--Sharp opposition to Stamp Act.
Dickinson, Alice. The Stamp act. Illustrated with contemporary prints. New York, F. Watts [1970] 63 p. illus., facsims., plan, ports. 23 cm. (A Focus book) Bibliography: p. 59. Summary: Chronicles the reaction of the American colonists to the Stamp Act passed by the British in 1765.
Knox, William, 1732-1810. The claim of the Colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined in a letter from a gentleman in London to his friend in America. London, [s.n.], 1765. 1 p. l., 46 p. 21 cm. Bound in full mottled tan calf; gold-tooled; t.e.g. U. Conn. Spec. Coll. copy ex-libris Frank C. Deering.
Morgan, Edmund
LSears. The Stamp act crisis; prologue to Revolution New, rev. ed. New York, Collier Books, 1963. 384 p. 18 cm. "BS175." Includes bibliography.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British politics and the Stamp Act crisis : the first phase of the American Revolution 1763-1767 Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1975.
vi, 394 p. ; 22 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [372]-382.
Zeichner, Oscar, 1916- Connecticut's years of controversy, 1750-1776. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1949] xiv, 404 p. illus., ports, maps 24 cm. Vita. Thesis-- Columbia University. Published also without thesis statement. "Bibliographical essays": p. 359-382.
1766----Governor Thomas Fitch who refused to reject the Stamp Act defeated by William Pitkin.
(Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. XVII Hartford, C
iT : Published by the Society 1918 402 p. Including Index The Fitch Papers: Correspondence and documents during Thomas Fitch's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1754-1766. This volume is for May 1754-December 1758.)
(Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. XVIII Hartford, CT : Published by the Society 1929 457 p. Including Index The Fitch Papers: Correspondence and documents during Thomas Fitch's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1754-1766. This volume is for January 1759-May 1766.)
1767--Thomas and Samuel Green launch newspaper which becomes New Haven Journal-Courier.
1769--Connecticut extends jurisdiction over Susquehanna Company area in Northern Pennsylvania.
Boyd, Julian Parks, 1903- The Susquehannah Company: Connecticut's experiment in expansion ... [New Haven] Published for the Tercentenary Commission
by the Yale University Press, 1935. 48 p. illus. (map) 23 cm. cf. p. 1. Cover-title. At head of title: Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut. Committee on Historical Publications. "Bibliographical note": p. 48.
Brady, James Edward, 1936- Wyoming : a study of John Franklin and the Connecticut settlement into Pennsylvania 1972, c1973. xiii, 329 leaves. Thesis--Syracuse University, 1972.
Bibliography: leaves 323-329. Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mi. : University Microfilms International, 1986. 20 cm.
Egle, William Henry, Ed. Documents relating to the Connecticut settlement in the Wyoming Valley . Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, Inc., 1990. 2 v. ; 21 cm. Added t.p.: Pennsylvania archives. Second series. vol. xviii. Reprint. Originally published: Harrisburg : E.K. Meyers, 1893. Includes index. Contents: Minutes of the Susquehanna Company -- An examination of the Connecticut claim -- Connecticut records examined by Pennsylvania -- The Dutch records of New N
etherlands -- Letters from the Pennsylvania claimants -- Letters from the secretary of the land office -- Letters from the commissioners -- Book of fifteen townships -- Journal of the commissioners, 1810.--Miscellaneous papers relating to the Wyoming controversy.
Hatcher, Harlan Henthorne, 1898- The Western Reserve; the story of New Connecticut in Ohio, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1949] 365 p. illus., maps. 23 cm. Maps on lining papers. "Acknowledgments and bibliographical note": p. 345-347.
Warfle, Richard Thomas, 1935- Connecticut's critical period microform : the response to the Susquehannah Affair, 1769-1774 . 1972. iv, 211 . : maps. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Connecticut, 1972. Bibliography: leaves 200-211. Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1972. 1 reel ; 35 mm.
Willingham, William F. Connecticut revolutionary : Eliphalet Dyer Hartford
: American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1976, c1977. 56 p. ; 23 cm. (Connecticut bicentennial series ; 19) Includes index. Bibliography: p. 55.
