Early American History: Primary Source Collections

The largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English newspapers and pamphlets. Content is mainly from London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers.

Full page views and text searching of numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S., with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life.

Contains virtually every book, pamphlet, and broadside published in the American colonies or the United States between 1639 and 1920.

Select historical newspapers. 1690-1876. Caribbean and Hispanic Newspaper Collections are selected by default. Use the database filters to remove if desired. Use Browse Publications to limit to particular states, newspapers or date ranges.

Contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the 18th century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. 1700-1799

Historical material revealing early American home life from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University and the New York Public Library.

Correspondence between America's founding fathers debating the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.

A digital collective of books and journals from numerous academic and research libraries around the world.

Hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Documents the revolution and war that created the United States of America from a variety of primary and secondary sources, ranging from personal narratives to popular magazines. 1765-1783