The U.S. Congressional Serial Set contains House & Senate Reports; House and Senate Documents; Senate treaty documents and Senate executive reports. These include annual reports of agencies; presidential messages, including vetoes; president’s state of the union address. This is a database of primary historical source materials that document the political, social and economic development of our nation.####The U.S. Congressional Serial Set began in 1817. To see documents before this date, refer to the American State Papers, 1789-1838
The American State Papers contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. Documents in this collection cover topics such as commerce, public lands, finance, military and foreign affairs. The collection covers the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817. Please refer to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994 database for post 1816 documents.