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More American Revolution Resources
Table of Contents
I. General Resources
II. Primary Resources
III. Women's History
IV. Reenactment Groups
V. Other Archives and Manuscript Repositories
VI. Bibliographies of DLAR Holdings by Subject
I. General Resources
Bibliographies of the War of American Independence
These bibliographies were originally compiled for inclusion in the US ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY's publication "The Continental Army" (1983). Due to limitations of space, only part of each bibliography were published. The bibliographies have been maintained by the Center and are subjected to continuous revision and updating. The versions offered here are considerably longer than the original publication's versions.
Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism
Compiled from archive, library and Internet source documentation, this timeline on Slavery and in part the History of Racism, has been used to guide the direction of independent research into the history of enslaved Americans of African descent.
Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Website for the association of the direct lineal descendants of the the men who inscribed their names upon the first page of the Declaration of Independence. The society was founded for the promotion of the ideas expressed in the Declaration, and its object, as set forth in its Constitution is "to strengthen in American life the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence, and to perpetuate the memory of those men who, in signing that Declaration, mutually pledged their Lives, their Fortunes, and their Sacred Honor in the cause of Liberty."
H-OIEAHC
H-OIEAHC is sponsored by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, and is a member of the H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online, initiative. H-OIEAHC provides the scholarly community with a variety of on-line resources.
The History Place: American Revolution
Chronological exhibitions dedicated to educators, students and all who enjoy history.
OpenHere Site on the American Revolution
OpenHere Network
Is a directory search engine that has an informative site on the American Revolution complete with a link to the David Library.
ushistory.org
The ushistory.org "Congress of Websites" was created and is hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. Its mission is to bring American history to life on the Internet for visitors worldwide.
Some of the featured sites are:
The Electric Franklin
The Betsy Ross Homepage
The Liberty Bell
The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777: Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution
Brandywine Battlefield
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine
II. Primary Resources
Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Papers
The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library contains both the Federalist Papers and letters from Hamilton in the Angelica Schuyler Church Collection, all in electronic format so they are 100 percent searchable and completely accessible by remote computer.
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
American Memory is the online resource compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. With the participation of other libraries and archives, the program provides a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
Specific collections in American Memory that pertain to the American Revolution and Early Republic Era:
The Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789: A Broadside Collection
The Thomas Jefferson Papers
Early Virginia Religious Petitions, 1774-1802
The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
The George Washington Papers, 1741-1799
The First Federal Congress Project
The First Federal Congress Project, a chartered University Research Center and affiliated with the Department of History at the George Washington University, has a dual mission: collecting, researching, editing and publishing the universally acclaimed and well reviewed Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, l789-l791, and serving as a research center on the most important and productive Congress in U.S. history. The Johns Hopkins University Press has published fourteen volumes of the records of this Congress and the editing of five volumes of the correspondence to and from the members. The First Federal Congress Project is also part of the Model Editions Partnership, exploring ways to present historical editions in electronic formats (internet and CD-rom).
Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics
The Liberty Library is a list of classic books and other works on constitutional government put together by The Constitution Society, a private non-profit organization dedicated to research and public education on the principles of constitutional republican government. The items in the library are arranged chronologically from the ancient world until modern day, obviously including the span of the American Revolution and early Republic.
Orderly Books of the Continental Army, 1775-1784
The goal of this site is to provide an online cross-referenced index of all surviving orderly books of the Continental Army in order to assist students and researchers in accessing these primary resources. Its goal is to present a data base for researchers of the micro-history of the Continental Army which can be found in no other single source and which provides cross-referencing options to assist in research focus on particular units, on particular campaign theaters and time periods, and on institutions holding within their collections specific manuscript books.
The Papers of General Nathanel Greene
The documents contained in this mini-edition, maintained by the Model Editions Partnership, comprise the critical period of Greene's campaign in the South--19 January 1781 through 15 February 1781. Starting with the battle of Cowpens, a pivotal battle in the war in the South, they highlight what has become known as the "Race to the Dan" as the British general, Lord Cornwallis, used all his resources to attempt to overtake and destroy Greene's army as the Americans retreated across the Dan River toward safety and succor in Virginia.
The Papers of George Washington
The Papers of George Washington is a grant-funded project. It was established in 1969 at the University of Virginia, under the joint auspices of the University and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, to publish a complete edition of Washington's correspondence. DLAR has all the current editions of this project in the our holdings. Not every letter is searchable online, but some items are at the above website.
