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Colonial America

Learning Through George Washington

A Guide for Educators, Students, and Citizens

Edited by Kate Elizabeth Brown and Lorri Glover

Learning Through George Washington

A Guide for Educators, Students, and Citizens

Edited by Kate Elizabeth Brown and Lorri Glover

Revolutionary Turns

Religion and America's Founding Era

Edited by Katherine Carté

Revolutionary Turns

Religion and America's Founding Era

Edited by Katherine Carté

A Sea of Possibilities

A Sea of Possibilities

The Revolutionary Atlantic World of Captain Thomas Allen

Kenneth J. Banks

Vignettes of Revolutionary Virginia

Vignettes of Revolutionary Virginia

Remarkable Stories from the Founding of the Nation

Brent Tarter

Reckoning with Race in New Worlds

Reckoning with Race in New Worlds

Ruth Hill

Suffering for the Crown

Suffering for the Crown

The Hudson Valley Loyalists and the Violence of Revolution

Kieran J. O'Keefe

Freedom in the Age of Slavery

Freedom in the Age of Slavery

A History of Free People of Color in Virginia

Warren Eugene Milteer Jr.

The American Revolution on Trial

The American Revolution on Trial

A New Nation Confronts the Burden of Independence

T. H. Breen

The Global Age of Revolutions

The Global Age of Revolutions

A History from 1650 to Today

Edited by Bryan A. Banks and Cindy Ermus

The Tory’s Wife

The Tory’s Wife

A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America

Cynthia A. Kierner

The Course of Human Events

The Course of Human Events

The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States

Steven Sarson

Seeking the High Ground

Seeking the High Ground

Slavery and Political Conflict in the British Atlantic World

Matthew Mason

Vignettes of Colonial Virginia

Vignettes of Colonial Virginia

Remarkable Stories from the Founding of America

Brent Tarter

The Road to Black Ned's Forge

The Road to Black Ned's Forge

A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier

Turk McCleskey

Revolutionary Diplomacy

Revolutionary Diplomacy

Spanish Connections and the Birth of the United States

Thomas E. Chávez

Matoaka, Pocahontas, Rebecca

Matoaka, Pocahontas, Rebecca

Her Atlantic Identities and Afterlives

Edited by Kathryn N. Gray and Amy M. E. Morris

Declarations of Independence

Declarations of Independence

Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution

Christopher R. Pearl

Women Waging War in the American Revolution

Women Waging War in the American Revolution

Edited by Holly A. Mayer

Dishonored Americans

Dishonored Americans

The Political Death of Loyalists in Revolutionary America

Timothy Compeau

To Organize the Sovereign People

To Organize the Sovereign People

Political Mobilization in Revolutionary Pennsylvania

David W. Houpt

The American Liberty Pole

The American Liberty Pole

Popular Politics and the Struggle for Democracy in the Early Republic

Shira Lurie

European Friends of the American Revolution

European Friends of the American Revolution

Edited by Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy, John A. Ragosta, and Marie-Jeanne Rossignol

Plain Paths and Dividing Lines

Plain Paths and Dividing Lines

Navigating Native Land and Water in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake 

Jessica Lauren Taylor

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 5

Volume 99

July 1772-May 1774

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 5

Volume 99

July 1772-May 1774

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler

The Minutes of the Dartmouth, Massachusetts Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1699-1785, Volume 1

Volume 97

Men's Minutes 1699-1773

Thomas D. Hamm

The Minutes of the Dartmouth, Massachusetts Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1699-1785, Volume 1

Volume 97

Men's Minutes 1699-1773

Thomas D. Hamm

Writing Early America

Writing Early America

From Empire to Revolution

Trevor Burnard

The Minutes of the Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1699-1785, Volume 2

Volume 98

Men's Minutes, 1773-1785, Women's Minutes, 1699-1782

Thomas D. Hamm

The Minutes of the Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1699-1785, Volume 2

