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The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (digital edition, based on the 27-volume print edition of 1961-1987; 2012), by Alexander Hamilton, ed. by Harold C. Syrett (HTML at Virginia)
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)
American Archives, Fifth Series: Containing a Documentary History of the United States of America, From the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, to the Definitive Treaty of Peace With Great Britain, September 3, 1783 (only 3 volumes published, covering up to end of 1776; Washington: M. St. Clair Clarke and P. Force, 1848-1853), ed. by Peter Force
American Archives, Fourth Series: Containing a Documentary History of the English Colonies in North America, From the King's Message to Parliament, of March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Independence by the United States (6 volumes; Washington: M. St. Clair Clarke and P. Force, 1837-1846), ed. by Peter Force
Camps and Firesides of the Revolution, ed. by Albert Bushnell Hart and Mabel Hill (illustrated HTML at Virginia)
New Materials for the History of the American Revolution (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1889), ed. by John Durand, contrib. by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (multiple formats at archive.org)
Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren (2 volumes (Collections v72-73); Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1917-1925), by John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)
Calendar of the General Otho Holland Williams Papers in the Maryland Historical Society (1940), by Maryland Historical Records Survey Project (page images at HathiTrust)
Journals of Congress (13 volumes; published 1777-1788), by United States Continental Congress
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (12 volumes; Boston: N. Hale and Gray and Bowen, 1829-1830), ed. by Jared Sparks, contrib. by Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette, and Jean-François Dumas
Washington's Political Legacies; To Which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing an Account of His Illness, Death, and the National Tributes of Respect Paid to His Memory, With a Biographical Outline of His Life And Character (Boston: Printed for J. Russell and J. West, 1800), by George Washington, contrib. by John Mascoll Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Consisting of Fac-Similes of Original Documents Relating to the Events of the Revolution, &c. &c. (sixth edition; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1861), ed. by J. Jay Smith and John F. Watson (Gutenberg page images)
American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Consisting of Fac-Similes of Some Plates, &c. Relating to Columbus, and Original Documents of the Revolution, &c. &c. ... Second Series (New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1860), ed. by J. Jay Smith (Gutenberg HTML and page images)
The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published From the Original Manuscripts; With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations (12 volumes; Boston: F. Andrews, 1839), by George Washington, ed. by Jared Sparks (all volumes, some other early Boston editions; page images at HathiTrust)

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The Cradle of the United States, 1765-1789: A Collection of Contemporary Broadsides, Pamphlets, and a Few Books Pertaining to the History of the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre and other Pre-Revolutionary Troubles, The War for Independence and the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (2 volumes; 1922-1923), by Charles F. Heartman (page images at HathiTrust)

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Revolutionary America, 1763-1789: A Bibliography (2 volumes; Washington: Library of Congress, 1984), ed. by Ronald M. Gephart (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Maryland -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources

Revolutionary Records of Maryland ("Part 1" appears on title page, but no further parts were published; Washington: Printed by R. H. Darby Printing Co., 1924), ed. by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh and Margaret Roberts Hodges (page images at HathiTrust)
Narrative of Events Which Occured in Baltimore Town During the Revolutionary War, by Robert Purviance (HTML and page images at loc.gov)

Filed under: Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources

Extracts From Letters Written at the Time of the Occupation of Boston by the British, 1775-6 (From the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, vol. XIII, July, 1876), ed. by William P. Upham
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Remarks on Some Rare German Prints of New York and Quebec, and on Contributions in the Year 1781 by the Churches of Massachusetts to the Distressed Inhabitants of South Carolina and Georgia (ca. 1894), by Samuel A. Green
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust

Filed under: New Jersey -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources

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)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources

Pennsylvania War of the Revolution: Battalions and Line, 1775-1783 (2 volumes; Harrisburg; L. S. Hart, 1880), ed. by John Blair Linn and William Henry Egle
- both volumes; page images at HathiTrust
- Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org

Filed under: Rhode Island -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources

The Newport Gazette (partial serial archives)

Filed under: South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources

Accounts Audited of Revolutionary Claims Against South Carolina (3 volumes; Columbia, SC: Printed for the Historical Commission of South Carolina by the State Company, 1935-1943), by South Carolina Treasury, ed. by A. S. Salley (page images at HathiTrust)

