U. S. History: Colonial through 1800: Open Access Primary Sources

A listing with links to the Continental Congress documents and papers of early presidents who were involved in the American Revolution including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

Extensive collection of images and text from libraries and other repositories across the U.S. UT Libraries is a participating member.

Full and partial images of thousands of books and periodicals digitized by Google. To limit results to full-text, use the advanced book search and click on "full-view only." Particularly good resource for finding the complete text of older books and periodicals.

Developed by writer Don Mabry. Contains links to full-text on many historical subjects and time periods.

This archive contains full-text of books, documents, and images. It includes the WayBackMachine which provides access to old websites.

Links to museum collections at Colonial Williamsburg.

Open access online newspaper for Williamsburg for 1736-1780 from Colonial Williamsburg.

Extensive collections for colonial and early 19th century US history, including the Adams Family Papers.

Full-text of documents and essays on events leading up the American Revolution.

From the holdings of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

Collection of historical texts divided into ancient, medieval, and modern sourcebooks with additional links to special resources and sub-sourcebooks.

Searchable, full-text links historical topics including colonial U.S.

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database comprises more than 35,000 individual slaving expeditions between 1514 and 1866. Records of the voyages have been found in archives and libraries throughout the Atlantic world. They provide information about vessels, enslaved peoples, slave traders and owners, and trading routes. Users can search for information about a particular voyage or group of voyages. The website provides full interactive capability to analyze the data and report results in the form of statistical tables, graphs, maps, a timeline, and an animation.

Open access full-text from the reigns of British kings from George III to William IV. Includes personal letters, diaries, account books and records of the Royal Household.

NLM's free online repository of biomedical resources including books, still images, videos, and maps. From the colonial period to the 20th century.

From the University of Virginia. Full-text of documents and maps.

Part of a famous trials website maintained by Professor Douglas O. Linder at University of Missouri School of Law.