• This document is a "draft for public comment" -- it isn't finished yet, and its current location is not permanent.
• If you have a suggestion of something to add, subtract, rewrite or reformat, please send email to  dheller.aps@yahoo.com .

• Volumes 1-20 (1789-1879), 31 (1889-1901), and 32-64 (1901-1950) are essentially complete.
• The Private Laws and Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions, Proclamations (each, vol. 1-31), and Treaties (vol. 1-64) are complete.
• The Public Laws and Resolutions (vol. 1-20, 31) are complete, but need some more editing.
  

Volume	Congresses	Dates, Contents	Volume	Congress	Dates
1	1 – 5	1789 – 1799	19	44	1875 – 1877
2	6 – 12	1799 – 1813	20	45	1877 – 1879
3	13 – 17	1813 – 1823	21	46	1879 – 1881
4	18 – 23	1823 – 1835	22	47	1881 – 1883
5	24 – 28	1835 – 1845	23	48	1883 – 1885
6	1 – 28	1789 – 1845, Private Acts	24	49	1885 – 1887
7	---	1778 – 1842, Treaties with the Indian Tribes	25	50	1887 – 1889
8	---	1776 – 1845, Treaties with Foreign Nations	26	51	1889 – 1891
9	29 – 31	1845 – 1851	27	52	1891 – 1893
10	32 – 33	1851 – 1855	28	53	1893 – 1895
11	34 – 35	1855 – 1859	29	54	1895 – 1897
12	36 – 37	1859 – 1863	30	55	1897 – 1899
13	38	1863 – 1865	31	56	1899 – 1901
14	39	1865 – 1867	etc.	etc.	1901 – 2024
15	40	1867 – 1869
16	41	1869 – 1871
17	42	1871 – 1873
18	43	1873 – 1875; Revised Statutes

Information and sources
Bibliographic details
Notes
Index volumes
Contents by topic
Previous collections
Related lists and compilations
Foundational documents
Revised Statutes and United States Code
Treaty Collections
Presidents and Congresses
States and Territories

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, The Congress shall have Power ... To establish Post Offices and post roads.
Post Office Department and Postmasters General
Highlights and Lowlights, a very short and very subjective list

Tables of Postal Laws, Resolutions and Treaties, by volume

• Headings and links in the tables
• Search suggestions
• Geographic notes
• Governmental notes

Tables of Laws and Resolutions, by topic

• Stamp Office, Stamped paper, Stamp duties, Revenue stamps
• Legal Tender, National currency, Foreign currency, Exchange rates
• Secession, Admission (to the Confederacy), Readmission (to the Union)
• Confederate Postal Legislation and Documents
• Confederate Postal Legislation, Provisional Government
• Confederate Postal Legislation, Permanent Government

Further references

• Journals of the Continental Congress
• US Congress and Government in general
• Internal Revenue, including Stamp Duties
• Tariffs
• Post Office Department
• Specialized Indices to the Statutes at Large
• Supreme Court Decisions
• British Treasury Warrants
• Philatelic Studies

Homework problems
To-Do list

• Library of Congress, A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875
• This replaces the older American Memory website, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html, which is due to be retired 1 May 2024.
  
• Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
• Statutes and Documents (including the Statutes at Large)
• Journals of Congress
• Debates of Congress
• Century Presentations
  
• Library of Congress, American Memory, Statutes at Large.
• Vol. 1-18, Congresses 1-43, 1789-1875, available with a page reader, transcriptions, and a search tool, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html
• Abbreviated LoC in the volume listings below.
• Library of Congress, Law Library, Statutes at Large (defunct), Statutes at Large (archived, 28 April 2021).
• Vol. 1-64, Congresses 1-81, 1789-1950, as searchable PDF files, but not complete.  Public acts also available by chapter.
• Abbreviated LLoC in the volume listings below.
• For more information, see United States Law, and About the Law Library.
• In 2021, replaced by the following.
• Library of Congress, United States Statutes at Large,
• Vol. 1-64, Congresses 1-81, 1789-1951, available as one or more PDF files per volume.
• Links to Public and Private Acts and Resolutions, within a PDF for each Congress.
• The entire PDF for that Congress will download, not simply the requested act or resolution alone.
  
• For more information, Federal Statutes: A Beginner's Guide.
• US Government Publishing Office, formerly Government Printing Office, United States Statutes at Large.
• Vol. 65-128, Congresses 82-113, 1951-2014, are available as PDF files; see here for details.
• 104th Congress to 117th Congress, 1995-2022, Public and Private Laws
• Abbreviated GPO in the volume listings below.
• Discover U.S. Government Information.  (GovInfo search)
• Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/, About Congress.gov
• Public Laws and Private Laws, Congresses 82 to 117, 1951 to 2022.
• This interface is easy to use, and recommended as first choice for the time period.  There is nothing comparable for earlier laws, unfortunately.
• Bills and Resolutions
  
• The Advanced Search will find bills as well as laws; includes 1799-1873.
• A Preview of Phase Two of Statutes at Large, Library of Congress Law Library blog, 27 May 2021
• Coverage Dates for Congress.gov Collections
• Congressional Record, Index
• US House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, http://uscode.house.gov/.
• http://uscode.house.gov/table3/table3years.htm, with a page reader for the Statutes at Large, public acts and resolutions only, not searchable.
• Images from LoC and LLoC.
• US National Archives and Records Administration, United States Statutes at Large.
• Includes notes on the publishers.
• Wikipedia, United States Statutes at Large.
• Uses document links provided by uslaw.link.
• Timothy Armstrong, Univ. of Cincinnati, Early United States Statutes (2008-2010; archived, 2019).
• Vol. 1-44, Congresses 1-69, 1789-1927, were formerly available as PDF files, and in other formats.  Scans from LoC and microfilms; the PDFs were complete but not searchable.
• Wikisource, United States Statutes at Large.
• Transcribed, nicely organized, but mostly incomplete.  Based on scans from Armstrong and other sources.
• Constitution Society, Complete Collection of United States Statutes at Large.
• Vol. 1-126, 1789-2012, are available from https://archive.org/details/usstat as searchable PDF files, but the treaties and private laws are generally omitted.  Scans from HeinOnline and LoC.
• Abbreviated CS in the volume listings below.
• This "society" is actually a one-person operation [he is now deceased], with a pronounced libertarian/reactionary/conspiratorial political viewpoint (Wikipedia).
• Legisworks.org, Statutes at Large Project (last published 2014; archived, 2019; defunct, 2020).
• Vol. 1-64, 1789-1950, public acts available by chapter, with resolutions and proclamations, sometimes more.  Scans from CS and LoC, with further page omissions.
• uslaw.link, https://uslaw.link; formerly LegisLink, http://legislink.org.
• Links to documents from Legisworks or GPO.  The most convenient lookup tool.  See also, Wikipedia Template:USStat.
• Credit to Joshua Tauberer and his GovTrack.us project.
• Google Books, HathiTrust, Internet Archive
• Listed with each individual volume.
• Many volumes are listed in https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007401279
• Google Scholar, https://scholar.google.com/
• Click on Case Law, then Federal Courts, and enter a legal citation.  For example, "31 Stat. 141", or "5 Stat.".
• FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
• A digital library of U.S. economic, financial, and banking history.
• ESTC, English Short Title Catalogue, for publications up to 1800, http://estc.bl.uk.
• Subscription services, available from many university libraries, and some public libraries
• ProQuest Congressional, https://about.proquest.com/en/products-services/proquest-congressional/
• HeinOnline, https://home.heinonline.org
• Readex, US Congressional Serial Set, https://www.readex.com/
• These services generally do not permit redistribution of their content.

• Title
• vol. 1-17, By Authority of Congress.
• vol. 1-8, The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America,
• from the organization of the government in 1789, to March 3, 1845.  Arranged in chronological order.  With references to the matter of each act and to the subsequent acts on the same subject, and copious notes of the decisions of the Courts of the United States construing those acts, and upon the subjects of the laws.  With an index to the contents of each volume, and a full general index to the whole work, in the concluding volume.  Together with The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States; and also, tables, in the last volume, containing lists of the acts relating to the judiciary, imposts and tonnage, the public lands, etc.
• vol. 9-11, The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America,
• [9] from December 1, 1845 to March 3, 1851, Arranged in Chronological Order; with references to the matter of each act and to the subsequent acts on the same subject.
• [10] from December 1, 1851 to March 3, 1855, Arranged ...
• [11] from December 3, 1855 to March 3, 1859, and Proclamations since 1791, Arranged ...
• vol. 12-15, The Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations, of the United States of America,
• [12] from December 5, 1859, to March 3, 1863.  Arranged in Chronological Order and carefully collated with the Originals at Washington.  With references to the matter of each act and to the subsequent acts on the same subject.
• [13-15] from December 1863, to December 1865; December, 1865, to March, 1867; December 1867, to March 1869
• vol. 16-17, The Statutes at Large and Proclamations of the United States of America,
• [16] from December 1869 to March 1871, and Treaties and Postal Conventions Arranged in Chronological Order and carefully collated with the Originals at Washington, with references to the matter of each act and to the subsequent acts on the same subject.
• [17] from March 1871 to March 1873
• [vol. 18, parts 1, 2] Revised Statutes of the United States, ...
• vol. 18, part 3, The Statutes at Large of the United States,
• from December, 1873, to March, 1875, and recent treaties, postal conventions, and executive proclamations.
• vol. 19-49, The Statutes at Large of the United States of America,
• [vol. 19 to 25, as] from December, 1875, to March, 1877, and recent treaties, postal conventions, and executive proclamations.
• [vol. 26 to 28, as] from December, 1889, to March, 1891, and recent treaties, conventions, and executive proclamations.
• [vol. 29] from December, 1895, to March, 1897, and recent treaties, conventions, and executive proclamations, with an appendix containing the concurrent resolutions of the two houses of Congress.
• [vol. 30-31, as] from March, 1897, to March, 1899, and recent treaties, conventions, executive proclamations, and the concurrent resolutions of the two houses of Congress.
• etc., in two or three parts
• vol. 50-90, United States Statutes at Large, ...
• Editor
• vol. 1-8, Richard Peters
• vol. 9-10, George Minot
• vol. 11, George Minot and George P. [Partridge] Sanger
• vol. 12-17, George P. Sanger
• vol. 18-62, Edited, printed, and published under the authority of an Act of Congress, and under the direction of the Secretary of State. [or similar]
• vol. 63-64, public and private laws "under the direction of the Administrator of General Services by the Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service", and treaties "under the direction of the Secretary of State"
• vol. 65-71, "under the direction of the Administrator of General Services by the Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service", treaties having been moved to the new series United States Treaties and Other International Agreements.
• vol. 72-90, "under the direction of the Administrator of General Services by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service"
• Publisher
• 1845 to 1852, vol. 1-9, Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown
• 1853 to 1873, vol. 1-9 (reissued), vol. 10-17, Boston : Little, Brown and Company; or, Little, Brown, and Company
• 1875 to 1976, vol. 18-90, Washington : Government Printing Office
• Copyright
• Noted with each volume as <copyright>.  On the imprint page, following the title page,
• vol. 1-15, with small variations, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year <date>, by <holder>, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."
• vol. 16-17, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year <date>, by <holder>, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."
• Printer, Stereotyper
• On the imprint page, or on the advertisement page; sometimes also on the last page.  Noted with each volume.
• Wikipedia, Stereotype (printing)
• Reprint Publisher
• Dennis & Co., Inc., Buffalo, NY, which is now part of William S. Hein & Co, Inc.
• Most of the Dennis & Co. publications are available through HeinOnline, a subscription service, although the digital version is generally not derived from the reprinted version.
• Vol. 1-17 were published by Resolution of 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 798.  Distribution was specified by Act of 8 Aug. 1846, 9 Stat. 75.  Many volumes were originally published as a set of pamphlets, issued annually (see, 1851, 1852, etc.).  Vol. 18 and later were published by Act of 20 June 1874, 18 Stat. 113.  Since 1950 (61 Stat. 636, 64 Stat. 979), authority is given by 1 U.S. Code § 112 (for statutes) and § 112a (for treaties).  Vol. 1-11 were reissued with minor (?) changes, as late as 1867.
• The digital versions often omit blank pages, which may appear as a gap in the pagination.

• References to laws, resolutions, etc., in the Statutes at Large series are usually given in the form 1 Stat. 70, indicating volume 1, page 70.  The laws are organized by Congress (1st, 2nd, etc.), Session (of that Congress), Statute, Chapter (Ch.), and Section (§).  The Statute number corresponds to the Session number, and is noted here as C/S, for Congress/Session.
• References similar to 1 Stat. 70 indicate the first page of an act, or a particular page within an act; the relevant material may end on that page or continue further.
• References in older sources may be similar to 1 Stats. 70, or 1 Stat. L. 70, or 1 U.S. Stat. 70.
• References in newer sources may be similar to 6 Stat. 109b, which refers to the second act that begins on page 109 of volume 6; there are six on that page.
• Commencing with vol. 32, a new Public Law numbering system was added, which we do not make note of.
• The Congressional Session dates given here are from the Statutes at Large itself, with corrections from the House and Senate Journals, and the Congressional Record.  The special sessions are all for Senate business, such as cabinet confirmations.
• By the Constitution, Art. 1, Sec. 4, "The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day."  The 20th Amendment, ratified 6 Feb. 1933, moved the opening date to 3 January.
• For a discussion of secret sessions, see David Hunter Miller, Secret Statutes of the United States, 1918 (link).
• For comprehensive lists, see Congress.gov, Dates of Past Sessions; US Senate, Dates of Sessions of the Congress; US House, Session Dates; US Senate, Sessions of Congress.  These are not without error.
• The first Congress opened 4 Mar. 1789 for a two-year term.  From 1791 through 1831, each Congress ended on 3 March, except 2 March in 1793; the journals in those years have little information about the actual time of adjournment.  From 1833 through 1901, each Congress ended on the legislative day 3 March, at noon (or earlier) on the calendar day 4 March, with the exceptions of 2 March in 1833, 1861, 1867, 1889, 1895, when 3 March was a Sunday.
• The date of passage by Congress and approval by the President is indicated.  The date on which a law became effective is noted when possible, but (usually) not the date on which a law became invalid; it may have expired, or been revised, replaced or repealed.  This is complicated by revisions which applied only to sections of a law.  The marginal notes in the Statutes are often helpful, by references to related acts.
• For example, the Residence Act (1 Stat. 130), establishing Washington, D.C., as the capital, passed the Senate 1 July 1790, then the House 9 July 1790, and was signed by Pres. Washington on 16 July 1790; its date is listed in the Statutes at Large as 16 July 1790, without mention of the earlier dates.  The retrocession of land to Virginia in 1846 (9 Stat. 35) is not mentioned in the marginal notes for volume 1, as that change occurred after publication of vol. 1 in 1845.
• The marginal notes and footnotes should be checked against the materials they reference, especially in the early volumes, as the chapters were renumbered in preparation (for ex., on 3 Stat. 523, is it ch. 93 or 92?), and there are occasional typographical errors (for ex., on 2 Stat. 713, 1829 for 1819; on 1 Stat. 180, "first of December" in the margin, but "last day of December" in the text).  There are omissions, but whether by error or editorial decision is difficult to determine.
• The effective date for a law may be given directly ("effective Feb. 3", "commencing Feb. 3"), indirectly (following an event whose date is yet to be determined), or in a later law, resolution, proclamation or regulation.  The phrase "from and after Feb. 3" means either "effective Feb. 3" or "effective Feb. 4", and has been disputed in the courts at least since 1800 (ref, ref), though mostly about taxation.
• The Scott US Specialized Catalogue (2019, p. 45A) mentions a Supreme Court decision that would be in favor of "effective Feb. 4", but provides no specific reference.  The English Calendar Act of 1750 favored this position (ref).  The US position by the 1880's is discussed here (esp. sections 28 and 31a).
• As an example of the "next day" interpretation, the acts to admit Vermont as a state, "on the fourth day of March" (1 Stat. 191), and "from and after the third day of March" (1 Stat. 197), must surely refer to the same day.  Pres. Washington concurred (ref).  See also the postal act of 3 Mar. 1851, 9 Stat. 587, notes below.
• The phrase "on and after" is used infrequently (for ex., 12 Stat. 475 § 94, 1 July 1862).
• Whatever the effective date, there was often a delay in notifying the affected states, appointing and confirming the relevant officers, awarding contracts, etc.  For example, the news of California statehood took 5 weeks to arrive in 1850.
• The Statutes at Large series includes only laws actually passed by Congress and approved by the President (or with a veto override by Congress), and gives little or no information about bills that failed to pass, bills that were vetoed without override, or laws that failed to be implemented as intended.  There are similar problems with resolutions, proclamations and treaties.  We include links to the House and Senate Journals, and the Congressional Record (or its predecessors), which may give more information.  Further references for treaties are generally included.

