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I read and comment on Primary Source readings out of (mostly) American History, so you can hear voices of the people who were there, rather than just historians.

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George Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge. The cannonade continued without interruption on the side of the British throughout the day. Our men…
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Headquarters, March 14th, 1779. Dear Sir, Colonel Laurens, who will have the honor of delivering you this letter, is on his way to South Carolina on a…
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June 1. — Among the many errors America has been guilty of during her contest with Great Britain, few have been greater or attended with more fatal…
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Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783. London, July 4 [1775]- Arrived at the New England coffee-house, Threadneedle…
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In Congress, Friday June 7, 1776. The delegates from Virginia moved in obedience to instructions from their constituents that the Congress should…
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July 30, 1776. Chase. Moves that the word “white” should be inserted in the eleventh Article. The negroes are wealth. Numbers are not a certain rule of…
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Artist's depiction of the Great Fire of New York on September 19, 1776. The fire destroyed from 10 to 25 percent of the buildings in the city, while…
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