Becoming American: The British Atlantic Colonies, 1690-1763

All historical and literary texts, maps, works of art, and items of material culture, in chronological order by date of event or creation of map/image/object
Date	Title	Theme/ Source	Online Source
1685	Philip Lea, North America Divided into Its III Principall Parts, map (zoomable)	GROWTH 1	Library of Congress
1687	An unidentified French Huguenot refugee in Boston, narrative, selections	PEOPLES 2	National Humanities Center
1687 -1759	On arriving and settling in British America: selections from the writings of continental Europeans including Francis Daniel Pastorius (German), Gottlieb Mittelberger (German), Rev. J. M. Bolzius (German/Austrian), Hans Ruegsegger et al. (Swiss), Acadian petitioners (French), and an unnamed Protestant refugee (French)	PEOPLES 2	National Humanities Center
1692	Richard Frame [perhaps a pseudonym], A Short Description of Pennsylvania, poem, selections on the animals, plants, ores, and land of the colony	GROWTH 8	National Humanities Center
1692 -1760	On the plants, animals, and natural resources of the British Atlantic colonies: commentary/drawings/maps by John Bartram, Robert Beverley, Jr., Rev. J. M. Bolzius, Emanuel Bowen, Rev. Andrew Burnaby, William Byrd, Mark Catesby, Richard Frame, Peter Kalm, John Lawson, F. L. Michel, Gottfried Mittelberger, Herman Moll, John Norris, and P. G. F. von Reck	GROWTH 8	National Humanities Center
1695	Rev. John Miller, New York Considered and Improved (originally entitled Description of the Province and City of New York), selections	GROWTH 1	National Humanities Center
ca. 1695 -ca. 1780	Luxury consumer goods and residential interiors, exhibited in the online Timeline of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art	ECONOMIES 4	Metropolitan Museum of Art
1696	Rev. Cotton Mather, A Good Master Well Served, sermon, selections - On the religious and economic status of slaves - On the Christian position on slavery	PEOPLES 4 IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1696 -1759	On slavery and Christianity: selections from religious leaders - Puritan: Rev. Cotton Mather - Anglican: Rev. George Whitefield - Quaker: John Hepburn, Rev. Elihu Coleman, Benjamin Lay, Rev. John Woolman, and Anthony Benezet	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1696 -1792	On the perspectives of African Americans and European Americans toward each other: selections from - African Americans: Boyrereau Brinch, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, and Venture Smith - European Americans: Rev. Cotton Mather, Benjamin Franklin, William Moraley, William Byrd, Landon Carter, David Horsmanden, Rev. J. M. Bolzius, Gov. James Glen, Charles Hansford, and slaveholders placing runaway ads in the Virginia Gazette	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1697	Dr. Benjamin Bullivant, A Journal with Observations on My Travel from Boston in N[ew]. E[ngland]. to N[ew]. Y[ork]., New-Jersies & Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, selections on New York	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1697 -1766	On New York, New York - Descriptions by Dr. Benjamin Bullivant, Sarah Kemble Knight, Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Peter Kalm, and Rev. Andrew Burnaby - Map by John Montrésor - Engraving by John Carwitham	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
ca. 1697 -1773	Virginia's Colonial Dynasties, online exhibition of 24 portraits from the Virginia Historical Society	ECONOMIES 5	Virginia Historical Society
1698	Gabriel Thomas, An Historical and Geographical Account of Pensilvania and of West-New-Jersey, selection on religious freedom	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1698 -1763	On failed colonies: selections from documents on New Caledonia (isthmus of Panama), New Bern (North Carolina), a proposed Swiss colony (Pennsylvania), and the proposed colony of New Wales (Ohio River Valley)	GROWTH 6	National Humanities Center
1698 -1769	On the ethnic and religious diversity of the British American colonies: commentary from Gabriel Thomas, Francis Louis Michel, Robert Beverley, John Lawson, Rev. Hugh Jones, Lewis Morris, Elizabeth Ashbridge, Rev. J. M. Bolzius, Francis Cample, Rev. John Callender, Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Peter Kalm, Gottlieb Mittelberger, Benjamin Franklin, Edmund Burke, Rev. Andrew Burnaby, Rev. Ezra Stiles, and Christopher Schultz	PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1699	Edward Randolph, Surveyor-General of His Majesty's Customs for North America, letter to the English Board of Trade and Plantations, selections - On Carolina - On the progress of commerce in Carolina - On the French presence in the lower Mississippi River valley	GROWTH 1 ECONOMIES 1 AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1699	William Paterson, Report of Matters Relating to the Colony of Caledonia Colony (isthmus of Panama), selections on the failure and abandonment of the colony	GROWTH 6	National Humanities Center
1699	Herman Moll, The Scots Settlement in America called Caledonia, map (enlargeable), publ. 1735	GROWTH 6	University of Alabama
