historical paper vs historical document

historical paper and historical document both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
historical paper	Yes	No	No	No
historical document	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, historical paper and historical document are synonyms defined as:

historical paper and historical document: writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)

Other synonyms of historical paper include historical record.

historical paper (noun)	historical document (noun)
writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)	writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)