1774--The First Continental Congress; Silas Deane, Eliphalet Dyer, and Roger Sherman represent Connecticut.
Alden, Horatio. Memorial of the heirs of Silas Deane, formerly political and commercial agent in
Europe; and one of the ambassadors of the United States in France in the Revolutionary War. [s.l. : s.n. , 1835] 36 p. ; 23 cm. Title within double rule, top and bottom.
Boardman, Roger Sherman. Roger Sherman, signer and statesman. New York, Da Capo Press, 1971 [c1938] vii, 396 p. 23 cm. (The Era of the American Revolution) Bibliography: p. 361-373.
36601000345564, 8/7/72, Abel, 13.50, recl. 1998
Boutell, Lewis Henry, 1826-1899. The life of Roger Sherman, Chicago, McClurg, 1896.
xii, 361 p. front. (port.) 21 cm.
Clark, George L. Silas Deane a Connecticut leader in the American Revolution New
York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913 287 p.
Collier, Christopher, 1930- Roger Sherman : Puritan politician. [1st ed.] New Haven, Conn., New Haven Colony Historical Society. xiv, 409 p. map, ports. 24 cm.
Collier, Christopher, 1930- Roger Sherman's Connecticut; Yankee politics and the American Revolution. [1st ed.] Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1971] xiv, 409 p. map, ports. 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [366]-385.
Farr, Naunerle, 1750-1783 The Fight for Freedom West Haven, Connecticut Pendulum Press, Inc. 1976 61 p., illus. 21 cm.
Goldstein, Kalman. Silas Deane : preparation for rascality. [S.l. : s.n., 1980?] p. 75-97 ; 23 cm.
Caption title. Reprint. Originally published: The Historian. Vol. 43, no. 1 (Nov. 1980). Includes bibliographical references.
Isham, Charles, Ed. The Silas Deane papers ... 1774-1790. New York : Printed for the Society, 1887-90. 5 v. : port. ; 25 cm. (New-York Historical Society. Collections ... Publication fund series. vol. 19-23) . Contents: v. 1. Biographical notice of S. Deane. By Charles Isham. The Deane papers. 1774-1777.--v. 2. 1777-1778.--v. 3. 1778-1779.--v. 4. 1779-1781.--v. 5. 1782-1790. Notices of Deane's death. Appendix of additional papers 1774-1780. Indexes.
James, Coy Hilton. Silas Deane, patriot or traitor? East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press, 1975. viii, 152 p. : port. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rommel, John G. Connecticut's Yankee patriot, Roger Sherman Hartford, Conn. : American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1979, c1980. 66 p. ; 23 cm. (Connecticut bicentennial series ; 34) Includes index. Bibliography: p. 63.
Willard, Anne H., Ed. Guide to the papers of Silas Deane in the Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford, Conn. : The Connecticut Historical Society, 1989. a-e, 13, 51 p. ; 29 cm.
EPILOGUE
1775-- Several thousand militia in the "Lexington Alarm". Connecticut men at Ft. Ticonderoga. First gun powder mill in Connecticut. Bunker Hill.
LEXINGTON ALARM--
Harris, John, 1908- Lexington-Concord alarm : our Revolutionary War begins. Boston : Boston Globe, 1975. 1 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 33 cm. Published as part of the Boston Globe, March 9, 1975. Cover title.
Kent, Deborah. Lexington and Concord New York : Children's Press, c1997. 30 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. (Cornerstones of freedom) Includes index. Summary: Describes the first battles of the Revolutionary War, the events leading up to the conflict, and the effect of helping the thirteen British colonies pull together for a common cause.
King, David C. Lexington and Concord 1st ed. New York : Twenty-First Century Books, c1997. 64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. (Battlefields across America) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Presents an account of a critical turning point in history, the battles which plunged the thirteen colonies into war with Great Britain, a war known as the American Revolution.
Murdock, Harold, 1862-1934. The nineteenth of April, 1775 Boston, Houghton Mifflin 1925 [c1923] 134 p. illus., map. 23 cm.
Nordstrom, Judy. Concord and Lexington/ 1st ed. New York : Dillon Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993. 72 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 23 cm. (Places in American history) Includes index. Summary: Describes the first battles of the Revolutionary War, the events leading up to the conflict, and the monuments that have been erected tocommemorate this pivotal point in history.