• Concerning the notice "This volume is public property." which appears in some volumes, see, Britain, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons, 1852-53 (720) XXXIV.331, Report from the Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers, testimony of Henry Stevens, 9 May 1853 (link), about the proviso "This volume is public property." (ref), and distribution of the Statutes at Large to foreign governments (ref).

• General Index to the Eight Volumes of the Statutes at Large, in vol. 8 (1789 to 1845), p. 1-182.
• Franking Privilege, p. 69-70
• Postmaster-General, Postmasters, Post Office Department, Post Roads and Routes, p. 137-139
• Stamps, p. 161
• A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America, from Mar. 4, 1789, to Mar. 3, 1851 [vol. 1-9], Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1852, [4] + 747 p.
• The index does not distinguish between laws and resolutions.
• Reprints were published in 1853, 1854, 1856, 1860.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=qksUAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106522899
• same, https://archive.org/details/asynopticalinde01statgoog
• https://books.google.com/books?id=-m0VAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044053404992
• https://books.google.com/books?id=G1oVAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044053405007
• https://books.google.com/books?id=seerAZ6dcjcC  [Berkeley]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t1hh6c67s
• https://books.google.com/books?id=n20DAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=-a1DAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs7sdl9pibUC  [ÖNB] (1853, Little, Brown and Company)
• http://digital.onb.ac.at/
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112104853967  [Michigan] (1856, Little, Brown and Company)
• Appropriations, Post-Office, p. 114
• Compensation of Public Officers, p. 212-223, esp. p. 217
• Duties, p. 262-285
• Franking Privilege, p. 316-7
• Mail, p. 485
• Post-Office Department, p. 572-579
• Post Riders and Mail Carriers, p. 579
• Stamps, Postage, p. 627
• Treaties, p. 656-716
• Consolidated Index to the Statutes at Large of the United States of America from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1903, Washington, 1906.
• Prepared for the Senate Judiciary Committee, by accumulating the indexes up to Volume 32 (ref).  Only twenty-five sets were printed (ref, ref).
• vol. 1,
• vol. 2,
• vol. 3,
• vol. 4, S-Z, p. 3529-4473, https://books.google.com/books?id=6iYGAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103137758
• addenda, A-C, p. 4475
• Library of Congress, Law Library, vol. 1-4, https://lccn.loc.gov/unk84242614
• Harvard Law School Library, vol. 1-4, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990012302760203941/catalog
• New England Law Library, Boston, vol. 2, 3, https://portia.nesl.edu/record=b260414
• Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department
• Auditor for Post-Office Department
• Mail Contracts, Mail Transportation, Mails
• Post-Office Department
• Second Assistant Postmaster-General, p. 3606 (link)
• Second-Class Mail Matter, p. 3607 (link)
• Sixth Auditor, Treasury Department, p. 3775-3776 (link)
• Special Delivery, p. 3831 (link)
• Special Facilities, Postal Service, p. 3831 (link)
• Special Postage Stamp, p. 3832 (link)
• Stamp Agencies, ..., Stamps, p. 3844-3852 (link)
• Stationery, p. 3863-3864 (link)
• Star Routes, p. 3854 (link)
• Third Assistant Postmaster-General, p. 4106 (link)
• Third-Class Mail Matter, p. 4107 (link)
• Topographer, Post-Office Department, p. 4135-4136 (link)
• Treasury Department, p. 4154-4176 (link)
• United States Mail Steamship Line, p. 4235 (link)
• Universal Postal Union, p. 4237-4238 (link)
  
• Washington, D.C., p. 4330-4335 (link)
• Way Letters, Postal Service, p. 4360 (link)
• Wrappers, Wrapping Paper, p. 4441 (link)
• individual countries, Postal Convention with ...
• George Winfield Scott and Middleton G. Beaman, Index Analysis of the Federal Statutes together with a Table of Repeals and Amendments, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1908.
• vol. 1, 1873-1907, https://books.google.com/books?id=L4lPAAAAYAAJ  [Princeton]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067733111
• General and permanent law in vol. 18-34 of the Statutes at Large, including the Revised Statutes.
• Post-Office Department, etc., p. 860-890 (link)
• Table of Repeals and Amendments to the Revised Statutes, p. 1311-1330 (link)
• Table of Repeals and Amendments to the Statutes at Large, p. 1331-1366 (link)
• vol. 2 was not published, it was to have been private laws, etc.
• Middleton G. Beaman and A.K. McNamara, Index Analysis of the Federal Statutes (General and Permanent Law) 1789-1873 together with a Table of Repeals and Amendments, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1911, vi + 1146 p.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=04hPAAAAYAAJ  [Princeton]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067733095
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Xoh1xGQJPysC  [UC Riverside]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210015376500
• https://books.google.com/books?id=m7tGAQAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• General and permanent law in vol. 1-17 of the Statutes at Large.
• Scope and Contents of the Index Analysis, p. 1 (link).  Temporary statutes are generally not included.
• Franks and Franking Privilege, p. 415-420 (link).
• Post-Office Department, ... , Postmasters, p. 719-753 (link)
• Table of Repeals and Amendments to the Statutes at Large, p. 1079-1133 (link)
• Popular Names of Statutes, p. 1135-1146 (link)
• Walter H. McClenon and Wilfred C. Gilbert, Index to the Federal Statutes, 1874-1931, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1933, v + 1432 p.
• Headings and Subheadings, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001163037
• Auditor for Post Office Department, p. 71; Sixth Auditor, p. 962
• Carrying the Mail, p. 131
• Coins and Coinage
• Delivery of Mail Matter, p. 313
• Foreign Mail Service, p. 439-441; includes list of postal treaties and conventions
• Franks and Franking Privilege, p. 447
• Letter Carriers, p. 571
• Mail, etc., p. 592-596
• Money Order System
• Postage, etc., p. 781-799
• Rural Mail Service, p. 920
• Stamps, etc., p. 974-976
• Table of Repeals and Amendments, Revised Statutes, p. 1201-1264
• Table of Repeals and Amendments, Statutes at Large, p. 1265-1432
• Eugene Nabors, Legislative Reference Checklist: The Key to Legislative Histories from 1789-1903, Littleton (CO) : Rothman, 1982.
• Joshua Tauberer, Bill Numbers for Early American Statutes, https://github.com/unitedstates/nabors

• The Acts of Congress from 1789 to 1845, inclusive,
• from US Statutes at Large, Volume 8 (1846)
• (comparison of this edition to previous collections of the laws)  (p. 647-674)
• Relating to the Judiciary  (p. 675-689)
• Relating to Imports and Tonnage [Duties]  (p. 690-703)
• Relating to the Public Lands  (p. 704-724)
• Relating to the Post-Office of the U.S.  (p. 725-728)
• General Index to vol. 1-8  (p. 731-897)
• Index to Public Statutes  (p. 899-954)
• General Index to vol. 1-8  (p. 1-182, 1848)

• The Acts of Congress from 1789 to 1845, inclusive,
• from US Statutes at Large, later versions of Volume 1 (1847, 1848, etc.)
• (comparison of this edition to previous collections of the laws)  (p. xli-lxviii)
• Relating to the Judiciary  (p. lxix-lxxxiii)
• Relating to Imports and Tonnage [Duties]  (p. lxxxiv-xcvii)
• Relating to the Public Lands  (p. xcviii-cxviii)
• Relating to the Post-Office of the U.S.  (p. cxix-cxxii)
• same, https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/POpapersIndex.pdf
• Wikisource, transcribed.

• The Constitution and Laws of the United States, Portsmouth (New Hampshire) : George Jerry Osborne, 1790 (link).
• Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America, New York : Francis Childs and John Swaine, [1790] (link).
• The Resolution of 6 July 1789, cited on p. iii, appears in the House and Senate journals, but not in the Statutes at Large.  The Second and Third Sessions are noted, Published by Authority.  The Third Session was published at Philadelphia, 1791 (link).
• Acts passed at the First Session of the Congress of the United States of America, Philadelphia : Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791 (link, from the John Adams library).
• Second Session, same (link).  Third Session, same (link).
• Laws of the United States of America, Philadelphia : Andrew Brown, 1791, vol. 1.
• Thomas Jefferson, Report on Memorial of Andrew Brown, 5 Feb. 1791 (ref); Manner of Authenticating Printed Editions of the Laws, 5 Feb. 1791, in American State Papers, Miscellaneous, vol. 1, p. 37 (link).
• Authorized by Resolution of 18 Feb. 1791, 1 Stat. 224.
• Laws of the United States of America, New York : Childs and Swaine, 1791.  "Agreeably to a resolve of Congress, passed February 18, 1791."  (link)
• The Laws of the United States of America, published by authority, Philadelphia : Richard Folwell, etc., 1796-1815.
• The first collected edition of US laws under direction of the Secretary of State (ref); compiled by Zephaniah Swift (ref, ref).  Authorized by Acts of 3 Mar. 1795, 1 Stat. 443, and 21 Dec. 1796, 1 Stat. 496.
• Public acts which had expired, or were repealed by the time of publication, are only given by title.  Private acts are given only by title in vol. 1-4.
• vol. 1, Philadelphia : Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796 (link. link); Constitution, 1st Congress, Treaties.
• vol. 2, Philadelphia : Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796 (link, link); 2nd Congress, Treaties, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance.
• vol. 3, Philadelphia : Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796 (link, link); 3rd, 4th Congress, Treaties, Bill of Rights.
• Errata, vol. 1-3.  Extends to Mar. 1797.
• vol. 4, Philadelphia : Printed by Richard Folwell, 1799 (HeinOnline, Gale/ECCO); 5th Congress, Constitution.
• also, Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, no date.
• Session Laws, William Ross (link, link).
• Session Laws, Richard Folwell (link).
• vol. 5, Washington City : Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1801 (link, link, HeinOnline); 6th Congress, Treaty.
• also, Washington City, 1803 (link).
• also, Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, 1803 (link, link, link).  Printed by Richard Folwell (link).
• vol. 6, Washington City, 1803 (link); 7th Congress, Treaties.  Printed by William Duane?
• also, Philadelphia : Printed by Mathew Carey, 1804 (link, link).
• vol. 7, Washington City, 1805; 8th Congress.
• also, Washington City : Printed and Published by Duane and Son, 1806.
• reprinted, 1814.
• vol. 8, Washington City, 1807; 9th Congress.
• also, Washington City : Printed and Sold by R.C. Weightman, 1807.
• vol. 9, Washington City : Printed for the Department of State, 1809 (link, link); 10th Congress.
• also, Washington City : Printed and Sold by R.C. Weightman, 1809 (link).
• vol. 10, Washington City : Printed for the Department of State, 1811 (link, link); 11th Congress.
• also, Washington City : Printed and Sold by R.C. Weightman, 1811.
• vol. 11, Washington City : Printed for the Department of State, 1813; 12th Congress.
• also, Washington City : Printed and Sold by R.C. Weightman, 1813 (link, link).
• vol. 12, Washington City : Printed and Sold by R.C. Weightman, 1815; 13th Congress (omitting session 3).
• Thomas Herty, A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, Baltimore : W. Pechin, 1800 (link).
• Postmaster-General, p. 403-404.  Post Office, p. 408-418.  Post Roads, p. 419-425.
• William Graydon, An Abridgment of the Laws of the United States, Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) : John Wyeth, 1803 (link).
• Post Office and Post Roads, p. 336-357.  References to vol. 1-6 of the Folwell series.
• Includes tables of Acts abridged, Acts expired or obsolete, private or local Acts, and Acts repealed.  Treaties are included in an Appendix.
• Joseph Story, The Public and General Statutes passed by the Congress of the United States of America, Boston : Wells & Lilly.
• 1827, vol. 1; vol. 2; vol. 3
• 1828, vol. 1; vol. 2; vol. 3
• second ed., edited by George Sharswood, 1840, vol. 1; 1839, vol. 2; 1839, vol. 3; 1837, vol. 4; 1848, vol. 5.
• Appropriations Acts are omitted, among others.
• Law Library of Congress, A Birthday Card for Joseph Story, 2020.
  
