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Alan Taylor, American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804 (W. W. Norton, 2016).

Copyrighted.

Where to look: Cite named chapters, sections, and ebook note numbers. The plain-text derivative is for discovery, not stable citation.

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Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, 50th anniversary ed. (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017; orig. 1967).

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Where to look: Cite the printed page number visible in the PDF; the local plain-text derivative preserves page breaks for search.

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Charles Royster, A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775–1783 (University of North Carolina Press, 1979; digital edition, 2011).

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Where to look: The local Project MUSE PDF reproduces the original printed pagination. Cite the printed page visible in the PDF and verify the proposition against that page; the plain-text derivative is for discovery.

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Christopher Leslie Brown, Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism (University of North Carolina Press, 2006).

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Colin G. Calloway, The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America (Oxford University Press, 2006).

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scholarly-biography · held locally · cache

Curtis Fahey, 'Arnold, Benedict,' Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval.

Copyrighted reference article; locally cached for research and quotation within fair-use limits.

Where to look: Use stable paragraph IDs: paragraph_291954 for the invasion's aims; paragraph_76137 for the Maine march; paragraph_320226 for Quebec and smallpox; paragraphs_291957 and 320228 for retreat and Canadian response; paragraph_76147 for the campaign assessment.

Local research path: scholarship/dcb-benedict-arnold-canada.html

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Daniel K. Richter, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (Harvard University Press, 2001).

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David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing (Oxford University Press, 2004; ebook reprint, 2006).

Copyrighted.

Where to look: Cite named chapters, appendices, historiography sections, and note numbers from the ebook. The plain-text derivative is for discovery, not stable citation; do not cite the alternate PDF's reflowed file-page numbers as printed pages.

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Donald A. Grinde Jr. and Bruce E. Johansen, Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy (American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991).

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Fred Anderson, Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754–1766 (Alfred A. Knopf, 2000; Knopf Doubleday ebook, 2007).

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Jack P. Greene, Peripheries and Center: Constitutional Development in the Extended Polities of the British Empire and the United States, 1607–1788 (University of Georgia Press, 1986).

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primary-source-broadside · held locally · cache

John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, proclamation declaring martial law and offering freedom to qualifying servants and enslaved people held by rebels, November 7, 1775, Printed Ephemera Collection, Library of Congress, portfolio 178, folder 18.

Underlying 1775 broadside is in the public domain; Library of Congress rights statement applies to the digital facsimile.

Where to look: The proclamation begins on PDF page 1 and concludes on page 2. It limits the freedom offer to indentured servants, enslaved people, or others held by rebels who were able and willing to bear arms and joined British forces.

Local research path: primary/dunmore-proclamation-broadside-1775-loc.pdf

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John Phillip Reid, Constitutional History of the American Revolution, vol. 2, The Authority to Tax (University of Wisconsin Press, 1987).

Copyrighted.

Where to look: The local holding is volume 2 only. Cite the printed page number visible in the PDF; its OCR-derived text is useful for search but contains recognition noise.

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institutional-source-guide · held locally · cache

Library of Congress, 'Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents,' exhibition essay.

Library of Congress institutional page; underlying eighteenth-century documents are in the public domain and individual digital items carry repository terms.

Where to look: Use the essay paragraphs beginning 'Thomas Jefferson drafted,' 'Jefferson then made,' 'Congress then ordered,' and 'On July 19.' They distinguish committee, congressional, printing, reading, engrossing, and signing stages.

Local research path: primary/loc-declaration-drafting-essay.html

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Mary Beth Norton, 1774: The Long Year of Revolution (Knopf, 2020).

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primary-source-broadside · held locally · cache

Patrick Henry circular warning that Lord Dunmore's proclamation threatened public safety, Williamsburg, November 20, 1775, Printed Ephemera Collection, Library of Congress, portfolio 178, folder 18a.

Underlying 1775 broadside is in the public domain; Library of Congress rights statement applies to the digital facsimile. The PDF also contains a later bibliographical article.

Where to look: PDF page 1 is Henry's November 20 circular. It says that the proclamation is enclosed, but this digital object does not contain Dunmore's proclamation text; pages 2–4 are later bibliographical material.

Local research path: primary/dunmore-proclamation-1775-loc.pdf

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Pauline Maier, From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765–1776 (Alfred A. Knopf, 1972; Random House ebook, 2012).

Copyrighted.

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Rachel B. Herrmann, No Useless Mouth: Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2019).

Copyright 2019 Cornell University; open-access text licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Where to look: For Dunmore, use chapter 4, 'Black Victual Warriors and Hunger Creation,' especially printed pages 89–103; pages 100–103 center self-liberation, provisioning, and the limits of the proclamation.

