HeinOnline collection brings together, for the first time, all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. Our cases go into the 20th century, because long after slavery was ended, there were still court cases based on issues emanating from slavery. To give one example, as late as 1901 Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court had to decide if a man, both of whose parents had been slaves, could be the legitimate heir of his father, because under southern law, slaves could never be legally married.
The HeinOnline library has hundreds of pamphlets and books written about slaverydefending it, attacking it or simply analyzing it. It has gathered every English-language legal commentary on slavery published before 1920, which includes many essays and articles in obscure, hard-to-find journals in the United States and elsewhere. It provides more than a thousand pamphlets and books on slavery from the 19th century. It provides word searchable access to all Congressional debates from the Continental Congress to 1880. It also includes many modern histories of slavery. Within this library is a section containing all modern law review articles on the subject. This library will continue to grow, not only from new scholarship but also from historical material that we continue to locate and add to the collection.
Virginia Company Archives External This link opens in a new window
An essential source for the study of the Atlantic world and early colonial period, the Ferrar Papers (1590-1790) from Magdalene College, Cambridge, document:
the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624
the continuing interest of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas
trade between Britain and America
the ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia
tensions amongst the colonists and of early relations with Native Americans.

Newspapers & Journals | United States

19th Century U.S. Newspapers External This link opens in a new window
Contains primary source newspaper content from nearly 250 American newspapers published during the 19th century. The database features full-text content and images from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the United States. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life among other subjects.
ABI/INFORM Collection External This link opens in a new window
Delivering over 6,800 journals, nearly 80% of which are in full-text, ABI/INFORM Complete is a comprehensive business database. Offering much more than journal content, this diverse solution provides the right mix of content types to meet the needs of any business researcher. ABI/INFORM also offers coverage on hundreds of industries and focus areas such as oil, gas, mining, energy, environment, and healthcare management, and has an ever growing range of content from around the globe. ABI/INFORM Complete provides researchers with diverse publication types that meet the requirements of core business programs and corporate libraries. With annual reports from nearly 1,000 leading North American companies, downloadable data sets from the Economic Intelligence Unit, market research reports, dissertations, business cases, and current news from The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, researchers will be equipped with the tools to respond to changing market conditions and prepare for emerging areas of interest.
Accessible Archives External This link opens in a new window
Developed by dedicated instructors and students of American history, Accessible Archives provides access to diverse primary source materials reflecting broad views across American history and culture. Eyewitness accounts of historical events, vivid descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records have been assembled into comprehensive collections from leading books, newspapers and periodicals then current. Collections include:
- African American Newspapers
- America and World War I: American Military Camp Newspapers, Parts I and II
- American County Histories
- Anatomy of Protest in America
- The Canadian Observer, 1914-1919
- The Civil War Collection
- Frank Leslie's Weekly
- Godey's Lady's Book Complete Collection (Parts I-IX)
- History of Woman Suffrage
- The Lily
- The Pennsylvania Gazette
- The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue
- Quarantine and Disease Control in America
- Reconstruction of Southern States: Pamphlets
- Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
- South Carolina Newspapers
- Twelve Years a Slave
- The Virginia Gazette
- The Woman's Tribune
- Women's Suffrage Collection
America's Historical Newspapers External This link opens in a new window
America's Historical Newspapers features full text cover-to-cover reproductions of historic newspapers published in 50 states and the District of Columbia. The coverage provides insight into the early years of the United States: the daily life of hundreds of diverse American communities; the later westward expansion and the rise of the penny press with its increasing emphasis on society, industry, and scientific advances; the Civil War era, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive era, and beyond. Please note that the full text may not be available for all issues of a particular newspaper (the database continues to grow). Collections include:
- African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 (Series 1 and Series 2)
- American Business: Agricultural Newspapers
- American Business: Mercantile Newspapers
- American Gazettes: Newspapers of Record
- American Politics: Campaign Newspapers
- American Religion: Denominational Newspapers
- Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876: From Colonies to Nation
- Early American Newspapers, Series 2, 1758-1900: The New Republic
- Early American Newspapers, Series 3, 1783-1922: From Farm to City
- Early American Newspapers, Series 4, 1756-1922: The Rise of Industry
- Early American Newspapers, Series 5, 1777-1922: An Emerging World Power
- Early American Newspapers, Series 6, 1741-1922: Compromise and Disunion
- Early American Newspapers, Series 7: 1773-1922: Reform and Retrenchment
- Early American Newspapers, Series 8, 1844-1922: A Nation in Transition
- Early American Newspapers, Series 9, 1832-1922: Protest and Prosperity
- Early American Newspapers, Series 10, 1730-1900: Regional Pioneers
- Early American Newspapers, Series 11, 1803-1899: From Agrarian Republic to World Power
- Early American Newspapers, Series 12, 1821-1900: The Specialized Press
- Early American Newspapers, Series 13, 1803-1916: The American West
- Early American Newspapers, Series 14, 1807-1880: The Expansion of Urban America
- Early American Newspapers, Series 15, 1822-1879: Immigrant Communities
- Early American Newspapers, Series 16, 1800-1877: Industry and the Environment
- Early American Newspapers Series 17, 1844-1922: American Heartland
- Early American Newspapers, Series 18, 1825-1879: Racial Awakening in the Northeast
Applied Science and Business Retrospective External This link opens in a new window
Provides a single resource for seven decades of articles on the most important events, issues and trends in the history of business and industry (including the complete file of Industrial Arts Index (1913-1957), plus the most important historical sources in the applied science and technology field for the 20th century. It provides cover-to-cover indexing for more than 2,000 periodicals that include more than 4.5 million articles. It is an excellent resource for tracking down important studies, exploring historical controversies, finding papers by innovators, researching the development of a particular technology, and more.
Business Source Complete External This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic and full text content for thousands of the most important scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. The database also contains detailed author profiles for the 40,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full text content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, faculty seminars (videos), and more. Indexing and abstracts for 1,300 scholarly business journals date back to 1886.
Chronicling America This link opens in a new window

