Primary Sources: American Revolution: General - Books

consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters and other notices of publick affairs, the whole forming a documentary history of the origin and progress of the North American colonies; of the causes and accomplishment of the American revolution; and of the Constitution of government for the United States, to the final ratification thereof. Prepared and published under authority of an act of Congress.

"... presents sources from eleven protest movements—political, social, and cultural—from the Revolution to abolition to gay rights to antiwar protest."

Contains "... overview essay, essays on such topics as the home front and revolutionary diplomacy, biographies of nineteen major revolutionary figures, eleven primary documents, a chronology, and an annotated bibliography."

Document section is available at the end of the book.

Relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America: Showing the causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775.

Primary Documents on Events of the Period

From newspapers and original documents

A centennial volume embracing the current events in our country's history from 1775 to 1781 as described by American, British, and Tory contemporaries; compiled from the journals, documents, private records, correspondence, etc., of that period, forming an interesting, impartial, and valuable collection of revolutionary literature. Illustrated with steel engravings.

consisting of letters and papers relating to the contest for liberty, chiefly in South Carolina, from originals in the possession of the editor, and other sources.

1780 and 1800, together with selected documents relating to the war of American independence 1776-1783 and the Dutch war 1780-1784

Includes primary documents at the end of the Encyclopedia.

The American Revolution through Contemporary Eyes

Being hitherto unpublished writings of the men of the American revolution, collected and edited, under authority of the District of Columbia society, Sons of the revolution.

"The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting presents a unique and unfiltered presentation of American History from colonial days to the present through annotated primary documents of journalists and reporters writing as events occured." ABC-Clio

v. 1. From colonial times to Reconstruction -- v. 2. From Reconstruction to the present

vol. 1 - Papers in Relation to the Case of Silas Deane
vol. 2 - The Examination of Joseph Galloway
vol. 4 - Papers Relating Chiefly to the Maryland Line during the Revolution

or, The political sermons of the period of 1776. bWith a historical introduction, notes, and illustrations. By John Wingate Thornton.
Reprint of 9 sermons, 1750-83, including original title-pages.

Documents and commentaries.

Selected manuscripts from the collections of the William L. Clements Library

The Story of the American Revolution as told by Participants

Includes a primary documents section.