Stein, R. Conrad. The story of Lexington and Concord; illustrated by Keith Neely. Chicago : Childrens Press, c1983. 31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25
Qcm. (Cornerstones of freedom) Summary: Discusses the causes and consequences of the battles which marked the beginning of the American revolution, in April 1775, after local militiamen were warned by Paul Revere that British troops had set out from Boston.
Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon. Lexington and Concord; the beginning of the War of the American Revolution New York, W.W. Norton [1963, c1959] 311 p. illus. 20 cm.
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
Fleming, Thomas J. Now we are enemies, the story of Bunker Hill. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1960. 366 p. maps (on lining papers) 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 351-359.
Ketchum, Richard M., 1922- The battle for Bunker Hill. [1st ed.] Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, 1962. 232 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes bibliography.
Ketchum, Richard M., 1922- Decisive day; the battle for Bunker Hill
Garden City,N.Y., Doubleday, 1974. xv, 282 p. illus. 24 cm. "An expanded and fully illustrated edition of The battle for Bunker Hill [1st ed., 1962]" Bibliography: p. 269-277.
Maloney, Linda - The Captain from Connecticut - The Life and Naval Times of Issac Hull Tarbox, Increase Niles, 1815-1888. Life of Israel Putnam ("Old Put"), major-general in the Continental Army. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press [1970] 389 p. illus., map, port. 22 cm. (Kennikat American bicentennial series) Reprint of the 1876 ed.
Niven, John. Connecticut hero, Israel Putnam . Hartford : American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1977. 101 p. ; 23 cm. (Connecticut bicentennial series ; 22) Includes index. Bibliography: p. 95-96.
FORT TICONDEROGA--
Brandt, Clare. The man in the mirror : a life of Benedict Arnold . New York : Random House, c. 1994. xxii, 360 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Inc
ludes bibliography, p. [321]-344, and index.
Callahan, North. Connecticut's Revolutionary War leaders. Chester, Conn., Pequot Press, 1973. 52 p. ports. 23 cm. (Connecticut bicentennial series, 3) Bibliography: p. 52.
Flexner, James Thomas The Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre(1953; 2nd ed., 1975); Harcourt, Brace [1953] 431 p. illus. 25 cm. Includes bibliography.
Martin, James Kirby, 1943- Benedict Arnold, revolutionary hero : an American warrior reconsidered . New York : New York University Press, c1997. xvii, 535 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-526) and index. Contents: Prologue : treason! treason! treason! black as hell -- A childhood oflegends -- A person to be reckoned with in New Haven -- Irrepressible acts of martial resistance -- The provincial politics of rebellion -- Into the howling Mainewilderness -- Hannibalian breakthrough to Quebec -- Liberty or death at the walls of Quebec -- A winter's worth of making brick without straw -- Reduced to a greatrabble -- Malevolent spirits in the summer of 1776 -- A most tenacious navalcommander -- The valiant defense of Lake Champlain -- Fundamental matters ofmilitary rank and personal honor -- The humiliating part of a faithful soldier -- An unsettled return to the northern theater -- The Battles of Saratoga -- A violated right not fully restored -- Epilogue : the current coinage of ingratitude. 34041070438381
Randall, Willard Sterne. Benedict Arnold : patriot and traitor. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, c1990. 667 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 640-654).
Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Secret history of the American revolution; an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others drawn from the secret service papers of the
British Headquarters in North America now for the first time examined and made public, N.Y., Viking [1941] xiv,534p. illus., facsim, ports., map. 23cm. Bibliography,p.496-499.
THE FIRST GUNPOWDER MILL--
Destler, Chester McArthur, 1904-1984 Connecticut: the Provisions State. Chester, Conn., Pequot Press, 1973. 58 p. illus. 23 cm. (Connecticut bicentennial series, 5) Bibliography: p. 57-58.
Kerelejza, Joan D. Connecticut, the Provision State. [Filmstrip] / Connecticut Historical Commission. West Hartford, Conn. : Fenwick Productions, 1976. 98 fr. : col. ; 35 mm. & cassette (13 min.) and teacher's guide. Presented by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut ; narrator, Bob Ellsworth. Summary: Describes the role of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War.
