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mid-late 18c?:
"Free America" - a Revolutionary song by Joseph Warren |
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late 18c:
The
Captivity of Jonathan Alder (1773-1849) and His Life with the Indians
(full text) |
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late 18c:
"God Save the Thirteen States" - a Revolutionary song (anonymous
author) |
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late 18c:
"Yankee Doodle" -
song lyrics (anonymous) |
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1770s:
“I Began to Feel the Happiness, Liberty, of which I Knew Nothing
Before” - Boston King Chooses Freedom and the Loyalists during the War
for Independence |
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1770s:
"The
Rifleman's Song at Bennington" - song lyrics of Vermont Patriots |
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1774:
"The King's speech to both houses of Parliament, on the 30th of
November" |
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1774:
Petition of Congress to the King - John Adams (10/26) |
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1774:
Suffolk
Resolves |
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1774-1802:
Early
Virginia Religious Petitions |
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1775:
"The
address of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present state
of America" - broadside |
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1775:
The Battle of Bunker Hill - Major-General John Burgoyne to Lord
Stanley |
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1775:
"The Battle of Bunker Hill" - British song lyrics |
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1775:
The Charlotte Town Resolves |
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1775:
Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms -
John Dickinson & Thomas Jefferson |
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1775:
First-Hand
Account of the Midnight Ride - Paul Revere |
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1775:
"The Farmer Refuted" - Alexander Hamilton |
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1775:
"Give Me
Liberty or Give Me Death" speech - Patrick Henry |
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1775:
"His
Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on
Friday, 10/27" - broadside |
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1775:
"The King's Own Regulars" - traditional song lyrics from the British
soldier's point of view |
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1775:
Letter on Doubts
About Independence - Abigail Adams |
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1775:
The
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence |
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1775:
"Novanglus No.
7" - John Adams (Jan.) - using his pen name, Adams writes a response
to a Loyalist |
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1775:
New England Restraining Act (3/30) |
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1775:
On Civil Liberty, Passive
Obedience, and Nonresistance - Jonathan Boucher |
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1775:
A
Proclamation, by The King, for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition |
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1775:
A Report on Indian Affairs - Articles of Confederation Congress (7/12) |
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1775:
Runaway
Notice for the Slave, "Titus" |
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1775:
"A
Society of Patriotic Ladies at Edenton in North Carolina" - political
cartoon by Philip Dawe, London |
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1775:
Speech on Conciliation with America - Sir Edmund Burke |
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1775:
A View of the Controversy Between Great Britain and Colonies by a
Westchester Farmer, Samuel Seabury
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1775:
William
Pitt's Speech on the Stamp Act
(1/20) |
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1775-79:
The War for Independence Through Seneca Eyes - Mary Jemison Views the
Revolution |
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1775-1780:
Excerpts from the
Journal of John Paul Jones |
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1776:
Actual
Page from The Boston Gazette (10/7/1776) |
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1776:
"The American
Crisis, I" - Thomas Paine in Common Sense
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1776:
"American
Independence" - Samuel Adams (8/1) |
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1776:
The Battle of
Trenton |
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1776:
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
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1776:
Concord Town Meeting Resolution
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1776:
The Constitution of Pennsylvania |
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1776:
The
Declaration of Independence - Thomas Jefferson |
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1776:
The Declaration of Independence - with the omission |
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1776:
Diary of a Revolutionary Army Physician |
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1776:
Draft
Constitution for Virginia - Thomas Jefferson |
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1776:
"Fragment
of an original letter on the slavery of the negroes; written in the
year 1776, by Thomas Day, Esq." - broadside |
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1776:
The Great Anniversary Festival - John Adams on the Declaration of
Independence (7/3) |
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1776:
Halifax Resolve |
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1776:
"An intercepted original letter from General Washington to his Lady,
in the year 1776" (1/24) - broadside |
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1776:
John Adams to Abigail Adams - letter (7/3) |
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1776:
James Chalmers and "Plain Truth" - A
Loyalist Answers Thomas
Paine
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1776:
Letter
and Poem to General Washington - Phillis Wheatley, African-American
poet --> Washington's Reply to Wheatley |
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1776:
Letter to Congress on Recruiting & Maintaining an Army - George
Washington |
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1776:
New Jersey Constitution of 1776 |
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1776:
"Plain Truth" -
a Loyalist pamphlet by James Chalmers (Candidus) |
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1776:
"Reading
of the Declaration of independence White Plains, July 11, 1776 (From a
painting by George Albert Harker - Courtesy Westchester Title and
Trust Co.) New York's declaration of independence" - broadside
image |
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1776:
The Recruiting Service - Captain Alexander Graydon |
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1776:
Resolution
introduced in the Continental Congress by Richard Henry Lee (Virginia)
proposing a Declaration of Independence |
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1776:
Resolution of a Concord, MA Town Meeting |
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1776:
Rights of Women in an Independent Republic - letter of Abigail
Adams
to
John Adams (Mar. 31, Apr. 14, May 26) |
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1776:
Thomas Jefferson's Rough Draft of the Declaration of
Independence |
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1776:
Thoughts on Government - John Adams |
