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The history of the American Revolution : including the most important events and resolutions of the honourable Continental Congress during that period and also, the most interesting letters and orders of His Excellency General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American forces

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

2.

Author

Hubley, Bernard, 1754-1810

Online

Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774 : containing, the bill of rights, a list of grievances, occasional resolves, the association, an address to the people of Great Britain, and a memorial to the inhabitatants of the British American colonies

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

3.

Author

United States. Continental Congress, author

Online

The birth of the republic : compiled from the national and colonial histories and historical collections, from the American archives and from memoirs, and from the journals and proceedings of the British Parliament

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

4.

Author

Goodloe, Daniel R. (Daniel Reaves), 1814-1902

Online

American independence, the interest and glory of Great Britain : containing arguments which prove, that not only in taxation, but in trade, manufactures and government, the colonies are entitled to an entire independency on the British legislature : and that it can only be by a formal declaration of these rights, and forming thereupon a friendly league with them that the true and lasting welfare of both countries can be promoted : in a series of letters to the legislature

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

5.

Author

Cartwright, John, 1740-1824

Online

Tract V : the respective pleas and arguments of the mother country, and of the colonies, distinctly set forth, and the impossibility of a compromise of differences, or a mutual concession of rights plainly demonstrated : with a prefatory epistle to the plenipotentiaries of the late congress at Philadelphia

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

6.

Author

Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799

Online

The controversy between Great Britain and her colonies reviewed : the several pleas of the colonies, in support of their right to all the liberties and privileges of British subjects, and to exemption from the legislative authority of Parliament, stated and considered; and the nature of their connection with, and dependence on, Great Britain, shewn, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

7.

Author

Knox, William, 1732-1810

Online

A letter from a merchant in London to his nephew in North America, relative to the present posture of affairs in the colonies : in which the supposed violation of charters, and the several grievances complained of, are particularly discussed, and the consequences of an attempt towards independency set in a true light

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

8.

Author

Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799

Online

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

9.

Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia : anno Domini 1776

Author

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, author

Online

A collection of interesting, authentic papers : relative to the dispute between Great Britain and America : showing the causes and progress of that misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

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Online

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

11.

A decent respect to the opinions of mankind : Congressional State papers, 1774-1776

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

12.

God against the Revolution The Loyalist Clergy's Case against the American Revolution

Author

Frazer, Gregg L.

Published

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Online

Novanglus, and Massachusettensis, or, Political essays, published in the years 1774 and 1775, on the principal points of controversy, between Great Britain and her colonies

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

13.

Author

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Online

Extracts from the proceedings of the Provincial Conference of Committees for the Province of Pennsylvania : held at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, June 18, 1776

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

14.

Author

Pennsylvania. Provincial Conference of Committees (1776 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Online

Some seasonable observations and remarks upon the state of our controversy with Great Britain and on the proceedings of the Continental Congress: whereby many interesting facts are related, and methods proposed for our safety and an accomodation. By a moderate Whig

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

15.

Author

Moderate Whig

Published

America [i.e., Boston] : Printed and sold [by Margaret Draper?], in the year MDCCLXXV. [1775]

Online

Full text online

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

16.

Observations on the nature of civil liberty : the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America : to which is added, an appendix, and postscript, containing, a state of the national debt, an estimate of the money drawn from the public by the taxes, and an account of the national income and expenditure since the last war

Author

Price, Richard, 1723-1791

Online

Observations on the nature of civil liberty : the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America : to which is added an appendix, containing a state of the national debt, an estimate of the money drawn from the public by the taxes, and an account of the national income and expenditure since the last war

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Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

17.

Author

Price, Richard, 1723-1791

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

18.

The speech of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham, in the House of Lords, on Friday the 20th of January, 1775

Author

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

19.

Three letters to a member of Parliament : on the subject of the present dispute with our American Colonies

Online

Franklin before the Privy Council, White Hall Chapel, London, 1774 : on behalf of the Province of Massachusetts, to advocate the removal of Hutchinson and Oliver

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

20.

Online

HeinOnline World Trials Library

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

21.

By His Excellency Joseph Reed, Esq ; president, and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a proclamation : whereas some ill-disposed persons, designing to disturb the peace and good order of the city and districts ... have published an inflammatory paper ... dated "Philadelphia, April 14, 1780, and signed "Slow and Sure," ... Given at Philadelphia, this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty

Author

Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

22.