-- Samuel Huntington, Roger Sherman, William Williams and Oliver Wolcott, The Declaration of Independence; Connecticut people under Governor Jonathan Trumbull support the Declaration.
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
Gerlach, Larry R. Connecticut Congressman : Samuel Huntington, 1731-1796 Hartford : American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1976, c1977. 142 p. ; 23 cm.
(Connecticut bicentennial series ; 20) Includes index. Bibliography: p. 133-135.
Waugh, Albert Edmund, 1902-1985. Samuel Huntington and his family, Stonington, Conn., Pequot Press [1968] 43 p. illus., port. 23 cm. Sponsored by the Society of the Founders of Norwich, Connecticut.
ROGER SHERMAN
Boardman, Roger Sherman. Roger Sherman, signer and statesman. New York, Da Capo Press, 1971 [c1938] vii, 396 p. 23 cm. (The Era of the American Revolution) Bibliography: p. 361-373. 36601000345564, 8/7/72, Abel, 13.50, recl. 1998
Collier, Christopher, Roger Sherman's Connecticut, Middletown, Connecticut. Wesleyan University Press. 1971.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS
Stark, Bruce P. Connecticut signer, William Williams. Chester, Conn. : Pequot Press, 1975.
87 p. ; 23 cm. (Connecticut bicentennial series ; 12)
OLIVER WOLCOTT
Miles, Ellen Gross, 1941- Memorials of great & good men who were my friends : portraits in the life of Oliver Wolcott, Jr. . [Worcester, Mass.] : American Antiquarian Society, 1998. p. 105-159 : ports. ; 24 cm. "Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, vol. 107, pt. I." Includes bibliographical references.
(The Declaration of Independence and Governor Jonathan Trumbull)
Becker, Carl Lotus, 1873-1945. The Declaration of independence; a study in the history of political ideas, Reprinted with an introduction by the author. New York, A. A. Knopf, 1942.
3 p., l., v-xvii p., 3 l., 3-286 p., 1 l. 21 cm.
Ifkovic, John. Connecticut’s Nationalist Revolutionary: Jonathan
Trumbull, Jr. Hartford: American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission of Connecticut, 1977.
Malone, Dumas, 1892- The story of the Declaration of independence Bicentennial ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1975. 288 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 275.
Roth, David M. Connecticut's War Governor: Jonathan Trumbull Pequot
Press - Chester, Connecticut 1974 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-82316
Stuart, I. W. (Isaac William), 1809-1861. Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen. : governor of Connecticut . 2d ed. Hartford [Conn.] : Brown & Gross, 1878. 700 p. : col. front., illus., col. plate, ports. (part col.) ; 24 cm. R.H. Hobbs, stereotypers, Hartford, Conn. Printed in Hartford. HARTFORD AUTHOR.
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785. The Trumbull papers. pt. [I]-IV. Boston, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1885-1902. 4 v. 25 cm. (Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society ; vols. 49-50, 62-63 (ser. 5, v. 9-10; ser. 7, v. 2-3)) Contents: pt. I. Early miscellaneous papers relating to the Narragansett country. Letters of William Samuel Johnson. Letters of Jedediah Huntington.-pt. II. Correspondence between General Washington and Governor Trumbull and others. Letters of John Hancock, Joseph Warren, Thomas Gage, James Warren and Governor Trumbull. List of Washingtons letters. List of Trumbulls letters to Washington
.-pt. III-IV. Letters and documents relating to the revolution, 1777-1783.
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844-1919. Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, 1769-1784; by his great-great-grandson, Johathan Trumbull. Boston, Little, Brown, and company, 1919.
362 p. illus. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 341-346.
Weaver, Glenn. Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut's merchant magistrate, 1710-1785. Hartford,
Connecticut Historical Society, 1956. 182 p. illus. 25 cm. "In its original form, this ... was a dissertation presented to ... YaleUniversity." Includes bibliography.
Wills, Garry, 1934- Inventing America : Jefferson's Declaration of independence, New
York : Vintage Books, [1979] 398 p. "The Declarations of Jefferson and of the Congress": p. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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