• Edward Ingersoll, A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, from March 4th, 1789, to May 15th, 1820, Philadelphia : James Maxwell, 1821.  (link)
• Post Office, and Post Roads, p. 682-698.
• "The list of post-roads established by various acts, I omitted as of merely local and limited interest."
• Edward Ingersoll, An Abridgment of the Acts of Congress Now in Force, Excepting Those of Private and Local Application, Philadelphia : Towar & Hogan, 1825.  (link)
• Post Office, p. 538-553.
• Referenced in the act creating pre-territorial Oregon's post office department, Dec. 1845.
• Thomas F. Gordon, A Digest of the Laws of the United States, Philadelphia : Printed for the Author.
• 1827.  Post Office, p. 56-67.  Mostly from the Act of 3 Mar. 1825.
• By 4 Stat. 334, 24 Feb. 1829, 500 copies were purchased by the Secretary of State for distribution.
• 1830, London : Printed for John Miller.  Post Office, p. 56-67.
• 1837, 2nd ed.  Post Office, p. 80-100.
• 1844, 3rd ed.  Post Office, p. 96-118.
• 1851, 4th ed.  Post Office, p. 225-285.  Printed by I. Ashmead (1851) or by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. (1852).
• James Dunlop, Digest of The General Laws of the United States, with References to the Acts Repealed, Supplied, or Modified; and Notes of the Decisions and Dicta of the Supreme Court of the Union upon their Construction, Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1856.  (link)
• Postage, Postmaster, Postmaster-General, Post-Office, indexed, p. 1605-1609.
• Frederick C. Brightly, An Analytical Digest of the Laws of the United States. Philadelphia : Kay & Brother.
• vol. 1, 1789-1857, 1865.  Post Office, p. 757-791.
• vol. 2, 1857-1869, 1869.  Post Office, p. 491-511.
• Edition of 1858, 1789-1857, Part 1, A-M (link); Part 2, M-Y (link); combined (link).
• Edition of 1863, 1857-1863 (link, link).
• Edition of 1865, vol. 2, 1857-1865 (link, link).
• Also reported, editions of 1857 (vol. 1, 1789-1857), 1859, supplement for 1859-1865.

• Laws of the United States of America, 10 volumes, 1815-1845.
• Authorized by An Act authorizing a subscription for the laws of the United States, and for the distribution thereof, 18 Apr. 1814, 3 Stat. 129.
• Philadelphia : John Bioren and W. John Duane, Washington : R.C. Weightman, 1815-1816.  Edited by John B. Colvin.
• vol. 1, 1815
• Plan of a new edition of the laws ..., p. iii-vii; Explanatory observations, p. viii-xi.
• Declaration of Independence, p. 1-10; Articles of Confederation, p. 10-28; Constitution, p. 28-74.
• Treaties, etc., p. 74-706; Synopsis of treaties, p. 707-715.
• Index to Volume One, p. 717-726.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=_GpZAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=J-OGvgAACAAJ  [same]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=oG6SjwEACAAJ  [same]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=vvh2vgAACAAJ  [same]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090743042  [same]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=bMNgAAAAcAAJ  [ÖNB]
• The following are excerpts from ordinances of the Continental Congress.
• p. 585-591, Origin, &c. of the Department of State for the United States (link), 29 Nov. 1775 to 12 Feb. 1788.
• p. 591-631, Origin, &c. of the Department of War (link), 12 June 1776 to 1 Sep. 1788.  Including Indian Affairs and the Navy.
  
• p. 631-646, Origin, &c. of the Treasury Department (link), 17 Feb. 1776 to 27 Mar. 1786.
  
• p. 646-649, Origin, &c. of the Mint of the United States (link), 21 Feb. 1782 to 16 Oct. 1786.
  
• p. 649-658, Origin of the General Post Office of the United States (link), 26 July 1775 to 20 Sep. 1786.
  
• vol. 2, 1815, 1789-1797
• https://books.google.com/books?id=UWtZAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090743083  [same]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=I1krAQAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• vol. 3, 1815, 1797-1805
• https://books.google.com/books?id=pWtZAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090743125  [same]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=XVkrAQAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• vol. 4, 1816, 1805-1815
• https://books.google.com/books?id=zGdZAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090743166  [same]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=NlArAQAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=o8NgAAAAcAAJ  [ÖNB]
• vol. 5, index, 1815
• https://books.google.com/books?id=7GtZAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090743208  [same]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=jFkrAQAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• p. 440-452, Post Office, Post Roads (link)
• Continued by others
• vol. 6, 1822, Washington : Davis & Force.  Edited by John B. Colvin.
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112104853348  [Michigan]
• vol. 7, 1827, 1828, Washington : William A. Davis
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112104853330  [Michigan]
• vol. 8, 1835, Washington : W.A. Davis
• https://books.google.com/books?id=eVErAQAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=XGhZAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090743281  [same]
• vol. 9, 1839, Washington : printed by order of the Congress of the United States
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112104853272  [Michigan]
• vol. 10, 1845, Washington : J. & G.S. Gideon.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=IForAQAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• Compiled by Benjamin B. French, Clerk H.R.U.S., under a Resolution of the House
• Samuel Burch, General Index to the Laws of the United States of America, 1828; published with vol. 7.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=VzpBAQAAMAAJ  [NYPL]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=f_87AAAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=pVkrAQAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=SwkvAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• Burch was Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.

• Mike Ludeman, Portals to Postal History, United States Post Offices, June 2020
• https://stampsmarter.org/learning/PostalPortal.html
• Richard Frajola, Postal History Resources, www.rfrajola.com
• Postage Rates, 1789-1930, US Post Office Dept., 1930.
• reprinted, Virginia Postal History Society, 1982.
• United States Domestic Postage Rates, 1789 to 1956, P.O. Dept. Publication 15.
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4178254  [Berkeley]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112055394107  [Illinois]
• Appendix A, Abstracts of laws and orders affecting rates of postage, p. 49-108.
• Appendix B, Abstracts of laws relating to free transmission of certain mail matter, p. 109-138.
• Henry W. Beecher and Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz, U.S. Domestic Postal Rates, 1872-2011, Bellefonte (PA) : American Philatelic Society, third ed., 2011.
• Very comprehensive, with references to the Statutes at Large, Postal Bulletin, etc.
• Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz and Henry W. Beecher, U.S. International Postal Rates, 1872-1996, Portland (OR) : CAMA Publishing Co., 1996.
• Update, 1996-2014, http://www.uspostalbulletins.com/
• Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz, Insights into U.S. Postal History, 1855-2016,  Bellefonte (PA) : American Philatelic Society, 2016.
• Includes errata from the Postal Rates books.
  
• A Compilation of the Laws of the United States, showing The changes in the "Domestic rates of postage" and in the "Franking privilege" from 1789 until the present time, ..., US Senate, 44th Congress, 1st Session, Misc. Doc. No. 88, 11 April 1876.  Serial Set vol. 1665.
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3985270  [Berkeley]
• R.P. Goodwin, Laws of Congress governing the Post-Office Department and the Postal Service, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1907.
• https://archive.org/details/lawsofcongressgo00unit  [LOC]
• excerpts from laws, to 2 Mar. 1906, p. 3-151
• reference index, Revised Statutes, Statutes at Large, and Postal Laws and Regulations, p. 153-164
• index, p. 165-245
• Postal Laws and Regulations, various years, 1794-1948.
• http://www.uspostalbulletins.com/, 1798, 1808, 1810, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1825, 1828, 1832, 1839, 1843, 1845, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1866, 1873, 1879, 1887, 1893, 1902, etc.
• Timeline of Philatelic Literature, 1830-1875, search for the keyword US-Postal-Laws
• American Philatelic Research Library
• Google Books, HathiTrust, Internet Archive
• 1879, Appendix, An Abstract of the Former Postal Laws of the United States, p. 435-454 (link).  Not included in all versions of this edition.
• 1887, Appendix, Postal and Money-Order Conventions concluded between the United States and Foreign Countries, iv + 178 p. (link).
• 1893, Appendix, Postal and Money-Order Conventions concluded between the United States and Foreign Countries, 259 p. (link).
• The Statutes Relating to the Postal Service, as revised, simplified, arranged, and consolidated, by the Commission appointed for that purpose, from the various acts and resolutions now in force, in whole or in part, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1869, 6 + 76 p.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Iss_AAAAYAAJ  [Harvard] (ex-Sen. Charles Sumner)
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hntc83
• https://books.google.com/books?id=kGUkAQAAMAAJ  [Illinois]
• This is a preliminary version of the postal service act of 8 June 1872.
• Table of Statutes cited, p. 5-6; List of Statutes to be Repealed, p. 73-76
• James I. Campbell, Jr., Postal Laws of the United States, Aug. 2011.  The current state in 2010, including the UPU Convention.
• Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1823-1902.
• Comments and recommendations on the postal laws are frequent, but are generally not included here.
• Links to the postal treaties and conventions are included here.  The summary report often has useful information about the progress of negotiations; we have noted a few of these, especially when the other party was being difficult.
• 1888, Abstract of laws relating to the postal service in the United States from 1639 to the present time, p. 726-752 (link).
• Bills and Resolutions, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhb.html
• American State Papers, 38 volumes, published 1832-1834 and 1858-1861 (link)
  
• vol. 27, Part VII, Post Office Department; 1790 to 1833, published 1834
• Library of Congress, American Memory, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html  [to be discontinued]
  
• Library of Congress, American State Papers
  
• US Serial Set, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwss.html  [to be discontinued]
  
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/century-of-lawmaking/articles-and-essays/statutes-and-documents/u-s-serial-set/
  
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-congressional-serial-set/about-this-collection/
• https://loc.gov/collections/united-states-congressional-serial-set/about-this-collection/
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006228203  [Berkeley]
• https://www.govinfo.gov/help/serial-set
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/serialset
• Digitization project announced, date? (link)
• Search by topic, https://www.govinfo.gov/serialset/topic/
• Richard McKinney, An Overview of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 2021 (link)
• Walter Stubbs, Finding Congressional Journals in the U.S. Serial Set, 1997 (link)
• Jennifer E. McMullen, U.S. Congressional Serial Set Finding List, 2003 (link)
• Annual Reports of the Postmaster General, 1823-1970 (link)
• Also available through ProQuest Congressional, and Readex.
• The volume serial numbers were introduced in 1895, and applied retrospectively.  They do not appear on the original documents.
• House Journal, 1789-1875, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhj.html
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/hjournal  (grouped by year, 1818 to present)
• Separately published through the 14th Congress, then in the Serial Set until 1953.  The early volumes were reprinted by the House in 1826, with some omissions.
• The House and Senate Journals are required by the Constitution, Article I, sec. 5.
• Senate Journal, 1789-1875, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsj.html
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/sjournal  (grouped by Congress, 15th to present)
• General Index of the Journals of Congress, 1789-1809, 1809-1821
• General Personal Index of the Journals of Congress, 1805-1821
• Separately published through the 14th Congress, then in the Serial Set until 1953.  The early volumes were reprinted by the Senate in 1820.
  
• The Senate met in closed session for the first and second Congresses, and the beginning of the third, 4 Mar. 1789 to 20 Feb. 1794.  The debates are thus not recorded.
  
• Senate Executive Journal, 1789-1875, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwej.html
• Confidential and secret sessions, including confirmations and treaties.
• Chronological List of the first 100 Volumes of the Executive Journals, vol. 100, p. v-viii (link).
• (pub. 1828) vol. 1-3, 1789-1805, 1805-1815, 1815-1829
• (pub. 1887) vol. 4-16, 1829-1837, 1837-1841, 1841-1845, 1845-1848, 1848-1852, 1852-1855, 1855-1858, 1858-1861, 1861-1862, 1862-1864, 1864-1866, 1866-1867, 1867-1869
• (pub. 1901) vol. 17-27, 1869-1871, 1871-1873, 1873-1875, 1875-1877, 1877-1879, 1879-1881, 1881-1883, 1883-1885, 1885-1887, 1887-1889, 1889-1891
• (pub. 1909) vol. 28-32, 1891-1893, 1893-1895, 1895-1897, 1897-1899, 1899-1901
• (pub. 1931-1932) vol. 33-71, 1901-1902, etc.
• Thomas Lloyd, The Congressional Register, or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the first House of Representatives of the United States of America,
• vol. 1, 1789, https://books.google.com/books?id=Ea9bAAAAQAAJ
• vol. 2, 1790, second ed., https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081774055
• vol. 3, 1790, https://books.google.com/books?id=K69bAAAAQAAJ
• See also, Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
• See also, Birth of the Nation: The First Federal Congress 1789-1791
• Annals of Congress, 1789-1824, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwaclink.html
• actual title, The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; "compiled from authentic materials", published 1834-1856
• See also, A Note on the Sources of Madison’s Speeches in the Second and Third Sessions of the First Congress 25 January 1790–8 February 1791 (link).
• Complete volumes are posted on Congress.gov, for example, at https://www.congress.gov/browse/1st-congress
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/century-of-lawmaking/articles-and-essays/debates-of-congress/annals-of-congress/
  
• Register of Debates in Congress, 1824-1837, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwrdlink.html
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/century-of-lawmaking/articles-and-essays/debates-of-congress/register-of-debates/
  
• Congressional Globe, 1833-1873, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcglink.html
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/century-of-lawmaking/articles-and-essays/debates-of-congress/congressional-globe/
  
• Congressional Record, 1873-1875, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcrlink.html
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/century-of-lawmaking/articles-and-essays/debates-of-congress/congressional-record/
  
• Congressional Record (Bound Edition), 1873-present
• https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record
  
