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The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence

 
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  • Paul Revere: Memorandum on Events of April 18, 1775
    ıııııThe War Begins: Massachusetts, April 1775
  • Frederick MacKenzie: Diary, April 18-21, 1775
    ıııııThe British Retreat from Concord: Massachusetts, April 1775
  • Thomas Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth, April 22, 1775
    ııııı"Fire from every Hill, Fence, House, Barn": Massachusetts, April 1775
  • John Dickinson to Arthur Lee, April 29, 1775
    ıııııA Pennsylvanian Reacts to Lexington and Concord: April 1775
  • Peter Oliver: from "The Origin & Progress of the American Rebellion"
    ıııııA Tory View of Lexington and Concord: Spring 1775
  • George Washington: Address to the Continental Congress, June 16, 1775
    ıııııWashington Accepts Command: Philadelphia, June 1775
  • John Adams to Abigail Adams, June 17, 1775
    ıııııWashington's Appointment: June 1775
  • Eliphalet Dyer to Joseph Trumbull, June 17, 1775
    ıııııAn Appraisal of Washington: June 1775
  • Samuel Blachley Webb to Joseph Webb, June 19, 1775
    ıııııBattle of Bunker Hill: Massachusetts, June 1775
  • George Washington to Burwell Bassett, June 19, 1775
    ııııı"Imbarkd on a tempestuous Ocean": June 1775
  • John Adams to Abigail Adams, June 23, 1775
    ıııııWashington Leaves for Boston: June 1775
  • Peter Oliver: from "The Origin & Progress of the American Rebellion"
    ıııııA Tory View of Bunker Hill: Summer 1775
  • Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, July 5, 1775
    ııııı"You are now my Enemy": July 1775
  • The Continental Congress: Address to the Six Nations, July 13, 1775
    ıııııAn Appeal to the Iroquois: July 1775
  • Abigail Adams to John Adams, July 16, 1775
    ıııııA Visit with Washington: July 1775
  • Lord Rawdon to the Earl of Huntingdon, August 3, 1775
    ıııııA British Account of Bunker Hill: August 1775
  • Ethan Allen: from "A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity"
    ıııııAn American Defeat in Canada: September 1775
  • To the Virginia Gazette, November 24, 1775
    ıııııResponse to Lord Dunmore's Proclamation: November 1775
  • William Woodford to Edmund Pendleton, December 5, 1775
    ıııııSlaves Fighting with the British: Virginia, December 1775
  • Martha Washington to Elizabeth Ramsay, December 30, 1775
    ıııııThe Continental Army Outside Boston: December 1775
  • Isaac Senter: Journal, November 1-December 31, 1775
    ıııııThe Invasion of Canada: 1775
  • Sarah Hodgkins and Joseph Hodgkins, February 1-20, 1776
    ıııııA Continental Officer and his Wife Correspond: February 1776
  • John Bowater to the Earl of Denbigh, March 25, 1776
    ıııııThe British Evacuate Boston: March 1776
  • Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776
    ııııı"Remember the Ladies": March 1776
  • Peter Oliver: from "The Origin & Progress of the American Rebellion"
    ıııııA Tory View of the Siege of Boston: Fall 1775-Spring 1776
  • John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776
    ıııııCongress Votes for Independence: July 1776
  • The Declaration of Independence
    ıııııPhiladelphia, July 4, 1776
  • Isaac Bangs: Journal, July 10, 1776
    ıııııNew York Celebrates Independence: July 1776
  • Landon Carter: Diary, June 26-July 16, 1776
    ıııııSlaves Join the British: Virginia, Summer 1776
  • Ambrose Serle: Journal, July 12-23, 1776
    ıııııThe British Fleet Arrives at New York: July 1776
  • Joseph Reed: Memorandum on Meeting Between George Washington and James Paterson, July 20, 1776
