1. Alabama | The scarce first printing of the Alabama Constitution

2. American Revolution — Rev. Elias B. Hillard | Photographs of Revolutionary War veterans

3. American Anti-Slavery Society | An important founding document of the American abolitionist movement

4. Articles of Confederation | "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship"

5. (Burr, Aaron) | "Probably the rarest and best account of the trial"

6. (Burr, Aaron) | Jefferson accuses the former Vice President of treason

7. California | The first printing of the California Constitution

8. (Chase, Samuel) | An important precedent for independence of the judiciary

9. (Chase, Samuel) | Another work on Chase's landmark trial reinforcing the independence of the judiciary

10. Choctaw Nation | "The earliest known printing of Choctaw laws …"

11. Confederate States of America | Including the first printings of the first two versions of the Confederate constitution

12. Connecticut | The end of church-run states in America

13. Continental Congress | An important congressional precursors of the Declaration of Independence

14. Continental Congress | "Read with Candour: Judge with Impartiality."

15. Continental Congress | With an early printing of the Declaration of Independence

16. Continental Congress | The first collected edition of the state constitutions

17. Dakota Territory | A scarce copy of the proceedings of a one-day convention

18. Dallas, Alexander J. | An important milestone in American legal publishing

19. Declaration of Independence | The first book-form printing of the Declaration of Independence

20. Declaration of Independence | The first printing in magazine form

21. Declaration of Independence | The first printing of the Declaration of Independence in Britain

22. Declaration of Independence | A fine copy on paper of the first true facsimile of the engrossed Declaration of Independence

23. Farrar, Timothy | A landmark Supreme Court ruling on the Contract Clause

24. Florida | The first constitution, which built on the federal Bill of Rights

25. Georgia | A revised constitution, offering a better balance of power

26. (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay) | Praised by George Washington as a "work [that] will merit the notice of Posterity"

27. Hawaii | The transition from an autocratic kingdom to a constitutional monarchy

28. Kansas | The Wyandot Constitution of free Kansas

29. (Magna Carta) | The first American printing

30. Massachusetts | Urging the establishment of a state constitution

31. Massachusetts | "The injustice and cruelty of Britain has driven us to a Declaration of Independence"

32. Mississippi | One of the first states to have an elected judiciary

33. Monroe, James | First printing of the Monroe Doctrine

34. New York | Gulian C. Verplanck's copy of the first constitution of the state of New York

35. Olive Branch Petition | The last concerted effort on the part of the Continental Congress to reconcile with Great Britain

36. Olive Branch Petition | A rare broadside, with the King's speech acknowledging American independence

37. Parliamentary Act. Reign of George III [The Stamp Act] | Government without consent

38. Parliamentary Act. Reign of George III | The Repeal

39. Parliamentary Act. Reign of George III | The Indemnification

40. Parliamentary Act. Reign of George III | A final attempt to crush the Revolution by economic sanctions

41. Parliamentary Acts | A collection of approximately 26 Parliamentary Acts, mostly relating to North America

42. Pennsylvania | The first independent state constitution issued after the Declaration of Independence

43. Peters, Richard | The Supreme Court rules that the Cherokee Nation is not a sovereign nation

44. Randolph, Edmund | A cornerstone work in the establishment of the judiciary branch of the government

45. Scott, Dred — Benjamin C. Howard | "No Rights Which the White Man was Bound to Respect"

46. South Carolina | First edition of an important compendium of laws and statutes

47. Sprengel, Mathias Christian | The first summary of the American Revolution to appear in German after the war

48. Taney, Roger B. | A letter to John Kerr, discussing President John Adams and the Quasi-War with France