Selected List of Primary Sources for His 333 American Colonial History

Note: This is a work in progress. Where missing, full bibliographic information will be added.


 

Burrage, Henry S., ed. Original Narratives of Early American History: Early English and French Voyages, 1534-1608. (1932) E127 .B96

Byrd, William. The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712. Edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1941. F229 .B9715

Copeland, David A., ed. Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers: Primary Documents on Events of the Period. E187 .C78 2000

Demos, John, ed.. Remarkable Providences: Readings on Early American History. E162 .R46 1991

Drimmer, Frederick, ed. Captured by Indians: Fifteen Firsthand Accounts. E85 .C274 1985

Franklin, Benjamin. Papers of Benjamin Franklin. E302 .F82 1959

Horn, James, ed. Writings: Captain John Smith; With Other Narratives of Roanoke, Jamestown, and the First English Settlements of America. New York: Library of America, 2007. F229 .S592 2007

Jameson, J. Franklin, ed. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664. F122.1 .J31 1909

Labaree, Benjamin Woods, ed. Royal Instructions to British Colonial Governors, 1670-1776. E187 .L62

LaFanatasie, Glenn W. and Bradford F. Swan, eds. Correspondence of Roger Williams, 1629-1682. Providence, R.I.: For the Rhode Island Historical Society by Brown University Press, University Press of New England, Hanover and London, 1988. F82 .W64 1988.

Lawson, John. A New Voyage to Carolina. F257 .L449 1966

Lederer, John. Discoveries of John Lederer. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1966. F229 .L46 1672a

Morrison, Samuel Eliot, ed. William Bradford of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647. F68 .B0873

Mulford, Carla, Angela Vietto, and Amy E. Winans, eds. Early American Writings. E173 .E28 2002

Peckham, Howard, ed. Captured by Indians: True Tales of Pioneer Survivors. E85.P4

Penn, William. The Papers of William Penn. Edited by Mary Maples Dunn and Richard S. Dunn. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981. F152.2 .P3956 1981

Sewall Samuel. Samuel Sewall's Diary. Edited by Mark Van Doren. F67 .S516 1963

Smith, John. A Select Edition of His Writings. Edited by Karen Ordahl Kupperman. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, 1988. F229 .S592 1988.

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625. F229 .T994 1946.

Vaughan, Alden, ed. The Puritan Tradition in America, 1620-1730. F7 .V32 1972b

Winthrop, John. The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649. Edited by Dunn, Richard S., James Savage, and Laetitia Yeandle. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. F67 .W784 1996



 

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