Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Websites
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Indiana University offers scanned images of many pivotal primary source documents, including the Stamp Act, a letter from John Hancock concerning the dissemination of the Declaration of Independence, and the first page from Tom Paine's The American Crisis pamphlet.
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The Avalon Project at Yale Law School has compiled several critical primary-source documents, including the Albany Plan of Union (1754), the repeal of the Stamp Act (1766), and state constitutions.
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The Library of Congress has made electronic versions available of the papers of George Washington.
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Plus, they've included Jefferson's papers, too.
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The papers of John and Abigail Adams and the Adams family.
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Here you'll find a thorough compilation of Benjamin Franklin's papers.