The political tracts and speeches of Edmund Burke, Esq. Member of Parliament for the city of Bristol

Author

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

Online

A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in general Congress at Philadelphia : setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms

Location

Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

23.

Author

United States. Continental Congress

Online

Cui bono? or, an inquiry : what benefits can arise either to the English or the Americans, the French, Spaniards, or Dutch, from the greatest victories, or successes, in the present war? : being a series of letters, addressed to Monsieur Necker, late controller general of the finances of France

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

24.

Author

Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799

Online

Baltimore, April 18 : the following resolves, with His Excellency the governor's proclamation, reflect so much honour on this infant state, and so clearly manifest the justice and dignity of its rulers, that I think it my duty to present them to the public as early as possible. ... William Goddard ..

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

25.

Online

In Provincial Congress, Concord, April 12, 1775 : Whereas the preservation of our country from slavery, depends under God, on an effectual execution of the continental and provincial measures for that purpose: Resolved, that there be now appointed for each county in this colony, a committee consisting of five persons ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

26.

Author

Massachusetts. Provincial Congress

Online

By the great and General Court of the colony of Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation : the frailty of human nature, the wants of individuals, and the numerous dangers which surround them, through the course of life, have in all ages, and in every country, impell'd them to form societies, and establish governments ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

27.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Online

A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in general Congress at Philadelphia, seting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

28.

Author

United States. Continental Congress

Online

Three letters to Dr. Price containing remarks on his Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

29.

Author

Lind, John, 1737-1781

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

30.

The idea of America reflections on the birth of the United States

Author

Wood, Gordon S.

Published

New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Books / Online

31.

The American states during and after the Revolution, 1775-1789

Author

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

Online

To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York : Fellow citizens, I addressed you upon a former occasion, when it was judged necessary to curb the arrogance of a few overbearing individuals among us ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

32.

Author

Agricola, active 1774

Online

The humble address of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament assembled, presented to His Majesty, on Thursday, December 1, 1774 : with His Majesty's most gracious answer

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

33.

Author

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords

Online

To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York : My friends and countrymen, When I behold a few restless men, endeavouring to throw all things into confusion ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

34.

Author

Sober citizen

Online

To the respectable body of gentlemen nominated by the publick voice as a committee, for managing the affairs of the inhabitants of this city, in the present exigency of our publick concerns ..

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Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

35.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

36.

History for pleasure,1825

Published

New Haven: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, 1994.

Location

LSF- BEINECKE >> Shirley 1879

LSF- BEINECKE >> Shirley 4454

SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating) >> Vault Yna60 S45 994H

Format

Books

37.

Committee-chamber, July 19, 1774 : Proceedings of the Committee of Correspondence

Author

Committee of Correspondence (New York, N.Y.)

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

38.

Portrait of a patriot : the major political and legal papers of Josiah Quincy Junior

Author

Quincy, Josiah, 1744-1775

Published

Boston : Colonial Society of Massachusetts ; [Charlottesville] : Distributed by the University of Virginia Press, 2005-2014.

Location

SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> F61 .C65 74, etc. (LC)

Format

Books

39.

To the inhabitants of New-York : My fellow-citizens, This city becomes more and more the scoff and wonder of America! ..

Author

Sentinel, active 1776

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

40.

Revolution against empire : taxes, politics, and the origins of American independence

Author

Du Rivage, Justin

Published

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Books / Online

41.

Wetmore family papers

Author

Wetmore family

Date

1638-1921

Call Number

MS 548

Found In

Whereas a report has been industriously propagated in this city, that the Continental Congress had passed a resolve, that unless American grievances were redressed by the first of March, these colonies should be independent of Great-Britain ..

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

42.

Author

General Committee for the City and County of New-York

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

43.

The lamp of experience : Whig history and the intellectual origins of the American Revolution

Author

Colbourn, H. Trevor

Published

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c1998.

Location

Law Library >> E210 .C58 1998

Format

Books

44.

The lamp of experience Whig history and the intellectual origins of the American Revolution

Author

Colbourn, H. Trevor

Published

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c1998.

Online

A letter to Lord Chatham : concerning the present war of Great Britain against America, reviewing candidly and impartially its unhappy cause and consequence, and wherein the doctrine of Sir William Blackstone, as explained in his celebrated commentaries on the law of England, is opposed to ministerial tyranny, and held up in favor of America, with some thoughts on government

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

45.

