List of Period Sources and Useful Websites for Revolution 250
Manuscript Records
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Adams Family Papers |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/ |
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Alexander Hamilton Papers |
Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/alexander-hamilton-papers/ |
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American Archives (Peter Force Collection) |
Northern Illinois University Libraries |
http://amarch.lib.niu.edu/ |
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Boston by Manuscript |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/features/bostonbymss |
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Boston Committee of Correspondence Records |
NYPL |
http://archives.nypl.org/mss/343# |
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Correspondence of Elbridge Gerry |
NYPL |
http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1144#detailed |
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Revolutionary War Rolls |
NARA |
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2068326 |
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Samuel Adams Papers |
NYPL |
http://archives.nypl.org/mss/20#detailed |
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The American Revolution – A Documentary History |
Yale Law School |
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/amerrev.asp |
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United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900 |
NARA |
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417475 |
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Benjamin Franklin Papers |
Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/benjamin-franklin-papers/ |
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George Washington Papers |
Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/george-washington-papers/ |
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James Madison Papers |
Library of Congress |
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Thomas Jefferson Papers |
Library of Congress |
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Thomas Jefferson Papers |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
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American Slave Trade…Papers of the Tarleton Family ($25\wk or $51\month) |
British Online Archives |
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The Georgian Papers (Papers of King George, etc. |
Royal Collection Trust |
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Correspondence of Elbridge Gerry |
NYPL |
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The Founders Online |
National Archives & Records Administration |
https://founders.archives.gov/ |
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Journal of John Boyle |
Harvard University |
http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/findingAidDisplay?_collection=oasis&inoid=3659&histno=0 |
Digitized Published Collections:
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Colonial Society Publications |
Massachusetts Colonial Society |
https://www.colonialsociety.org/publications |
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Adams Papers |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
https://www.masshist.org/adams/?goto=adams |
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18th Century Collections Online |
Gale Cengage Group |
See Local Public Library |
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Evans Early American Imprint |
AAS & UMICH |
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/ |
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American Antiquarian Periodical Collection |
AAS \ Ebsco |
See Local Public Library |
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HathiTrust Books |
Hathitrust.org |
http://www.hathitrust.org |
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Sabin Americana |
Gale Cengage Group |
See Local Public Library |
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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 to 1789
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Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and-constitutional-convention-from-1774-to-1789/about-this-collection/ |
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Printed Ephemera – 3 centuries of Broadsides |
Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/broadsides-and-other-printed-ephemera/ |
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The Avalon Project – Legal Documents – Royal Procs. |
Yale Law School |
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American Archives |
Northern Illinois University |
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American Records in the House of Lords ($25\wk or $51\month) |
British Online Archives |
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The American Revolution from the British Perspective ($25\wk or $51\month) |
British Online Archives |
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Newspaper Collections:
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Site |
Organization Hosting |
Hyperlink |
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GenealogyBank.com ($55.95 \ yr) |
Readex & American Antiquarian Society |
https://www.genealogybank.com/ |
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Newspapers.com ($79.95 \ yr) |
Ancestry.com |
https://www.newspapers.com/ |
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Britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ($120 \ yr) |
British Library |
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |
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Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Door, Jr. |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/dorr/ |
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Burney Collection (British Library) |
Gale Digital Group |
See Local Public Library |
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British Library Newspapers |
Gale Digital Group |
See Local Public Library |
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Virginia Gazette |
Colonial Williamsburg |
http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/ |
Websites, Podcasts & Blogs:
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Ben Franklin’s World |
Liz Covart |
https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/ |
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Boston 1775 |
J. L. Bell |
http://boston1775.blogspot.com/ |
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Journal of the American Revolution |
Don Hagist |
https://allthingsliberty.com/ |
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Digital Exhibitions:
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The Coming of the Revolution |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/revolution/index.html |
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Adams Papers – Digital Editions |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/publications/apde2/ |
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Perspectives on the Boston Massacre |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/features/massacre |
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Siege of Boston |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/online/siege/index.php |
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Bunker Hill |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/bh/index.html |
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The American Revolution – Lighting Freedom’s Flame |
National Park Service |
https://www.nps.gov/revwar/ |
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Liberty! The American Revolution |
Public Broadcasting Service |
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html |
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Spy Letters of the American Revolution |
Clements Library, UMich |
http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/gallery.html |
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Geometry of War; Fortification Plans |
Clements Library, UMich |
http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/geometry_of_war/geometry.php |
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George Washington; Man behind the Image |
Clements Library, UMich |
http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/past/g.washington/case.01/case01.html |
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Teaching American History: American Revolution |
Ashbrook Center, Ashland University |
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/american-revolution/ |
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Women in the American Revolution |
American Battlefield Trust |
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/women-american-revolution |
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The American Revolution – A World War |
Smithsonian Institution |
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Material Culture:
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Revolutionary Art & Artifacts |
Massachusetts Historical Society |
http://www.masshist.org/features/revolutionary-era |
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Collection – Museum of the American Revolution |
Museum of the American Revolution – Philadelphia |
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Collection – Museum of the American Revolution |
Museum of the American Revolution – Yorktown |
https://www.historyisfun.org/yorktown-victory-center/new-yorktown-museum/museum-artifacts/ |
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Objects – Our American Revolution |
Colonial Williamsburg |
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Collections of the DAR |
Daughters of the American Revolution |
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Images & Maps:
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GIGI – Digital Image Archive |
American Antiquarian Society |
https://gigi.mwa.org/ |
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European Political Print Collection |
American Antiquarian Society |
https://www.americanantiquarian.org/Inventories/Europeanprints/index.htm |
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Paul Revere Collection Inventory |
American Antiquarian Society |
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Photographs of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Structures in Massachusetts taken 1887-1945 by Harriette Merrifield Forbes
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American Antiquarian Society |
https://www.americanantiquarian.org/place-index-photographs-seventeenth-and-eighteenth-century-structures-massachusetts-taken-1887-1945 |
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Leventhal Map Collection |
Boston Public Library |
https://www.leventhalmap.org/collections/ |
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Archive of Early American Images |
Brown University |
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American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750 to 1789
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Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/american-revolutionary-war-maps/about-this-collection/ |
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British Cartoon Prints |
Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/british-cartoon-prints/about-this-collection/ |
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Rochambeau Map Collection |
Library of Congress |
https://www.loc.gov/collections/rochambeau-maps/about-this-collection/ |
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David Rumsey |
David Rumsey |
Davidrumsey.com |
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William L. Clements Image Bank |
Clements Library; UMich |
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