Volume 98

Men's Minutes, 1773-1785, Women's Minutes, 1699-1782

Thomas D. Hamm

The Travels of Richard Traunter

The Travels of Richard Traunter

Two Journeys through the Native Southeast in 1698 and 1699

Richard Traunter. Edited by Sandra L. Dahlberg

Jefferson on Display

Jefferson on Display

Attire, Etiquette, and the Art of Presentation

G. S. Wilson

Making the Early Modern Metropolis

Making the Early Modern Metropolis

Culture and Power in Pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia

Daniel P. Johnson

The Letters of Benjamin Rush : Digital Edition

The Letters of Benjamin Rush : Digital Edition

Benjamin Rush. Edited by Lyman H. Butterfield

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 6

Volume 96

1769-1779

Francis Bernard. Edited by Colin Nicolson

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 6

Volume 96

1769-1779

Francis Bernard. Edited by Colin Nicolson

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 4

Volume 95

November 1770-June 1772

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 4

Volume 95

November 1770-June 1772

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler

Female Genius

Female Genius

Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution

Mary Sarah Bilder

Fashioning the New England Family

Fashioning the New England Family

Kimberly S. Alexander

The Papers of James Monroe : Digital Edition

The Papers of James Monroe : Digital Edition

James Monroe. Edited by Daniel Preston

The Natural, Moral, and Political History of Jamaica, and the Territories thereon Depending

The Natural, Moral, and Political History of Jamaica, and the Territories thereon Depending

From the First Discovery of the Island by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1746

James Knight. Edited by Jack P. Greene

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 3

Volume 94

1770 (January-October)

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler and Margaret A. Hogan

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 3

Volume 94

1770 (January-October)

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler and Margaret A. Hogan

Colonial Williamsburg: The Story

Colonial Williamsburg: The Story

From the Colonial Era to the Restoration

Edward G. Lengel

The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America : Digital Edition

The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America : Digital Edition

Edited by Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, William C. diGiacomantonio, and Helen E. Veit

The Colonial Records of Kings Chapel, Boston, Volume 1

Volume 90

1686-1776

Edited by James B. Bell and James E. Mooney

The Colonial Records of Kings Chapel, Boston, Volume 1

Volume 90

1686-1776

Edited by James B. Bell and James E. Mooney

The Colonial Records of Kings Chapel, Boston, Volume 2

Volume 91

1686-1776

Edited by James B. Bell and James E. Mooney

The Colonial Records of Kings Chapel, Boston, Volume 2

Volume 91

1686-1776

Edited by James B. Bell and James E. Mooney

Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book

Edited by Patricia Brady Schmit

Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book

Edited by Patricia Brady Schmit

Women in the American Revolution

Women in the American Revolution

Gender, Politics, and the Domestic World

Edited by Barbara B. Oberg

New Orleans, the Founding Era

Edited by Erin M. Greenwald

New Orleans, the Founding Era

Edited by Erin M. Greenwald

Face Value

Face Value

The Consumer Revolution and the Colonizing of America

Cary Carson

The Papers of James Madison

Secretary of State Series, Volume 11

1 January 1806-31 May 1806

James Madison. Edited by Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katharine E. Harbury

The Papers of James Madison

Secretary of State Series, Volume 11

1 January 1806-31 May 1806

James Madison. Edited by Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katharine E. Harbury

Satan and Salem

Satan and Salem

The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692

Benjamin C. Ray

The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen : Digital Edition

The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen : Digital Edition

Charles Pinckney, Charles Coatesworth Pinckney, Thomas Pinckney. Edited by Constance Schulz

A Company Man

The Remarkable French-Atlantic Voyage of a Clerk for the Company of the Indies [HC]

Edited by Erin M. Greenwald

A Company Man

The Remarkable French-Atlantic Voyage of a Clerk for the Company of the Indies [HC]

Edited by Erin M. Greenwald

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 4

Volume 86

1768

Francis Bernard

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 4

Volume 86

1768

Francis Bernard

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 5

Volume 87

1768-1769

Francis Bernard

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 5

Volume 87

1768-1769

Francis Bernard

The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris : Digital Edition

The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris : Digital Edition

Gouverneur Morris. Edited by Melanie Randolph Miller and Beatrix C. Davenport

White, Red, and Black

The Seventeenth-Century Virginian

Frank Craven

White, Red, and Black

The Seventeenth-Century Virginian

Frank Craven

Tom Paine's America

Tom Paine's America

The Rise and Fall of Transatlantic Radicalism in the Early Republic

Seth Cotlar

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 6

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 6

Volume 85

The Major Political and Legal Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior

Josiah Quincy, Jr. Edited by Daniel R. Coquillette and Neil Longley York

The Selected Papers of John Jay : Digital Edition

The Selected Papers of John Jay : Digital Edition

John Jay. Edited by Elizabeth M. Nuxoll

The Papers of John Marshall : Digital Edition

The Papers of John Marshall : Digital Edition

John Marshall. Edited by Charles T. Cullen, Charles F. Hobson, and Herbert A. Johnson

The Papers of James Madison

Secretary of State Series, Volume 10

1 July 1805-31 December 1805

James Madison. Edited by Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Katharine E. Harbury, and Mary Parke Johnson

The Papers of James Madison

Secretary of State Series, Volume 10

1 July 1805-31 December 1805

James Madison. Edited by Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Katharine E. Harbury, and Mary Parke Johnson

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 1

Volume 84

1740-1766

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler and Elizabeth Dubrulle

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 1

Volume 84

1740-1766

Thomas Hutchinson. Edited by John W. Tyler and Elizabeth Dubrulle

Early Modern Virginia

Early Modern Virginia

Reconsidering the Old Dominion

Edited by Douglas Bradburn and John C. Coombs

A Voyage to Virginia in 1609

A Voyage to Virginia in 1609

Two Narratives: Strachey's "True Reportory" and Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas

William Strachey and Silvester Jourdain. Edited by Louis B. Wright. Foreword by Alden T. Vaughan

People of the Founding Era : Digital Edition

People of the Founding Era : Digital Edition

Edited by Susan Holbrook Perdue and Holly C. Shulman

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 3

Volume 83

1766-1767

Francis Bernard. Edited by Colin Nicolson

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 3

Volume 83

1766-1767

Francis Bernard. Edited by Colin Nicolson

The Limits of Optimism

The Limits of Optimism

Thomas Jefferson's Dualistic Enlightenment

Maurizio Valsania

Creating the British Atlantic

Creating the British Atlantic

Essays on Transplantation, Adaptation, and Continuity

Jack P. Greene

The Papers of George Washington

Revolutionary War Series, Volume 22

1 August–21 October 1779

George Washington. Edited by Benjamin L. Huggins

The Papers of George Washington

Revolutionary War Series, Volume 22

1 August–21 October 1779

George Washington. Edited by Benjamin L. Huggins

Thomas Jefferson, the Classical World, and Early America

Thomas Jefferson, the Classical World, and Early America

Edited by Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole

Unnatural Rebellion

Unnatural Rebellion

Loyalists in New York City during the Revolution

Ruma Chopra

The Papers of George Washington

Revolutionary War Series, Volume 21

1 June–31 July 1779

George Washington. Edited by William M. Ferraro

The Papers of George Washington

Revolutionary War Series, Volume 21

1 June–31 July 1779

George Washington. Edited by William M. Ferraro

Contesting Slavery

Contesting Slavery

The Politics of Bondage and Freedom in the New American Nation

Edited by John Craig Hammond and Matthew Mason

The Papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry : Digital Edition

The Papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry : Digital Edition

Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry. Edited by Constance Schulz

Brothers Born of One Mother

Brothers Born of One Mother

British–Native American Relations in the Colonial Southeast

Michelle LeMaster

"Those Who Labor for My Happiness"

"Those Who Labor for My Happiness"

Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Lucia Stanton

Thomas Jefferson, Time, and History

Thomas Jefferson, Time, and History

Hannah Spahn

Unfinished Revolution

Unfinished Revolution

The Early American Republic in a British World

Sam W. Haynes

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton : Digital Edition

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton : Digital Edition

Alexander Hamilton. Edited by Harold C. Syrett. Foreword by Mary-Jo Kline.

