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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents

edited by James D. Richardson

This is an 11-volume work (10 numbered volumes, plus one supplement) of the messages and papers of the presidents of the US from 1787 through 1902. The main 10 volumes of this edition were published in 1902, and the supplemental volume was published in 1904. (Some later editions include additional volumes for later presidents, and in some cases the volumes were reorganized as well.)

Project Gutenberg has put this work online in text and HTML formats. All of the text of the volumes is included in the Gutenberg transcriptions except for the index to the first ten volumes, which appeared in Volume X. Here is the table of contents.

• Volume I:
  • Part 1: George Washington, April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797
  • Part 2: John Adams, March 4, 1797 to March 4, 1801
  • Part 3: Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809
  • Part 4: James Madison, March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817
• Volume II:
  • Part 1: James Monroe, March 4, 1817 to March 4, 1825
  • Part 2: John Quincy Adams, March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829
  • Part 3: Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1833
• Volume III:
  • Part 1: Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1833 to March 4, 1837
  • Part 2: Martin Van Buren, March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1841
• Volume IV:
  • Part 1: William Henry Harrison, March 4 to April 4, 1841
  • Part 2: John Tyler, April 4, 1841 to March 4, 1845
  • Part 3: James K. Polk, March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849
• Volume V: (HathiTrust page scan)
  • Parts 1 and 2: Zachary Taylor, March 5, 1849 to July 9, 1850, and Millard Fillmore, July 10, 1850 to March 4, 1853
  • Part 3: Franklin Pierce, March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857
  • Part 4: James Buchanan, March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861
• Volume VI: (HathiTrust page scan)
  • Part 1: Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865
  • Part 2: Andrew Johnson, April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869
• Volume VII: (HathiTrust page scan)
  • Part 1: Ulysses S. Grant, March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877
  • Part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes, March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881
• Volume VIII: (HathiTrust page scan)
  • Part 1: James A. Garfield: March 14 to September 19, 1881
  • Part 2: Chester A. Arthur, September 19, 1881 to March 4, 1885
  • Part 3: Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1889
• Volume IX: (HathiTrust page scan)
  • Part 1: Benjamin Harrison, March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893
  • Part 2: Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897
• Volume X: (HathiTrust page scan)
  • Part 1: Messages, Proclamations, Etc., Omitted From Volumes I to IX
  • Part 2: William McKinley: Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders Relating to the Spanish-American War
• Supplemental Volume:
  • Part 1: William McKinley, March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901: Additional Messages, Proclamations, Executive Orders, and Last Public Utterance to the People at Buffalo
  • Part 2: Theodore Roosevelt: Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders to the End of the Fifty-seventh Congress, First Session

Readers interested in more recent presidents may want to check another publication, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.

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