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/crecb
• Sources for the Congressional Record, Free and Commercial
• Albert Ordway, General Index of the Journals of Congress, from the First to Tenth Congress Inclusive, 1789-1809, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1880, Serial Set 1939.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=RnNxXjohNUMC  [Michigan]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015055905775
• https://books.google.com/books?id=QUoUAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106522964
• Albert Ordway, General Index of the Journals of Congress, from the Eleventh to Sixteenth Congress Inclusive, 1809-1821, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1883.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=UkoUAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106522956
• Albert Ordway, General Personal Index of the Journals of Congress, from the First to Eighth Congress Inclusive, being an index of the personal record of Members of Congress from 1789 to 1805, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1885, Serial Set 2331.
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-02331_00_00
• Albert Ordway, General Personal Index of the Journals of Congress, from the Ninth to Sixteenth Congress Inclusive, being an index of the personal record of Members of Congress from 1805 to 1821, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1887, Serial Set 2446.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=r-0UAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hl4uo8
• Alonzo W. Church and Henry H. Smith, Tables showing the Contents of the several volumes comprising the Annals of Congress, Congressional Debates, Congressional Globe, Congressional Record, Statutes at Large, U.S. Supreme Court Reports, and Succession of Supreme Court Justices, arranged by years and Congresses, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1892.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=YucZAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hl4um6
• Digested Summary and Alphabetical List of Private Claims which have been Presented to the House of Representatives from the First to the Thirty-first Congress, Washington, 1853, vol. 1, A-G; vol. 2, H-O; vol. 3, P-Z.  US Serial Set 653, 654, 655.
• Some of these claims advanced to a private law.
• Similar volumes, 32nd to 41st Congress, Serial Set 1574; 42nd to 46th Congress, Serial Set 2036; 47th to 51st Congress, 1896 (link), Serial Set 3268.
• Senate, 14th to 26th Congress, Serial Set 379; 14th to 30th Congress, 1849, Serial Set 534 (link); 14th to 33rd Congress, 1855, Serial Set 774 (link), 911 pt 2; 15th to 39th Congress, Serial Set 1361 Doc 43.
• Senate, 14th to 46th Congress, Serial Set 1945, 1946; 47th to 51st Congress, Serial Set 3175 pt 1, 2, 3; 1891-1899, Serial Set 3381 pt 1, 2; 1899-1903, Serial Set 4433.
• Tables of and Annotated Index to the Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1902.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=YV8gAAAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• same, https://archive.org/details/tablesandannota00docugoog
• https://books.google.com/books?id=xCoiAQAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=cyd1zWNm0_kC  [Illinois]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104121600
• Post Office, etc., p. 579-596
• Congressional Session dates, House and Senate Journals in the Serial Set, p. 767-769
• HathiTrust US Federal Government Documents Registry, https://www.hathitrust.org/usdocs_registry/
• Charles Evans et al., American Bibliography, 14 vol., 1903-1959.
• Covers the period 1639-1800.  Cited as (Evans number).  Digital versions of the texts are available from Readex/Newsbank as America's Historical Imprints.
• Joseph Sabin, etc., Bibliotheca Americana, A Dictionary of Books relating to America, 29 vol., New York, 1868-1892, 1928-1936.
• Cited as (Sabin number).  See the table in the following.
• Internet Archive, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sabin
• HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001167862
• Google Books, editions:uAVC5GK6nbQC, editions:ofwXaHavtsIC

• US Statutes at Large, Volume 1 (1845)
• The Declaration of Independence, 1776  (p. 1-3)
• Articles of Confederation, 1778  (p. 4-9)
• The Constitution of the United States, 1787  (p. 10-20)
• Amendments to the Constitution (to 1845, Articles 1 - 12)  (p. 21-22)
• US Statutes at Large, Volume 18 Part 1, 2nd ed. (1878)
• header  (p. 1-2)
• The Declaration of Independence, 1776  (p. 3-6)
• Articles of Confederation, 1777  (p. 7-12)
• The Northwest Territorial Government, 1787  (p. 13-16)
• The Constitution of the United States, 1787  (p. 17-28)
• Amendments to the Constitution (to 1873, Articles 1 - 15)  (p. 28-32)
• Analytical Index to the Constitution  (p. 33-57)

• National Archives, America's Founding Documents, Milestone Documents
  
• Scans and transcripts of the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc.
  
• Law Library of Congress, Framing of the United States Constitution: A Beginner’s Guide
• Links to additional resources
• Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870, Washington : Dept. of State, 1894-1905.
• vol. 1, 1894, https://books.google.com/books?id=ewcoSLgPKSEC
• https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto01unit
• vol. 2, 1894, https://books.google.com/books?id=CLZWAAAAYAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto02unit
• vol. 3, 1900, https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrVWAAAAYAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto03unit
• vol. 4, 1905, https://books.google.com/books?id=vTBIAQAAMAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto04unit
• vol. 5, 1905, https://books.google.com/books?id=hbZWAAAAYAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto05unit
• reprinted, 1965, vol. 1-5, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100883906
• Francis Newton Thorpe, The Constitutional History of the United States, Chicago : Callaghan & Co., 1901.
• vol. 1, 1765-1788, https://books.google.com/books?id=xrjQR-UOLsIC
• vol. 2, 1788-1861, https://books.google.com/books?id=Lew9AAAAIAAJ
• vol. 3, 1861-1895, https://books.google.com/books?id=gLo6AQAAMAAJ
• Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation [Constitution Annotated, CONAN]
• Includes notes on Supreme Court decisions.
• https://www.govinfo.gov/help/conan
• https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/constitution-annotated
• https://constitution.congress.gov
• https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan
• Cornell Univ. Law School, Legal Information Institute, Mar. 2019, How CONAN helps people understand the Constitution, and no, we don't mean the barbarian.
• Webinar, Law Library of Congress, 15 July 2021, The Constitution Annotated on Congress.gov.

• Avalon Project, Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Major Document Collections
  
• Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents, 1492-1791
• Confederate States of America, Documents
• International Agreements and Diplomatic Documents
• The Statutes of the United States
• Statutes of the United States Concerning Native Americans
• Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery
  
• Ben: Perley Poore, ed., The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1877, 1878 (2nd ed.).
• Part I, p. 1 - 1020, Alabama - Michigan; Table of Contents
• Part II, p. 1021 - 2050, Minnesota - Wisconsin; Index
• Organic Acts for the Territories of the United States, with Notes Thereon, compiled from Statutes at Large of the United States, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1900.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=lQ9HAQAAIAAJ; Serial Set 3852, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 148
• https://books.google.com/books?id=zEkQAAAAYAAJ (ex- Frederick Jackson Turner)
• Francis Newton Thorpe, ed., The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1909.
• vol. 1, p. i-xxxv, 1-648, https://books.google.com/books?id=-3iHAAAAMAAJ  [Michigan]
• Table of Contents for all 7 volumes (this part is essential for complete information)
• List of Authorities
• United States, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Amendments, Ratifications
• Commissions, Charters and Plans of Union, 1492-1754
• Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia
• vol. 2, p. 649-1262, https://books.google.com/books?id=In-HAAAAMAAJ
• Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas
• vol. 3, p. 1263-1924, https://books.google.com/books?id=u4WHAAAAMAAJ
• Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts
• vol. 4, p. 1925-2532, https://books.google.com/books?id=L56HAAAAMAAJ
• Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire
• vol. 5, p. 2533-3190, https://books.google.com/books?id=9reHAAAAMAAJ
• New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Panama Canal Zone, Pennsylvania, Philippine Islands
• vol. 6, p. 3191-3782, https://books.google.com/books?id=W72HAAAAMAAJ
• Porto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Tutuila (Samoa), Utah, Vermont
• Rhode Island operated under its 1663 colonial charter until 1842, when a constitution was adopted following a rebellion [Luther v. Borden, 48 US 1 (1849)].
• For notes on Frankland/Franklin, see Tennessee.
• vol. 7, p. 3783-4344, https://books.google.com/books?id=H9SHAAAAMAAJ
• Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
• Appendix, Arkansas, Kansas, Ohio, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, West Virginia, Oklahoma
• Index, p. 4345-4430
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001140815
• Library of Congress, catalogue record, https://lccn.loc.gov/09035371
  
• Charles Kettleborough, The State Constitutions, Indianapolis : R.F. Bowen & Company, 1918
• https://books.google.com/books?id=dsM9AAAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044038488250  [Harvard]
• William F. Swindler, ed., Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions, Dobbs Ferry (NY) : Oceana Publications, 1973–1988, 11 vol. in 12.
• Check your local library - digital versions are restricted.
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001140817
• vol. 1, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California
• vol. 2, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia
• vol. 3, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
• vol. 4, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland
• vol. 4A, Louisiana
• vol. 5, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri
• vol. 6, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey
• vol. 7, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio
• vol. 8, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina
• vol. 9, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont
• vol. 10, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
• vol. 11, Bibliography
• Second series, five volumes, National Documents, 1492-1977, pub. 1982-1987, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000106165.
• Constitutions of the United States, National and State, 1962 (2 vol.), 1974 (7 vol.).
  
• Current version, printed to order, https://global.oup.com/
  
• Michael Chiorazzi and Marguerite Most, eds., Prestatehood Legal Materials, Routledge, 2013, 2 vol.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Hsg6AQAAIAAJ
• The NBER/Maryland State Constitutions Project, http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/
• Everything from Poore, Thorpe, and Swindler, digitized, but not completely searchable.
• Rutgers Law School, American State Constitutional Documents
  
• Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

• Senate Manual, 2019-2020, most recent edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/SMAN
• Historical section
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation, Historical Background
• Ordinance of 1787
• Constitution of the United States of America, Amendments, Index (from 2013-2014)
• The Historical Background section is repeated from an extended footnote at 18.1 Stat. 17 (1878).
• Statistics section
• Ratification of the Constitution, States Admitted into the Union
• Senate Manual, 2013-2014, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/SMAN
• General and Permanent Laws relating to the United States Senate
• Title 39, Postal Service
• House Rules and Manual, 2021-2022, most recent edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/hman
• The Constitution

• The Statutes at Large (mostly) follow a chronological order.  The Revised Statutes, started in 1875, follow a subject/topic order with references back to the Statutes at Large.  The United States Code, started in 1926, replaced the Revised Statutes.  Private acts, and temporary acts, such as appropriations, appear only in the Statutes at Large.
• Development of the Revised Statutes was authorized by the Acts of 27 June 1866, 14 Stat. 74, and 4 May 1870, 16 Stat. 96.  The work was restarted under the Act of 3 Mar. 1873, 17 Stat. 579.  The Revised Statutes form a single Act, approved 22 June 1874, first published with Volume 18 of the Statutes at Large in 1875, with a second edition in 1878.  The text is divided into Titles, Chapters, and Sections; references are in the style R.S. § 3829.  Supplements were issued in 1881, 1891, and 1901.  There are two further Acts, also 22 June 1874, for the District of Columbia, and Post Roads, and a collection of treaties in force on 1 Dec. 1873; these are additional parts of vol. 18 of the Statutes..
• Some parts of the Revised Statutes are actually new law, and not all of the previous "general and permanent" laws were included.  The index by Beaman and McNamara is of some help on this account, but we have not attempted to deal with these problems here.
• US Government Publishing Office, United States Code
• The US Code was first published as vol. 44, part 1, of the Statutes at Large, 1925 (link).  It includes general and permanent federal laws, organized by topic.  References are in the style 29 U.S.C. § 2611 (2018), for Title 29, Section 2611, as published in 2018.
• Since 1934, the US Code has been published every six years with annual cumulative supplements.
  
• Title 5, Chap. 6, Post Office Department, p. 48-50.
• Title 18, Chap. 8, Offenses Against Postal Service, p. 483-490.
• Title 39, The Postal Service, p. 1235-1286.
• Index, Postal Service, etc., p. 2366-2377.
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-code/
  
• US Senate, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
• Title 39, United States Code, Prior to the Postal Reorganization Act, May 1973
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082348031  [Michigan]
• US House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, United States Code
• Title 39, Postal Service
• Table II, relating the Revised Statutes to the United States Code
• Table III, relating the Statutes at Large to the Revised Statutes and United States Code
• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 39, Post Office Department, Postal Service
• Wikipedia, Code of Federal Regulations
• 1949, https://books.google.com/books?id=m0nixTC1e4YC  [Ohio State]
• 1962, https://books.google.com/books?id=Ksb5AWVx-AcC  [Ohio State]
• 1966, https://books.google.com/books?id=dfc6AAAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• 1968, https://books.google.com/books?id=9PVf6TibbogC  [Ohio State]
• current edition, https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/ECFR
• Library of Congress
• Andrew Winston, The Revised Statutes of the United States: Predecessor to the U.S. Code.
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-code/about-this-collection/
• Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC
• United States Statutes and the United States Code
• United States Statutes: Historical Outline and Source Notes
• U.S. Statutes At Large: Documents and Information Included
• Legislative Source Book
• Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute
• U.S. Code: Table of Contents, links to each title
• Wikipedia
• Revised Statutes of the United States
• United States Code
• Wikisource
• United States Code
• OpenJurist
• United States Code
  

• John M. Gould and George F. Tucker, Notes on the Revised Statutes of the United States, Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1889.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=i6EvAQAAMAAJ

• Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913, St. Paul : West Publishing, 1914, 5 volumes.
• vol. 1, https://books.google.com/books?id=L-Y4AAAAIAAJ
• The Post Office Department, Title IX (link)
• vol. 2, https://books.google.com/books?id=rtoZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 3, https://books.google.com/books?id=-90ZAAAAYAAJ
• The Postal Service, Title XLVI (link)
• https://books.google.com/books?id=l-k4AAAAIAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=l-k4AAAAIAAJ
• vol. 4, https://books.google.com/books?id=zds4AAAAIAAJ
• vol. 5, https://books.google.com/books?id=zhE5AAAAIAAJ
• Supplement, 1917, https://books.google.com/books?id=DAgaAAAAYAAJ
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009893593
• United States Compiled Statutes, 1916, St, Paul : West Publishing Co., 5 volumes
• vol. 1, https://books.google.com/books?id=GLsjAQAAMAAJ
• vol. 2, https://books.google.com/books?id=vLsjAQAAMAAJ
• vol. 3, https://books.google.com/books?id=ib4jAQAAMAAJ
• vol. 4, https://books.google.com/books?id=er0jAQAAMAAJ
• vol. 5, https://books.google.com/books?id=-rwjAQAAMAAJ
• Compact edition, 1918, https://books.google.com/books?id=mBbVFGkgTUQC
• Supplement, 1919, https://books.google.com/books?id=A9MZAAAAYAAJ
• United States Compiled Statutes, Annotated, 1916, St, Paul : West Publishing Co., 12 volumes.
• vol. 1, https://books.google.com/books?id=zxE5AAAAIAAJ
• The Post Office Department, Title IX (link)
• vol. 2, https://books.google.com/books?id=0BE5AAAAIAAJ
• vol. 3, https://books.google.com/books?id=0RE5AAAAIAAJ
• vol. 4, https://books.google.com/books?id=58oZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 5, https://books.google.com/books?id=NMoZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 6, https://books.google.com/books?id=LcQZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 7, https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLYjAQAAMAAJ
• The Postal Service, Title XLVI (link, link)
• vol. 8,
• vol. 9,
• vol. 10, https://books.google.com/books?id=6cUZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 11,
• vol. 12, https://books.google.com/books?id=EMUZAAAAYAAJ
• Supplement, 1917, https://books.google.com/books?id=C-A4AAAAIAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=vbkjAQAAMAAJ
• Supplement, 1919
• vol. 1, https://books.google.com/books?id=sMkZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 2,
• United States Statutes Annotated, 1916, Chicago : T.H. Flood & Co., 10 volumes
• vol. 1, https://books.google.com/books?id=5WdZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 2, https://books.google.com/books?id=H2hZAAAAYAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=ptQZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 3, https://books.google.com/books?id=aGhZAAAAYAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=RdkZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 4, https://books.google.com/books?id=mtgZAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 5,
• vol. 6, https://books.google.com/books?id=frZKfaqh0sQC
• The Post Office Department, Title IX (link)
• vol. 7, https://books.google.com/books?id=smhZAAAAYAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=oG9LAxI9nssC
• vol. 8,
• The Postal Service, Title XLVI
• vol. 9,
• vol. 10, General Index
• United States Compiled Statutes 1916, St, Paul : West Publishing Co., 1917, 5 volumes.
• vol. 1, https://books.google.com/books?id=GLsjAQAAMAAJ
• The Post Office Department, Title IX (link)
• vol. 2, https://books.google.com/books?id=vLsjAQAAMAAJ
• vol. 3, https://books.google.com/books?id=ib4jAQAAMAAJ
• The Postal Service, Title XLVI (link)
• vol. 4, https://books.google.com/books?id=er0jAQAAMAAJ
• vol. 5, https://books.google.com/books?id=-rwjAQAAMAAJ
• United States Code Annotated, Title 39, Postal Service, Thomson/West, 2007, with annual supplements.
• Now part of Thomson Reuters.  The former web addresses west.thomson.com, www.westlaw.com, will redirect.
• This volume is of little use for information prior to the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970.

