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Archives and Document Collections
The National Archives of the United Kingdom
There is a wealth of information to be obtained at this site. The online seach only reveals descriptions of the documents, but the copies of the originals can be ordered. Formerly known as the PRO (the Public Record Office), and now abbreviated as TNA.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789
This website contains all twenty-six volumes of the Letters of Delegates to Congress in a searchable format.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwdg.html
Journals of the Continental Congress
As in the Letters of Delegates to Congress, the Journals are presented here in a searchable format. Very useful.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html
Pennsylvania Archives
This site contains nearly all of the 132 volumes of the Pennsylvania Archives with records of early colonial and revolutionary periods, as well as other Revolutionary War items. A subscription is necessary to examine certain documents, but many, including the Pennsylvania Archives, are free.
www.footnote.com/browse.php
Maryland Archives
Similar to the Pennsylvania Archives site but operated by the state of Maryland. Many volumes are on line.
www.msa.md.gov
Colonial Records of North Carolina and State Records of North Carolina
These volumes are online and contain many documents relating to North Carolina in the period of the Revolution. Searchable.
Records of North Carolina
George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
Some 65,000 of His Excellency's papers, online and searchable.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
Force's American Archives
Originally Peter Force intended to publish six series of volumes with documents on American history. Only the Fourth Series and part of the Fifth Series were published. These cover 1774-1776 and contain an enormous amount of information. These are online and searchable, thanks to Northern Illinois University.
Force's American Archives
The Remembrancer, or Impartial Repository of Public Events
Usually known as Almon's Remembrancer this set of books reproduces many documents of the years 1775-1784. Edited by J. Almon, it was published in London, seventeen volumes, during the course of the war. Many, but not all of the volumes are online.
1775 (volume 1)
1776 Part I (volume 2)
1776 Part II (volume 3)
1776 Part III (volume 4) [not available]
1777 (volume 5)
1778 (volume 6)
1778-1779 (volume 7)
1779 (volume 8)
1780 Part I (volume 9)
1780 Part II (volume 10)
1781 Part I (volume 11)
1781 Part II (volume 12)
1782 Part I (volume 13)
1782 Part II (volume 14)
1783 (volume 15) [not available]
1784 Part I (volume 16) [not available]
1784 Part II (volume 17) [Not available]
The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia
Contains the records of the Executive Council from 1778-1785. Volume II is online at Volume II
Documents Relating to the Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey
There are five volumes in the series, which consist mostly of newspaper extracts.
Volume I (1776-1777); Volume II (1778); Volume III (1779); Volume IV (1779-1780); Volume V (1780-1782)
Out-Letters of the Continental Marine Committee and the Board of Admiralty
Edited by Charles O. Paullin, this two volume edition is also online. Volume I and Volume II.
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
This is a fantastic website which contains an enormous amount of Franklin's letters and papers online. It is searchable and highly viewable. Not everything is here, but there is a lot here.
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Dictionaries
William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine
This website presents William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, 1780 edition. An extremely useful service. Scroll down the left hand menu for a French/English sailing dictionary.
southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/contents.html
Map Collections
David Rumsey Map Collection
A collection of historical maps, many from the era of the American Revolution.
www.davidrumsey.com/view.html
American Philosophical Library Map Collection
More maps, many from the era of the American Revolution.
www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/r/rogprintedimages4.xml
Hargrett Library Map Collection
More maps, many from the era of the American Revolution, courtesy of the University of Georgia
Hargrett Map Collection
Library and Archives of Canada
Contains a collection of early and current Canadian maps.
Archives of Canada
Canada Topo Maps - The Canadian Topographic Map Source
Full modern topographic maps of Canada, including all those coastal areas important in the Revolution. These can be freely downloaded.
Canada Topo Maps
New York State Map Pathfinder
This site contains numerous early maps of the area around New York city and state.
New York State Pathfinder
United States Geodetic Survey
This site allows free downloads of fairly current topographic maps in .pdf format. Very useful for modern coastlines.
USGS Download Search
The American Revolution and It's Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789
This website is operated by the Library of Congress and contains hundreds of period, or near period, maps. These are searchable and can be downloaded.
The American Revolution - Maps and Charts
My Topo: Historical Topographic Maps
Extremely useful website. This site has many American topographic maps from the period 1850-1920, later than the Revolution, but before many changes to names on the landscape. Unfortunately, not every area is covered, but many are. Free downloads, but not searchable.
Historical Topographic Maps
Historic Navigational Maps and Charts
These are brought to you by NOAA - Office of Coast Survey. There are navigational charts from 1747 to the 1990s. Can be searched.
