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American Colonist's Library
  • Chronological list of primary sources influencing the American colonies and revolution
  • Arranged by time periods beginning with 500 B.C>
  • Authors include Christopher Columbus, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, John Smith, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin
Declaration of Independence
Full text of 1776 document
Declaration of Independence (US History.Org)
  • Thomas Jefferson's account with commentary
  • Biographies of the signers
  • Links to several related sites at the Library of Congress
Documents from the Continental Congress
  • Includes Constitutional Convention
  • Approximately 500 broadsides preserved by the Library of Congress
  • Searchable and browsable
  • May be slow to retrieve
Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention (Natl Archives)
  • Extensive biographies and pictures of the founding fathers
Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation (George Mason University)
  • Text of Declaration of Independence in several languages: Polish, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, German, Hebrew
  • Essays on the interpretation
Journals of the Continental Congress: Selected Documents, 1774-1789
  • Articles of Association (1774)
  • Articles of War (1775)
  • Petitions to the King, instructions to General Washington, letter to Canada, peace plans
Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States (Library of Congress)
  • Includes letters of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, among others
  • Information on the treaties at the conclusion of the war
Spy Letters of the American Revolution (UMich)
  • Images of letters from British and American spies held at the Clements Library
  • Background written by School of Information students
  • Includes information on spy techniques, maps, a timeline, and biographies
 
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