• Brian K. Landsberg, ed., Major Acts of Congress, New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2004, 3 vol.
• Coinage Act of 1792; Coinage Acts; Compromise of 1850; Comstock Act; Gold Standard Act of 1900; Mail Fraud and False Representation Statutes; Missouri Compromise (1820); Northwest Ordinance; Southwest Ordinance (1790); etc.
• Stephen W. Stathis, Landmark Legislation, 1774-2012, Major U.S. Acts and Treaties, Los Angeles : CQ Press, 2nd ed., 2014.
• Selections organized by Congress.

• By resolution of 14 June 1790, 1 Stat. 187, treaties made by the United States were to be "published and annexed to their code of laws, by the Secretary of State".
• Treaties were negotiated by the Executive (the President, Secretary of State, Ambassadors, etc.), and approved by the Senate.  Postal conventions, negotiated by the Postmaster General or a designee, were not generally submitted to the Senate for approval; there were five submitted between 1844 and 1862.
• United States Senate, How to Research Treaties
  
• Library of Congress, U.S. Treaties: A Beginner's Guide
• United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, 1950 to 1984
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000888531
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-treaties-and-other-international-agreements/about-this-collection/
• 1984 onward, at the State Dept. Office of Treaty Affairs, in the Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS).
• https://www.state.gov/policy-issues/treaties-and-international-agreements/
  
• Congress.gov, Treaty Documents, search is possible, but there are no full texts before 1995.
• United States Senate, Treaties, similar.
  
• Charles I. Bevans, Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1968-1976.
• https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans.php (archived)
• Each treaty as a PDF.
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-treaties-and-other-international-agreements/about-this-collection/
• Each volume as a PDF.
• https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-treaties-and-other-international-agreements/articles-and-essays/bevans/
• Each treaty to a page in the full volume PDF.
  
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001152265
• vol. 1, Multilateral, 1776 - 1917, 1968, https://books.google.com/books?id=HKyOAAAAMAAJ
• vol. 2, Multilateral, 1918 - 1930, 1969, https://books.google.com/books?id=uLCOAAAAMAAJ
• vol. 3, Multilateral, 1931 - 1945, 1969, https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7aOAAAAMAAJ
• vol. 4, Multilateral, 1946 - 1949, 1970, https://books.google.com/books?id=0M8WAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 5, Afghanistan - Burma, 1970, https://books.google.com/books?id=yLqOAAAAMAAJ
• vol. 6, Canada - Czechoslovakia, 1971, https://books.google.com/books?id=79AWAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 7, Denmark - France, 1971, https://books.google.com/books?id=htEWAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 8, Germany - Iran, 1971, https://books.google.com/books?id=i0Q6AQAAIAAJ
• vol. 9, Iraq - Muscat, 1972, https://archive.org/details/treatiesotherint09unit/
• vol. 10, Nepal - Peru, 1972, https://books.google.com/books?id=EM8WAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 11, Philippines - United Arab Republic, 1974, https://books.google.com/books?id=EakFAgbU26kC
• vol. 12, United Kingdom - Zanzibar, 1974, https://books.google.com/books?id=yc8WAAAAYAAJ
• vol. 13, General Index, 1976, https://books.google.com/books?id=BpfKd72KBLcC
• Postal matters, p. 89-90.
• [David] Hunter Miller, Treaties and other International Acts of the United States of America, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1931-1948.
• vol. 1, Plan, Lists, Tables, 1931
• https://books.google.com/books?id=odltsqgq4g0C
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104106239
• This is a "Short Print" edition; the full volume was to appear after the series was completed, but Miller retired in 1944 (ref).
• p. 7-8, Postal Conventions are generally not included, but this is a good summary (link).
• p. 33-35, The Statutes at Large, a good summary (link); p. 46-49, further (link).
• p. 39-54, Bibliography of United States Treaty Collections (link)
• vol. 2, 1776 - 1818, 1931
• https://books.google.com/books?id=5flS1nhSQHgC
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104106221
• vol. 3, 1819 - 1835, 1933
• https://books.google.com/books?id=eyN-v63tVOwC
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104105421
• vol. 4, 1836 - 1846, 1934
• https://books.google.com/books?id=uLWkOEDs_pQC
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112101711635
• p. 538, Postal Conventions (link)
• vol. 5, 1846 - 1852, 1799, 1937
• https://books.google.com/books?id=T5guJrBOdXUC
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112040219443
• vol. 6, 1852 - 1855, 1942
• https://books.google.com/books?id=WiSU4JxiiZ8C
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112101711627
• vol. 7, 1855 - 1858, 1942
• https://books.google.com/books?id=FsXEdzv7ZzIC
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079547938
• vol. 8, 1858 - 1863, 1948
• https://books.google.com/books?id=fW3RqmYlM_4C
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079547946
• William M. Malloy, Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements Between the United States of America and Other Powers, 1776 - 1909, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
• vol. 1, Algiers - Muscat, 1910
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031044012
• vol. 2, Nassau - Zanzibar, International Conventions and Acts, 1910
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031615142
• vol. 3, 1910 - 1923, 1923, C.F. Redmond, editor
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015019111544
• vol. 4, 1923 - 1937, 1938, Edward J. Trenwith, editor
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031615134
• Treaties and Conventions Concluded Between the United States of America and Other Powers since July 4, 1776, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1871.  Senate Ex. Doc. 36, 41st Congress, 3d Session.  Serial Set 1441.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=s05HAQAAIAAJ  [California]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3985141
• https://books.google.com/books?id=BgAMAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044057738601
• List of the Treaties and Conventions contained in this volume, p. 907-912 (link).  Without postal conventions.
• Also, 1873, https://books.google.com/books?id=MTMPAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• Supplement, 1876, https://books.google.com/books?id=o91oAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]
• Supplement, 1882
• Also, 1889, https://books.google.com/books?id=KpI3AQAAIAAJ  [UC Davis]
• Supplement, 1894, 1897
• Treaties Concluded by the United States of America with Foreign Nations, Boston : Little, Brown, & Company, 1866.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=DCkWAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]
• Treaties from 1841 to 1864, accumulated from the Statutes at Large, volumes 9 to 13, but without references to the original volumes and pages.  Includes postal conventions.
• US Dept. of State, List of Treaties Submitted to the Senate 1789-1931 Which Have Not Gone Into Force, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1932.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=jZycP7RTezsC  [California]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4841255
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044084828706  [Harvard]
• US Dept. of State, List of Treaties Submitted to the Senate 1789-1934, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1935.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=8VhKaSKU6BMC  [California]
• Foreign Relations of the United States, US State Department, since 1861, https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments
• Use of Franking Privilege ..., 1952, https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v03/d63
• US State Department, Office of the Historian
• Countries, history of diplomatic recognition, etc.
• Chiefs of Mission
• National Archives, Treaties and Postal Conventions, the original documents
  
• Postal Conventions, 1853-1897, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4076547
• Record Copies of Postal Conventions and Agreements, 1844-1964, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12016194
• Records Relating to Postal Agreements and Conventions, 1844-1964, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2694580
• Record Copies of Universal Postal Unions and Postal Unions of the Americas, 1874-1969, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17027499
  
• Compilation of Reports of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 1789-1901, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1901.
• vol. 8, Treaties and Legislation Respecting Them, https://archive.org/details/compilationofrep08unit/

• British Parliamentary Papers
• British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 1-170, 1841-1977.  (link)
• Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 1-31, 1840-1925.  (link)
  
• Lewis Hertslet, vol. 1-11, 1840-1864; Edward Hertslet, vol. 12-19, 1871-1895; Augustus H. Oakes, vol. 20-21, 1898-1901; etc.
• vol. 1-7, 1840-1850, A Complete Collection of the Treaties and Conventions, and Reciprocal Regulations, at present subsisting between Great Britain and Foreign Powers, and of the Laws, Decrees, and Orders in Council, concerning the same, so far as they relate to Commerce and Navigation, to the Repression and Abolition of the Slave Trade, and to the Privileges and Interests of the Subjects of the High Contracting Parties.
• vol. 8-24, 1851-1907, ..., Commerce and Navigation, the Slave Trade, Post-Office Communications, Copyright, &c., ...
• vol. 25-30, 1910-1924, ..., Commerce and Navigation, Slavery, Extradition, Nationality, Copyright, Postal Matters, &c., ...
• vol. 16, General Index to vol. 1-15, 1885.  Postal Treaties, p. 337-350 (link).  United States, p. 538-545 (link).
• vol. 22, General Index to vol. 1-21, 1905.  Postal Treaties, p. 845-878 (link).  United States, p. 1203-1215 (link).
• vol. 31, General Index to vol. 23-30, 1925.  Postal Treaties, p. 490-496 (link).  United States, p. 633-638 (link).
• Merged into British and Foreign State Papers.
• A few British Treasury Warrants, setting rates of postage, are listed here.
• [Netherlands], E.G. Lagemans, J.B. Breukelman, Recueil des traités et conventions conclus par le royaume des Pays-Bas avec les puissances étrangères depuis 1813 jusqu'à nos jours, La Haye [The Hague] : A. Belinfante / Belinfante Frères, 1858-1926.  (link)
• [Belgium], D. de Garcia de la Vega, A. de Busschere, Recueil des Traités et Conventions concernant le Royaume de Belgique, Brussels or Namur : various publishers, 1850-1914.  (link)
• [Sweden], O.S. Rydberg et al., Sverges Traktater med Främmande Magter, jemte andra dit hörande handlingar [Sweden's Treaties with Foreign Powers, together with other related documents], Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1877-1934.  (link)
• [Denmark], [Ministry of Foreign Affairs], Danske Traktater efter 1800 [Danish Treaties after 1800], Copenhagen : Schultz, 1871-1885; Danmarks Traktater og aftaler med fremmede magter efter 1814 [Denmark's Treaties and agreements with foreign powers after 1814], Copenhagen : Nordisk Forlag, 1918-1951.  (link)
• [France], A.J.H. de Clercq and J. de Clercq, Recueil des traités de la France, Paris : various publishers, 1864-1917.  (link)
  
• Wikipedia, List of Australian bilateral treaties on postal services and money orders, 1881-1961.
• US State Dept., Catalogue of Treaties, 1814-1918, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1919 (link).
• US State Dept., A Tentative List of Treaty Collections, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1919 (link).
• List of Treaty Collections, New York : United Nations, 1956 (link).  US treaty collections, p. 150-161 (link).
• Clive Parry, Consolidated Treaty Series (CTS), 243 vol., 1969-1980.  A few items are listed here, more will be added as time permits.
• League of Nations Treaty Series, 1920-1948 (link).  The League of Nations formally dissolved 18 Apr. 1946; the Treaty Series covers 5 July 1920 to 3 Oct. 1948.  The US was not a member, but was a party to various treaties in the Series, particularly the Universal Postal Union.
  
• United Nations Treaty Series, 1945-present (link).
  

• Postal Conventions, https://www.uspcs.org/stamps-covers/the-foreign-mails/the-postal-conventions/
• selections from the US Statutes at Large, vol. 16-18, with one more from the US Serial Set (Bremen, 1847)

Inauguration Dates		President	Congresses	Volumes
30 Apr. 1789	4 Mar. 1793	George Washington	1, 2, 3, 4	1	6 7 8
4 Mar. 1797		John Adams	5, 6	1, 2
4 Mar. 1801	4 Mar. 1805	Thomas Jefferson	7, 8, 9, 10	2
4 Mar. 1809	4 Mar. 1813	James Madison	11, 12, 13, 14	2, 3
4 Mar. 1817	4 Mar. 1821	James Monroe	15, 16, 17, 18	3, 4
4 Mar. 1825		John Quincy Adams	19, 20	4
4 Mar. 1829	4 Mar. 1833	Andrew Jackson	21, 22, 23, 24	4, 5
4 Mar. 1837		Martin Van Buren	25, 26	5
4 Mar. 1841		William Henry Harrison (3)	27	5
6 Apr. 1841		John Tyler	27, 28	5
4 Mar. 1845		James K. Polk	29, 30	9
4 Mar. 1849		Zachary Taylor (1) (3)	31	9
10 July 1850		Millard Fillmore	31, 32	9, 10
4 Mar. 1853		Franklin Pierce	33, 34	10, 11
4 Mar. 1857		James Buchanan	35, 36	11, 12
4 Mar. 1861	4 Mar. 1865	Abraham Lincoln (3)	37, 38, 39	12, 13, 14
15 Apr. 1865		Andrew Johnson	39, 40	14, 15
4 Mar. 1869	4 Mar. 1873	Ulysses S. Grant	41, 42, 43, 44	16, 17, 18, 19
4 Mar. 1877		Rutherford B. Hayes (1)	45, 46	20, 21
4 Mar. 1881		James A. Garfield (3)	47	22
19 Sep. 1881		Chester A. Arthur (2)	47, 48	22, 23
4 Mar. 1885		Grover Cleveland	49, 50	24, 25
4 Mar. 1889		Benjamin Harrison	51, 52	26, 27
4 Mar. 1893		Grover Cleveland	53, 54	28, 29
4 Mar. 1897	4 Mar. 1901	William McKinley (3)	55, 56, 57	30, 31, 32
14 Sep. 1901	4 Mar. 1905	Theodore Roosevelt	57, 58, 59, 60	32, 33, 34, 35
		etc.

(1) Mar. 4 being a Sunday, sworn in the following day
(2) sworn in the following day
(3) died in office

The White House Historical Association, Presidents (brief biographies)
Wikipedia, List of vice presidents of the United States

States are noted here with the date when the Constitution was ratified (first 13) or when the state was admitted to the Union with representation in Congress.  Some states were first admitted conditionally, while the Confederate states were readmitted conditionally.  We list acts, resolutions and proclamations to enable and establish a state government, admit it to the Union, and extend the existing laws of the Union to the new state.

