“[4/6/1778] left J. Roberts after Breakfast, and proceeded on to the American Picket guard, who upon hearing that we were going to head-quarters, sent 2 or 3 to guard us further on to another guard where Colll. Smith gave us a pass for Head…

Eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution…

Papers of Mercy O. Warren, author and patriot
from Mass., contain loose correspondence (1709-1841) and her
letterbook containing copies of her outgoing letters from
1770-1800. Loose…

Along with Linda Kerber's "Women of the Republic," this book is often seen as revolutionizing the study of women in early America. Unlike Kerber's approach through ideology and intellectual history, Norton's analysis focuses on social history. She…

An unpublished paper about Martha Washington in the American Revolution, by Mary Thompson.…