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19, 1775
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Abigail S. Stafford, February 20, 1861 (Deposition on Battle
of Lexington)
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Battle at Lexington Green, 1775. Retrieved November 8, 2002
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[Sylvanus Wood Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Lexington]
Bennett, Peter S. What Happened on Lexington Green? Parsippany,
New Jersey: Dale Seymour Publications, 1970. [Eyewitness Accounts]
British Documents about April 19, 1775. Retrieved November 8,
2002 from the World Wide Web, http://www.winthrop.dk/reports.html.
[Major John Pitcairn Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Lexington]
"Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lexington, April
19, 1875." New Englander and Yale review. Volume
35, Issue 134, January 1876. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from
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A circumstantial account of an attack that happened on the 19th
of April 1775, on his Majesty's troops. By a number of the people
of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. On Tuesday the 18th of
April, about half past 10 at night, Lieutenant Colonel Smith
of the 10th regiment embarked from the Common at Boston, with
the grenadiers and light infantry of the troops there, and landed
on the opposite side, from whenie he began his march towards
Concord . Boston, Printed by John Howe, 1775. Retrieved November
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The Drum - Battle of Lexington. Retrieved November 8, 2002
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[Postcard of William Diamond's drum used to play the call to
arms at the Battle of Lexington]
English, Thomas Dunn. "Fight At Lexington." Harper's
new monthly magazine. Volume 20, Issue 119, April 1860.
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[Engraving of the Battle of Lexington]
Hudson, Eric. "The Concord Fight." Harper's new
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[Map of Battle of Lexington, Engraving of Battle of Lexington,
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Morning of April 19, 1775. Boston: Phelps and Farnham,
1825. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from the World Wide Web, http://books.google.com/books?id=qJYLAAAAIAAJ.
[Engraving of the Battle of Lexington]
Old Barrack's Things to Do Music. Retrieved November 8, 2002
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[Musket Fire, Drum Call]
Porter, E. G. Lexington Centennial Commission: Souvenir of
1775. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1875. [Map
of the Battle of Lexington]
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of the War of the American Revolution. New York: Doubleday
& Company, 1959. [Quotations]
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Boston
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The Boston Massacre. Engraving after the painting by Alonzo
Chappel. National Archives. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from
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Revere, Paul. The Bloody Massacre Perpetuated in King Street
on March 5, 1770. Boston: 1770. Engraving. Prints and Photographs
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The Trial of William Wemms
for the Murder of Crsipus Attucks
Boston: J. Fleeming, 1770. Law Library. Retrieved November 8,
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Boston
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Abbot, Francis F., "The Boston Tea Party." New
England Magazine. June, 1893.
VOL. VIII. No. 4. George Hewes Engarving. Retrieved November
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[George Hewes Eyewitness Account]
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[Quotes from King George III and Samuel Adams]
Cooper, W.D. "Boston Tea Party." The History of
North America. London: E. Newberry, 1789. Engraving. Plate
opposite p. 58. Rare Books and Special Collections Division,
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Christopher [sic] Attucks, the First to Shed Blood and That
His Own for American Independence [detail of Afro-American Monument],
color lithograph, Goes Lithograph Company, 1897. Retrieved November
8, 2002 from the World Wide Web, http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/06/0601001r.jpg.
The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor. 1773. Copy of lithograph
by Sarony & Major, 1846. National Archives. Retrieved November
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the American Revolution. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1888.
Clothing
1768
Cloathing Warranet. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from the World
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A
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and Textiles Collection: Revolutionary Clothing. Retrieved November
8, 2002 from the World Wide Web.
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Hall Museum Dresses. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from the World
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First
Continental Congress
Bradford, W. and T. Philadelphia. In Congress, Thursday, September
22, 1774 : Resolved, that the Congress request the merchants
and others, in the several colonies, not to send to Great Britain
any orders for goods, and to direct the execution of all orders
already sent, to be delayed or suspended, until the sense of
the Congress, on the means to be taken for the preservation
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Literature
Emerson,
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Longfellow,
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Aitken,
Robert. A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial
camp. Aitken, sculp. Phildalphia, 1775. Retrieved November 8,
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De
Costa, J. A plan of the town and harbour of Boston and the country
adjacent with the road from Boston to Concord, shewing the place
of the late engagement between the King's troops & the provincials,
together with the several encampments of both armies in &
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rebels works raised against that town in 1775, from the observations
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those of other gentlemen. Map Division of The Library of Congress.
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Music
Drum Beaten
at the Battle of Lexington. Retrieved
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Folk Music
of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America.
History
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Old
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Yanke Doodle.
America Singing: Nineteenth Century Song Sheets.
People
Copley, John Singleton. John Hancock. Detroit Publishing Company
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Wide Web, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005685653.
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland [1802?] Prints
and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Cromek, R. H.
(Robert Hartley), 1770-1812, engraver. The George Washington
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Paul Revere's Ride. Retrieved January 20, 2003 from the World
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Stuart,
Gilbert. John Adams, second President of the United States.
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November 8, 2002 from the World Wide Web, Library of Congress.
Trumbull,
John. John Adams. Oil on canvas, 1793. National Portrait
Gallery.
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Stamp
Act
The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering.
Copy of mezzotint attributed to Philip Dawe, 1774., 1931 - 1932.
National Archives. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from the World
Wide Web, National Archives,
search ARC using title.
Proof Sheet of Id Stamp Duties for Newspapers,1765. Board of
Inland Revenues Stamping Department Archive, Philatelic Collection,
The British Library. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from the World
Wide Web, http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-2.html.
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Stamp Act London, 1765, p. 2. London: printed by Mark Baskett,
1766.
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8, 2002 from the World Wide Web, http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-2.html.
Women
Women
in the American Revolution. Retrieved November 8, 2002 from
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Women
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the World Wide Web, http://www.americanrevolution.org/women/women.php.
Women
Soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Retrieved November 8, 2002
from the World Wide Web, http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html.
eBAy
is another great source for finding engravings, documents, and
other artifacts of the time period. It is amazing what you can
find on the site. Recently someone was selling a bag of tea
from the Boston Tea Party.
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