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Americas Archive Document Introductions

Collection type: Course

Course by: Melissa Bailar

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Summary: This course contains modules offering substantial scholarly introductions to some of the documents in the Americas Archive (the James Cramp letters, the Ayers Braach letter, the Independence of Texas document, and the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence). It will provide viewers interested in these elements the archive more information than is available in the document abstracts.
Institution: Rice University
Course Number: N

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Modules by: David Messmer