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The American Crisis (13 essays originally published 1776-1783), by Thomas Paine
- Gutenberg text
- HTML at ushistory.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)
A Charge on the Rise of the American Empire (1776), by William Henry Drayton, ed. by Reiner Smolinski (PDF at unl.edu)
The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men: A Sermon, Preached at Princeton, on the 17th of May, 1776, Being the General Fast Appointed by the Congress Through the United Colonies; To Which is Added, An Address to the Natives of Scotland, Residing in America (reprinted in Glasgow from the Philadelphia second edition, 1777), by John Witherspoon (page images at HathiTrust)
God Arising and Pleading His People's Cause: or, The American War in Favor of Liberty, Against the Measures and Arms of Great Britain, Shewn to Be the Cause of God (1777), by Abraham Keteltas, ed. by Reiner Smolinski (PDF at unl.edu)
The Revolution of America (London: Printed for L. Davis, 1781), by abbé Raynal
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
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 War of Independence, American Phase: Being the Second Volume of a History of the Founding of the American Republic (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1929), by Claude Halstead Van Tyne (page images at HathiTrust)
Our Heritage From 1776: A Working Class View of the First American Revolution (Workers School Library v. 1; New York: The Workers School, ca. 1926), by Bertram D. Wolfe, Jay Lovestone, and William F. Dunne
- PDF at flvc.org
- PDF (other formats may be illegible) at archive.org
The Eve of the Revolution: A Chronicle of the Breach with England, by Carl L. Becker (Gutenberg text)
History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution (with some modernization), by Mercy Otis Warren (HTML at seltzerbooks.com)
Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette (American edition, c1837; American Revolution volume the only one published in this edition), by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette, ed. by William Alexander Duer (Gutenberg text)
The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, by Benson J. Lossing (illustrated HTML at rootsweb.com)
The War of Independence (c1894), by John Fiske (Gutenberg text and page images)
Inequality in Early America (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, c1999), ed. by Carla Gardina Pestana and Sharon V. Salinger (multiple formats at Dartmouth Digital Publishing)
The History of North and South America, From its Discovery, to the Death of General Washington (2 volumes in 1; Philadelphia et al.: Johnson and Warner, 1811), by Richard Snowden (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Church's Flight into the Wilderness: An Address on the Times, Containing Some Very Interesting and Important Observations on Scripture Prophecies (1776), by Samuel Sherwood, ed. by Reiner Smolinski (PDF at unl.edu)
The History of North and South America, From its Discovery to the Death of General Washington (2 volumes in 1; Philadelphia: B. Warner, 1817), by Richard Snowden
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Benedict Arnold, Military Racketeer (New York: Vanguard Press, 1932), by Edward Dean Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne: Misadventures of an English General in the Revolution (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., c1927), by Francis Josiah Hudleston (multiple formats at archive.org)
The American Revolution: Yorktown and the Centennial Monument of Liberty (Rochester, NY: H. H. Smith, 1881), by Thomas J. Paterson (multiple formats at archive.org)
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
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
The Chaplains and Clergy of the Revolution (New York: C. Scribner, 1864), by J. T. Headley (page images at HathiTrust)
Foundations of Modern Europe: Twelve Lectures Delivered in the University of London (second edition; Chautauqua, NY: Chautauqua Press, 1908), by Emil Reich (multiple formats at archive.org)
Freemasonry in the American Revolution (Washington: Masonic Service Association of the United States, c1924), by Sidney Morse (multiple formats at archive.org)
History of New York During the Revolutionary War, and of the Leading Events in the Other Colonies at That Period (2 volumes; New York: Printed for the New York Historical Society, 1879), by Thomas Jones, ed. by Edward F. De Lancey (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the United States of America, From the Discovery of the American Continent (10 volumes covering up to 1782, from 3 Little, Brown sets published 1854-1878), by George Bancroft (page images at MOA)
Silas Deane, a Connecticut Leader in the American Revolution (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913), by George L. Clark
- multiple formats at archive.org
- HTML at Quinnipiac
Washington and His Comrades in Arms: A Chronicle of the War of Independence, by George McKinnon Wrong (Gutenberg text)
The Poisoned Loving-Cup: United States School Histories Falsified Through Pro-British Propaganda in Sweet Name of Amity (Chicago: National Historical Society, 1928), by Charles Grant Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
Adventures of a Lady in the War of Independence in America, by Susan Griffith Colpoys Johnson (HTML with commentary at threerivershms.com)

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