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The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress (originally published 1979; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Jack N. Rakove (HTML and PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)- Additions to Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America (by various authors other than Thomas Paine; London: Reprinted for J. Almon, 1776)
- The Candid Retrospect: or, The American War Examined, by Whig Principles (published anonymously, later attributed to Smith based on his diary; New York: Reprinted by J. Rivington, 1780), by William Smith (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Common Sense, by Thomas Paine (multiple editions)
- Declaration of Independence, by United States, contrib. by Thomas Jefferson (multiple editions)
- Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775 (Philadelphia: W. and T. Bradford, 1775), by United States Continental Congress (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Journals of the Proceedings of Congress, Held at Philadelphia, From January to May, 1776 (Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1776), by United States Continental Congress (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Revolution of America (London: Printed for L. Davis, 1781), by abbé Raynal
- The Rights of Great Britain Asserted Against the Claims of America: Being an Answer to the Declaration of the General Congress (with a copy of the 1775 Continental Congress declaration on taking up arms; third edition; London: T. Cadell, ca. 1776), by James Macpherson, contrib. by United States Continental Congress (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Rights, the Constitution of This Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty Between Great-Britain and the United States of America (Richmond, VA: Printed by Dixon and Holt, ca. 1784), ed. by Virginia General Assembly, contrib. by United States and Virginia
- Journals of Congress (13 volumes; published 1777-1788), by United States Continental Congress
- Volume I (1774-1775): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II (1776): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III (1777): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IV (1778): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume V (1779): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VI (1780): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VII (1781): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VIII (Nov 1782-Nov 1783): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IX (Nov 1783-Nov 1784): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume X (Nov 1784-Nov 1785): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XI (Nov 1785-Nov 1786): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XII (Nov 1786-Nov 1787): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XIII (Nov 1787-Nov 1788): multiple formats at archive.org
- A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America (London: Printed for J. Ridgeway, 1792), by Thomas Paine (Gutenberg text)
- The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire, Late President of the State of Delaware, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2 volumes; Wilmington: Bonsal and Niles, 1801), by John Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Richard Price and the Ethical Foundations of the American Revolution: Selections from His Pamphlets, with Appendices (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1979), by Richard Price, ed. by Bernard Peach, contrib. by Jon Erik Larson (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Address of the Twelve United Colonies of North-America by Their Representatives in Congress to the People of Ireland (Philadelphia: W. and T. Bradford, 1775), by United States Continental Congress (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The American Crisis, Number V: Addressed to General Sir William Howe (Lancaster, PA: Printed by J. Dunlap, 1778), by Thomas Paine (HTML at Evans TCP)
- An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress (fourth edition; London: T. Cadell and T. Sewell, 1776), by John Lind (multiple formats at Google)
- Plain Truth: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Containing Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Intitled Common Sense (second edition; London: Reprinted for J. Almon, 1776), by James Chalmers (multiple formats at archive.org)
- John Adams: A Life (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1992), by John E. Ferling (PDF at Tennessee)
- The New England Clergy and the American Revolution (originally published 1928), by Alice M. Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Beginnings of the American Revolution, Based on Contemporary Letters, Diaries, and Other Documents (3 volumes; New York: Baker and Taylor, c1910), by Ellen Chase
- Burke's Speech on Concilation with America, by Edmund Burke, ed. by Sidney Carleton Newsom (Gutenberg text)
- The Jubilee of the Constitution: A Discourse (1839), by John Quincy Adams (HTML at lonang.com)
- The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams, by John Adams, ed. by C. Bradley Thompson (HTML and PDF with commentary at libertyfund.org)
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (first edition; Williamsburg: Printed by C. Rind, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (Philadelphia: Reprinted by J. Dunlap, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson, contrib. by Arthur Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; second edition; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson, contrib. by Arthur Lee (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Writings of Samuel Adams (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904-1908), by Samuel Adams, ed. by Harry Alonzo Cushing
- The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (definitive edition, 20 volumes; Washington: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1905-1907), by Thomas Jefferson, ed. by Albert Ellery Bergh (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1982), by E. Stanly Godbold and Robert H. Woody (PDF at Newfound Press)
- Orations, Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770 (second edition; Boston: W. T. Clap, 1807), contrib. by James Lovell, Joseph Warren, Benjamin Church, John Hancock, Peter Thacher, Benjamin Hichborn, Jonathan Williams Austin, William Tudor, Jonathan Mason, Thomas Dawes, George Richards Minot, Thomas Welsh, Perez Morton, and James Allen (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy (prepublication version, 1990), by Donald A. Grinde and Bruce E. Johansen (illustrated HTML at ratical.org)
- Alexander Hamilton: A Study of the Revolution and the Union (Cincinnati: Jones Brothers and Co, 1883), by John Clark Ridpath (illustrated HTML and page images at Indiana)
- The Eve of the Revolution: A Chronicle of the Breach with England, by Carl L. Becker (Gutenberg text)
- Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution; With an Historical Essay (2 volumes; Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1864), by Lorenzo Sabine (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of Schoharie County, and Border Wars of New York, by J. R. Simms (illustrated HTML at rootsweb.com)
- The Works of Alexander Hamilton (Constitutional edition, 12 volumes; New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, ca. 1903), by Alexander Hamilton, ed. by Henry Cabot Lodge
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VII: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VIII: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IX (mislabeled as 8): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume X: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XI: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XII: multiple formats at archive.org
- Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (Philadelphia: J. Webster, 1817), by William Wirt
- Forgotten Founders: Benjamin Franklin, the Iroquois, and the Rationale for the American Revolution, by Bruce E. Johansen (HTML at ratical.org)
- Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, From the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation, by the Adoption of the Constitution of the United States (4 volumes; Boston: T. B. Wait, 1820), by United States Continental Congress
- Journals of the Continental Congress (Library of Congress edition, 34 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1904-1937), by United States Continental Congress, ed. by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Gaillard Hunt, John Clement Fitzpatrick, and Roscoe R. Hill (HTML and page images with commentary at loc.gov)
- Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland, Held at the City of Annapolis, in 1774, 1775, and 1776 (Baltimore: J. Lucas and E. K. Deaver, 1836) (page images at Google)
- A Colonial Governor in Maryland: Horatio Sharpe and His Times, 1753-1773 (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912), by Matilda Ridout Edgar
- The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams, by John Adams, ed. by C. Bradley Thompson (HTML and PDF with commentary at libertyfund.org)
- Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the Convention of New-Jersey (Burlington, NJ: Printed and sold by I. Collins, 1776), by New Jersey (page images at Rutgers)
- A Bid for Liberty: Being an Account of the Resolutions and Declarations of Independence Adopted in the Colony of Pennsylvania, 1774 to 1776 (Philadelphia: William Penn Association, 1937), by Federal Writers' Project (Pa.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1982), by E. Stanly Godbold and Robert H. Woody (PDF at Newfound Press)
- Eliza Pinckney (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1896), ed. by Harriott Horry Ravenel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (first edition; Williamsburg: Printed by C. Rind, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (Philadelphia: Reprinted by J. Dunlap, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson, contrib. by Arthur Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; second edition; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson, contrib. by Arthur Lee (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (Philadelphia: J. Webster, 1817), by William Wirt
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