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Primary Source Books

Basic Documents in American History by Richard B. Morris
Call Number: REF 973 M83b 1980
ISBN: 0898742021
Publication Date: 1980-08-01
Documents of American history. by Henry Steele Commager
Call Number: 328.73 C73 Volume Volume 1
Publication Date: 1963
Eyewitness to America by David Colbert
Call Number: REF 973 Ey2 1997
ISBN: 0679442243
Publication Date: 1997-03-18
This book contains primary source material, and is shelved in our reference section.
The Annals of America by Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 085229316X
Publication Date: 1976-01-01
This book is shelved in our reference section, but has primary source material.

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Writing History by William Kelleher Storey
Call Number: 907.2 S88 2013
ISBN: 9780199830046
Publication Date: 2012-02-06

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Thirteen Colonies Series (On Reserve Shelf)

Connecticut by Christina M. Girod
Call Number: 974.602 G52 2002
ISBN: 1560068922
Publication Date: 2001-07-01
Delaware by Stuart A. Kallen
Call Number: 975.102 K14 2002
ISBN: 1560069899
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Georgia by Christina M. Girod
Call Number: 975.802 G52 2002
ISBN: 1560069902
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Maryland by Thomas Streissguth
Call Number: 975.202 S91 2002
ISBN: 156006871X
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Massachusetts by Lydia D. Bjornlund
Call Number: 974.402 B62 2002
ISBN: 1560068795
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
New Hampshire by Craig E. Blohm
Call Number: 974.202 B65 2002
ISBN: 1560069910
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
New Jersey by Thomas Streissguth
Call Number: 974.902 S91 2002
ISBN: 1560068728
Publication Date: 2001-11-01
New York by Adam Wood
Call Number: 974.702 W91 2002
ISBN: 1560069929
Publication Date: 2001-11-01
North Carolina by Michael V. Uschan
Call Number: 975.602 U84 2002
ISBN: 156006885X
Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Pennsylvania by Victoria Sherrow
Call Number: 974.802 S55 2002
ISBN: 1560069937
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Rhode Island by Andrew A. Kling
Call Number: 974.502 K65 2002
ISBN: 1560068736
Publication Date: 2001-08-01
North Carolina by Michael V. Uschan
Call Number: 975.602 U84 2002
ISBN: 156006885X
Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Virginia by Karen Price Hossell
Call Number: 975.502 P94 2002
ISBN: 1560069953
Publication Date: 2001-11-01

Voices from Colonial America (best for before 1776; on Reserve)

Connecticut, 1614-1776 by Michael Burgan; Brendan McConville (Introduction by)
Call Number: 974.602 B95 2007
ISBN: 9781426300684
Publication Date: 2007-08-14
Delaware, 1638-1776 by Karen Hossell; Karin Wulf (As told to); U. S. National Geographic Society Staff
Call Number: 975.102 H82 2006
ISBN: 0792264088
Publication Date: 2006-08-08
Georgia, 1521-1776 by Robin Santos Doak; Robert Olwell (As told to)
Call Number: 975.802 D63 2006
ISBN: 0792263898
Publication Date: 2006-04-11
Maryland, 1634-1776 by Robin Doak; James D. Rice (As told to)
Call Number: 975.202 D63 2007
ISBN: 9781426301438
Publication Date: 2007-12-11
Massachusetts, 1620-1776 by Michael Burgan; Brendan McConville (As told to)
Call Number: 974.402 B95 2005
ISBN: 9780792263838
Publication Date: 2005-11-08
New Hampshire 1603-1776 by Scott Auden; Alan Taylor (As told to)
Call Number: 974.202 A89 2007
ISBN: 9781426300349
Publication Date: 2007-04-10
New Jersey, 1609-1776 by Robin S. Doak; Brendan McConville
Call Number: 974.902 D63 2005
ISBN: 0792263855
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
New York, 1609-1776 by Michael Burgan; Timothy J. Shannon (As told to)
Call Number: 974.702 B95 2006
ISBN: 0792263901
Publication Date: 2006-04-11
North Carolina, 1524-1776 by Matthew C. Cannavale; Patrick Griffin (As told to)
Call Number: 975.602 C22 2007
ISBN: 9781426300325
Publication Date: 2007-04-10
Pennsylvania, 1620-1776 by Lisa Trumbauer
Call Number: 974.802 T86 2005
ISBN: 0792265963
Publication Date: 2005-12-13
Rhode Island, 1636-1776 by Jesse McDermott; Brendan McConville (As told to)
Call Number: 974.502 M47 2006
ISBN: 079226410X
Publication Date: 2006-12-12
South Carolina, 1540-1776 by Robin Doak; Robert Olwell (Introduction by)
Call Number: 975.702 D63 2007
ISBN: 9781426300660
Publication Date: 2007-08-14
Virginia, 1607-1776 by Sandy Pobst; Kevin D. Roberts
Call Number: 975.502 P73 2005
ISBN: 079226388X
Publication Date: 2005-11-08