Historic Navigation Charts
The Atlantic Neptune
The British National Martime Museum has put the full edition of "a magnificent four-volume atlas of sea charts and views of the east coast of North America, published during the American Revolutionary War by Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres," the British surveyer of the North American coast. These are not free, but they are magnificent.
The Atlantic Neptune
Poehali (European/South American Topo Maps)
This site is intersting for the modern Russian topo maps of places you won't find anywhere else. It doesn't, unfortunately, always work.
Poehali Maps
Heritage Charts
This site sells giclee prints of old charts. You can zoom in to an area and look at it in detail. A good bit of the American coastline and the West Indies are covered.
Heritage Charts
Newspapers
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Among other items this site contains page images of the Virginia Gazette
http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm
The London Gazette
The London Gazette was the "official" and legal paper of the British government. On this web archive you can search issues back to the beginning. Pages are encoded in .pdf format and can be downloaded. A valuable resource.
www.gazettes-online.co.uk/AdvancedSearch.aspx
The Godfrey Library
The Godfrey Library contains a huge number of resources, most pertaining to geneaology. Although many of their databases a free, for a relatively small fee access can be obtained to a number of other resources, including Readex's colonial and early American newspapers. A very valuable resource.
www.godfrey.org
Databases
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
All 17 volumes of this massive collection are available online at the State Library of Massachusetts.
www.mass.gov/lib/collections/dc/masoldiers.htm
Quicker than the above is a searchable version. The interface takes a little getting used to. It also contains other items of interest.
Records of the Revolutionary War
Lloyd's Register of Ships
A few vessels of the American Revolution era are included in these extracts, but more are being added.
http://users.xplornet.com/~shipping/Lloyds.htm
Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution
The book is a collection of bond extracts and petition extracts. Extremely useful. Online at Massachusetts Privateers
Websites/Forums
American Revolution.org
All about the American Revolution with a huge number of links to other resources. This was the first web page to link to this site.
www.americanrevolution.org/home.html
West Jersey History Project
This interesting site contains Hessian maps of the Philadelphia Campaign, and a list of New Jersey battles, including naval actions.
West Jersey History Project
Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution
A website about the American Revolution in the south. Of particular interest is the section on pensions, operated by Will Graves. The pension applications are searchable.
www.southerncampaign.org/
www.southerncampaign.org/pen
Global Gazetteer of the American Revolution
John A. Robertson's attempt to precisely list and map American Revolution sites. Not a great many naval sites here, but it grows all the time.
www.gaz.jrshelby.com/
Online Library of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution
Another part of John A. Robertson's site. This contains an large number of out of date books and articles. Not much naval and focused on the war in the south.
www.lib.jrshelby.com/
The Mermaid of Assateague
Story of the capture of HMS Mermaid by Roger Nowak, with some interesting links.
mysite.verizon.net/hms.mermaid/The_Mermaid_of_Assateague_website.htm
British Prison Ships in New York Harbor
Information and links about the British prison ships (Jersey etc.) in New York Harbor.
longislandgenealogy.com/prison.html
French Navy Web Page
Information and links about the French Navy in the American Revolution. Very useful.
xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/marine.htm
Index to Ships in Books
A search page for ships in books. Contains 103,000 ships.
www.shipindex.org/
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Contains information about the Lake Champlain activities of 1775-1777, and the replica gunboat Philadelphia II.
lcmm.org/
3 Decks: Naval Warfare History Wiki in the Golden Age of Sailing (1650-1850)
A Wiki site that attempts to cover all the European and American navies in the time frame 1650-1850. This site will be very useful when developed.
http://3decks.pbwiki.com/
Naval History During the Age of Line Tactics (1650-1815)
Views on naval history in the age of line tactics from a perspective other than that of the Royal Navy. This is a bulletin board/forum on naval history from 1650-1815. Anyone can post an opinion or question. The answers can be quite detailed.
www.voy.com/39735/
The Age of Nelson
Another site dedicated to the great age of sailing warfare. This one contains the old list of British warships and a list of all commissioned British naval officers.
www.ageofnelson.org/
Sailing Navies 1650-1850
One more site devoted to sailing navy history.
www.sailingnavies.com/index.php
Histoire de Frégates
A French site about frigates. It especially has excerpts from the logbook of HMCM Frigate L’Hermione.
www.histoire-de-fregates.com/acceuil.htm
Marine du Premier Empire
A French site about the Napoleonic French navy. There is some AWI information scattered about.
marinepremierempire.free.fr/
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