Alan Aimone Revised September 18, 2009
*New or revised entries from previous bibliography
AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
Colonial /American Revolutionary War era web sites Research places for American Revolution War primary sources Bibliographies Map sources Selected surveys
COLONIAL/AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA WEB SITES
Advanced Loyalist Studies www.royalprovincial.com/
American Colonial Militia, 1606-1785. Militia treatises of James B. Whisker, Professor of Political Science at West Virginia University. Files can be viewed on the web or downloaded in a variety of formats. www.constitution.org/jw/jbwhisker.htm
American Revolution documents www.Americanrevolution.org
Archiving Early America www.earlyamerica.com/ There is a section of advice on how to read 18th century documents.
Bannerman Island (Pollepel Island) bannermanisland.com bannermancastle.org
Battle Road site and useful links to other sites. www.ziplink.net/~mrkmcc/resources.htm
Brigade of the American Revolution 18th Century re-enactment organization e-mail: [email protected] 888 GO REV WAR www.Brigade.org
British, German and Loyalist officers serving in America in 1782, arranged by regiments and including staff officers: www.fortunecity.com/lavender/pimlico/20/britmil.txt
Chronology of major events in literature, theater, politics, science, religion, music, and art www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Chron/
Colonial Chronicles [email protected] www.conconsul.com [email protected]
"Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789" www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/ from the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division: www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/. Collection handle: www.hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/collrbc.rb000008
The Library has scanned all available broadsides in full color and has upgraded the text encoding and programming code to bring it in line with current practices.
The Continental Congress Broadside Collection (253 titles) and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (21 titles) contain 274 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most broadsides are one page in length; others range from 1 to 28 pages. A number of these items contain manuscript annotations not recorded elsewhere that offer insight into the delicate process of creating consensus. In many cases, multiple copies bearing manuscript annotations are available to compare and contrast.
Costume’s Manifesto” www.costumes.org
18th Century Clothing Resources
18th Century Bibliographies Recent Sources for 18th-Century Studies: Bibliographic Tools Recent Studies and Edition of 18th- Century Women Writers, Readers, and Publishers Recent Studies in 18th-Century Children’s Literature Recent Studies in 18th-Century Journalism and the Periodical Press Recent Studies in 18th-Century Book Culture Recent Studies of 18th-Century Illustrations and Prints, Including Cartography Recent Publications concerning 18th-Century Holdings in Contemporary Library and Manuscript Collections www.personal.psu.edu/special/C18/sr/sr90.htm
18th Century maps; some images may be copyrighted: www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
Friends of Long Pond Ironworks www.users.nac.net/folpi/
*Guide to Hessian documents of the American Revolution, 1776-1783” (Lidgerwood Collection) comp. by Lion G. Miles and James L. Kochan. Microfiche collection of original documents and typed translations.
Hudson River Valley www.hudsonrivervalley.net
Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council and Conservancy Carmella R. Mantello, Executive Director, Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council, Capitol Building, Room 254, Albany, NY 12224; Telephone: 518.473.3835; Fax: 518.473.4518 [email protected]
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library’s catalog at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia. The library has some popular finding aids on the web – just choose Library to get to the Library’s offerings: www.history.org
Johnson, Samuel Dictionary of the English language This site has a search engine that allows many types of searches. www.hti.umich.edu/english/hohnson/main.html
Lower Hudson Conference 2199 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523 e-mail: [email protected] fax: 914.592.6946
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum www.lcmm.org for information on the American Revolution era schooner.
Library of Congress – Spanish Colonial history Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier www.international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/.
Military actions of the American Revolution www.sar.org/history/docsbatt.htm
Military history: American Revolution (1775-1783) www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/usrev.html
National Park Service, 1849 C Street, N.W. (NC330), Washington, D.C. 20240 202.343.3941; [email protected]
_____ Releases Study of Revolutionary and War of 1812 Battle Sites http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/Rev1812Study.htm.
*Niles Register, 1811-1849. www.nilesregister.com/NRWeb.htm.