Chronicling America provides free access to millions of pages of historic American public domain newspapers. More than 3000 titles, published in 48 states and territories and the District of Columbia are available (eventual coverage will be all states and territories, 1690-1963). The headlines, articles and advertisements capture the life and times of the American people, shining new light on historic events as they unfolded. Also provides a link to find information about newspapers published in the United States from 1690. Produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress.
HarpWeek External This link opens in a new window
1857-1912 issues of Harper's Weekly, the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by issue date or literary genre the full text may be searched using indexed thesaurus terms or keywords.
JSTOR External This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a highly selective digital library of academic content in many disciplines. The Library of Congress's subscriptions to JSTOR provide access to thousands of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR works with a diverse group of nearly 1,200 publishers from more than 57 countries to preserve and make their content digitally available.

Also provided is access to JSTOR Daily, which offers a fresh way for people to understand and contextualize their world. JSTOR Daily writers provide insight, commentary, and analysis of ideas, research, and current events, tapping into the rich scholarship on JSTOR. In addition to weekly feature articles, the magazine publishes daily blog posts that provide the backstory to complex issues of the day in a variety of subject areas, interviews with and profiles of scholars and their work, and much more.
PAIS International External This link opens in a new window
PAIS International now includes PAIS Archive. Chronicling global public policy and social issues, the Public Affairs Information Service provides citations to over 3,600 journal articles, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from over 120 countries. Retrospective material dates from the early twentieth century through the mid-1970s. Worldwide in geographic scope, PAIS includes coverage of publications in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish with English language abstracts and subject headings that deal with public affairs. Links to web resources and publisher websites. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers & Periodicals External This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Historical Newspapers is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century. From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II to local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers reveals the day-to-day news coverage to researchers and historical explorers, providing invaluable insights and information to users from a wide range of subjects.

Newspapers include: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger; The American Israelite; The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta Daily World; The Baltimore Afro-American; The Baltimore Sun; The Boston Globe; Chicago Defender; Chicago Tribune; The Christian Science Monitor; Cleveland Call and Post; Detroit Free Press; The Guardian and The Observer; Hartford Courant; The Jewish Advocate; The Jewish Exponent; Los Angeles Sentinel; Los Angeles Times; New York Amsterdam News; The New York Times; New York Tribune/Herald Tribune; Norfolk Journal and Guide; Philadelphia Tribune; Pittsburgh Courier; San Francisco Chronicle; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Times of India; The Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post

USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS)
contains over 2,100 publications from five agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Mann Library at Cornell University developed and maintains this site.