Published

London : Printed for G. Kearsley, [1776?]

Online

White-Plains, July 9, 1776 : In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York. Resolved unanimously, that the reasons assigned by the Continental Congress, for declaring the united colonies free and independent states, are cogent and conclusive ... Extract from the minutes, Robert Benson, secretary : In Congress, July 4, 1776. A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general Congress assembled

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

46.

Author

United States

Online

To the worthy inhabitants of the city and county of New-York : Fellow countrymen, Your Committee of Fifty-one having laid before you their proceedings on Thursday evening, I should not have troubled you at this time, had not eleven of the committee made a formal resignation, and published an appeal to you in justification of their conduct ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

47.

Author

One of the committee

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

48.

Exodus of the western nations

Author

Albemarle, William Coutts Keppel, Earl of, 1832-1894

Online

By the Supreme Executive Council of the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania, a proclamation : whereas the honorable Continental Congress pointing out to public bodies, as well as private persons, the duty of reverencing the providence of Almighty God ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

49.

Author

Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council

Online

New-York, April 29, 1775, A general association, agreed to, and subscribed by the freeholders, freemen, and inhabitants of the city and county of New-York

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

50.

Author

General Committee for the City and County of New-York

Online

To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York : My dear countrymen, There can be nothing more fatal to us than to bring our representation into contempt ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

51.

Author

Watchman, active 1776

Online

Philadelphia, May 21, 1776 : Gentlemen, We have, in a former letter to you, referred to the instructions given by the Assembly of this province to their delegates, and they are published in the votes of the House ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

52.

Author

Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Inspection and Observation

Online

To the people of New-York. : Though the association lately set on foot, was on pretence of keeping the peace of the city, yet it is evident that it has a direct tendency to disturb that peace ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

53.

Author

Citizen

Published

[New York] : [Printed by John Holt], [1774]

Online

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation for a general fast : it having pleased the alwise, righteous and holy sovereign of the world to rectify his displeasure against the American Colonies in general ... Thursday, the seventh day of March next ... Given at the Council-chamber, in Watertown, this twenty-second day of February ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six. ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

54.

Author

Massachusetts. Council

Online

A proclamation for a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer : It being our incumbent duty to acknowledge God ... Thursday the first day of August next ... Given at the Council-chamber at Watertown, this fourth day of July ... 1776. ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

55.

Author

Massachusetts. Council

Online

A proclamation for a continental fast. In Congress, Saturday, March 16, 1776 : ... The Congress ... do earnestly recommend that Friday the seventeenth day of May next be observed by the said colonies as a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

56.

Author

United States. Continental Congress

Online

That the army may be duly supplied with shoes, stockings, and shirts, it is resolved, that the selectmen of the several towns ... appoint some ... person or persons, as agent or agents ... to purchase ... shoes ... stockings and shirts ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

57.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives

Online

To the freeholders, freemen, and inhabitants, of the city and county of New-York : Gentlemen, As a report prevails, that the ship Beulah, is destined for Halifax, I have perused the association of the Congress, in order to satisfy myself, whether her going there, will be conformable to their intention: I think it will not ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

58.

Author

Citizen, active 1775

Online

At a general meeting of the freeholders, gentlemen, merchants, tradesmen and other inhabitants of Baltimore County, held at the Court-house of the said county on Tuesday the 31st of May, 1774. Capt. Charles Ridgley, chairman : Resolved 1st. That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the town of Boston is now suffering in the common cause of America ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

59.

Author

Baltimore County (Md.)

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

60.

To the inhabitants of the province of Quebec : from the Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774

Author

United States. Continental Congress

Online

To the publick. New-York, October 27, 1774 : Whereas Thomas Charles Williams ... has, in a most daring manner, insulted the inhabitants of British America, by purchasing and shipping 17 packages of tea ... whoever shall be found to harbour or conceal the said Williams, will be deemed an enemy to the liberties of America, and treated accordingly

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

61.

Author

Legion, active 1774

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

62.

Strong Family Collection

Author

Strong family

Date

1667-1925

Call Number

MS 1198

Found In

A proclamation for a general fast. As it is the indispensible duty of all who fiercely believe ... Wednesday the twenty-ninth day of January instant ... Given at the Council chamber in Exeter the 15th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

63.

