{"id":25641,"date":"2024-03-03T15:56:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T15:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/03\/the-first-guide-to-federal-records-pieces-of-history\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T15:56:57","slug":"the-first-guide-to-federal-records-pieces-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/03\/the-first-guide-to-federal-records-pieces-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Guide to Federal Records \u2013 Pieces of History"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The United States has been accumulating records since the first meeting of the Continental Congress in 1774. As the government grew, the paperwork it was creating grew too\u2014exponentially. But until 1934 there was no national archives to consolidate the papers, so each government department, bureau, or office retained custody of its own records. Some official records such as acts of Congress, treaties, and constitutional amendments were sent to the Department of State, and other governmental papers went to the Library of Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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