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Creating the Declaration of Independence
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Revolution of the Mind
Franklin Flip-Flops on Stamp Act
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Charles Thomson, September 27, 1766. Manuscript. Charles Thomson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (008.02.00)
[Digital ID # us0008_02]
Philadelphia on the Eve of the Revolution
Thomas Jefferys, after George Heap. An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia. Etching. London: Thomas Jefferys, ca. 1768. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (002.03.00)
[Digital ID # pga.01698]
Repeal Celebrated in Boston
Paul Revere. A View of the Obelisk Erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the Rejoicings for the Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766. Etching with watercolor. Boston: 1766, restrike printed after 1836. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (009.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.05479]
Repeal of Stamp Act
Glorious News. Boston, Friday 11 O’Clock, 16th May 1766. This instant arrived here the Brig Harrison, belonging to John Hancock. Boston: 1766. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (007.05.00)
Digital ID # us0007_05
The Horse “America” Throwing George III
The Horse America Throwing His Master. Westminster: Wm. White, August 1779. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (005.03.00)
[Digital ID # cph 3g05286]
Creating the Declaration of Independence
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Battle Joined
Asserting American Rights
James Otis. The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. Boston: Edes and Gill, 1764. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (006.00.04)
[Digital ID# us0006_04]
A Push Toward Rebellion
Paul Revere. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Regiment. Engraving. Boston: Paul Revere, after 1770. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (11.02.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-19159]
Jefferson Argues to Free Slaves
Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia. . . . Charlottesville, Virginia: F. Carr, 1829. Law Library, Library of Congress (12)
[Digital ID# us00012 — us0012_1]
Throwing British East India Company Tea into Boston Harbor
“Americans Throwing the Cargoes of the Tea ships into the River, at Boston.” Engraving from W.D. Rev. Mr. Cooper. The History of North America. London: E. Newbery, 1789. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (12.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0012_01]
Franklin on Slavery
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Benezet, August 22, 1772. Manuscript. Benjamin Franklin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (13)
[Digital ID# us0013]
Sparking Anti-Slavery Sentiment in America
Anthony Benezet. Observations on the Inslaving, Importing and Purchasing of Negroes with Some Advice Thereon. . . . Germantown, Pennsylvania: Christopher Sower, 1759. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (13.01.01)
[Digital ID# us0013_02p1]
Call for the Abolition of Slavery
Benjamin Rush. Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlement in America upon Slave-keeping. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (14)
[Digital ID# us0014]
American Drama Promotes Revolutionary Cause
Mercy Otis Warren. The Adulateur. A Tragedy. . . . Boston: New Printing Office, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (15.00.03)
[Digital ID# us0015p3]
The Bostonians in Distress, 1774
Attributed to Philip Dawe. The Bostonians in Distress. Mezzotint. London: R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1774. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (16.03.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a13536]
Contradiction between Liberty and Slavery
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Jean Nicolas Démeunier, January 24, 1786. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (16)
[Digital ID# us0016]
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