First U.S. black inventor. From Lemelson Prize
Program
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American Authors: Online E-texts
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William Byrd II
(1674-1744)
William
Byrd and His History of the Dividing Line
History and criticism; by Thomas Thurston, Yale
PAL:
William Byrd (1674-1744)
Bibliography; comments; study question from PAL
The
Secret Diary of William Byrd
From W.W. Norton
Westover
Plantation (near Williamsburg)
Byrd's home; from James River Plantations
William
Byrd - A Visual Archive
From Vienna University, Austria
American
Literature Lesson Plan Sequence. William Byrd II
Lesson 7. William Byrd and the History of the Dividing
Line;
Grades 9 to 12; from Georgia Learning Connections
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J.
Hector St. John
Crevecoeur (1753-1813)
Letters
from an American Farmer
Full text. From University of
Virginia.
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Jonathan Edwards
Life of
Jonathan Edwards
Biography from Yalke Divinity School. Site includes link
to American
Religious History
"From Sinners
in the Hand of an Angry God." 1741
E-text of Edwards' work
JonathanEdwards.com
Biography; etexts of his sermons; his theological writings;
The Great Awakening and the revival of religion;
bibliography.
Jonathan Edwards
Secondary Sources
From JonathanEdwards.com
Jonathan
Edwards, Scholar, Preacher, Missionary
Biography from Hillsdale College
Jonathan
Edwards (1703-1758)
Links to Edwards works, "Religious Affections", "Select
Sermons", "Treatise on Grace", "An Unpublished Essay on the
Trinity",
"Freedom of the Will", "David Brainerd", and "Complete
Works"
PAL:
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Bibliography; Leader of the Great Awakening; Study Questions;
Liberal innovations made by Solomon (Samuel) Stoddard
(Edwards' Grandfather)
American
Literature Lesson Plan Sequence. Jonathan Edwards
Lesson 3. Jonathan Edwards. Grades 9 to 12;
from Georgia Learning Connections
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Oloudah Equiano
(1745-1797)
Olaudah
Equiano
Biography
The
Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano
Biography, other information by Suzanne Erara, Princeton;
see: Equiano
Timeline for timeline of his life
Africans
in America. Part 1. Olaudah Equiano
Biography; his narratives; teacher's guide. From PBS
Black
Jacks; African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
Includes brief information; by W. Jeffrey Bolster, Harvard
Olaudah
Equiano
Biography; selections from his work
The
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus
Vass the African (1798)
Excerpts of his autobiography. His
enslavement
A
Son of Africa: Oloudah Equiano
Film with link to etext of Equiano's The Interesting
Narration of the Life of Oloudah Equiano Excerpts
include the voyage of the slave ship; his arrival in the West
Indies;
a description of the Ibo religion
A Son of Africa:
Facilitator's Guide
Facilitator's guide; excerpts;
bibliography.
From California Newreel
PAL:
Perspectives in American Literature
Bibliography
Olaudah
Equiano (1745-1797)
Heath study guide; issues and strategies By Angelo
Costanzo.
Dark
Voices from Unmarked Graves
Unit plan by Robert Johnson Moore. Grades 10 - 11.
African American history; African American
literature.
From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
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to African American Authors E-texts
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Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
Related pages: Benjamin Franklin. Inventors
The World of Benjamin
Franklin
Biography; Franklin as a scientist, inventor, statesman,
printer,
philosopher, musician and economist;
from The
Franklin Institute Science Museum
Benjamin Franklin: A
Documentary History
Chronological biography; by J.A. LeoLemay, University of
Delaware
Benjamin
Franklin. Autobiography, Letters and Other Writings
Includes notes on texts; from Bibliomania
The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
E-text of Franklin biography from University of
Virginia
Benjamin
Franklin on Native Americans
Excerpt from a longer piece; from Madison Center, James
Madison University
Benjamin
Franklin (index page)
Texts of letters from Boston & London (1722-1726); London
(1757-1775);
Paris (1776-1785); Philadelphia (1726-1757); Philadelphia
(1785-1790);
Poor Richard's Almanac (1733-1758)
Selections
from "Poor Richard's Almanac"
1898 ed., The Century Company with original 1733
facsimile;
from Antique Books
The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Full text of the autobiography. With introduction and
notes.
From From
Revolution to Reconstruction
From
"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin"
Excerpts from W.W. Norton
The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
E-text; From University
of Maryland
My
Place in Time
Unit/lesson plans. Sixth grade. Based on Franklin's
Autobiography. Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans
Humor
of America
Unit/lesson plans. Advanced tenth and
eleventh grades.
Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans.
Create
a Postcard. Poor Richard's Almanac
From Classroom Today
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Philip Freneau
(1752-1832)
Philip
Freneau
Biography by Alex Leitch, Princeton
Philip Freneau
Biography from An Outline of American Literature
Philip
Freneau
Bibliography; leader of 18th century Naturalism; four
aspects;
study questions from PAL
Philip
Freneau Selected Bibliography
From The SAC LitWeb
Philip
Freneau
Quotations from Freneau. From Project Bartleby.
Bartlett's
Quotations.
Philip
Freneau
Text of his poem, "The Wild Honey Suckle."
From Project Bartleby
Philip Freneau:
Rules for Changing a Republic [into a Democracy, then] into a
Monarch
Online etext. Word document under frames
Philip
Freneau: "The Indian Burying Ground"
Poem by Freneau, "the poet of
the American Revolution."