Local research path: scholarship/herrmann-no-useless-mouth-2019.pdf

scholarly-article · held locally · cache

Richard G. Wax, 'Manipulation of Human History by Microbes,' Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 29, no. 2 (2007): 9–16, doi:10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2006.12.004.

Copyright Elsevier; full text made available through Europe PMC. Local research copy is ignored and must not be republished.

Where to look: Use the section 'Skirmishes with smallpox in the American Revolution,' journal pages 11–13; treat its counterfactual claims cautiously and prefer it for disease, inoculation, and military-policy context.

Local research path: scholarship/smallpox-revolution-medical-history.xml

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Robert G. Parkinson, The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2016).

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T. H. Breen, American Insurgents, American Patriots: The Revolution of the People (Hill and Wang, 2010).

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user-supplied-film-video · held locally · user-supplied-only

The American Revolution, Episode 1: In Order to Be Free, user-supplied 1080p local viewing copy.

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user-supplied-film-transcript · held locally · user-supplied-only

The American Revolution, Episode 1: In Order to Be Free, user-supplied SRT subtitle file.

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The American Revolution, Episode 2: An Asylum for Mankind, user-supplied 1080p local viewing copy.

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The American Revolution, Episode 2: An Asylum for Mankind, user-supplied SRT subtitle file.

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The American Revolution, Episode 3: The Times That Try Men’s Souls, user-supplied 1080p local viewing copy.

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The American Revolution, Episode 3: The Times That Try Men’s Souls, user-supplied SRT subtitle file.

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The American Revolution, Episode 4: Conquer by a Drawn Game, user-supplied 1080p local viewing copy.

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The American Revolution, Episode 4: Conquer by a Drawn Game, user-supplied SRT subtitle file.

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The American Revolution, Episode 5: The Soul of All America, user-supplied 1080p local viewing copy.

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The American Revolution, Episode 5: The Soul of All America, user-supplied SRT subtitle file.

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The American Revolution, Episode 6: The Most Sacred Thing, user-supplied 1080p local viewing copy.

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The American Revolution, Episode 6: The Most Sacred Thing, user-supplied SRT subtitle file.

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primary-source-facsimile · held locally · cache

Thomas Paine, Common Sense (Philadelphia, printed; Providence: John Carter, 1776), Batchelder Collection copy, Library of Congress, item 18023774.

Underlying 1776 work is in the public domain; Library of Congress rights statement applies to the digital facsimile.

Where to look: Cite the pamphlet's printed page number; the locally derived OCR preserves the scan page breaks. The 'period of debate' passage is on printed pages 15–16 and the continental-government discussion begins on printed page 24.

Local research path: primary/common-sense-1776-loc.pdf

primary-source-documentary-edition · held locally · cache

William MacDonald, ed., Select Charters and Other Documents Illustrative of American History, 1606–1775 (New York: Macmillan, 1899), no. 80, 'Act Prohibiting Trade and Intercourse with America.'

Public-domain documentary edition; Internet Archive item terms apply.

Where to look: Prohibitory Act, 16 Geo. III c. 5, in no. 80, printed pages 391–396; section I prohibits trade and treats colonial vessels as enemy property, and section XLIII gives the staggered effective dates.

Local research path: primary/macdonald-select-charters-1899.pdf

primary-source-documentary-edition · held locally · cache

Worthington Chauncey Ford, ed., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, vol. 2, May 10–September 20, 1775 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905), Library of Congress.

Public-domain government documentary edition; Library of Congress digital-file terms apply.

Where to look: Use the edition's printed pages: Continental Army and Washington's appointment, 89–97; Olive Branch Petition agreed to and ordered engrossed July 5 at 127, then compared and signed July 8 at 158–162; final Declaration of Causes and Necessity at 140–157.

Local research path: primary/journals-continental-congress-v2-1775.pdf

primary-source-documentary-edition · held locally · cache

Worthington Chauncey Ford, ed., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, vol. 4, January 1–June 4, 1776 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906), Library of Congress.

Public-domain government documentary edition; Library of Congress digital-file terms apply.

Where to look: Use printed pages 257–259 for the April 6 trade resolutions; 342–343 for the May 10 governments resolution; 357–358 for the May 15 preamble.

Local research path: primary/journals-continental-congress-v4-1776.pdf

primary-source-documentary-edition · held locally · cache

Worthington Chauncey Ford, ed., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, vol. 5, June 5–October 8, 1776 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906), Library of Congress.

Public-domain government documentary edition; Library of Congress digital-file terms apply.

Where to look: Use printed pages 425–426 for Lee's June 7 resolutions; 428–431 for postponement and the Committee of Five; 490–502 for the reported draft; 506–507 for the July 2 vote; 509–516 for the July 4 text and publication order.

Local research path: primary/journals-continental-congress-v5-1776.pdf