Author

New Hampshire. Council

Online

A proclamation for a general fast : Inasmuch as the great Governor of the world conducts the course of nature ... Thursday the twenty-fourth day of April next, to be observed as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer ... Given at Exeter the 27th day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven. By order of the Council and Assembly ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

64.

Author

New Hampshire. Council

Online

Colony of New-Hampshire. By the Council and Assembly of said colony, a proclamation for a general fast : ... Thursday the 18th day of April next ... given at the General Court at Exeter, the fifteenth day of March, anno Domini, 1776

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

65.

Author

New Hampshire. Council

Online

State of New-Hampshire. A proclamation for a general thanksgiving : The Council and the Assembly of this state, have appointed Thursday the twenty first day of November next, to be observed and kept as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given at Exeter the 19th day of October, 1776. By order of the Council and Assembly

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

66.

Author

New Hampshire. Council

Online

To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York : My dear countrymen, A steady friend to your rights, I have ever been, and shall be always ready to warn you of danger, from every quarter ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

67.

Author

Sentinel, active 1776

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

68.

The idea of America : reflections on the birth of the United States

Author

Wood, Gordon S.

Published

New York : Penguin Audio, ℗2011.

Online

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777 : That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Audio / Online

69.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

70.

Silliman family papers

Author

Silliman family

Date

1717-1977

Call Number

MS 450

Found In

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

71.

Revolutionaries : a new history of the invention of America

Author

Rakove, Jack N., 1947-

Published

Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2010.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Audio / Online

72.

Leffingwell family papers

Author

Leffingwell family

Date

1688-1954

Call Number

MS 320

Found In

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

73.

The address of Mr. Justice Livingston, to the House of Assembly, in support of his right to a seat

Author

Livingston, Robert R., 1718-1775

Online

To the Freemen, freeholders, and other inhabitants of the city and county of New-York : Gentlemen, in times of public danger, I conceive it to be the indispensable duty of every member of the community to communicate his sentiments to his fellow citizens on public affairs ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

74.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

75.

The men who lost America British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire

Author

O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson

Published

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Books / Online

76.

Committee chamber, New-York, April 29, 1775 : Extract of the proceedings of the General Committee of Observation

Author

Committee of Observation (New York, N.Y.)

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

77.

Lion of liberty : Patrick Henry and the call to a new nation

Author

Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

Published

Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2010.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Audio / Online

78.

The following letter was some nights ago thrown in among the Sons of Liberty : New-York, March 17th, 1775

Author

Son of Freedom

Online

To the respectable inhabitants of the city of New-York : Friends and fellow citizens! On the 23d day of May 1774, the Committee of Correspondence wrote a letter to Boston, in which are these remarkable passages. ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

79.

Author

Freeholder, active 1775

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

80.

The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution and the fate of the empire

Author

O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson

Published

[Old Saybrook] : Tantor Audio, 2013.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Audio / Online

81.

Independence : the struggle to set America free

Author

Ferling, John E.

Published

Old Saybrook : Tantor, 2014.

Online

Online Audiobook

Excerpt

Image

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Audio / Online

82.

Commonplace book

Author

Vernon, Henry, fl. 1780-1790

Location

LSF- BEINECKE >> Osborn c203

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

83.

The radicalism of the American Revolution

Author

Wood, Gordon S.

Published

[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, [2011]

℗2011

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Audio / Online

84.

Paymaster papers of the 2nd regiment of light dragoons

Author

Janes, Elijah, 1759-1823

Location

LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating) >> Folio LWL Mss Vol. 89

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

85.

Beecher Family Papers

Author

Beecher family

Date

1704-1964

Call Number

MS 71

Found In

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

86.

Baldwin family papers

Author

Baldwin family

Date

1584-1977

Call Number

MS 55

Found In

New-York, This is to certify, that the bearer has, in my presence, subscribed to the declaration, agreeable to the terms of their Excellencies the Commissioners proclamation, dated at New-York, 30th November, 1776

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

87.

Online

To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York : My dear fellow-citizens, You are soon to be called upon to determine the fate of two of our fellow-citizens, who have unhappily fallen under your displeasure ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

88.

Author

Freeholder, active 1775

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

89.

Observations, on Mr. Justice Livingston's address to the House of Assembly, in support of his right to a seat

Author

Citizen, active 1769

Online