Slavery and the Ratification of the Constitution
Slavery was a crucial issue for the Founders. By collecting and publishing here in one volume substantial documentation on the issue of slavery during the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, it is hoped that readers will gain a deeper appreciation of the founding generation--slaveholders, opponents of slavery, and slaves--as it grappled with its seemingly insoluble moral, social, and economic dilemma. Many of the documents are taken from the files of or have been published in The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, 1787-1791, published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and maintained by the Model Editions Partnership.
Thomas Jefferson Online Resources at the University of Virginia
The University of Virginia Library's contains a collection of electronic texts in the Electronic Text Center by or to Jefferson (More than 1,700 items, including some color manuscript images), Quotations, Jefferson in the Oxford English Dictionary, Scholarship, Bibliographies, The UVa Jefferson Collections, Online Exhibitions with Jefferson Content (From the UVA Special Collections Dept), and information about Jefferson Organizations.
III. Women's History
Celebrating Womens History Month: Biographies
This site contains comprehensive biographies of a number of eighteenth-century women.
Georgias Colonial Heroines
This site contains in-depth biographical information about four eighteenth-century women: Mary Musgrove, Mammy Kate, Nancy Morgan Hart, and Hannah Harrington Clarke. Most information was gleaned from Kenneth Colemans A History of Georgia, complete with a lengthy bibliography.
Hart, Nancy Morgan
This site contains comprehensive information on one of the many women recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a Patriot during the American Revolutionary War.
The Story of Molly Pitcher
This is a site by United States Field Artillery Association and contains a brief biography with two images.
Women Soldiers in the American Revolution
This site holds biographies of Deborah Sampson, Anne Bailey, Rachel and Grace Martin, and many more women whose bravery helped the United States achieve independence from Great Britain.
Womens Biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
This site is a wonderful tool for searching in-depth biographies of many eighteenth century women, among others by subject and name. It provides a quick and easy way to access biographical information on some very famous ladies.
Womens History and Issues: Women in the American Revolution
This is in the teen section of the Omaha Public Librarys website under homework help. It contains links to other sources for biographical data of women in the American Revolution, including: Betsy Ross, Margaret Cochran Corbin, Abigail Adams, Hannah Clark, Nancy Morgan Hart, Mammy Kate, Deborah Sampson, Dicey Langston Springfield, and The Stillwell Sisters.
IV. Reenactment Groups
The 17th Light Dragoons in America
The 17th Light Dragoons is a non-profit educational group devoted to the accurate portrayal of the British Horse Soldier throughout the American War of Independence.
IV Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons
The IV Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons is a recreated Revolutionary War Cavalry Unit of Larkin Smith's Troop Brigade of the American Revolution Unit #240.
Online Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
A listing of some of the major living history groups around the U.S. and Canada, including contact information and schedules of events, a photo gallery, and organizational list.
V. Other Archives and Manuscript Repositories
American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634
508-755-5221
Bucks County Historical Society
Pine and Ashland Streets
P.O. Box 1092
Doylestown, PA 18901
(215) 345-0210
DAR Library
1776 D Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-5392
202-879-3229
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699
Voice 215-732-6200
Fax 215-732-2680
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association (For Hessian Studies)
P.O. Box 416
State Line, PA 17263-0416
The Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
General Information: (215) 546-3181
Reading Room: (215) 546-2456
Print Room: (215) 546-8229
Fax: (215) 546-5167
Library of Virginia
Archives Research Services
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
Main Phone number: (804) 692-3500
Archives Research Services: (804) 692-3888
Maryland State Archives
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
MD toll free (800) 235-4045
or (410) 260-6400
fax: (410) 974-3895
Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania
Masonic Temple
One North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Monmouth County Archives
125 Symmes Drive
Manalapan, NJ 07726
(732) 308-3772
email: , Research Assistant
National Archives and Records Administration
Attn: NWCTB
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20408-0001
301-713-6800
New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street-Level 2
Department of State Building
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
(609) 292-6260 (general information)
(609) 633-8334 (administrative office)
(609) 396-2454 (fax)
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
Pennsylvania State Archives
350 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090
(717) 783-3281
Public Record Office
Kew
Surrey
TW9 4DU
Telephone Enquiries: 020 8392 5200
Fax Enquiries: 020 8878 8905
The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
Dominion Head Office
50 Baldwin St. Suite 202,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5T 1L4
TELEPHONE (416) 591-1783
FAX (416) 591-7506
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VI. Bibliographies of DLAR Holdings
Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton and the Political Culture of the Early Republic
The Battle Of Monmouth
Benjamin Franklin
The Continental Army
The Early Federal Period
Equipment, Supplies and Weapons of the Revolutionary War
German / Hessian Troops
Pennsylvania During the Era of the American Revolution
The Political, Social, Economic, and Cultural History of American in the Confederation Period
Women in the Era of the American Revolution
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