Territories are noted here with the date when their government became official.  We list acts, resolutions and proclamations to organize a territorial government, with references to the initial purchase or annexation, and pre-territorial status.

Major boundary changes for states and territories after 1776 are included.  For the District of Columbia, see 1 Stat. 130, 16 July 1790, etc.  The various acts prescribe boundaries between the states and territories, which we quote or summarize here, but they often do not correspond to "the facts on the ground", due to imprecise geographic descriptions and knowledge, meandering rivers, and inaccurate surveys.  When in doubt, consult Van Zandt (1976), cited below.

The phrase "from and after" is abbreviated "f/a".

Territory	State	Provenance	Territory	State
Alabama	Alabama	(4), (7a)	25 Sep. 1817	14 Dec. 1819
Alaska	Alaska	(12)	24 Aug. 1912	3 Jan. 1959
Arizona	Arizona	(10), (11)	24 Feb. 1863	14 Feb. 1912
Arkansas	Arkansas	(5b)	"f/a" 4 July 1819	15 June 1836
---	California	(10)	---	9 Sep. 1850
Colorado	Colorado	(5b), (5c), (7d), (8b), (10)	28 Feb. 1861	1 Aug. 1876
---	Connecticut	(1a)	---	9 Jan. 1788
---	Delaware	(1a)	---	7 Dec. 1787
Florida	Florida	(7a), (7b)	30 Mar. 1822	3 Mar. 1845
---	Georgia	(1a)	---	2 Jan. 1788
Hawaii	Hawaii	(13)	14 June 1900	21 Aug. 1959
Idaho	Idaho	(9)	3 Mar. 1863	3 July 1890
Illinois	Illinois	(2)	"f/a" 1 Mar. 1809	3 Dec. 1818
Indiana	Indiana	(2)	"f/a" 4 July 1800	11 Dec. 1816
Iowa	Iowa	(5b)	"f/a" 3 July 1838	28 Dec. 1846
Kansas	Kansas	(5b), (5c), (8b)	30 May 1854	29 Jan. 1861
---	Kentucky	(1c)	---	1 June 1792
Orleans	Louisiana	(5a), (7a), (7c)	1 Oct. 1804	30 Apr. 1812
---	Maine	(1d)	---	15 Mar. 1820
---	Maryland	(1a)	---	28 Apr. 1788
---	Massachusetts	(1a)	---	6 Feb. 1788
Michigan	Michigan	(2)	"f/a" 30 June 1805	26 Jan. 1837
Minnesota	Minnesota	(2), (5b), (6)	"f/a" 3 Mar. 1849	11 May 1858
Mississippi	Mississippi	(4), (7a)	7 May 1798	10 Dec. 1817
Louisiana, Missouri	Missouri	(5b)	1 Oct. 1804	10 Aug. 1821
Montana	Montana	(5b), (9)	26 May 1864	8 Nov. 1889
Nebraska	Nebraska	(5b)	30 May 1854	1 Mar. 1867
Nevada	Nevada	(10)	2 Mar. 1861	31 Oct. 1864
---	New Hampshire	(1a)	---	21 June 1788
---	New Jersey	(1a)	---	18 Dec. 1787
New Mexico	New Mexico	(5b), (5c), (8b), (10), (11)	9 Sep. 1850	6 Jan. 1912
---	New York	(1a)	---	26 July 1788
---	North Carolina	(1a)	---	21 Nov. 1789
Dakota	North Dakota	(5b), (6)	2 Mar. 1861	2 Nov. 1889
Northwest	Ohio	(2)	13 July 1787	1 Mar. 1803
Oklahoma	Oklahoma	(5b), (5c), (8b), (8c)	2 May 1890	16 Nov. 1907
Oregon	Oregon	(9)	14 Aug. 1848	14 Feb. 1859
---	Pennsylvania	(1a)	---	12 Dec. 1787
---	Rhode Island	(1a)	---	29 May 1790
---	South Carolina	(1a)	---	23 May 1788
Dakota	South Dakota	(5b), (6)	2 Mar. 1861	2 Nov. 1889
Southwest	Tennessee	(3)	26 May 1790	1 June 1796
Republic of Texas	Texas	(5b), (5c), (8a)	---	29 Dec. 1845
Utah	Utah	(10)	9 Sep. 1850	4 Jan. 1896
Vermont Republic	Vermont	(1b)	---	4 Mar. 1791
---	Virginia	(1a)	---	25/26 June 1788
Washington	Washington	(9)	2 Mar. 1853	11 Nov. 1889
---	West Virginia	(1e)	---	20 June 1863
Wisconsin	Wisconsin	(2)	"f/a" 3 July 1836	29 May 1848
Wyoming	Wyoming	(5b), (5c), (8b), (9), (10)	25 July 1868	10 July 1890

• (1) Thirteen original colonies, plus their claims, as agreed with Britain by treaty, 1783
• (1a) Connecticut, ..., Virginia, 1787-1788, 1789, 1790; declared independent, 1776
• (1b) Vermont, 1791; declared independent, 1777
• (1c) Kentucky, 1792, from Virginia
• (1d) Maine, 1820, from Massachusetts
• (1e) West Virginia, 1863, 1866, from Virginia
• (1f) District of Columbia, 1790, from Maryland and Virginia; fully established 1800
• Historical diagram of Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia [Van Zandt, 1966].
• (2) Territory of the United States, northwest of the River Ohio; 1787 and 1789; Northwest Territory
• British and Colonial/State claims relinquished 1781-1786
• Indiana Territory, 1800
• enlarged from Northwest Territory, 1803
• Michigan Territory, 1805
• enlarged from Illinois Territory, Indiana Territory, 1818
• enlarged from Missouri Territory, 1834
• Wisconsin Territory, 1836
• Iowa Territory, 1838; Iowa, 1846; balance to Minnesota Territory, 1849
• Wisconsin, 1848; balance to Minnesota Territory, 1849
• Minnesota Territory, 1849; Minnesota, 1858; balance to Dakota Territory, 1861
• Michigan, 1837
• Illinois Territory, 1809; Illinois, 1818; balance to Michigan Territory
• Indiana, 1816; balance to Michigan Territory, 1818
• Ohio, 1803; balance of Northwest Territory to Indiana Territory
• border with Michigan adjusted, 1836
• (3) Territory of the United States, south of the River Ohio; 1790; Southwest Territory
• North Carolina claim relinquished 1789-1790
• Tennessee, 1796
• (4) Mississippi Territory, 1798
• (4a) Spanish claim relinquished 1795, territory established 1798
• (4b) Georgia claim relinquished 1802, territory enlarged 1804
• (7a) part of West Florida annexed 1812 (disputed by Spain to 1819)
• Mississippi, 1817
• Alabama Territory, 1817; Alabama, 1819
• (5) Louisiana Purchase, from France, 1803
• (5a) Territory of Orleans, 1804; Louisiana, 1812
• (7a) part of West Florida annexed 1812 (disputed by Spain to 1819)
• (5b) District of Louisiana, 1804; Territory of Louisiana, 1805; Missouri Territory, 1812
• Arkansas Territory, 1819; reduced 1824, 1828, to Indian country; Arkansas, 1836
• Missouri, 1821; balance of Missouri Territory unorganized
• eastern part to Michigan Territory, 1834 (by Act of 28 June 1834; see (2) above)
• western part to Indian country, 1834 (by Act of 30 June 1834), unorganized
• Missouri enlarged by purchase, 1836
• Kansas Territory, 1854; Kansas, 1861; balance to Colorado Territory
• Nebraska Territory, 1854
• part to Colorado Territory, 1861; part from Washington Territory, 1861
• Dakota Territory, 1861; eastern part from Minnesota Territory
• part to Idaho Territory, 1863
• N. Dakota, S. Dakota, 1889
• Nebraska, 1867; additions from Dakota Territory, 1870, 1882
• Oklahoma Territory, 1890; Oklahoma, 1907, with balance of Indian country
• (5c) overlapping claims with Spain/Mexico/Texas, ceded to Spain, 1819
• all returned to US from Republic of Texas, 1845
• (5d) above 49° N, ceded to Britain, 1818; now part of Alberta and Saskatchewan
• (6) Red River Basin (Red River of the North) below 49° N, ceded from Britain, 1818
• added to Missouri Territory, then to Michigan Territory in 1834
• (7) Ceded from Spain, 1819
• (7a) West Florida, parts added to Louisiana and Mississippi Territory, 1812; balance to Florida Territory, 1822
• (7b) East Florida, Florida Territory, 1822; Florida, 1845
• (7c) Border adjustment with Spain/Mexico/Texas, added to Louisiana
• (7d) Border adjustment with Spain/Mexico/Texas, now in Colorado
• (8) Republic of Texas, annexed 1 Mar. 1845
• (8a) Texas, 1845
• (8b) reduced by sale to US, 1850, ultimately to Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming
• (8c) reduced by transfer of Greer County from Texas to Oklahoma, 1896
• (9) Oregon country, by agreement with Britain, 1818, 1846
• Oregon Territory, 1848
• Washington Territory, 1853
• part to Nebraska Territory, 1861
• Idaho Territory, 1863; parts from Dakota Territory, Nebraska Territory
• Montana Territory, 1864; Montana, 1889
• Wyoming Territory, 1868; Wyoming, 1890
• Idaho, 1890
• Washington State, 1889
• Oregon, 1859; balance to Washington Territory
• (10) Ceded from Mexico, 1848
• California, 1850; military and civil government, 1846-1850
• Utah Territory, 1850
• Nevada Territory, 1861, enlarged 1862; Nevada, 1864, enlarged 1866
• Colorado Territory, 1861; Colorado, 1876
• parts from Nebraska Territory, Kansas Territory, New Mexico Territory
• part to Nebraska Territory, 1861; part to Wyoming Territory, 1868
• Utah, 1896
• New Mexico Territory, 1850; part to Colorado Territory, 1861; New Mexico, 1912
• Arizona Territory, 1863; part to Nevada, 1866; Arizona, 1912
• (11) Gadsden Purchase, from Mexico, 1853 (treaty), 1854 (effective)
• added to New Mexico Territory, 1854
• (12) Alaska, purchased from Russia, 1867; Alaska Territory, 1912; Alaska, 1959
• (13) Kingdom of Hawaii (1795, 1810), Republic of Hawaii (1893), annexed 1898; Hawaii Territory, 1900; Hawaii, 1959

Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands are noted later.  Various small island possessions are not described here, notably Palmyra, Wake, Midway, and Navassa.  Likewise, the territorial waters ("3-mile limit"), and ownership of the river forming a boundary (usually split down the middle).

Provisional or extralegal states and territories, not recognized by the Federal Government, include Franklin or Frankland (1784-89) in the vicinity of Tennessee; Deseret (1849-51) in the vicinity of Utah; Jefferson (1859-61), in the vicinity of Colorado; and several smaller units not described here.  More recent attempts at statehood include Sequoyah (1905), now part of Oklahoma; Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia (both continuing).

To avoid confusion, two important points:  Reference to "the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" does not imply that all lands between the Ohio River and Spanish Florida, and between the Atlantic-coast states and the Mississippi River, were included in this territory; it refers only to the land ceded by North Carolina, which became Tennessee.  Reference to "the territory of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee" does not imply that there was an actual legally-constituted territory by this name; generally, it refers to lands ceded by Britain, Spain, Georgia, and South Carolina, which became Mississippi Territory.

The US administrations in Cuba (1898-1902) and the Philippines (1898-1946) are generally not noted, though they did offer postal services.

• Organic Acts for the Territories of the United States, cited above.
• Thorpe, The Federal and State Constitutions, cited above.
• Clarence Edwin Carter, The Territorial Papers of the United States, Washington : Government Printing Office, 28 vol., 1934-1975.
• vol. 1, General; 2-3, Northwest of the River Ohio; 4, South of the River Ohio; 5-6, Mississippi; 7-8, Indiana; 9, Orleans; 10-12, Michigan; 13-15, Louisiana-Missouri; 16-17, Illinois; 18, Alabama; 19-21, Arkansas; 22-26, Florida; 27-28, Wisconsin.
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000495370
• Chronological List of Territories, 1934 (link); corrected, 1972 (link).
• Post Office and Postal Service information is included; see the index to each volume.
• See also, State Department records, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1226295
• See also, Readex, Territorial Papers of the United States, 1764-1953, by subscription (link)
• Peter B. Sheridan, Admission of states into the union after the original thirteen : a brief history and analysis of the statehood process, Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Apr. 1985 (PDF); Congressional Record, 22 Apr. 1985, vol. 131, part 7, p. 8554-8564 (link).
• Benjamin F. Shearer, ed., The Uniting States, The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States, Westport (CT) : Greenwood Press, 2004, 3 vol.
• Dr. Carroll Chase and Richard McP. Cabeen, The First Hundred Years of United States Territorial Postmarks, 1787/1887, State College (PA) : American Philatelic Society, 1950; reprinted, Lawrence (MA) : Quarterman Publications, 1980.
• Scott 2021 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers, Sidney (Ohio) : Amos Media, 2020, p. 44A-45A.  Derived from Chase and Cabeen.
• I.W. Andrews, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Their Admission into the Union, Magazine of American History, Oct. 1887, vol. 18, p. 306-316 (link).
• National Atlas of the United States, 1874-1997
• Wikipedia, National Atlas of the United States
• U.S. Territorial Acquisitions
  
• Library of Congress, The 1970 National Atlas of the United States of America
• Library of Congress, The National Atlas of the United States of America (page images)
• Territorial Growth
  
• USGS, Since the National Atlas Program has ended, is any data still available?
  
