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This pamphlet tells the story of the Boston Massacre from a Loyalist perspective, including both a narrative of the events of March 5, 1770, and 31...

These are entries in the diary of David Hall, a resident of Boston, dated March 11, March 18, and March 25, 1770. He writes about the "Dark day" of...

General Thomas Gage, Commander-in-Chief of all British forces in North America, writes to acting Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson concerning...

As part of the so-called Intolerable Acts punishing Boston for its infamous Tea Party, Parliament passed this act to assert its authority over its...

In March 1775, the Patriot legislature of Virginia met for the second time in St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond. Patrick Henry is said to have...

Throughout the mid 18th century, committees of correspondence were formed throughout the colonies in order to establish a system of communication with...

Written by George Mason for the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1776, this document declared the inherent rights of men and would strongly...

Dedication speech for the Benning Battle Monument delivered by E. J. Phelps on August 19, 1891, in honor of the Battle of Bennington on August 16...

The Dedication speech for the Princeton Battle Monument was delivered by President Warren G. Harding’s on June 9, 1922, in honor of the Battle of...

Excerpt from the address of Robert C. Winthrop during the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Yorktown Monument on October 19, 1881. ORATION. MR...

Two excerpts from speeches delivered by Horatio Seymour and George William Curtis during the ceremony that laid the first cornerstone of the Saratoga...

Oration delivered by Daniel Webster to dedicate the Bunker Hill Monument on June 17, 1843. This uncounted multitude before me and around me proves the...