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| Series Editors' General Introduction | |
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| Chronology of Simon Bolivar | |
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| An Overview of the Bolivarian Sources | |
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| Translator's Note | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Major Political Statements | |
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| The Cartagena Manifesto: Memorial Addressed to the Citizens of New Granada by a Citizen from Caracas (15 December 1812) | |
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| The Jamaica Letter: Response from a South American to a Gentleman from This Island (6 September 1815) | |
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| The Angostura Address (15 February 1819) | |
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| The Bolivian Constitution (1826) | |
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| Address to the Constituent Congress (25 May 1826) | |
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| Draft of a Constitution for Bolivia | |
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| Message to the Convention of Ocana (29 February 1828) | |
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| A Glance at Spanish America (1829) | |
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| Address to the "Congreso Admirable": Message to the Constituent Congress of the Republic of Colombia (20 January 1830) | |
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| Lesser Bolivarian Texts | |
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| Political and Military | |
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| Oath Taken in Rome (15 August 1805) | |
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| Decree of War to the Death (15 June 1813) | |
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| Manifesto to the Nations of the World (20 September 1813) | |
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| Manifesto of Carupano (7 September 1814) | |
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| Manifesto on the Execution of General Manuel Piar (17 October 1817) | |
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| Declaration of Angostura (20 November 1818) | |
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| My Delirium on Chimborazo (1822) | |
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| Letter to Jose Antonio Paez: "Nor Am I Napoleon" (6 March 1826) | |
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| A Soldier's Death Penalty Commuted (26 January 1828) | |
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| Manifesto Justifying the Dictatorship (27 August 1828) | |
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| Manifesto Concerning the Installation of the Constituent Congress, the End of the Dictatorship, and Announcing the End of His Political Career (20 January 1830) | |
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| Letter to General Juan Jose Flores: "Ploughing the Sea" (9 November 1830) | |
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| Final Proclamation of the Liberator (10 December 1830) | |
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| International Affairs | |
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| Letter to Sir Richard Wellesley: An Appeal for Support (27 May 1815) | |
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| Letter to Baptis Irvine, Agent of the United States of America to Venezuela: Debating Neutral Rights (20 August 1818) | |
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| Invitation to the Governments of Colombia, Mexico, Rio de la Plata, Chile, and Guatemala to Hold a Congress in Panama (7 December 1824) | |
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| Letter to General Francisco de Paula Santander: The Brazilian Empire, Upper Peru, North Americans, and Other Problems (30 May 1825) | |
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| Thoughts on the Congress to Be Held in Panama (1826) | |
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| Letter to General Lafayette: On George Washington (20 March 1826) | |
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| Letter to Colonel Patrick Campbell, British Charge d'Affaires: "Plague America with Miseries" (5 August 1829) | |
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| Social and Economic Affairs | |
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| Decree for the Emancipation of the Slaves (2 June 1816) | |
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| Redistribution of Properties as Compensation for Officers and Soldiers (10 October 1817) | |
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| Letter to General Francisco de Paula Santander: On Slave Recruitment (18 April 1820) | |
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| Decrees on Indian Rights, Lands, and Tribute | |
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| Decree Abolishing Personal Service Imposed on the Native Peoples: New Statute Governing Their Work (20 May 1820) | |
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| Proclamation of the Civil Rights of Indians and Prohibition of Their Exploitation by Officials, Priests, Local Authorities, and Landowners (4 July 1825) | |
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| Resolution on the Redistribution of Communal Lands (4 July 1825) | |
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| Resolution That Colombian Indians Pay a Tax Called "a Personal Tribute from Indigenous Peoples" (15 October 1828) | |
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| Application of Capital Punishment to Officials Who Have Taken Money from Public Funds (12 January 1824) | |
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| Measures for the Protection and Wise Use of the Nation's Forest Resources: Bolivar As Ecologist (31 July 1829) | |
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| Education and Culture | |
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| Method to Be Employed in the Education of My Nephew Fernando Bolivar (1822?) | |
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| Decree on the Installation of Several Normal Schools Based on the Lancasterian System (31 January 1825) | |
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| Letters to Jose Joaquin de Olmedo: Critique of the "Victoria de Junin" | |
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| 27 June 1825 | |
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| 12 July 1825 | |
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| Circular on Educational Reform: Bentham Treatises Banned from All Colombian Universities (12 March 1828) | |
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| Prohibition of Secret Societies (8 November 1828) | |
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| Notes | |
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| Select Bibliography | |