Documents

See also:

• Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Colonial  (61)
• Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Colonial: Documents  (9)
• Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Historical Documents  (25)

Articles of Confederation - - The first constitution of the United States, passed by Congress in 1787, but not ratified until 1781, replaced by the present constitution in 1789 due to lack of governmental powers.

The Articles of Confederation - - Digital images of the first constitution of the United States.

Bibliographies of the War of American Independence - - Bibliography of all aspects of the war: diplomatic, continental army, campaigns, and foreign participants.

Camps and Firesides of the Revolution - - Letters and essays written during the American Revolution.

From the Diary of Albigence Waldo - - Excerpts from the diary of a surgeon at Valley Forge, 1777.

Hessian Diaries of the American Revolution - - Promotes a series of books and CDs translated by Bruce E. Burgoyne.

Lord Dunmore's Proclamation - - Concerning colonists aiding and abetting rebels, and declaring free all indentured servants and slaves willing to join the British military.

McDonald and Robertson's Index of Continental Army Orderly Books - - A list of manuscript and published orderly books of the Continental Army and where to find them.

The Paris Peace Treaty of September 3, 1783 - - The transcribed definitive Treaty of Peace 1783.

Proclamation of Rebellion - - Issued by George III on August 23, 1775, responding to increasing hostilities in the American colonies.

Spy Letters of the American Revolution - - An exhibit from the Sir Henry Clinton Collection, Clements Library, University of Michigan, which provides images and transcriptions of original sources.