Founders Online (National Archives)
Texts for United States. Access: Open web. Candidate, not used by searches. Reviewed November 2, 2026.
Candidate, not used by searches
This source is listed for review only. Its terms forbid automated access, or they could not be read. It is left out of /v1/sources unless you ask for candidates.
Access and terms
| Slug | founders-online |
|---|---|
| Records | Texts |
| Places | United States |
| Years | Not stated by the source |
| Access | Open web |
| Key | Not needed. |
| Rate limit | None stated by the source. |
| robots.txt | Not checked. |
| Homepage | founders.archives.gov/ |
| API docs | None found. |
| Terms | www.archives.gov/open/nhprc/dataset-founders-online |
| Checked by hand | November 2, 2026 |
Notes
Candidate, link-out only. No documented search API was found: the National Archives dataset page offers a bulk metadata file (JSON, about 50 MB) released for non-commercial use with attribution under CC BY-NC 4.0, which a paid service cannot use. founders.archives.gov answered 202 with an empty body to scripted requests on the day of review, robots.txt included. A person searches it by hand for letters and orders naming a soldier or his unit.
Evidence read on November 2, 2026
Status: Candidate
Candidates are never probed.
JSON: /v1/sources/founders-online. For agents: /sources/founders-online/llms.txt.