The most authoritative collection of documents on British history. English Historical Documents Online contains over 5,500 expertly indexed and fully searchable primary documents from 500-1914. Developed in collaboration with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) in London, EHD includes primary source documents spanning from 500 A.D. to 1914, along with the previously out-of-print American Colonial Documents. Sources include treaties, statutes, declarations, government and cabinet proceedings, military dispatches, orders, acts, sermons, newspaper articles, pamphlets, personal and official letters, and diaries, covering topics from political and constitutional issues to social, economic, religious and cultural history. Each section of documents and many of the documents themselves are accompanied by editorial commentary.