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American Revolution
  • American Revolution.org
  • Journal of the American Revolution
  • Interactive Timeline by the Museum of the American Revolution
  • www.myrevolutionarywar.com
  • US History.org
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American Resources
  • Joseph Plumb Martin - selections from his memoires
  • Papers of George Washington Online

British Resources
  • British Soldiers, American Revolution
  • Burgoyne-Kingston Collection
  • Georgian Papers Online
  • Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies - Queen's Rangers
  • Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies - Butler's Rangers

Founding Fathers & the Early Republic
  • Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society
  • Civics and Government for Kids
  • Founders Online
  • Kid's Guide to Constitutional Law
  • Papers of James Madison Online
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon
  • James Madison's Montpelier
  • Online Library of Liberty
  • Rotunda - University f Virginia
  • Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Civil War
  • 140th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment
  • CivilWar.com
  • Civil War Geneaology & History for Buffalo & Erie County
  • New York Civil War Regiments
  • Rosters of the New York Infantry Regiments of the Civil War
  • Western New York Civil War History
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City Directories
FANTASTIC resources to use if you are interested in learning more about what city life was like in the eighteenth-century.  These give a great snapshot of what the workforce looked like and you can even learn the names of everyday individuals!  
  • Baltimore
  • Boston
  • Charleston
  • New York City
  • Philadelphia

Deserter/Runaway Ads
THESE are a great resource because they are detailed descriptions of working class individuals including sailors, soldiers, indentured servants, and slaves.  They often describe clothing, the general appearance of the individual and even their height.  
  • Geography of Slavery in Virginia 
  • North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements

Documents/Books/E-books
  • AbeBooks.com
  • Alibris
  • Amazon
  • Google Books
  • Internet Archive
  • National Archives
  • Project Gutenberg
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Maps
MAPS are excellent because they of course provide a detailed snapshot which allows a historical to reconstruct the actual landscape of a particular area.  Not only do they show buildings but also details of gardens and various other features. Most maps also include a scale allowing you to even calculate the size of buildings.  
  • Dave Rumsey Historical Map Collection
  • Invasion of America - Interactive Map
  • Maps of the French & Indian War - Massachusetts Historical Society
  • Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
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Material Culture & Artifacts
MATERIAL culture is simplest terms means everyday items which we are now studying in the form of artifacts.  If you wish to learn more about a particular group of people, you can often do so by studying the items they use on a daily basis to recreate what their lives looked like.  

  • 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center
  • Fort Ticonderoga Online Collections
  • Museum of the American Revolution Collections
  • Massachusetts Historical Society Online Collections
  • Victoria & Albert Museum
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Newspapers
EIGHTEENTH-century newspapers, as you can imagine, contain all kinds of details about day-to-day life which is fascinating to historians.  These are the source for the deserter ads mentioned above.  
  • America's Historical Newspapers - Paid resource, but an excellent one!
  • Chronicling America - Free from the Library of Congress
  • Newspaper Archive

​Podcasts & Blogs
I KNOW what you're thinking....and yes, it may seem strange that people who study history use something that is cutting-edge to help them study history.  However, podcasts and blogs are being used as very effective tools for learning about the past, and there are certainly some out there of exceptional quality.  Here are a few of the many that are available.    
  • Age of Revolutions Blog
  • Beehive Blog
  • Common Place Blog
  • Georgian Papers Programme Blog
  • Projects in History Blog
  • Religion in American History Blog
 
  • American Military History Podcast
  • Ben Franklin's World Podcast
  • Hardcore History Podcast
  • Revolutions Podcast​

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Brian McDonald, Historical Interpreter
Depew, NY 14043
tapestryoftime76@gmail.com
585.205.6744

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