Poets'
Corner. Philip Freneau
E-texts of "The Indian Burial Ground," "The Wild Honey
Suckle," "On Retirement," "The Vernal Age," "To the Memory of
the Brave Americans," "Ode," "On the Universality and Other Attributes
of the God of Nature," "To Mr. Blanchard, the Celebrated Aeronaut
in America," "On the Death of Dr. Benjamin Franklin."
From Steve Spanoudis page
John
Jay (1745-1829)
John Jay
Biography, The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2001;
from Project Bartleby
John
Jay
Biography from ushistory.org
John
Jay, One of the Nation's Founding Fathers
Biography from America's Story, Library of Congress
John Jay
Biography from Smithsonian
Gilbert's
Portrait of John Jay
From Teaching Politics
John Jay
Homestead
Story from Poughkeepsie Journal
Federalist
Papers
Click on the numbers for full text. From American Memory;
papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
The Federalist
Papers
E-text from constitution.org
The Paris Peace Treaty of
1783
From University of Oklahoma Law Center
Yale
New Haven Lesson Plans
U. S. Constitution unit
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Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826)
Thomas
Jefferson
Biographical sketch from W.W. Norton
Life of Thomas
Jefferson
E-text of biography by B.L. Rayner, 1834;
from University of Virginia Electronic Library
Jefferson Digital
Archive
Digital texts (1700 items), biography, historical
information
on University of Virginia, bibliographies, other
resources;
from University of Virginia
Thomas
Jefferson on Politics & Government. Quotations
From University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
Ask
Thomas Jefferson!
Use e-mail to ask Mr. Jefferson a question; from
Monticello
Ask
Thomas Jefferson. Quotations
Quotations from Mr. Jefferson from politics to society;
Page by Adam Zimmerman, Potrero Hill Middle School
Visit Jefferson's
Monticello
Visit
Mr. Jefferson's Academical Village
Interactive tour of the University of Virginia
Thomas
Jefferson, Son of Virginia
Article on Jefferson in the Virginia legislature;
from
Colonial Williamsburg
Journal; biographical information
The Jefferson
Bible
From nothingistic.org
Notes
on the State of Virginia
From University of Virginia Electronic Library
The Writings of Thomas
Jefferson
His autobiography, Notes on Virginia, Parliamentary Manual,
Official Papers, Messages and Address, other writings.
From constitution.org
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Sarah Kemble
Knight (1666-1727)
Sarah
Kemble Knight
Brief biography from Endicott College Library
Sarah
Kemble Knight. from The Private Journal of a Journey from Boston to New
York, in the Year 1704 Text
PAL.
Sarah Kemble Knight
Selected bibliography, comments on "The Journal," study
questions,
from Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
Sarah
Kemble Knight. Classroom Issues and Strategies
By Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola; from Heath Anthology
American
Literature Lesson Plan Sequence. Sarah Kemble Knight
Lesson 4. Sara Kemble Knight and Her Journal; grades 9 to 12;
from Georgia Learning Connections
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James Madison
Biography
of James Madison
From The White House Presidents page
American
Presidents: Life Portraits: James Madison
Life facts, public service, homes, references;
from American Presidents
James Madison: His Legacy
Biography, numerous resources by topics, as Declaration of
Independence, American Confederations, Bill of Rights,
Slavery, Native Americans. From Madison Center,
James Madison University
Montpelier,
the Home of James Madison
The Madisons, Montpelier history, the races, archaeology,
resources, visiting Montpelier
Papers of James Madison
Biography, documents, bibliography; from University of
Virginia
The Federalist
Papers
From American Memory, Library of Congres
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Thomas Paine
(1737-1809)
The
Rights of Man; A Political Pamphlet by Thomas Paine (1791)
Portrait, facsimile of the document
Archive of
Thomas Paine Works
All his work, including Common Sense; The
Rights
of Man; African Slavery in America; Age of Reason; more
Moncure
D. Conway on Thomas Paine's Writings
Biographer of Paine
American
Revolutionary War Timeline
Includes Paine with links
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George Washington
(1732-1799)
George Washington's
Papers
Etext. Selected documents. From UVA
The
Maryland Gazette featuring George Washington's Journal
Account of Washington's trip to the Ohio River
George
Washington
His inaugural addresses; First Thanksgiving
Proclamation; Other papers; portrait
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Phillis
Wheatley (1753-1784)
Phillis
Wheatley
Biography; by Mrs. Angela Graves fourth grade class
Phillis Wheatley
Bibliography
An
Elegy...Reverend and Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper...
Poem by
Wheatley
Phillis
Wheatley
Very brief biography
Phillis Wheatley,
Poet
Biography; commentary; picture
Phillis
Wheatley: Precursor of American Abolitionism
Biography; commentary; a
poem
American
Verse. Phillis Wheatley
Biography and poem, "On the Death of a Young
Gentleman of
Great Promise;" in American Female Poets.
Project
Gutenberg
Poems, On Various Subjects
Religious and
Moral.
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American Literature; Online E-texts
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John
Woolman
Journal
(1774) Etext from UVA. Woolman, a Quaker, opposed slavery.
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African
Americans
Commentary
Sources Database. American Multculturalism Series
The African
American Experience; etexts; Antibiastes; Benjamin Banneker; Peter
Bestes et al; James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw; Briton Hammon; Jupiter
Hammon; Phillis Wheatley; others
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Resources
American
Poetry: The 19th Century
Audio CD. Six hours of audio
recordings. Includes readings of
19th century poetry, including Native American and women. Available
from Voyager Co.
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