Miscellaneous Documents

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (545K) Originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximiately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), but later entries are essentially Middle English in tone. Translated by Rev. James Ingram (London, 1823), with additional readings from the translation of Dr. J.A. Giles (London, 1847).
The Federalist Papers (1.2M) A series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist, was published in 1788 by J. and A. McLean.
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Isaiah’s Job, by Albert Jay Nock, 1936 (29K). This essay was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1936. Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) was an influential American libertarian author, educational theorist, and social critic.
Patrick of Ireland, including The Confession and The Shield of St. Patrick. Translated from the Latin by Ludwig Bieler.
Edmund Spenser
Alexis Tocqueville — Democracy In America, parts 1 and 2
Transmission of Information written by Ralph V.L. Hartley (DotRose's great grandfather's brother) and published in the Bell System Technical Journal, July 1928, pp. 535-563. (3.5M PDF file)
George Washington's Farewell Address — Published in the American Daily Advertiser, September 19, 1796.