House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) joined Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein today to open the new National Archives 'Legislative Treasures Vault.' The Legislative Treasures Vault holds records identified by the National Archives, with the input of the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, as the most significant historical documents of Congress.
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The Speaker viewed the following:
Journal of the House of Representatives from the First Congress showing the duties of the Speaker of the House, April 7, 1789
Report of House Committee on Foreign Relations "War Manifesto," June 3, 1812 ("we the free-born sons of America")
Electoral vote tally from the historic 1824 election
1835 map of Illinois
Post road petition, signed by Lincoln and other citizens of Illinois, 1834
Former House Speaker Joe Cannon's trunk
President Abraham Lincoln's "Fiery Trial" message to Congress, 1862 and nomination of Ulysses S. Grant as Lieutenant General of the United States Army, 1864
House roll-call vote on declaration of war, 1941
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
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