Papers of the War Department, 1784 to 1800. http://wardepartmentpapers.org/
Primary source documents pertaining to early American history – formation of American politics, culture, and ideas. www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html
Primary sources: culture, politics, military etc. www2.pitnet.net/primarysources/
Schwalm Historical Association. Johannes Schwalm Historical Association promotes German culture as well as German military involvement during the American Revolutionary War. pages.prodigy.net/halschwalm/jshahome.html
Sites: Concord Museum www.concordmuseum.org/
Constitution Island www.constitutionisland.org/
Fort Lee Historic Park www.njpalisades.org/visiare.htm#Fort
Fort Montgomery Battlefield State Historic Site Site manager: 845.786.2701, ext. 226
Fort Ticonderoga www.fort-ticonderoga.org
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park www.nps.gov/gero
Historic Valley Forge www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site P.O. Box 207, Vails Gate, NY 12584 (845) 561.1765; FAX: 845.561.6577 nysparks.state.ny.us/egi- bin/cgiwrap/nysparks/historic.cgi?p+17
John Jay Homestead nysparks.state.ny.us/cgi- bin/cgiwrap/nysparks/historic.cgi?p+13
Palisades Interstate Park. Friends of the… Commission Administration Building, Bear Mountain, NY 10911, 845.786.2701 ext. 239 www.friendsofpalisades.org
Saratoga National Park www.nps.gov/sara/sara.htm
www.cr.nps/nr/twhp/wwwlp/lessons/93saratoga/93sar atoga.htm
Stony Point Battlefield and Lighthouse www2.lhric.org/spbattle/spbattle.htm
Washington Crossing Historic Park www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/
Yorktown www.williamsburg.com/york/york.html
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic 765.494.4135; [email protected]
Sons of the American Revolution www.sar.org.
Tall Ship Bounty Foundation [email protected]
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historical Preservation Study www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/
War of 1812 Website
General Society of the War of 1812 www.societyofthewarof1812.org
War of 1812 Pensions/Records
Yale Law School Avalon Project – documents bearing principally on the war’s diplomatic history www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/br1814m.htm
RESEARCH PLACES FOR AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR PRIMARY SOURCES
Adams, John. Papers, Richard Ryerson, ed., Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (617.536.4042) John Adams Library, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA 02116
American Antiquarian Society, Thomas G. Knoles, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609 (508.752.5813)
American Philosophical Society, Martin L. Levitt, 104 South 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
Butler, John P., ed. Index: The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, 5 vols. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton Family Papers, Ronlad Hoffman, ed., Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of Maryland, P.O. Box 220, Williamsburg, VA 23187(804.221.1133)
CIS US Serial Set Index, Part I: American State papers and the 15th-34th Congresses, 1789-1857, Finding Lists. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Service, 1977. Index to House and Senate reports, which include such matters as claims by individuals for compensation of services, and losses sustained during the Revolution.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Research Library, P.O. Box 1776, 415 North Boundary St., Williamsburg, VA 23185 (804.780.7412)
Connecticut Historical Society, Richard Malley, 1 Elizabeth St. at Asylum Ave., Hartford, CT 06105 (203.236.5621)
Cornell University Library, Olin Library, Thomas Hickerson, Curator, Ithaca, NY 14853 (607.255.3530
David Library of the American Revolution, River Road, Bucks County, (Route 32); mailing address: P.O. Box 748, Washington Crossing, PA 18977; [email protected]; www.dlar.org (215.493.6776)
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, Charlene Bickford, ed., George Washington University, 2120 L St., N.W. 255, Washington, DC 20052 (202.676.6777)
Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, John P. Kaminski, ed., Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (608.263.1865)
Force, Peter. American Archives, 4th series, 6 vols. Washington, D.C. 1837-1846. Fifth series, (1776-1783), 3 vols. Washington, D.C.: 1848-1853.
Fort Ticonderoga Association, Christopher D. Fox. Curator of Collections, PO Box 370, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 (518.585.2821)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Ann Mos, Curator, 1300 Lucust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215.732.6200)
Huntington Library, John Rhodehamel, American History Manuscripts, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108; [email protected] (626.405.2100); www.huntington.org
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Research Resources. Major collections of Thomas Jefferson materials: www.monticello.org/library/tjholdings.html Related library web site links: www.monticello.org/library/links/index.html Jefferson, Thomas The digitized Thomas Jefferson Papers at LC lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mtjhtml/
Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1904-1937. memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjclink.htm
Library of Congress, Madison Building, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC 20540 (202.707.5000)
Morristown National Historical Park Library, Alan Stein, Curator, Washington Place, Morristown, NJ 07960 (201.539.2616)
Museum of the City of New York.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Old Army/Navy Records Branch, Archives I, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001 202.501.5392/5355; [email protected]
NARA – Northeast Region (Boston) 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02154-6399 781-647-8104
NARA – Northeast Region 10 Conte Drive Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230 413-445-6885
NARA – Northeast Region 201 Varick Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10014-4811 212-337-1300
NARA – Mid Atlantic Region (Center City Philadelphia) 900 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-4292 215-597-3000
National Archives of Canada, Timothy Dube, Curator of British Manuscripts, 295 Wellington Ave., Ottawa, Canada KIA CN2 (613.996.7463)
Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Michael J. Crawford, ed., naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20374 (292.433.2364) 11 volumes published to date.
