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- Witness to the Early American Experience. "The digital images of historical documents in this archive preserve the words of hundreds of eyewitnesses to the American Revolution in and around New York City. The letters, newspapers, broadsides, legal records, and maps presented here record events from the early years of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam through the British occupation of the city during the Revolution. Here you can explore the history of New York through the words of those who lived it"…
- John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations.
A joint project of the Library of Congress and The British
Library, the John Bull and Uncle Sam exhibition brings together for
the first time treasures from the two greatest libraries in the English-speaking
world in an exploration of selected time periods and cultural movements
that provide unique insights into the relationship of the United States
and Great Britain. The Library of Congress and the British Library
are unique among world cultural institutions in their range (more
than 250 million items in the combined collections) and depth.
- Center
of the Storm Reliving New Jersey's role in the Revolutionary War.
A special series in the New Jersey Star-Ledger composed of twenty-one
parts detailing actions of the Revolutionary War in that state.
- U.S.
Army's Center for Military History, Online Bookshelves - War of American
Independence. A useful reference site featuring
full-text versions of its publications, including:
- The
Continental Army, by Robert K. Wright, Jr., Center of Military
History, 1983.
- Supplying
Washington's Army, by Erna Risch, 1981.
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The Battle of Camden, South Carolina, August 16, 1780, by
Lieut. Col. H.L. Landers, 71st Congress, 1st Session, House Document
no. 12, 1929.
- Historical
Statements Concerning the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle
of the Cowpens, South Carolina, 70th Congress, 1st Session,
House Document No. 328, 1928.
- The
Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, 1781.
Including a Brief Narrative of the French Participation in the
Revolution Prior to the Southern Campaign, by Colonel H.L.
Landers, F.A. 71st Congress, 3D Session, Senate Document No. 273,
1931.
- Bibliographies
of the War of American Independence. Divided into topical,
state-by-state, and operations lists. Updated regularly.
Sites on the U.S. Congress
Biographical
Founding Fathers & Other Noted Individuals
George Washington Slept Here
Historic Sites
- History
is Fun: Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center. Only
a few miles from where America's first permanent English colony was
planted at Jamestown in 1607, colonial America came to an end with
the Siege of Yorktown 174 years later, and a new nation began. Today
at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center, the struggles,
adventures and hopes of those momentous early years are brought to
life in vivid detail through engaging exhibits and dramatic living
history, all within a 20-mile stretch of road.
- Gunston
Hall: The Home of George Mason. The words
of George Mason (1725-1792), written in the Virginia Declaration of
Rights, have inspired generations of Americans and others around the
world. He was among the first to call for such basic American liberties
as freedom of the press, religious tolerance and the right to a trial
by jury. While Mason was instrumental in the framing of the United
States government, he shied away from public office. He preferred,
instead, to manage his plantation estate, Gunston Hall. Today, you
can visit this 550 acre National Historic Landmark in southern Fairfax
County, Virginia. Experience life as it might have been over 200 years
ago.
- "Formerly on ice, past unearthed: The
icehouse found in Philadelphia gives a glimpse into colonial history."
Icehouse used for the first presidential mansion in Philadelphia is
discovered during excavation for a new Independence National Historical
Park visitor center.
- Sulgrave
Manor is the ancestral home in England of George Washington's
family. The property is situated in the beautiful rural village community
of Sulgrave, near to Banbury and about 30 miles from both Stratford-upon-Avon
and Oxford. It was bought by Lawrence Washington, a wealthy wool merchant
and Mayor of Northampton, when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries.
Lawrence's descendants lived for over 120 years (15391659) in
the home that he built.
Washington and Politics
- The
Internet Public Library: Presidents of the United States
- The
Founders' Constitution. Sponsored by the University of Chicago
and the Liberty Fund. "In this unique anthology, Philip B. Kurland
and Ralph Lerner draw on the writings of a wide array of people engaged
in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable.
The documents included range from the early seventeenth century to
the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets,
from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence
of the leading political actors of the day."
Washington and War
Washington Papers
Martha Washington
For Kids
Links, &c.
- George Washington: Father of our Country. Great informational site created by students and teachers at Pocantico Hills School in New York.
- The
American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America
and the West Indies, 1750-1789. Hosted by the Library of Congress,
the site features full-color maps from the Revolutionary era.
- George
Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. Caretakers of Ferry
Farm, VA, and Historic Kenmore.
- The statue of George Washington at Forest
Lawn, Glendale, CA.
- Save
Americas Treasures is a public-private partnership of the
White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic
Preservation.
- Biographical Dictionary
of Pennsylvania Legislators. Valuable on-going project in early
Pennsylvania history.
- World
History Compass. Fast loading history sites!
- Eighteenth-Century
Resources. Link portal including information on literature, history,
art, music, religion, economics, philosophy, and so on, from around
the world, as well as the home pages of societies and people who work
on eighteenth-century topics.
- Carl Closs
a GW interpreter.
- USHistory.org. History site created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia that focuses on colonial-era Pennsylvania.
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