CONGRESSIONAL SERIAL SET
Founding Fathers
Exhibit for the University of Michigan Graduate Library, December 2005

Founding Fathers

Great Explorations

War

Social Conditions

Civil Rights

Technology

Serial Set Today

Accessing the Serial Set

Credits

Exhibit Brochure

Complete Version of Exhibit
The Serial Set had a relatively late start, but the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution was republished in 1888. Document 2584-2589 (50th Congress, 1st session, House Miscellaneous Document 603). In includes letters from George Washington, John Adams, and Ben Franklin among others.


On August 20, 1894, the Congress authorized the Joint Committee on Printing to create a complete compilation of the annual, inaugural, and veto messages as well as proclamations of the Presidents, 1789-1894.
The work was compiled by James D. Richardson, then a representative from Tennessee and issued as A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Document 3265-1 through 3265-12 (53rd Congress, 2d Session, House Miscellaneous Document 210)
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