Newberry Library, John H. Long, 60 West Walton, St., Chicago, IL, 60610 (312.943.9090)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
New-York Historical Society Library, 170 Central Park West, NY, NY 10024 (212.873.3400) www.ny.hist.org
New York Public Library, Manuscript Division, 5th Ave. and 42nd St., NY, NY 10018 (212.936.6800)
New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Room 3043, Albany, NY 12230; [email protected] and www.archives.nysed.gov
New York State Library, Manuscript and Special Collections, Cultural Education Center Room 3041, Albany, NY 12230 (518.474.6282) [email protected]; www.nysl.nysed.gov
Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Barbara Oberg, ed., Yale University, 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 (203.432.1814) or Ellen Cohn – [email protected] www.yale.edu/franklinpapers/collection.html
Papers of John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. Columbia University. Butler Library, NYC.
Papers of Thomas Jefferson, John Catanzariti, ed., Firestone Library, Room C-9-J, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 (609.258.3162)
Papers of James Madison, J. C. A. Stagg, ed., Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2498 (804.924.3987) James Madison papers: www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/
Papers of Robert Morris, Elizabeth M. Nuxoll and Mary A. Y. Gallgher, eds., Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367-0904 (718.997.5180)
Papers of Jared Sparks. Harvard University. Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA.
Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, Philader D. Chase, ed., Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2498 (804.924.3569)
More than 65,000 items, consisting of correspondence, letter books, commonplace books, diaries, journals, financial account books, military records, reports and notes accumulated by Washington from 1741 through 1799 at the Library of Congress. Also available on microfilm.www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhatml/gwhome.html
The 147,000 photographic images has been organized into eight series that you can search by keyword or browse with a hyper-linked series list. Successive pages are linked, allowing you to read complete documents and journals.
George Washington Papers – University Press of Virginia www.virginia.edu/gwpapers/
Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800, Theodore J. Crackel, ed., Kemp Library, East Stroudsburg University, East Strousburg, PA 18301-2999
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City. Lehrman-Gilder Collection includes Livingston and General Knox papers.
Princeton University. Firestone Library. Collections includes the Tillotson and Delafield papers.
Political correspondence and public papers of Aaron Burr, ed. by Mary-Jo Kline, Joanne Wood Ryan, C. Susan Feuerwerger, Karen I. Judd and Linda S. Raven, 2 vols. Princeton, NY: Princeton University Press and the New-York Historical Society, 1983.
Smith, Paul H., et. al., eds. Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, 25 vols. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1976-2000. www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/wdg.html
Society of Cincinnati Library, Anderson House, Ellen McCallister Clark, Public Service Librarian, 2118 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008 (202.785.2040, ext. 40) http://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/lib.htm
Stevens, B. F. Facsimiles of Manuscripts in European Archives Relating to America, 1773-1783 with Descriptions, Editorial, Notes, Collations, References, and Translations, 25 vols. London: Subscribers only, 1895.
U.S. Congress. Historic U.S. Congressional documents in the collection A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/) The current release features the addition of a number of new titles, updates of existing ones, and a redesign of the site itself. The new titles include the twenty-five-volume Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-89)published by the Library of Congress, the thirty-eight-volume American State Papers (1789-1838), the six-volume Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, Joint Resolutions of the Senate (1824-73), and the first three volumes of the Congressional Record (1873-75). Other recent additions to existing titles include bills of the House (1799-1811), and the Journals of the House and Senate along with the Statutes at Large from the 43d Congress. The site's new design includes a more consistent layout for describing and presenting the materials, a page of selected bibliographies, and links to related information on the Internet.
United States Military Academy Library, Special Collections and Archives Division, West Point, NY 10996-1799 (845.938.2954)
William L. Clements Library, Robert Cox, Curator of Manuscripts, University of Michigan, 909 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 (313.764.0879)
The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 10 vols., ed. by A. H. Smyth.
Franklin Institute: sln.fi.edu/franlin/family/html
Yale University, Beinecke Library, Robert Babcock, Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts, 121 Wall St., P.O. Box 1603A, Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 (203.432.4047)
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Conn, Stetson and Robert W. Coakley. An Army Chronology of the American Revolution (revised). Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1974.
Eakin, Joyce L. Colonial America and the War for Independence, Special Bibliography 14. (Carlisle Barracks, PA: US Army Military History Research Collection, 1976).
Gephart, Ronald M., comp. Revolutionary America, 1763-1789: A Bibliography, 2 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1984).
Journal of American History. “Recent Scholarship Online,” www.oah.org/rs/ “Web Site Reviews,” www.historycooperative.org
Klein, Milton, M. New York in the American Revolution: A Bibliography. (Albany: New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1974).
Mays, Terry M. Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999.
McMurtrie, Douglas C. A Check List of Eighteenth Century Albany Imprints: New York State Library Bibliography Bulletin no. 80. (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1939.
New York Historical Resources Center. Cornell University. Guide To Historical Resources in Orange County New York Repositories. Ithaca, NY: 1989. Similar guides compiled for each New York county.
