Brought to you by the Nationa Archives, this set of letters could make an excellent activity for your students. Find an author and follow the trail of replies back and forth. Locate a diary entry and follow it through the course of several entries - maybe even years!
From the Library of Congress here are facsimilies of the major documents of the American Revolution. Make copies, put them in order by date..then unpack them!
The Journal of Rufus Lincoln 1751 - 1853 describes early battles - including the crossing of the Delaware.
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