Volume 2: Bibliography

Printed Sources


Adams, John, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, by His Grandson, Charles Francis Adams. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1850-1856. 10 vols.

Allen, Ethan, A Narrative of the Captivity of Col. Ethan Allen, From the time of his being taken by the British near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1775, to the time of his exchange, on the 6th day of May, 1778. Containing his voyages and travels. Written by himself. Albany: Published by Pratt & Clark, 1814. 144 pp.

Almon, John, ed., The Remembrancer, or Impartial Repository of Public Events. . . . London: Printed for J. Almon, 1775-1784. 17 vols.

The Annual Register . . . . London, 1758-.

Aspinwall Papers. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1871. 2 vols. Volumes 9 and 10 of Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Austin, James Trecothick, The Life of Elbridge Gerry. . . . Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1828-1829. 2 vols.

Barker, John, The British in Boston; Being a Diary of Lieutenant John Barker of the King's own regiment from November 15, 1774 to May 31, 1776; with Notes by Elizabeth Ellery Dana. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. 73 pp.

Barnes, G. R. and J. H. Owen, eds., The Private Papers of John, Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-1782. n.p.: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1932-1938. 4 vols. Publications of the Navy Records Society, vols. LXIX, LXXI, LXXV, LXXVIII.

Barney, Mary, ed., A Biographical Memoir of the Late Commodore Joshua Barney, from Autographical Notes and Journals in Possession of His Family, and Other Authentic Sources. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1832. 328 pp.

Bartlett, John Russell, ed., Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England. Providence: Printed by the Providence Press Company, 1856-1865. 10 vols.

Biddle, James S., ed., Autobiography of Charles Biddle, Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1745-1821. Philadelphia: Privately printed by E. Claxton and Company, 1883.

Bouton, Nathaniel, et al., eds., Provincial Papers: Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire ... [various titles in State Papers Series, published by authority of the legislature of New Hampshire]. Concord, etc., 1867-.

Boyd, Julian P., et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950-.

Browne, William Hand, et al., eds., Archives of Maryland . . . . Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1883-.

Butterfield, L. H., et al., eds., The Adams Papers, Series I, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1961. 4 vols.

Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford: Published for the Society,1860-.

Collections of the Georgia Historical Society. Savannah: Printed for the Society, 1840-.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Cambridge, Mass., etc.: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1792-.

Collections of the New-Hampshire Historical Society. Concord, 1824-.

Collections of the New-York Historical Society. New York: Printed for the Society, 1868-.

Collections of the Rhode-Island Historical Society [title varies]. Providence, 1827- 1941. 34 vols.

Collections of the South Carolina Historical Society. Charleston: South Carolina Historical Society, 1857-1897. 5 vols.

Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, ed.; The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, D.D., LL.D., President of Yale College. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. 3 vols.

Drayton, John, Memoirs of the American Revoluiton, from its Commencement to theYear 1776, Inclusive; As Relating to the State of South-Carolina: and Occa­sionally Refering to the States of North-Carolina and Georgia. Charleston: A.  E. Miller, 1821. 2 vols.

Duane, William, ed., Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster, During the American Revolution, 1774-1781. Albany: J. Munsell, 1877. 330 pp.

Emerson, Amelia Forbes, Early History of Naushon Island. Boston: Privately printed by Thomas Todd Co., 1935. 502 pp.

Essex Institute Historical Collections. Salem: Henry Whipple & Son, etc.,1859-. Extracts from the Journals of the Provincial Congress of South-Carolina Held at Charles-Town, November 1st to November29,1775. Charles-Town: Printed by Peter Timothy, 1776. 167 pp.

Fac-simile of Washington's Accounts during the Revolutionary War. From the Original Papers in the Treasury Department of the United States. Washington, 1833. 66 pp.

Fitzpatrick, John C., ed., The Writings of George Washington. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931-1944. 39 vols.

Force, Peter, comp., American Archives. Washington: M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, 1837-1853. 9 vols.

Ford, Worthington C., ed., Commerce of Rhode Island, 1726-1800. Boston: Massa­chusetts Historical Society, 1914-1915. 2 vols. Volumes 69 and 70 of Collec­tions of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Ford, Worthington C., ed., Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb. New York: The Wickersham Press, 1893-1894. 3 vols.

Ford, Worthington C., et al., eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904-1937. 34 vols.

Ford, Worthington C., ed., Letters of William Lee. . . . Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1891. 3 vols.

Fries, Adelaide L., ed., Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1922-1943. 6 vols.

The Gentleman's Magazine. London,1731-1907.  303 vols.

Guttridge, George H., ed., The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, volume III, July 1774-June 1778. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and Chicago: Uni­ versity of Chicago Press, 1961. 479 pp.

Hammond, Otis G., ed., Letters and Papers of Major General John Sullivan, Con­tinental Army. Concord: New-Hampshire Historical Society, 1930-1939. 3 vols.

Hansard, Thomas C., ed., The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803. . . . London: T. C. Hansard, 1806-1820. 36 vols.

Hays, I. Minis, ed., Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: Printed for the American Philosophical Society, 1906-1908. 5 vols.

Hazard, Samuel, et al., eds., Pennsylvania Archives. Philadelphia, 1852-1856 and Harrisburg, 1874-.

Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775 to December, 1783. Revised and enlarged ed. Washington: The Rare Book Shop Publishing Co., 1914. 685 pp.

Hoadly, Charles J., et al., eds., The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut . . . . Hartford,1850-1890. 15 vols.

Innis, Harold A., et al., eds., The Diary of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1796. Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1948-1961. 3 vols.

Johnston, Henry P., ed., The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay. . . .New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890-1893. 4 vols.

The Journal of American History. New York: National Historical Society, 1907-1934. 28 vols.

Journals of the Provincial Congress, Provincial Convention, Committee of Safety and Council of Safety of the State of New-York, 1775-1776-1777. Albany: Printed by Thurlow Weed, Printer to the State, 1842. 2 vols.

Knollenberg, Bernhard, ed., Correspondence of Governor Samuel Ward, May 1775- March 1776. With a biographical introduction based chiefly on the Ward Papers, covering the period 1725-1776. Providence: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1952. 254 pp.

Lee, Richard H., Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee, and His Correspond­ence . . . by His Grandson, Richard H. Lee of Leesburg, Virginia. Philadel­phia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1825. 2 vols.

The Literary World. New York: Osgood & Co., 1847-1853. 13 vols.

Magazine of American History. New York & Chicago: A. S. Barnes & Co.,1877-1893. 30 vols.

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1896-1908. 17 vols.

Middlebrook, Louis F., History of Maritime Connecticut during the American Revolu­tion, 1775-1783. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1925. 2 vols.

Minutes of the Provincial Congress and the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey. Trenton: Naar, Day & Naar, 1879. 618 pp.

O'Callaghan, E. B., ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York . . . . Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1856-1887. 15 vols.

Pennsylvania Colonial Records. The full title reads: Minutes of the Provincial Coun­cil of Pennsylvania from the Organization to the Termination of the Proprietary Government. Philadelphia: J. Severns, 1851-1852 and Harrisburg: T. Fenn, 1851-1852. 10 vols.

The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1877-.

Potter, Israel, R., Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter (A Native of Cranston, Rhode-Island,) Who Was a Soldier in the American Revolution. Providence: Printed by J. Howard for I. R. Potter, 1824. 108 pp.

Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. Worcester: Published by the Society, 1843-.

Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society [1st series, 1791-1883]. Boston: Published by the Society, 1879-1884. 20 vols.

Reed, William B., Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, Military Secretary of Washington, at Cambridge; Adjutant-General of the Continental Army; Member of the Congress of the United States; and President of the Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania. By his Grandson, William B. Reed. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blackiston, 1847. 2 vols.

Ryden, George Herbert, ed., Letters to and From Caesar Rodney, 1756-1784. Phila­delphia: Published for the Historical Society of Delaware by the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1933. 482 pp.

Sabine, William H. W., ed., Historical Memoirs from 16 March 1763 to 9 July 1776 of William Smith, Historian of the Province of New York; Member of the Governor's Council and last Chief justice of that Province under the Crown, Chief justice of Quebec. New York: Colburn and Tegg, 1956-1958. 2 vols. 

South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Charleston: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-.

Stevens, B. F., ed., Facsimiles of Manuscripts in European Archives Relating to America, 1773-1783. London: 1889-1898. 25 vols.

Stone, Edwin M., History of Beverly, Civil and Ecclesiastical from its Settlement in 1630 to1842. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1843. 324 pp.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for pro­moting Useful Knowledge, volume IV. Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1799. 531 pp.

Warren-Adams Letters, Being chiefiy a correspondence among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1917- 1925. 2 vols. Volumes 72 and 73 of Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Washington, George, Autograph Letters of George Washington, from the collection of Frederick S. Peck, Belton Court, Barrington, Rhode Island. Providence: Rhode Island State Bureau of Information, 1932. 31 pp.

Webb, J. Watson, Reminiscences of Gen'! Samuel B. Webb, of the Revolutionary Army . . . by His Son, J.Watson Webb. New York: Globe Stationery and Printing Co., 1882. 402 pp.

White, Philip L., ed.,The Beekman Mercantile Papers, 1746-1799. New York: New-York Historical Society, 1956. 3 vols.

 

Newspapers


Boston Gazette

Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut)

Connecticut Gazette (New London, Connecticut) 

Connecticut Journal (New Haven, Connecticut) 

Constitutional Gazette (New York, New York) 

Daily Advertiser (London)

Dunlap's Maryland Gazette (Baltimore, Maryland) 

Essex Journal (Newburyport, Massachusetts) 

Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser (London) 

Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle (London) 

London Chronicle

London Evening Post

London Gazette

Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, Maryland)

Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser

New England Chronicle (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 

New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) 

Newport Mercury

New York Gazette

New York Journal

Pennsylvania Evening Post (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Pennsylvania Journal (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 

Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 

Providence Gazette

Public Advertiser (London)

Salem Gazette (Salem, Massachusetts)

South Carolina Gazette (Charleston, South Carolina)

South Carolina and American General Gazette (Charleston, South Carolina)

Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Virginia)

[Dunmore's] Virginia Gazette (Norfolk, Virginia)

Holt's Virginia Gazette (Norfolk, Virginia)

Purdie'sVirginia Gazette (Williamsburg,Virginia)

The Westminster Journal and London Political Miscellany