Government Information: Historical Materials (U.S.) Related to Congress

A collection of historical documents related to the Congress of the United States.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation brings together online the records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress, including the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, 1873-75. This collection also includes the Journals of Congress, the Debates and Proceedings of Congress, and bills and resolutions from the 19th century.

The American State Papers, comprising a total of thirty-eight physical volumes, contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817

Access to the digital collections at the Library of Congress (LOC).

A digital collection from the Library of Congress (LOC).