Towns

MA, USA

Boston

17 sources organized by credibility tier.

▶Tier 1 — Institutional and Academic (13)

  • Adams Family Papers — Massachusetts Historical Society

    Primary source collection including John Adams's diary and correspondence.

  • Boston Athenaeum Collections — Boston Athenaeum

    Rare books and manuscripts from the Revolutionary period.

  • Boston Massacre Trial Transcripts — Massachusetts Archives

    Court records from the trials of Captain Preston and the soldiers.

  • Boston National Historical Park Official Resources — National Park Service

    Official NPS documentation for Boston Revolutionary sites.

  • History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution — Various

    Mercy Otis Warren's history, primary source from a patriot insider.

  • Massachusetts Historical Society Collections — Massachusetts Historical Society

    Primary source repository with extensive Revolutionary-era documents.

  • Museum of Fine Arts Revolutionary Era Collection — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Collection documentation for Revolutionary-era portraits and objects.

  • Paul Revere's Deposition — Massachusetts Historical Society

    Revere's own account of his ride, written shortly after the events.

  • Paul Revere's Ride — David Hackett Fischer / Oxford University Press

    Comprehensive scholarly account including Menotomy fighting

  • Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral — A. Bell, London

    Phillis Wheatley's published collection, primary source for her voice.

  • The Boston Massacre — W.W. Norton

    Hiller Zobel's definitive account of the Massacre, based on extensive primary source research including trial transcripts.

  • The History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay — Various

    Thomas Hutchinson's history, valuable primary source from the Loyalist perspective.

  • The Shoemaker and the Tea Party — Beacon Press

    Alfred Young's study of George Robert Twelves Hewes and the construction of Revolutionary memory.

▶Tier 2 — Reputable Secondary (3)

  • Boston Gazette Archives — Various Archives

    Patriot newspaper with contemporary accounts of events, though editorially partisan.

  • Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America — Yale University Press (Benjamin L. Carp)

    Modern scholarly analysis of the Tea Party's causes, participants, and lasting impact on Revolutionary politics.

  • Freedom Trail Foundation Resources — Freedom Trail Foundation

    Educational materials about the Freedom Trail sites.

▶Tier 3 — General Reference (1)

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