English Historical Documents This link opens in a new window(EHD) is a comprehensive collection of documents on British history covering the years 500 to 1914. Originally published in 13 volumes and decades in the making, this resource contains over 5,500 selected primary sources with extensive introductions and annotations by scholars in the field. Included are statutes, declarations, government and cabinet proceedings, military dispatches, orders, acts, sermons, newspaper articles, pamphlets, personal and official letters, diaries and more.