Directory of Early Resources

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Subcategories

• Bradford, William
• Bradstreet, Anne
• Brown, Charles Brockden
• Edwards, Jonathan
• Equiano, Olaudah
• Franklin, Benjamin
• Freneau, Philip
• Hamilton, Alexander
• Henry, Patrick
• Jefferson, Thomas
• Paine, Thomas
• Rowlandson, Mary
• Smith, Captain John
• Taylor, Edward
• Washington, George
• Wheatley, Phillis
• Winthrop, John
• de Crevecoeur, St. John

Resources in This Category

• Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
  From The Library of Congress.

• English and American Literature Collections

  http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/treasures/02_lit.html
  Brief biographical and historical notes on various English and American authors.

• How To Read A 200-Year-Old Document and Other FAQs

  http://www.varsitytutors.com/earlyamerica/read-document
  Tips and hints for reading Early American documents, with a brief but helpful glossary.

• Mayflower Compact

  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/mayflower.htm
  The compact which established the first basis in the new world for written laws.

• The Avalon Project : 18th Century Documents

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/18th.asp
  From the 1754 Albany Plan of Union to the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion, comes Yale Law School's hyperlinked index of important 18th Century American documents. Also includes a site search engine by Alta Vista.

• The Avalon Project : The Federalist Papers

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fed.asp
  Divided by number and enhanced with related resources to the papers.

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