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*'''1774-1789''' {{FSC|256300|item|disp=Papers of the Continental Congress (NARA pub., M247}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*'''1774-1789''' {{FSC|256300|item|disp=Papers of the Continental Congress (NARA pub., M247}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*'''1774-1789''' {{FSC|573131|item|disp=Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress (NARA pub, M332)}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*'''1774-1789''' {{FSC|573131|item|disp=Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress (NARA pub, M332)}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*'''1774-1789''' [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1938489 Papers of the Continental Congress] National Archives Catalog
*'''1775-1789''' {{FSC|573816|item|disp=Central treasury records of the Continental and Confederation governments relating to military affairs (NARA pub M1015}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*'''1775-1789''' {{FSC|573816|item|disp=Central treasury records of the Continental and Confederation governments relating to military affairs (NARA pub M1015}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images   
*'''1776''' {{FSC|103722|item|disp=Genealogy of signers of the Declaration of Independence}} compiled by Frank Willing Leach at FamilySearch Catalog - images 6 rolls
*'''1776''' {{FSC|103791|item|disp=Signers of the Declaration of Independence}} miscellaneous material collected by R. C. Ballard Thruston at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 
 
*Barthelmas, Della Gray. ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence : a biographical and genealogical reference.'' Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., ©1997 {{FSC|737913|item|disp=FS Library book 973 D2bdg}}  
*{{FSC|36385|item|disp= Butler, John P. comp., ''Index, the papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.'' 3 vols. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1973}} FS Library Digital Images
*{{FSC|36385|item|disp= Butler, John P. comp., ''Index, the papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.'' 3 vols. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1973}} FS Library Digital Images
*{{FSC|2835495|item|disp=Ford, Worthington Chauncey. ''Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 : edited from the original records in the Library of Congress'' Washington, D.C. : Government printing Office, 1904-1937. Vols. 5,7,19,20,23,25}} FS Library Digital Images
*{{FSC|2835495|item|disp=Ford, Worthington Chauncey. ''Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 : edited from the original records in the Library of Congress'' Washington, D.C. : Government printing Office, 1904-1937. Vols. 5,7,19,20,23,25}} FS Library Digital Images
*{{FSC|463137|item|disp=Harris, Kenneth E. and Steven D. Tilley, comps. ''Index/Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'' Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service. General Services Administration, 1976}} FS Library Digital Images   
*{{FSC|463137|item|disp=Harris, Kenneth E. and Steven D. Tilley, comps. ''Index/Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'' Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service. General Services Administration, 1976}} FS Library Digital Images
*{{FSC|3658620|item|disp=Hayden, Horace Edwin. ''Charles Carroll of Carrollton : last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence'' Pennsylvania : Wilkes-Barre, 1894.}} FS Library Digital    
*{{FSC|375782|item|disp=Jones, Charles C. ''Biographical sketches of the delegates from Georgia to the Continental Congress'' Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1891.''}} FS Library Digital Images
*{{FSC|375782|item|disp=Jones, Charles C. ''Biographical sketches of the delegates from Georgia to the Continental Congress'' Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1891.''}} FS Library Digital Images
* Pyne, Rev. Frederick Wallace. ''Descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence'' 2nd ed. Rockport, Maine : Picton Press, c2002 {{FSC|1058101|item|disp=FS Library book 973 D2bdg}}
*{{FSC|264435|item|disp=Sanderson, John. ''Biography of the signers to the Declaration of Independence'' 9 volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : R.W. Pomeroy, 1822-1827.}} FS Library Digital Library
*{{FSC|137822|item|disp=United States Congress. ''Biographical directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 : the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and the Congress of the United States from the First through the Ninety-first Congress March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, inclusive'' Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1971.}} FS Library Digital Library
*{{FSC|137822|item|disp=United States Congress. ''Biographical directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 : the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and the Congress of the United States from the First through the Ninety-first Congress March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, inclusive'' Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1971.}} FS Library Digital Library
'''Signers of the Declaration of Independence'''
*Barthelmas, Della Gray. ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence : a biographical and genealogical reference.'' Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., ©1997 {{FSC|737913|item|disp=FS Library book 973 D2bdg}}
*Goodrich, Charles A. '' Lives of the signers to the Declaration of Independence'' New York: William Redd & Co., 1829. reprint. El Segundo, California: Sightext Publications, 1969 {{FSDL|606269}}
*{{FSC|103722|item|disp=Genealogy of signers of the Declaration of Independence}} compiled by Frank Willing Leach - images 6 rolls
*{{FSC|3658620|item|disp=Hayden, Horace Edwin. ''Charles Carroll of Carrollton : last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence'' Pennsylvania : Wilkes-Barre, 1894.}} FS Library Digital 
*Lossing, B.J. ''Biographical sketches of the signers of the declaration of American independence : the declaration historically considered; and a sketch of the leading events connected with the adoption of the Articles of Confederation and the federal constitution'' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: G.G. Evans, 1860 {{FSDL|515497}}
*Pyne, Frederick Wallace. ''Descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence'' 7 volumes. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1997. v. 1. The New England States -- v. 2. New York State -- v. 3. New Jersey -- v. 4. Pennsylvania -- v. 5. Delaware and Maryland -- v. 6. Virginia -- v. 7. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. {{FSC|658603|item|disp=FS Library 973 D2p}}
*Thurston, R.C. Ballard. {{FSC|103791|item|disp=Signers of the Declaration of Independence}} miscellaneous material collected by... - images
*Sanders, John. '' Biography of the signers to the Declaration of Independence'' 9 volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: R.W. Pomeroy, 1822-1827 {{FSC|264435|item|disp=FS Library 973 D3s}}