    ıııııWashington Refuses to Negotiate: New York, July 1776
  • Benjamin Franklin to Lord Howe, July 20, 1776
    ııııı"It is impossible we should think of Submission": July 1776
  • Henry Laurens to John Laurens, August 14, 1776
    ıııııEvents in South Carolina: Summer 1776
  • Philip Vickers Fithian: Journal, August 11-30, 1776
    ıııııThe Continental Army at New York: August 1776
  • Jabez Fitch: Diary, August 27-28, 1776
    ıııııBattle of Long Island: August 1776
  • Henry Strachey: Memorandum on Meeting Between Lord Howe and the American Commissioners, September 11, 1776
    ıııııA British Peace Plan Fails: September 1776
  • Ambrose Serle: Journal, August 22-September 15, 1776
    ıııııBritish Victories at New York: Summer 1776
  • Philip Vickers Fithian: Journal, September 15, 1776
    ıııııBattle of Kips Bay: New York, September 1776
  • Benjamin Trumbull: Journal, September 15-16, 1776
    ıııııKips Bay and Harlem Heights: New York, September 1776
  • Frederick MacKenzie: Diary, September 20-22, 1776
    ıııııThe Burning of New York: September 1776
  • Robert Auchmuty to the Earl of Huntingdon, January 8, 1777
    ıııııCapture of Fort Washington: New York, November 1776
  • George Washington to Lund Washington, December 10 and 17, 1776
    ıııııThe American Retreat: Pennsylvania, December 1776
  • Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, Number I, December 19, 1776
    ıııııPhiladelphia, December 1776
  • Thomas Rodney: Diary, December 18-25, 1776
    ıııııDefending Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, December 1776
  • George Washington to John Hancock, December 27, 1776
    ıııııBattle of Trenton: New Jersey, December 1776
  • Thomas Rodney: Diary, January 2-4, 1777
    ıııııBattle of Princeton: New Jersey, January 1777
  • Nicholas Cresswell: Journal, January 5-17, 1777
    ıııııNews of Trenton: Virginia, January 1777
  • Jabez Fitch: Narrative
    ıııııAmerican Prisoners in New York: August 1776-January 1777
  • John Peebles: Diary, February 13-24, 1777
    ıııııSkirmishing in New Jersey: February 1777
  • Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 8, 1777
    ıııııHardship in Massachusetts: March 1777
  • John Burgoyne: Proclamation, June 23, 1777
    ııııı"The Vengeance of the State": New York, June 1777
  • William Digby: Journal, July 24-October 13, 1777
    ıııııThe Saratoga Campaign: New York, July-October 1777
  • John Andrı: Journal, August 31-October 4, 1777
    ıııııThe Fall of Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, August-October 1777
  • John Glover to Jonathan Glover and Azor Orne, September 21 and 29, 1777
    ıııııBattle of Freeman's Farm: New York, September 1777
  • John Adams to Abigail Adams, September 30, 1777
    ıııııCongress Flees Philadelphia: September 1777
  • Samuel Shaw to Francis Shaw, September 30, October 3, 13, and 15, 1777
    ıııııBattle of Germantown: Pennsylvania, October 1777
  • Robert Morton: Diary, September 16-December 14, 1777
    ıııııOccupation of Philadelphia: September-December 1777
  • Sarah Wister: Journal, October 19-December 12, 1777
    ıııııThe Continental Army at Whitemarsh: Pennsylvania, October-December 1777
  • George Washington: General Orders, December 17, 1777
    ıııııThe Army Seeks Winter Quarters: Pennsylvania, December 1777
  • Albigence Waldo: Diary, December 11-29, 1777
    ıııııThe Army Moves to Valley Forge: Pennsylvania, December 1777
  • John Laurens to Henry Laurens, January 14 and February 2, 1778
    ıııııA Proposal to Free and Arm Slaves: January-February 1778
  • John Laurens to Henry Laurens, May 7, 1778
    ıııııNews of the French Alliance: Valley Forge, May 1778