• USGS, The National Map
  
• Thomas Donaldson, The Public Domain, Its History, with Statistics, Washington : Government Printing Office.
• Summaries of the legal process toward creation of each territory and state, including treaties, petitions, memorials, proposals, and failed bills.  Be careful, there are many small and a few large errors.
• 1880, https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJzm5PtTY9gC
• 1881, https://books.google.com/books?id=SWUFAAAAQAAJ
• 1884, https://books.google.com/books?id=gqBDAQAAMAAJ
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924030043347
• Franklin K. Van Zandt, Boundaries of the United States and the Several States, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1976.
• https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp909
• https://books.google.com/books?id=skxAAAAAIAAJ
• Previous editions, various titles and authors, 1885, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1923, 1930, 1932, 1939, 1966
• We have copied some of the 1966 maps as "Historical diagram of Idaho", etc.
• Map, Conterminous United States, showing accessions of territory from 1803 to 1853, 1966 edition.
• Map, same, 1976 edition.
• John H. Long, ed., Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago : The Newberry Library, 2010.
• https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/
• https://www.newberry.org/atlas-historical-county-boundaries
• Interactive map of Historical Borders for each state; example, Missouri
• Lincoln Mullen, Historical Boundaries of the United States, 1783-1912, 2014.
• https://lincolnmullen.com/projects/us-boundaries/
• Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright, Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, Washington and New York, 1932.
• Digital version, Univ. of Michigan, https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ABL7462.0001.001
• Digital version, with animation, Univ. of Richmond, https://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/
• reviewed, https://www.openculture.com/
• Territorial Acquisitions, 1783-1853, p. 33 (link), plate 46C (link, link)
• Indian Cessions, Claims and Cessions of Western Lands, p. 33-37 (link), plates 47A to 47E, 49 (link, link)
• States, Territories, and Cities, 1790-1930, p. 43-45 (link), plates 61E to 67A (link, link)
• Boundaries, 1607-1927, p. 52-87 (link), plates 89 to 101C (link, link)
• Post Roads, Overland Mail, Air Mail Routes, etc., p. 134-135 (link), plates 138H to 141J (link, link)
• Wikipedia
• Admission to the Union
• List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union
• List of states and territories of the United States
• Organized incorporated territories of the United States
• Historic regions of the United States
• Territorial evolution of the United States has considerable detail not given here.
• United States Expansion, a very useful overview map.
• United States Minor Outlying Islands, Wake, Midway, Palmyra, Navassa, etc.
  
• State Cessions
• Category: Borders of U.S. States
• Slave states and free states.  After 1865, balance or advantage between political parties became the norm.
• Wikimedia Commons
• Territorial evolution maps of the United States, 1789 to 1959; see the bottom of the page to select specific dates
• State Constitutions
• Law Library of Congress, Locating a State Constitution: A Beginner's Guide
  
• Law Library of Congress, Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories, current and historical versions
  
• FindLaw, U.S. Codes and Statutes, current versions
  

• William Waller Hening, The Statutes at Large; being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, published 1809-1823
• volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009714930
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001625679
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008587550
• Samuel Shepherd, The Statutes at Large of Virginia, published 1835-1836, in continuation of the previous series
• volumes 1, 2, 3
• Joseph J. Casey, Personal Names in Hening's Statutes at Large of Virginia, and Shepherd's Continuation, New York, 1896 (link).
• Bonus points if you know who Joseph J. Casey was.
  

• Journal, Acts and Proceedings of the Convention, assembled at Philadelphia, Monday, May 14, and dissolved Monday, September 17, 1787, which formed the Constitution of the United States.
• https://books.google.com/books?id=JGE9AAAAYAAJ  [Princeton]
• https://archive.org/details/journalactsproce00unit  [Boston PL]
• Draft versions of the Postal Clause, see p. 75, 123, 220, 256, 261, 357, 495.
• George W. Paschal, The Constitution of the United States Defined and Carefully Annotated, Washington : Morrison, 1868.
• Post Office and Post Roads, p. 119-121.

• Wikipedia, Enumerated Powers, Postal Clause
• Constitution Annotated, Article I
• Constitution Annotated, Article I, Section 8
• Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute, CRS Annotated Constitution, Postal Power
• Justia.com, CRS Annotated Constitution, Postal Power
• CRS = Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
• The Heritage [Foundation] Guide to the Constitution, Post Office
• The Founders' Constitution, additional references
• postalnews.com, Postal Myths

• George L. Priest, The History of the Postal Monopoly in the United States, Journal of Law and Economics, 1975
• James I. Campbell, Jr., A brief history of the United States postal monopoly law, 2008.
  
• James I. Campbell, Jr., Historical development of a Universal Service Obligation in the United States, 2010.
  
• Home page, more on US Post Office, UPU, etc.
• US Post Office Dept., Office of the Solicitor, The Private Express Statutes.
• July 1934, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnlc6a  [Harvard]
• 2nd ed., Sep. 1937
• 3rd ed., Sep. 1940, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112088275208  [Illinois]
• US Post Office Dept., Office of the Solicitor, Restrictions on Transportation of Letters, The Private Express Statutes and Interpretations.
• 4th ed., Jan. 1952, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t2q60b35t  [Illinois]
• 4th ed., June 1955, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112088275224  [Illinois]
• USPS, Publication 542, Understanding the Private Express Statutes, June 2014 (link)

• Wikipedia, United States Post Office Department
• Wikipedia, United States Postmaster General
• US Postmasters General, 1789 - 2022
• US Assistant Postmasters General, 1789 - 1875
  

• Highlights
• Organizational acts, on a temporary basis, 22 Sep. 1789, 4 Aug. 1790, 3 Mar. 1791.
• Organizational acts, on a permanent basis, 20 Feb. 1792, 8 May 1794, 2 Mar. 1799, 30 Apr. 1810, 3 Mar. 1825, 3 Mar. 1845, etc.
• Flogging abolished in the Navy, 28 Sep. 1850.
• Lowlights
• Only free white persons may carry the mails, 3 May 1802, 30 Apr. 1810, 3 Mar. 1825; repealed, 3 Mar. 1865.
• For want of a 5-cent revenue stamp ... , 27 July 1868.
• The Comstock Act, 3 Mar. 1873.
• Destruction of Post Office records authorized, 15 Mar. 1898.

• Congress = links to Wikipedia
• special sessions = dates from open to final adjournment
• regular sessions = dates from open to final adjournment
• Public = pages in this volume of the Statutes at Large, Public Acts and Resolutions
• Private = pages in this volume of the Statutes at Large, Private Acts and Resolutions
• Profiles = links to Congress Profiles, from the US House, Office of the Historian
• Congress.gov = links to Journals, Committees, Debates, etc.
• "Presented by the Library of Congress, Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information."
  

• Vol. = volume of the Statutes at Large
• Pages = page numbers in the current volume of the Statutes at Large, with link to a local PDF
• C/S = Congress/Session
• Ch. = chapter number in the current session
• No. = resolution number in the current session
• Act of ...  = date of approval by the President, or date of some other event
• Approved ...  = date of approval by both houses of the Congress (resolutions) or by the signatories (treaties)
• Title = title of act, resolution or treaty as given in the Statutes at Large, or description of some other event, with additional notes and links to references or secondary sources, as needed

• The local PDFs are derived from TIFF files made by the Library of Congress as part of the American Memory project, with additional material from Google Books, using Adobe Acrobat for assembly and text recognition.  For complete volumes, we also link to a smaller PDF, again using Acrobat; there is little appreciable visual difference in the pages, but the search results can be different.

• Some information about commemorative postage stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards is included, when the topic directly relates to a legal event.  Links are given to images at various locations.  Scott Catalogue numbers are available through some of these, or you can just buy the catalogue itself.
• NPM, Smithsonian National Postal Museum, https://postalmuseum.si.edu/search-the-collection
• About U.S. Stamps, https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps
• About U.S. Stamps, Outline, https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps/outline
• NPMA, National Postal Museum, Arago: People, Postage & the Post, [defunct] http://arago.si.edu/category_2027478.html
• Suspended for maintenance/rewrite, Feb. 2020 (link); meanwhile, we use the archived version at the Wayback Machine, archive.org.
• MSC, Mystic Stamp Company, online catalogue, https://www.mysticstamp.com/
• ST, The Swedish Tiger, Roger Kirby, https://www.theswedishtiger.com/
• USPCS, United States Philatelic Classics Society, https://www.uspcs.org
• WC, Wikimedia Commons, Stamps of the United States, Category: 1950 stamps of the United States, etc., to 1977 only (copyright).
• Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers, annual, print version, digital version
• For high-quality images of stamps previously offered at auction, try using Siegel Auction Galleries PowerSearch (link) with the Scott Catalogue number as search key, but mind their Guidelines and Restrictions.
• See also, for example, Wikipedia, Territories of the United States on stamps, Template: US stamp locator.
• Some related stamp images not associated with specific legislation include
• a post horse and rider, in 1869 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, USPCS, WC), 1973 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), and 1993 (NPM), and stamped envelopes in 1876 (MSC, MSC) and 1976 (MSC).
• the Pony Express (1860-61), in 1940 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 1960 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), and 1993 (NPM), and a stamped envelope in 1960 (MSC).
• the S.S. Adriatic, a fast transatlantic mail steamer, in 1869 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, USPCS, WC).
• the Parcel Post series of 1913 (MSC, WC).
• Mail Order Business, centenary, in 1972 (NPM, NPMA, MSC).
• the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, centenary of postage stamp production, 1994 (NPM, NMPA, MSC).
• etc.

• Everything here is plain text, so use whatever tools your browser provides, typically control-F or command-F, then control-G or command-G to repeat.  The links are hidden from normal text search.
• This is not a database, so you can't do things like "find chapter 20".  Instead, go to the table for the proper volume for that congress or year, and scroll down until you see what you are looking for.  If it's not there, try the table of contents for that volume or congress.  If you only know the chapter number, you are probably doomed to searching all the LLoC pages.
• Dates are written in the style of 20 Feb. 1792.  The month is given as a three-letter abbreviation, except for May, June and July.  Purists will argue that the proper abbreviation is Sept. not Sep., but we will pay them no heed.  If you are uncertain of the day, but confident of the month and year, simply search for Feb. 1792.  Note that often the date cited for some act is the effective date, while the tables here are organized by the approval date; the effective date can generally be found in the accompanying remarks.
• Capitalization, spelling, and hyphenation in titles is copied as exactly as possible from the Statutes at Large.  For example, each of "money order", "Money order", "Money Order", "money-order" and "Money-Order" occurs, either in the title or our notes.  Search for plurals as well, as in "money orders", and variants such as "postal orders".  Styles of capitalization, spelling, and hyphenation varied over time, and inconsistencies should not (always) be taken as errors.  Some ingenuity may be needed, for example, to think of Ouisconsin or Wiskonsan for Wisconsin, as used in the period 1804 to 1842.
• Country names as well are not consistent over time.  For example, you should search both for Switzerland and Swiss Confederation, Argentina and Argentine Republic, etc.
  
• The plural of Parcel Post is Parcels Post, not Parcel Posts.
• If you search for "Free Franking", also search for "free of postage", "free from postage", "freeing from postage", and "to frank".

• Latitudes (parallels) always start with 0° at the Equator.  For example, 42° N, where latitude is understood.
• Longitudes (meridians) start with 0° at one of
• Greenwich (England).
• London (England).  0° London = 0° 05′ 48.356″ W (of Greenwich).
• Washington (D.C.).  0° Washington = 77° 03′ 02.3″ W (of Greenwich).
• For example, 120° W, where "(of Greenwich)" is understood, or 32° W (of Washington), where longitude is understood in both cases.
• By the Act of 28 Sep. 1850 (9 Stat. 513 (p. 515), R.S. § 435), the Washington meridian was used for "astronomical purposes", and the Greenwich meridian for "nautical purposes"; this was repealed 22 Aug. 1912, 37 Stat. 342.  The Washington meridian was used for state and territorial boundaries in the 1860's; Congress had requested an accurate measurement of the longitude of the Capitol in 1821 (3 Stat. 648).
• The eastern boundary of New Mexico, defined 9 Sep. 1850, 9 Stat. 446, is at 103° W (of Greenwich), while its western boundary, defined 24 Feb. 1863, 12 Stat. 664 (by extending Colorado's western boundary, defined 28 Feb. 1861, 12 Stat. 172), is at 32° W (of Washington) = (approx.) 109° 03′ W (of Greenwich).
• National, state and territorial boundaries are defined by treaty, by Federal legislation (in the enabling act for a state or territory, with later revisions), or by Supreme Court decision.  Boundaries inherited from colonial charters are described more fully by Van Zandt.  Boundary lines, once drawn and accepted, are generally not changed even if later found to be wrong.  State boundary changes must be approved by all states involved, and Congress (example, 10 Stat. 602, 1855); disputes go to the Supreme Court (example, 18 U.S. 374, 1820).  Territorial boundaries are entirely left to Congress.
• The Texas / New Mexico boundary along 103° W, surveyed in 1859, has been described as "perhaps the most incorrect of any land line", but Congress and courts have accepted it (ref, ref, ref).
• The Virginia / Tennessee boundary along 36° 30′ N, surveyed since colonial times, and argued ever since, is another example (ref).
• River boundaries may be at the center or along one bank.  As rivers rise, fall, and change course, the boundary usually does not move, leading to several anomalies (example, Carter Lake, Iowa).  Boundaries that follow a river "to its source" were especially problematic, as the source was often uncertain, miscalculated, or subject to intentional misinterpretation.
• Units of distance are miles, yards and feet.  Older surveyor's units include 1 chain = 66 feet = 100 links, and 1 perch = 1 rod = 1/4 chain.

• When a new state is admitted to the union, some number of Representatives is assigned; this usually appears in the act of admission.  Following each decennial census, the numbers of Representatives is adjusted.  We have generally listed apportionment acts with the census acts.  Representatives had franking privileges, as did Senators and some delegates to Congress.

• The Contents list for volumes 1-31 does not mention blank pages at the end of sections.  It probably should.

Public Acts and Resolutions in vol. 1, Private Acts and Resolutions in vol. 6.

Congress	special sessions	regular sessions	Public	Private	Profiles	Congress.gov
1st	--	4 Mar. 1789 – 29 Sep. 1789 4 Jan. 1790 – 12 Aug. 1790 6 Dec. 1790 – 3 Mar. 1791	p. 23-98 p. 99-187 p. 188-225	p. 1 p. 2-5 ---	1st	1st
2nd	4 Mar. 1791	24 Oct. 1791 – 8 May 1792 5 Nov. 1792 – 2 Mar. 1793	p. 226-286 p. 287-340	p. 6-10 p. 11-12	2nd	2nd
3rd	4 Mar. 1793	2 Dec. 1793 – 9 June 1794 3 Nov. 1794 – 3 Mar. 1795	p. 341-402 p. 403-444	p. 13-17 p. 18-21	3rd	3rd
4th	8 – 26 June 1795	7 Dec. 1795 – 1 June 1796 5 Dec. 1796 – 3 Mar. 1797	p. 445-495 p. 496-519	p. 22-28 p. 29-30	4th	4th
5th	4 Mar. 1797 17 – 19 July 1798	15 May 1797 – 10 July 1797 13 Nov. 1797 – 16 July 1798 3 Dec. 1798 – 3 Mar. 1799	p. 520-535 p. 536-612 p. 613-756	--- p. 31-36 p. 37-38	5th	5th

House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress
    House Journal, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
    House Journal, reprinted 1977, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
    House Journal, reprinted 1826, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
    Senate Journal, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
    Senate Journal, reprinted 1977, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
    Senate Executive Journal, vol. 1, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/sp, 2/1, 2/2; 3/sp, 3/1, 3/2; 4/sp, 4/1, 4/2; 5/sp, 5/1, 5/2, 5/sp, 5/3
    The Senate met entirely in closed session 4 Mar. 1789 to 3 Nov. 1794 (link).  The legislative debates are thus not recorded.
As 3 Mar. 1793 was a Sunday, the House and Senate adjourned the previous day.
3 Mar. 1799 was a Sunday; the House and Senate met that day and adjourned.

