Many of our readers may be familiar with A Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation. That salmon/orange color has become synonymous with early congressional research since the website debuted online on March 16, 1998. In the last 25 years, this website has been used millions of times for the study of the history of the U.S. Congress, from 1774-1873.
Due for technical improvements, the Century of Lawmaking current platform is untenable and cannot be upgraded. In response, we have migrated the Century of Lawmaking collections to new standards and to work with a more modern format. This migration has given us the opportunity to assess the collections and review where they would be most useful. For example, certain early legislative collections are headed to Congress.gov