  • Ambrose Serle: Journal, March 9-June 19, 1778
    ıııııThe British Abandon Philadelphia: March-June 1778
  • The Continental Congress: Response to British Peace Proposals, June 13-17, 1778
    ıııııYork, Pennsylvania, June 1778
  • Henry Laurens to Horatio Gates, June 17, 1778 "The Door is shut": June 1778
  • John Andrı: Journal, June 16-July 5, 1778
    ıııııThe British Retreat to New York: New Jersey, June-July 1778
  • James McHenry: Journal, June 18-July 23, 1778
    ıııııThe American Advance: New Jersey, June-July 1778
  • John Laurens to Henry Laurens, June 30 and July 2, 1778
    ıııııBattle of Monmouth: New Jersey, June 1778
  • J. Hector St. John Crıvecoeur: Narrative of the Wyoming Massacre
    ıııııFrontier Warfare: Pennsylvania, July 1778
  • Peter Oliver: from "The Origin & Progress of the American Rebellion"
    ıııııA Tory View of Frontier Warfare: Summer 1778
  • George Washington to Henry Laurens, November 14, 1778
    ıııııOpposing a proposal to invade Canada: November 1778
  • George Washington to Benjamin Harrison, December 18, 1778
    ıııııThe Weakness of Congress: December 1778
  • Stephen De Lancey to Cornelia Barclay De Lancey, January 14, 1779
    ıııııThe Fall of Savannah: Georgia, January 1779
  • George Rogers Clark: Narrative of the March to Vincennes
    ıııııCapture of Vincennes: Illinois Country, February 1779
  • Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, March 14, 1779
    ııııı"To give them their freedom with their muskets": March 1779
  • George Washington to Henry Laurens, March 20, 1779
    ıııııArming Slaves "a moot point": March 1779
  • Samuel Shaw to Francis and Sarah Shaw, June 28, 1779
    ıııııDepreciation of Continental Currency: New York, June 1779
  • "A Whig": To the Public, July 30, 1779
    ıııııBanishing Tories: Philadelphia, July 1779
  • William Barton: Journal, August 27-September 14, 1779
    ıııııWar Against the Iroquois: New York, August-September 1779
  • John Paul Jones to Benjamin Franklin, October 3, 1779
    ıııııBattle in the North Sea: October 1779
  • William Moultrie: Journal, April 2-May 12, 1780
    ıııııThe Siege of Charleston: South Carolina, April-May 1780
  • The Sentiments of a Lady in New-Jersey, July 12, 1780
    ıııııAiding the Continental Army: July 1780
  • Otho Holland Williams: Narrative of the Battle of Camden
    ıııııAn American Rout: South Carolina, August 1780
  • Royal Gazette: "Strayed...a whole Army," September 16, 1780
    ıııııA Loyalist Satire: New York, September 1780
  • Benedict Arnold: To the Inhabitants of America, October 7, 1780
    ıııııArnold Justifies His Actions: New York, October 1780
  • Benedict Arnold to Lord Germain, October 7, 1780
    ıııııA Report on the Continental Army: New York, October 1780
  • Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens, c. October 11, 1780
    ıııııArnold and Major Andrı: New York, September-October 1780
  • Robert Campbell: Narrative of the Battle of King's Mountain
    ıııııSouth Carolina, October 1780
  • George Washington: Circular to the State Governments, October 18, 1780
    ıııııAn Appeal for New Troops: October 1780
  • Anthony Allaire: Diary, October 7-November 25, 1780
    ıııııA Loyalist Prisoner: South Carolina, October-November 1780
  • Eno Reeves: Letterbook Extracts, January 2-17, 1781
    ıııııMutiny of the Pennsylvania Line: New Jersey, January 1781
  • Oliver De Lancey: Journal, January 3-21, 1781
    ıııııBritish Attempts to Exploit the Mutiny: New Jersey, January 1781
  • George Washington to Philip Schuyler, January 10, 1781
    ııııı"The event, which I have long dreaded": January 1781
  • Nathanael Greene to Alexander Hamilton, January 10, 1781