== Continental Army ==
== Continental Army ==
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== Naval Sources ==
== Naval Sources ==
*Charles E. Claghorn, ''Naval officers of the American Revolution : a concise biographical dictionary'' Metuchen, New Jersey : Scarecrow Press, c1988 {{FSC|433021|item|disp=FS Library 973 M3c}}
*{{FSC|433021|item|disp=Charles E. Claghorn, ''Naval officers of the American Revolution : a concise biographical dictionary'' Metuchen, New Jersey : Scarecrow Press, c1988 FS Library 973 M3c}}
*Clark, William Bell, ed. et.al.  ''Naval Documents of the American Revolution''10 volumes. Washington, D.C.:Naval Historical Center, 1964-1996.  {{FSC|288086|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M29c}} Digital Volumes 1-5, 7  
*Clark, William Bell, ed. et.al.  ''Naval Documents of the American Revolution''10 volumes. Washington, D.C.:Naval Historical Center, 1964-1996.  {{FSC|288086|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M29c}} Digital Volumes 1-5, 7  
*{{FSC|3417326|item|disp=Nova Scotia Vice-Admiralty Court, ''American vessels captured by the British during the Revolution and War of 1812'' Salem, Massachusetts : Essex Institute, 1911}}
*{{FSC|3417326|item|disp=Nova Scotia Vice-Admiralty Court, ''American vessels captured by the British during the Revolution and War of 1812'' Salem, Massachusetts : Essex Institute, 1911}}
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*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1518851 Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. Revolutionary War Prize Cases, 1780–1787 National Archives RG 267  NAID 1518851]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1518851 Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. Revolutionary War Prize Cases, 1780–1787 National Archives RG 267  NAID 1518851]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1518853 Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. Selected Revolutionary War Prize Case Documents, 1780–1784 RG 267 NAID 1518853]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1518853 Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. Selected Revolutionary War Prize Case Documents, 1780–1784 RG 267 NAID 1518853]
*Kaminkow, Marion and Jack, comp. ''Mariners of the American Revolution : with an appendix of American ships captured by the British during the Revolutionary War'' Baltimore, Maryland: Magna Carta Book Company, 1967 {{FSC|287749|item|disp=FS Library 973 M25k copy 2}}
*{{FSC|/88855|item|disp=Compiled service records of American Naval personnel and members of the departments of the Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of military stores who served during the Revolutionary War NARA pub M880}}
*Charles Henry Lincoln, ''Naval records of the American Revolution, 1775-1788'' Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 {{FSDL|485073}}


== Research Guides, Bibliographies and Reference Sources ==
== Research Guides, Bibliographies and Reference Sources ==
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== Revolutionary War Sources ==
== Revolutionary War Sources ==
*{{FSC|608928|item|disp=Records of the British Colonial Office, Class 5, FamilySearch Catalog}}
*{{FSC|608928|item|disp=Records of the British Colonial Office, Class 5, FamilySearch Catalog}}
*{{FSC|397529|item|disp=British military records, "C" series, 1757-1899, located at the National Archives of Canada}}
*Lowell, Edward J. [http://www.americanwars.org/american-revolution-hessians.htm The Hessians In The Revolution]: Williamstown, Massachusetts, Corner House Publishers. 1970. reprint edition.
*Lowell, Edward J. [http://www.americanwars.org/american-revolution-hessians.htm The Hessians In The Revolution]: Williamstown, Massachusetts, Corner House Publishers. 1970. reprint edition.
*Curtis, Edward. E. ''The organization of the British Army in the American Revolution.'' New York: AMS Press, 1969.Reprint {{FSC|283380|item|disp=FS Library DGS 7954420 (Image 1024)}}
*Curtis, Edward. E. ''The organization of the British Army in the American Revolution.'' New York: AMS Press, 1969.Reprint {{FSC|283380|item|disp=FS Library DGS 7954420 (Image 1024)}}
*Ford, Worthington Chauncey. ''British Officers serving in the American Revolution, 1774-1783'' Brooklyn, New York: Historical printing club, 1897 {{FSDL|259579}}
*Office of Naval Records and Library. British P.O.W.'s captured, paroled, exchanged, confined in prison, etc., 1775-1783. {{FSDL|890941}}


== Sources for Further Reading ==  
== Sources for Further Reading ==  
''' Histories'''
''' Histories'''
*Alden, John Richard. ''The American Revolution: 1775-1783.'' New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1954.
*Alden, John Richard. ''The American Revolution: 1775-1783.'' New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1954.
*Benson, John Lossing.''Field-book of the American Revolution : published under the patronage of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution ...'' reprint of the 1850-1852 ed. published in New York, Harper and Brothers, 2 vols. Cottonport, Louisiana : Polyanthos, 1972. {{FSC|117492|item|disp=FS Library 973 H2Lb Digital}}  
*Benson, John Lossing.''Field-book of the American Revolution : published under the patronage of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution ...'' reprint of the 1850-1852 ed. published in New York, Harper and Brothers, 2 vols. Cottonport, Louisiana : Polyanthos, 1972. {{FSC|117492|item|disp=FS Library 973 H2Lb Digital}}  
*Ellet, Elizabeth Fries. ''The women of the American Revolution'' 3 volumes. (1850) reprint edition. vol. 1 {{FSDL|472279}}; vol. 2 {{FSDL|491038}}; vol. 3 {{FSDL|488367}} 
*Ferguson, E. James. ''The American Revolution: A General History, 1763-1790.''rev. ed. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1979.   
*Ferguson, E. James. ''The American Revolution: A General History, 1763-1790.''rev. ed. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1979.   
*Gibson, Lawrence Henry. ''The Coming of the Revolution: 1763-1775.'' New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1954.  
*Gibson, Lawrence Henry. ''The Coming of the Revolution: 1763-1775.'' New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1954.  
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