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1776:
The True
Interest of America Impartially Stated -
Charles Inglis |
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1776:
Virginia Declaration of Rights - George Mason |
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1776-80:
Revolutionary War Journal of Captain Joseph Bloomfield |
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1777:
Articles of
Confederation |
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1777:
Constitution of New York |
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1777:
"The first prayer in Congress. In Thatcher's military journal, under
date of December 1777, is found a note containing the identical 'First
prayer in Congress,' made by the Rev. J. Duche ... Ocala, Fla. Banner
Steam Print" - broadside |
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1777:
From
the Diary of a Surgeon at Valley Forge - Albigence Waldo |
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1777:
Hessian
Account of the Battle of Saratoga |
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1777:
John McKinly Writes to his Wife Jenny |
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1777:
Major-General Burgoyne to his nieces after the Battle of Saratoga |
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1777:
“Natural and Inalienable Right to Freedom” - Slaves ’Petition for
Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature |
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1777:
Observations on the slaves and the indented servants, enlisted in the
army, and in the navy of the United States - Antibiastes |
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1777:
Petition
of Blacks to the Massachusetts General Court for an end to slavery |
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1777:
Statute of Religious Freedom - Thomas Jefferson |
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1778:
Letter of Mrs. Hannah Corbin |
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1778:
Letters
from Valley Forge |
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1778:
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the U. S. & France |
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1778:
Treaty
with the Delawares |
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1778:
Treaty
with France |
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1779:
Andrew Sherburne’s Experiences on a Privateer During the Revolutionary
War |
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1779:
A
Bill Concerning Slaves - Thomas Jefferson |
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1779:
Draft for a Bill Establishing Religious Freedom - Thomas Jefferson |
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1780:
The American Crisis - Thomas Paine
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1780:
Blacks Petition Against
Taxation Without Representation (3/14) |
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1780:
Letter from Benedict Arnold to the inhabitants of North America
as reported in The London Gazette (11/11-14/1780) |
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1780:
Letter from
Benedict Arnold to Major John André (7/12) -
decoded |
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1780:
Letter from
Benedict Arnold to Major John André (7/15) -
decoded |
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1780:
Letter from Benedict Arnold to George Washington pleading for
mercy for his wife (9/25)
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1780:
"The Sentiments of an AMERICAN WOMAN" |
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1780:
A
Sermon on the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution - Rev.
Samuel Cooper |
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1780:
Washington's Headquarters - François
Jean, Marquis de
Chastellux
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1781:
Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown |
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1781:
Diary
of Ebenezer Denny - on the surrender of Cornwallis |
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1781:
Excerpt from the Diary of Miss Anna Rawle |
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1781:
"Glorious
intelligence! [Announcement of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis]" -
broadside |
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1781:
Cato Petitions the
Pennsylvania Legislature to Remain Free, Freeman’s Journal
(Philadelphia, PA) 9/21 |
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1781:
The Norfolk
Chronicle |
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1781:
Notes on the State of Virginia - Thomas Jefferson (full text) |
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1781:
Origin and Progress of the American Revolution - Peter Oliver |
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1781:
The
Surrender of Cornwallis |
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1781:
“Laying Close Siege to the Enemy” - Joseph Plumb Martin at the Battle
of Yorktown |
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1782:
"Commerce
between Master and Slave" - Thomas Jefferson |
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1782:
Contract Between the King & the Thirteen United States of North
America |
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1782:
Letters from an American Farmer -
J.
Hector St. John de Crevecoeur |
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1782:
Preliminary Articles of Peace Between the U. S. & Britain |
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1782:
William Christian Letter |
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1783:
Address to
Congress on Resigning his Commission - George Washington |
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1783:
A Committee Reports on Import Duties - Articles of Confederation
Congress |
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1783:
Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities
Signed at Versailles |
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1783:
Full Restitution in Congress - Articles of Confederation Congress
(11/1) |
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1783:
Letter
of Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson |
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1783:
Newburgh
Conspiracy and George Washington's Reply |
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1783:
Treaty of Paris |
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1783:
Washington's
Farewell to the Troops |
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1784:
Report on
Government for the Western Territories - Thomas Jefferson |
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1785:
Commissioners Authorized to Form Treaties with Indian Tribes -
Articles of Confederation Congress |
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1785:
Letter
of Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams |
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1780s:
George III Laments the Loss of the American Colonies |
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1786:
"The Death of
General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June, 1775" -
painting by John Trumbull |
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1832:
"My Kinsman, Major Molineux" - Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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1837:
"The Concord Hymn" -
poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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1837:
Sarah Osborn Recollects Her Experiences in the Revolutionary War |
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1860:
"Paul
Revere's Ride" - poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