    ıııııThe Plight of the Southern Army: South Carolina, January 1781
  • Nathanael Greene to Catherine Greene, January 12, 1781
    ııııı"The distress and misery that prevails": South Carolina, January 1781
  • Thomas Jefferson: Narrative of Arnold's Raid, January 13, 1781
    ıııııThe British Attack Richmond: Virginia, January 1781
  • Daniel Morgan to Nathanael Greene, January 19, 1781
    ıııııBattle of Cowpens: South Carolina, January 1781
  • George Washington to Robert Howe, January 22, 1781
    ıııııMutiny of the New Jersey Line: New Jersey, January 1781
  • Royal Gazette: "Our Last Will and Testament," January 31, 1781
    ıııııA Loyalist Satire of Congress: New York, January 1781
  • Nathanael Greene to George Washington, February 9, 1781
    ıııııCornwallis Invades North Carolina: February 1781
  • Nathanael Greene to Joseph Reed, March 18, 1781
    ıııııBattle of Guilford Courthouse: North Carolina, March 1781
  • Nathanael Greene to George Washington, March 18, 1781
    ıııııProspects for Defeating Cornwallis: March 1781
  • Nathanael Greene to Thomas Jefferson, April 28, 1781
    ıııııAn Appeal for Support from Virginia: April 1781
  • Ebenezer Denny: Journal, May 1-15, 1781
    ıııııThe Pennsylvania Line Marches South: May 1781
  • Thomas Brown to David Ramsay, December 25, 1786
    ıııııThe War in Georgia: November 1778-June 1781
  • Josiah Atkins: Diary, June 5-July 7, 1781
    ıııııThe Campaign in Virginia: June-July 1781
  • Ebenezer Denny: Journal, June 18-July 7, 1781
    ıııııSkirmishing in Virginia: June-July 1781
  • James Robertson to William Knox, July 12, 1781
    ıııııThe British Consider Occupying Yorktown: July 1781
  • Otho Holland Williams: Narrative of the Battle of Eutaw Springs
    ıııııSouth Carolina, September 1781
  • Ebenezer Denny: Journal, September 1-November 1, 1781
    ıııııThe Yorktown Campaign: Virginia, September-November 1781
  • St. George Tucker: Journal, September 28-October 20, 1781
    ıııııSiege of Yorktown: Virginia, September-October 1781
  • James Robertson to Lord Amherst, October 17, 1781
    ıııııThe British Relief Expedition Sets Sail: New York, October 1781
  • Lord Cornwallis to Henry Clinton, October 20, 1781
    ıııııCornwallis Surrenders: Virginia, October 1781
  • Anna Rawle: Diary, October 25, 1781
    ıııııVictory Celebrations in Philadelphia: October 1781
  • Robert Gray: Observations on the War in Carolina
    ıııııPartisan Warfare in the South: May 1780-February 1782
  • William Feilding to the Earl of Denbigh, August 10, 1782
    ıııııNew York Loyalists Fear Peace: August 1782
  • Ebenezer Denny: Journal, January 4-December 13, 1781
    ıııııThe War Ends in South Carolina: January-December 1782
  • John Armstrong: The Newburgh Address, c. March 10, 1783
    ıııııAn Officer Urges Disobedience to Congress: New York, March 1783
  • George Washington to Joseph Jones, March 12, 1783
    ıııııPolitical Intrigue and the Army: New York, March 1783
  • George Washington: Speech to the Officers, March 15, 1783
    ııııı"The flood Gates of Civil discord": New York, March 1783
  • Samuel Shaw to the Rev. Eliot, c. April 1783
    ıııııWashington at Newburgh: New York, April 1783
  • A New York Loyalist to Lord Hardwicke, c. Summer 1783
    ıııııLoyalist Emigration: New York, Summer 1783
  • George Washington and Thomas Mifflin: Speeches in the Continental Congress, December 23, 1783
    ıııııWashington Resigns His Commission: Annapolis, December 1783
  • James McHenry to Margaret Caldwell, December 23, 1783
    ııııı "The revolution just accomplished": Annapolis, December 1783

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