Shaping the Body Politic

Shaping the Body Politic

Art and Political Formation in Early America

edited by Maurie D. McInnis and Louis P. Nelson

The Papers of James Madison

Secretary of State Series, Volume 9

1 February–30 June 1805

James Madison. Edited by Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Mary Parke Johnson, and Katharine E. Harbury

The Papers of James Madison

Secretary of State Series, Volume 9

1 February–30 June 1805

James Madison. Edited by Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Mary Parke Johnson, and Katharine E. Harbury

Remaking Custom

Remaking Custom

Law and Identity in the Early American Republic

Ellen Holmes Pearson

From Jamestown to Jefferson

From Jamestown to Jefferson

The Evolution of Religious Freedom in Virginia

Edited by Paul Rasor and Richard E. Bond

The Papers of George Washington

Revolutionary War Series, Volume 20

8 April–31 May 1779

George Washington. Edited by Edward G. Lengel

The Papers of George Washington

Revolutionary War Series, Volume 20

8 April–31 May 1779

George Washington. Edited by Edward G. Lengel

The Papers of James Madison : Digital Edition

The Papers of James Madison : Digital Edition

James Madison. Edited by Angela Kreider and J. C. A. Stagg

Building Charleston

Building Charleston

Town and Society in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World

Emma Hart

The Correspondence of John Cotton Junior

The Correspondence of John Cotton Junior

Volume 79

edited by Sheila McIntyre and Len Travers

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson : Digital Edition

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson : Digital Edition

Thomas Jefferson. Edited by James P. McClure and J. Jefferson Looney

The Papers of George Washington : Digital Edition

The Papers of George Washington : Digital Edition

George Washington and Martha Washington. Edited by Jennifer E. Stertzer and William M. Ferraro

The Adams Papers : Digital Edition

The Adams Papers : Digital Edition

John Adams, Abigail Adams, John Q Adams. Edited by Sara Martin, et al.

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 1

The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69, Volume 1

Volume 73

1759-1763

Francis Bernard. Edited by Colin Nicolson

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 3

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 3

Volume 76

The Major Political and Legal Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior (The Southern Journal 1773)

Josiah Quincy, Jr. Edited by Daniel R. Coquillette and Neil Longley York

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 2

Volume 75

The Major Political and Legal Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior (The Law Commonplace Commenced 1763)

Josiah Quincy, Jr. Edited by Daniel R. Coquillette and Neil Longley York

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 2

Volume 75

The Major Political and Legal Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior (The Law Commonplace Commenced 1763)

Josiah Quincy, Jr. Edited by Daniel R. Coquillette and Neil Longley York

Building the Bay Colony

Building the Bay Colony

Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts

James E. McWilliams

The Eighteenth Century Records of the Boston Overseers of the Poor

The Eighteenth Century Records of the Boston Overseers of the Poor

Volume 69

Eric G. Nellis and Anne Decker Cecere, eds.

The Colonial Church Records of the First Church of Reading (Wakefield) and the First Church of Rumney Marsh (Revere)

The Colonial Church Records of the First Church of Reading (Wakefield) and the First Church of Rumney Marsh (Revere)

Volume 72

James F. Cooper and Kenneth P. Minkema, eds.

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 1

Portrait of a Patriot, Volume 1

Volume 74

The Major Political and Legal Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior

Josiah Quincy, Jr. Edited by Daniel R. Coquillette and Neil Longley York

The Dolley Madison Digital Edition

The Dolley Madison Digital Edition

Dolley Madison. Edited by Holly C. Shulman

The Complete Colonial Gentleman

The Complete Colonial Gentleman

Cultural Legitimacy in Plantation America

Michal J. Rozbicki

Understanding the American Revolution

Understanding the American Revolution

Issues and Actors

Jack P. Greene

Negotiated Authorities

Negotiated Authorities

Essays in Colonial Political and Constitutional History

Jack P. Greene

The Sermon Notebook of Samuel Parris, 1689-1694

The Sermon Notebook of Samuel Parris, 1689-1694

Volume 66

James F. Cooper and Kenneth P. Minkema, eds.

Imperatives, Behaviors, and Identities

Imperatives, Behaviors, and Identities

Essays in Early American Cultural History

Jack P. Greene

Seventeenth-Century New England

Volume 63

David Grayson Allen and David D. Hall, eds.

Seventeenth-Century New England

Volume 63

David Grayson Allen and David D. Hall, eds.

Indians in Seventeenth-Century Virginia

Indians in Seventeenth-Century Virginia

Ben C. McCary

The First Seventeen Years

The First Seventeen Years

Virginia 1607-1624

Charles E. Hatch, Jr.