Resources
List of Period Sources and Useful Websites for Revolution 250
Manuscript Records
Adams Family Papers – Massachusetts Historical Society
Alexander Hamilton Papers – Library of Congress
American Archives (Peter Force Collection) – Northern Illinois University Libraries
Boston by Manuscript – Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston Committee of Correspondence Records – NYPL
Correspondence of Elbridge Gerry – NYPL
Revolutionary War Muster Rolls – NARA
Samuel Adams Papers – NYPL
The American Revolution – A Documentary History – Yale Law School
United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900 – NARA
Benjamin Franklin Papers – Library of Congress
George Washington Papers – Library of Congress
James Madison Papers – Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Papers – Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Papers – Massachusetts Historical Society
American Slave Trade…Papers of the Tarleton Family ($25\wk or $51\month) – British Online Archives
The Georgian Papers (Papers of King George, etc.) – Royal Collection Trust
Correspondence of Elbridge Gerry – NYPL
The Founders Online – National Archives & Records Administration
Journal of John Boyle – Harvard University
Digitized Published Collections
Colonial Society Publications – Massachusetts Colonial Society
Adams Papers – Massachusetts Historical Society
18th Century Collections Online – Gale Cengage Group – see local Public Library
Evans Early American Imprint – AAS & UMICH
American Antiquarian Periodical Collection – AAS \ Ebsco
HathiTrust Books – Hathitrust.org
Sabin Americana – Gale Cengage Group – see local Public Library
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 to 1789 – Library of Congress
Printed Ephemera – 3 centuries of Broadsides – Library of Congress
The Avalon Project – Legal Documents – Royal Procs. – Yale Law School
American Archives – Northern Illinois University
American Records in the House of Lords ($25\wk or $51\month) – British Online Archives
The American Revolution from the British Perspective ($25\wk or $51\month) – British Online Archives
Newspaper Collections
GenealogyBank.com ($55.95 \ yr) – Readex & American Antiquarian Society
Newspapers.com ($79.95 \ yr) – Ancestry.com
Britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ($120 \ yr) – British Library
Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Door, Jr. – Massachusetts Historical Society
Burney Collection (British Library) – Gale Digital Group – see local Public Library
Nichols Collection (Bodleian Library) – Gale Digital Group – see local Public Library
British Library Newspapers – Gale Digital Group – see local Public Library
Virginia Gazette – Colonial Williamsburg
Boston Gazette (July 1775 – Dec 1776) – Internet Archive
Websites, Podcasts & Blogs
Ben Franklin’s World – Liz Covart
Boston 1775 – J. L. Bell
Journal of the American Revolution – Don Hagist
Brigade of Guards Blog – 4th Company Brigade of Guards
Digital Exhibitions
The Coming of the Revolution – Massachusetts Historical Society
Adams Papers – Digital Editions – Massachusetts Historical Society
Perspectives on the Boston Massacre – Massachusetts Historical Society
Siege of Boston – Massachusetts Historical Society
Bunker Hill – Massachusetts Historical Society
The American Revolution – Lighting Freedom’s Flame – National Park Service
Liberty! The American Revolution – Public Broadcasting Service
Spy Letters of the American Revolution – Clements Library, University of Michigan
Geometry of War; Fortification Plans – Clements Library, University of Michigan
George Washington; Man behind the Image – Clements Library, University of Michigan
Teaching American History: American Revolution – Ashbrook Center, Ashland University
Women in the American Revolution – American Battlefield Trust
The American Revolution – A World War – Smithsonian Institution
Material Culture
Revolutionary Art & Artifacts – Massachusetts Historical Society
Collection – Museum of the American Revolution – Museum of the American Revolution – Philadelphia
Collection – Museum of the American Revolution – Museum of the American Revolution – Yorktown
Objects – Our American Revolution – Colonial Williamsburg
Collections of the DAR – Daughters of the American Revolution
Images & Maps
GIGI – Digital Image Archive – American Antiquarian Society
European Political Print Collection – American Antiquarian Society
Paul Revere Collection Inventory – American Antiquarian Society
Photographs of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Structures in Massachusetts taken 1887-1945 by Harriette Merrifield Forbes – American Antiquarian Society
Leventhal Map Collection – Boston Public Library
Archive of Early American Images – Brown University
American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750 to 1789 – Library of Congress
British Cartoon Prints – Library of Congress
Rochambeau Map Collection – Library of Congress
David Rumsey – David Rumsey
William L. Clements Image Bank – Clements Library; University of Michigan