Stember, Sol. Bicentennial Guide to the American Revolution: The War In the North, vol. 1. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1974.
White, J. Todd and Charles H. Lesser, Eds. Fighters For Independence: A Guide to Sources of Geographical Information on Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
Wright, Robert K., Jr. Continental Army. Army Lineage Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, Untied States Army, 1983.
MAP & ILLUSTRATION SOURCES
Adams, Arthur G. The Hudson River Guidebook, 2nd ed. NY: Fordham University Press, 1996.
Barnes, Ian and Charles Royster. The Historical atlas of the American Revolution. NY Taylor Francis Group, 2000.
Adams, Randolph G. British headquarters maps and sketches. Ann Arbor, MI: William L. Clements Library, 1928.
Cappon, Lester J., ed. Atlas of Early American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760- 1790 Princeton: Newberry Library and the Institute of Early American History and Culture by Princeton University Press, 1976.
Capps, Marie T. and Theodore G. Stroup, comp. U.S. Military Academy Library Map Collection: The Period of the American Revolution, 1753-1800. West Point, NY: United States Military Academy, 1971.
Carrington, Henry Beebee. Battle maps and charts of the American Revolution... NY: A. S. Barnes.
Clark, David Sanders. Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals Illustrating the Revolutionary War and Other Events of the Period, 1763-1789. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974.
Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in maps, 1527-1995. NY: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1997.
Colles, Christopher. A Survey of the roads of the United States of America, 1789, ed. by Walter W. Ristow. Cambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1961.
Cresswell, Donald H., comp. The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1975.
French, J. H. Gazetteer of the State of New York, 1860 reprint. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Reprinted with an index of names, compiled by Frank Place.
Guthorn, Peter, J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution. Monmouth Beach, NJ: Philip Freneau Press, 1966.
Guthorn, Peter J. British Maps of the American Revolution. Monmouth Beach, NJ: Freneau Press, 1972.
Houghton, Raymond C. A Revolutionary Day Along Historic US Route 9W. Delmar, NY: Cyber Haus, 2002. www.revolutionaryday.com/ or www.cyhaus.com/
Harley, John B. Barbara B. Petchenik, and Lawrence W. Towner. Mapping the American Revolution, The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography at The Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1978.
Lossing, Benson J. Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, 2 vols. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1860.
Low, Betty-Bright P. France views America, 1765-1815… Wilmington, DE: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1978.
Marshall, Douglas W. and Howard H. Peckham. Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of Manuscript Maps. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1976.
Nebenzahl, Kenneth and Don Higginbotham. Atlas of the American Revolution. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1974.
Rice, Howard C. and A. S. K. Brown, trans. and ed. American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 2 vols. (Princeton, NJ and Providence, RI: Princeton University Press and Brown University Press, 1972).
Rochambeau Map Collection at the Library of Congress, 60 + maps and an atlas Geology & Map Division, Library of Congress www.lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Sellers, John R. and Patricia van E, comps. The American Revolution and its era: Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789: A Guide to the collections in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: 1981. www.//memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
Stember, Sol. The Bicentennial Guide to the American Revolution, 3 vols. NY: Saturday Review Press, 1974. Vol. 1 The War in the North.
Stokes, I. N. Phelps. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909, 6 vols., rept. of 1915 ed. NY: Arno Press, 1967.
Symonds, Craig L. A Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution. Annapolis, MD: Nautical and Aviation Publishing Co., 1986.
U.S. Department of the Navy. Naval History Division. American Revolution, 1775-1783: An Atlas of 18th Century Maps and Charts. Washington, D.C.: 1972.
U.S. Military Academy. Department of Military Art and Engineering, comp. West Point Atlas of American Wars, 1689-1900, ed. by Joseph Vincent Esposito, vol. 1, rev. and updated new ed. NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1995.
SELECTED SURVEYS
Black, Jeremy. War for America: The Fight for Independence, 1775-1783. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1991.
Fingerhut, Eugene R. and Joseph S. Tiedemann, eds. The Other New York: The American Revolution Beyond New York City, 1763-1787. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005.
Greene, Jack P. and J. R. Pole, eds. A Companion to the American Revolution. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc., 2000.
Higginbotham, Don. War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practices, 1763-1789, 1971 rept.. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1983.
Johnson, James M. and Thomas S. Wermuth. The Hudson River Valley Review: A Journal of Regional Studies, vol. 20, no. 1 (Summer 2003). The American Revolution in the Hudson River Valley, www.husdonrivervalley.net.
Mackesy, Piers. War for America, 1775-1783. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964.
Time. Special 1776 Issue, vol. 105, no. 20 (July 1975). NY: Time Inc.
Time. Special Bicentennial Issue, September 26, 1789, vol. 107, no. 21 (1976). NY: Time Inc.