Featured Documents of the Month from the National Archives at Boston

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Electors' Certification of votes for President of the United States, New Hampshire, 1792.

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Copyright infringement case, Skidmore Music V. Hayes, 1939

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Deposition of John Parker, April 25, 1775, describing the incident in Lexington, MA, of April 19th, in which the British fired upon the local people.

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Red Sox Nation c. 1918

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First Predominately Negro Ship Commissioned, U.S.S. Mason, at the Boston Navy Yard.

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Pearl Harbor Telegram

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Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, Boston, MA.

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Police Day, First Day of School, 1975, Boston

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Radar image of D-Day, June 6, 1944

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Mother's Day Letter, 1920

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Declaration of Independence

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Application for Visa, Ng Shee, 1931. Case file 2500/9086. RG 85 Records of the Customs and Immigration Service, National Archives at Boston.

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Warrant for Habeas Corpus, United States v. Cinque and the Africans, 1839

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Indictment of James Dorsey of Lynn, MA, July 1921 for knowingly selling 1/2 pint of intoxicating liquor

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Christmas Proclamation Issued by President Roosevelt, December 24, 1942

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During World War I, the entire nation worked together to conserve certain foods for the war effort

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