Newspapers & Journals | International

19th Century UK Periodicals External This link opens in a new window
Covers 19th Century literature and culture, empire, feminism, the history of the book, the creative and performing arts, sport and leisure, science and medicine, the professions, and all aspects of nineteenth-century life. When complete, the database will make available full runs of nearly 600 titles, some of which exist only in a single copy. Includes 19th Century UK Periodicals: Series 1 - New Readerships
19th Century UK Periodicals: Series 2 - Empire.
Economist Historical Archive 1843-2014 External This link opens in a new window
The fully searchable complete facsimile edition of The Economist, the weekly paper which is essential reading for anyone engaged in politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide. Containing every issue since its launch in 1843 and more than 600,000 pages, EHA offers full-colour images, multiple search indexes, topic and area supplements and surveys. Altogether this is an unrivalled multidisciplinary primary source for researching and teaching the 19th and 20th centuries.
Financial Times. Historical Archive 1888-2016 External This link opens in a new window
Provides the full text for this authoritative British daily business newspaper. Founded to serve the immediate needs of the City of London, the Financial Times quickly broadened its coverage, recognising that global financial and economic issues were to become the predominant forces of the twentieth century. Incorporating its rival the Financial News in 1945, the Financial Times expanded in the post-war years, reporting on topics such as industry, energy and international politics in full for the first time. In the final decades of the twentieth century, coverage of management, personal finance and the arts was added, to make the paper what it is nowa complete general newspaper for the business community.
Illustrated London News. Historical Archive 1842-2003 External This link opens in a new window
The world's first fully illustrated weekly newspaper covering British and world events. From war and disasters to politics and the arts, the newspaper provided a vivid view of the people, places and events that, until then, most of its readers could only imagine. Containing high-quality color facsimile images, the newspaper brings to life more than 160 years of social, political and cultural history for scholarly researchers. Areas covered include politics, social history, fashion, theatre, media, literature, advertising and graphic design, as well as genealogy.
Sunday Times Digital Archive External This link opens in a new window
Since 1822, the Sunday Times has provided thoughtful analysis and commentary on the weeks news and society at large. Murder, theatre, sport and politics all collide in its pages in an abundance of glorious narrative detail.
World-famous for its cutting-edge investigative journalism, the U.K. newspaper broke many of the key stories of the twentieth century, including the thalidomide scandal in the 1960s, the exposure of Kim Philby as a Soviet double-agent, and the revelations about the Israeli nuclear program in 1986. In more than 800,000 pages, the Sunday Times Digital Archive is a gateway to the greatest crimes, careers and culture of the last 180 years.
Times Digital Archive, 1785-2011 External This link opens in a new window
Contains facsimile images of every issue of the worlds newspaper of record, The Times of London, from 1785 through 2011. Covers every major historical event over 200 years, from the French Revolution to the Vietnam War, as well as chronicling all significant social, economic and cultural trends.

Other Archival Collections

Beyond the Library there are many collections around the U.S. that include the companies and crop. The links below will either provide information directly related to tobacco research or will allow you to find additional collections throughout the country.

Archive Grid External
This is not a digital repository but it can be used to find specific location of records of railroad companies and other railroad related archival material found in university and other collections. For example, Family Farms of Kentucky Burley Tobacco Oral History Project; Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse record book, 1819-1834; Tobacco warehouse books, 1872-1874; etc.
State Library of Virginia External
The State Library has resources that are are good for research on the state and prominent people in the state. This includes "Papers relating to the tobacco trade" part of the Virginia Colonial Records Project and other photographs and documents. They also maintain the Archives for the state.
Founders Online (National Archives)
Correspondence and other writing from major founding fathers including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Of particular interest are the papers of Thomas Jefferson which include:
Negotiations over Tobacco between the American Commissioners and the Farmers General
Circular Letter to Merchants and Tobacco Growers of Virginia
Further Observations on the Tobacco Trade
Documents on the American Tobacco Trade (Edictorial Note)
Records of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (National Archives)
The agency was established in the Department of Justice (DOJ) by Attorney General Order No. 2650-2003, January 23, 2003. It was previously known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (1972-2003).

Tobacco Industry: Sources of Historical Research

Subscription & Internet Resources

Historical Research Databases & Resources

Newspapers & Journals | United States

Newspapers & Journals | International

Other Archival Collections