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}}Founders Online is a research website providing free access to a digitized collection representing the papers of seven of the most influential figures in the founding of the United States.WEB,weblink Founders Online: About, founders.archives.gov, National Archives and Records Administration, January 31, 2022, Among the 185,000 documents available through the website's searchable database are the papers of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.WEB,weblink Founders Online Review, Eckert, Ellen, February 10, 2015, archivists.org, Society of American Archivists, January 31, 2022, WEB,weblink Founders Online News: Papers of John Jay added to Founders Online, September 15, 2020, archives.gov, Founders Online, National Archives and Records Administration, March 8, 2022, The database also includes correspondence between these Founders and hundreds of other figures. The website is a cooperative venture between the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grant-making arm of the National Archives, and The University of Virginia Press.

Collected papers of Founding Fathers

The Founders Online website, launched on June 13, 2013, enables students, researchers, scholars, and the general public to read what the Founders wrote and debated in the years leading up to and following the nation's formation. The subjects they discussed between themselves and others ranged from public policies and democratic principles to slavery and the Constitution. The works available also provide insight into the Founders' friendships and personal lives.WEB,weblink The Papers of the Founding Fathers Are Now Online, Donohue, Keith, June 13, 2013, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov, White House, January 31, 2022, The website's collection is the result of a 50-year effort by scholars to locate, transcribe, annotate, and digitize 18th and 19th century documents held by archives worldwide. From these works, hundreds of individual volumes have been published that can also be accessed.The collection is derived from the letterpress editions of the Founders' original papers, which were drawn from the following sources:WEB,weblink Founders Online, upress.virginia.edu, University of Virginia Press, January 31, 2022,

• John Adams ― Massachusetts Historical Society and Harvard University Press
• Benjamin Franklin ― Yale University Press
• Alexander Hamilton ― Columbia University Press
• Thomas Jefferson ― Princeton University Press
• John Jay, James Madison, and George Washington ― University of Virginia Press

Besides the complete works of these individuals, Founders Online includes the selected papers of John Jay, first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Eventually, the website's collection is expected to exceed 200,000 documents.WEB,weblink U.S. National Archives Launches Founders Online, Groves, Kaylyn, June 14, 2013, arl.org, Association of Research Libraries, January 31, 2022, The website is based at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Funding

The website's editorial work is made possible through federal funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional major funding is provided by a wide range of foundations, corporations, and private individuals. Also sponsoring Founders Online's editorial projects are The University of Virginia, Princeton University, Massachusetts Historical Society, Columbia University. Yale University, American Philosophical Society, University of Chicago, and Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.WEB,weblink Major Funders of the Founding Fathers Projects, founders.archives.gov, Founders Online, National Archives and Records Administration, February 2, 2022,

See also

• The Washington Papers
• The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
• Adams Papers Editorial Project
• The Papers of James Madison
• The Selected Papers of John Jay
• Bibliography of the United States Constitution
• University of Virginia Press
• Founding Fathers of the United States

References

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External links

• Founders Online
• National Archives and Records Administration
• The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University
• YouTube: Founders Online

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