• title, imprint, letter, advertisement, letters, preface, letters, p. i-xvi
• p. i, Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown.
• p. ii, imprint
• <copyright> 1845, Charles C. Little & James Brown
• Philadelphia : Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co. [2 lines]
• Cambridge : Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University [3 lines]
• p. iii, To the Honorable Joseph Story.  p. iv, blank.  p. v, Advertisement.
• p. vi, Letters Addressed to the Publishers, Winthrop.  p. vii, Choate.  p. viii, blank.
• p. ix, Preface.  p. x, Preface.
• p. xi, Extracts from Letters addressed to the Editor.  p. xii-xvi, Letters to the Editor.
• Of the testamentary letters, the latest is dated 1 Dec. 1845, from Rufus Choate.
• list of public acts and resolutions, p. xvii-xxxviii
• documents, p. 1-22
• The Declaration of Independence, p. 1-3
• Articles of Confederation, p. 4-9
• The Constitution of the United States, p. 10-20
• Amendments to the Constitution, p. 21-22
• public acts and resolutions, p. 23-756
• index to vol. 1, p. 757-778

• https://books.google.com/books?id=s14UAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106523913
• https://books.google.com/books?id=zQ8uAAAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=EKlDAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=8ETW-hn0y_AC  [Lyon]
• "This volume is public property." (link)
• https://books.google.com/books?id=lXmdw7lBDCoC  [Naples]

• as previous, p. i-xxxviii, p. 1-778, with additional tables, p. xxxix-cxxii
• secondary title, p. xxxix-xl
• A Table showing the comparative chaptering in this edition, and [those by Story and Bioren & Duane], p. xli-lxviii
• Acts relating to the Judiciary, p. lxix-lxxxiii
• Acts relating to Imports and Tonnage [Duties], p. lxxxiv-xcvii
• Acts relating to the Public Lands, p. xcviii-cxviii
• Acts relating to the Post Office, p. cxix-cxxii
• The tables first appeared in vol. 8, 1846, p. 645-728, and were later moved to vol. 1.

• Reprinted, 1961, Dennis & Co., Buffalo, NY; p. i-cxxii, 1-777
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210019460086  [UC Riverside]

• LoC, American Memory, page images from the reprint, p. i-cxxii, 1-755 (index omitted)
• LoC [2021], same images organized as one PDF for each Congress
• https://www.loc.gov/item/llsl-v1/
• 1st Congress, p. i-cxxii, 1-225, 31.4 MB
• 2nd Congress, p. 226-340, 11.3 MB
• 3rd Congress, p. 341-444, 9.8 MB
• 4th Congress, p. 445-535, 8.4 MB
• 5th Congress, p. 536-755, 20.5 MB
• 5th Congress 1st Session, mistakenly included with the 4th Congress
• 5th Congress 3rd Session, p. 676 is missing
• LLoC [archived 19 Mar. 2021], same images organized as one PDF for each chapter of Public Law
• 1st Congress
• 2nd Congress
• 3rd Congress
• 4th Congress
• 5th Congress
• US House, selections, page reader  (p. 1-755 only)

• Wikisource, United States Statutes at Large Volume 1 (incomplete)
• Table No. V.  Comprising The Acts of Congress From 1789 to 1845, inclusive, Relating to the Post-Office of the U.S.

• title, imprint, letter, contents, advertisement, letters, preface, letters, p. i-xvi
• p. i, Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown.
• p. ii, imprint
• <copyright> 1845, Charles C. Little & James Brown
• Philadelphia : Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co. [2 lines]
• p. iii, To the Honorable Joseph Story.  p. iv, Contents of this Volume [12 items].  p. v, Advertisement.
• p. vi, Letters Addressed to the Publishers, Winthrop.  p. vii, Choate.  p. viii, blank.
• p. ix, Preface.  p. x, Preface.  [same text as 1845]
• p. xi, Extracts from Letters addressed to the Editor.  p. xii-xvi, Letters to the Editor.
• list of public acts and resolutions, p. xvii-xxxviii
• tables, p. xxxix-cxxii
• documents, p. 1-22
• public acts and resolutions, p. 23-756

• https://books.google.com/books?id=NFWSi5tRK1cC  [Ohio State]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437010938203

• as previous, but
• p. ix, Preface to the Second Edition.  [the final paragraph is revised from 1845]

• CS, https://archive.org/details/usstat/
• Same source as HeinOnline.  (title, "Public Statutes at Larg"; p. 581)
• Legisworks.org, table of contents (archived, 2016)  (p. 1-755 only)
• Same source as HeinOnline.
• HeinOnline

• title, imprint, advertisement, letter, contents, letters, preface, letters, p. i-xvi
• p. i-ii, title and imprint as 1848.
• p. iii, Advertisement.  p. iv, To the Honorable Joseph Story.  p. v, Contents of this Volume [13 items].
• p. vi, Letters Addressed to the Publishers, Winthrop.  p. vii, Choate.  p. viii, blank.
• p. ix, Preface to the Second Edition.  p. x, Preface.
• p. xi, Extracts from Letters addressed to the Editor.  p. xii-xvi, Letters to the Editor.
• The Contents now includes 13 items, by adding Table of Acts relating to the Post Office at p. cxix.
• p. xvii-xxxviii, xxxix-cxxii, 1-756, as previous

• https://books.google.com/books?id=tpA_AAAAYAAJ  [Harvard] (ex- Sen. Charles Sumner)
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx4g1k
• https://books.google.com/books?id=NF4UAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106523905

• title, imprint, advertisement, letter, contents, letters, preface, letters, p. i-xvi
• p. i, Boston : Little, Brown, and Company.  p. ii, imprint as 1848.
• p. iii, Advertisement.  blank page.  p. iv, To the Honorable Joseph Story.  blank page.  p. v, Contents of this Volume [13 items].
• p. vi, Letters Addressed to the Publishers, Winthrop.  p. vii, Choate.  p. viii, blank.
• p. ix, Preface to the Second Edition.  p. x, Preface.
• p. xi, Extracts from Letters addressed to the Editor.  p. xii-xvi, Letters to the Editor.
• p. xvii-xxxviii, xxxix-cxxii, 1-756, as previous

• https://books.google.com/books?id=dfSVYgiegQUC  [ÖNB]
• http://digital.onb.ac.at/
• Extract from the act of Congress directing the distribution of Little and Brown's edition of the Statutes at Large, passed Aug. 8, 1846 (link)
• "This volume is public property."  (link)

• Boston : Little, Brown, and Company.

• The entire volume, bookmarked  (60.4 MB; reduced, 31.8 MB)
• Title, imprint, etc., p. i-xvi  (609 KB)
• List of the Public Acts [and Resolutions] of Congress, p. xvii-xxxviii  (1.4 MB)
• Tables, (1847), p. xxxix-cxxii  (4.6 MB)
• Comparative Chaptering, Judiciary, Imports and Tonnage [Duties], Public Lands, Post Office
• Documents, p. 1-22  (1.5 MB)
• Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Amendments to the Constitution
• Public Laws, by Congress and Session, see table above; by Chapter, see table below
• Index to the Matters in Volume I, p. 757-778  (1.7 MB)

• Digital edition, https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/FFCP.html (full access by subscription - check with your local public or university library)

1. Senate Legislative Journal
2. Senate Executive Journal and Related Documents
3. House of Representatives Journal
4. Legislative Histories: Amendments to the Constitution through Foreign Officers Bill [HR-116]
5. Legislative Histories: Funding Act [HR-63] through Militia Bill [HR-112]
6. Legislative Histories: Mitigation of Fines Bill [HR-38] through Resolution on Unclaimed Western Lands
7. Petition Histories: Revolutionary War-Related Claims
8. Petition Histories and Nonlegislative Official Documents
9. The Diary of William Maclay and Other Notes on Senate Debates
10. Debates in the House of Representatives: First Session, April–May 1789
• includes a history of the Annals of Congress
11. Debates in the House of Representatives: First Session, June–September 1789
12. Debates in the House of Representatives: Second Session, January–March 1790
13. Debates in the House of Representatives: Second Session, April–August 1790
14. Debates in the House of Representatives: Third Session, December 1790 – March 1791
15. Correspondence: First Session, March–May 1789
16. Correspondence: First Session, June–August 1789
17. Correspondence: First Session, September–November 1789
18. Correspondence: Second Session, October 1789 – 14 March 1790
19. Correspondence: Second Session, 15 March – June 1790
20. Correspondence: Second Session, July–October 1790
21. Correspondence: Third Session, November 1790 – March 1791
22. Correspondence: Supplement

• "Journals" refers to the Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, published by the Library of Congress, 1904-1937.
  
• References to vol. 18.1 are Vol. 18 Part 1, Revised Statutes, 1878.  References to vol. 18 are Vol. 18 Part 3, 1875.

Public Acts and Resolutions in vol. 2, Private Acts and Resolutions in vol. 6.

Congress	special sessions	regular sessions	Public	Private	Profiles	Congress.gov
6th	--	2 Dec. 1799 – 14 May 1800 17 Nov. 1800 – 3 Mar. 1801	p. 3-87 p. 88-127	p. 39-41 p. 42-44	6th	6th
7th	4 – 5 Mar. 1801	7 Dec. 1801 – 3 May 1802 6 Dec. 1802 – 3 Mar. 1803	p. 128-198 p. 199-244	p. 45-48 p. 49-50	7th	7th
8th	--	17 Oct. 1803 – 27 Mar. 1804 5 Nov. 1804 – 3 Mar. 1805	p. 245-306 p. 307-347	p. 51-55 p. 56-58	8th	8th
9th	4 Mar. 1805	2 Dec. 1805 – 21 Apr. 1806 1 Dec. 1806 – 3 Mar. 1807	p. 348-410 p. 411-449	p. 59-62 p. 63-69	9th	9th
10th	--	26 Oct. 1807 – 25 Apr. 1808 7 Nov. 1808 – 3 Mar. 1809	p. 450-504 p. 505-546	p. 70-78 p. 79-85	10th	10th
11th	4 – 7 Mar. 1809	22 May 1809 – 28 June 1809 27 Nov. 1809 – 1 May 1810 3 Dec. 1810 – 3 Mar. 1811	p. 547-553 p. 554-613 p. 614-666	p. 86 p. 87-95 p. 96-102	11th	11th
12th	--	4 Nov. 1811 – 6 July 1812 2 Nov. 1812 – 3 Mar. 1813	p. 667-786 p. 787-832	p. 103-115 p. 116-119	12th	12th

House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress
    House Journal, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1 pt 1, 12/1 pt 2, 12/2
    House Journal, reprinted 1977, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1 pt 1, 12/1 pt 2, 12/2
    House Journal, reprinted 1826, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
    Senate Journal, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
    Senate Journal, reprinted 1977, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
    Senate Executive Journal, vol. 1, 6/1, 6/2; 7/sp, 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/sp, vol. 2, 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/sp, 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
3 Mar. 1805 was a Sunday; the House and Senate met that day and adjourned.
3 Mar. 1811 was a Sunday; the House and Senate met that day and adjourned.

• title, imprint, p. i-ii
• p. i, Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown.
• p. ii, imprint
• <copyright> 1845, Charles C. Little & James Brown
• Philadelphia : Stereotyped by L. Johnson. [2 lines]
• list of public acts and resolutions, p. iii-xxxviii
• public acts and resolutions, p. 3-832
• index to vol. 2, p. 833-856
• p. 856, Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia. [2 lines]

• https://books.google.com/books?id=9BkuAAAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=ttRO78SQ0mAC  [Lyon]
• "This volume is public property." (link)
• https://books.google.com/books?id=_qhDAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=V47nxITEuCAC  [Naples]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3699840  [California]
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210019460094  [UC Riverside]

• Reprinted, 1964, Dennis & Co., Buffalo, NY; p. i-xxxviii, 3-856

• LoC, American Memory, page images from the reprint, p. i-xxxviii, 3-831 (index omitted)
• LoC [2021], same images organized as one PDF for each Congress
• https://www.loc.gov/item/llsl-v2/
• 6th Congress, 163 p., 14.7 MB
• 7th Congress, 117 p., 11.4 MB
• 8th Congress, 103 p., 10 MB
• 9th Congress, 102 p., 9.5 MB
• 10th Congress, 97 p., 8.8 MB
• 11th Congress, 120 p., 10.9 MB
• 12th Congress, 165 p., 15.8 MB
• LLoC [archived 19 Mar. 2021], same images organized as one PDF for each chapter of Public Law
• 6th Congress
• 7th Congress
• 8th Congress
• 9th Congress
• 10th Congress
• 11th Congress
• 12th Congress
• US House, selections, page reader  (p. 3-831 only)

• Wikisource, United States Statutes at Large Volume 2 (incomplete)

• https://books.google.com/books?id=lSQ3AAAAIAAJ  [Stanford]
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Mx5NAQAAMAAJ  [UCLA]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0010273449

• https://books.google.com/books?id=KZU_AAAAYAAJ  [Harvard] (ex- Sen. Charles Sumner)
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx4g1j
• https://books.google.com/books?id=SEMFAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103137006
• https://books.google.com/books?id=5lcUAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
• same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106523921

• CS, https://archive.org/details/usstat/
• Same source as HeinOnline.  (title, broken i in "Courts of the United States"; flaws on p. 3)
• Legisworks.org, table of contents (archived, 2016)  (p. 3-831 only)
• Same source as HeinOnline.
• HeinOnline

• title, imprint, p. i-ii
• p. i, Boston : Little, Brown and Company.

• https://books.google.com/books?id=CDCcd77m_gMC  [ÖNB]
• "This volume is public property." (link)
• http://digital.onb.ac.at/

• Boston : Little, Brown and Company.

• The entire volume, bookmarked  (95.1 MB; reduced, 32.5 MB)
• Title, imprint, p. i-ii  (46 KB)
• List of the Public Acts [and Resolutions] of Congress, p. iii-xxxviii  (2.3 MB)
• Public Laws, by Congress and Session, see table above; by Chapter, see table below
• Index to the Matters in Volume II, p. 833-856  (2.8 MB)