1699 -1760	On the colonies' commercial ties to Great Britain: selections - American perspectives: William Clarke and Benjamin Franklin - European perspectives: Edward Randolph, Francis Louis Michel, Rev. Hugh Jones, Peter Kalm, Edmund Burke, and Rev. Andrew Burnaby	ECONOMIES 1	National Humanities Center
1700	Francis Daniel Pastorius, Circumstantial Geographical Description of the Lately Discovered Province of Pennsylvania, selections - On the colony of Pennsylvania (narrative) - On the colony of Pennsylvania (letter to his father in Germany) - On Native Americans	GROWTH 1 PEOPLES 2 PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1700 -1702	Documents related to the French Huguenot settlement of Manakin Town, Virginia, selections	GROWTH 4	National Humanities Center
1700 -1706	On slavery and Christianity—a pamphlet war in Boston: selections from - Samuel Sewell, The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial, essay - John Saffin, A Brief and Candid Answer to a late Printed Sheet, Entitled, The Selling of Joseph, essay - "Question: Whether Trading for Negroes . . . be . . . contrary to the great Law of Christianity," The Athenian Oracle, London: 1704; pamphlet reprint ordered by Samuel Sewall, 1705 - Rev. Cotton Mather, The Negro Christianized, treatise	IDEAS 3 & IDEAS 5	National Humanities Center
1700 -1760	Printed broadsides from American printers, representative selection (14) from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Library of Congress	IDEAS 5	National Humanities Center
1700 -1775	On the relationship of Native Americans and European Americans: selections from - Native Americans: Tomachichi (Creek), Gachradodow (Iroquois), Shickellamy (Oneida), Atiwaneto (Abenaki), Shingas et al. (Delaware), Minavavana (Chippewa), and Saghughsuniunt (Oneida) - European Americans: F. D. Pastorius, F. L. Michel, John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenried, Rev. Samuel Stoddard, William Byrd, P. G. F. von Reck, Rev. John Callender, Francis Cample, Rev. J. M. Bolzius, John Bartram, Edmond Aitken, James Kenny, John Woolman, William Smith, and James Adair	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1700 -1776	On Charles Town, South Carolina - Descriptions by John Lawson, Eliza Lucas [Pinckney], Rev. J. M. Bolzius, Peletiah Webster, and "Capt. Martin, captain of a Man of War" - Map by Edward Crisp - Engraving by Samuel Smith	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
ca. 1701	Regulations of Yale College: Orders and Appointments to be Observed in the Collegiate School in Connecticut, devised ca. 1701, as transcribed in 1726 by student Jonathan Ashley, selections	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1702	Rev. Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana; Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England, Book I, selections on Boston	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1702 -1704	Francis (Franz) Louis Michel, report of his journey from Switzerland to Virginia, Oct. 1701- Dec. 1702, with related correspondence - On Philadelphia - On Manakin Town, the French Huguenot settlement in Virginia - On a proposed Swiss colony in Pennsylvania - On bull frogs in Virginia - On the Indians of Virginia - On America as a haven from persecution in Europe - On commerce in the colonies	GROWTH 2 GROWTH 4 GROWTH 6 GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 3 PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 1	National Humanities Center
1702 -1769	On Boston, Massachusetts - Descriptions by Rev. Cotton Mather, Daniel Neal, Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Rev. Andrew Burnaby, and William Price - Map by William Price - Engraving by John Carwitham	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1704 -1705	Sarah Kemble Knight, travel diary of a journey from Boston to New York City and return, October 1704 - March 1705 (publ. 1825), selections - On the colony of Connecticut - On New York City	GROWTH 1 GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1704 -1778	On Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Descriptions by Francis Louis Michel, William Moraley, Titan Leeds, Joseph Breintnall, Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Peter Kalm, Gottlieb Mittelberger, Benjamin Franklin, and Rev. Andrew Burnaby - Map by Nicholas Scull - Engraving by John Carwitham	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1705	Rev. Francis Makemie, A Plain and Friendly Perswasive to the Inhabitants of Virginia and Maryland for Promoting Towns and Cohabitation, selections - On the need to build towns in Virginia - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	ECONOMIES 2 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1705 / 1722	Robert Beverley, Jr., The History and Present State of Virginia, selections from 1722 edition - On the colony of Virginia - On the extremes of Virginia's climate - On religious and ethnic diversity in Virginia - On slaves and indentured servants	GROWTH 1 GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 6	National Humanities Center
1705 -1750	On servitude in British America: commentary by five white men—Robert Beverley, John Norris, Rev. Hugh Jones, William Moraley, and Rev. J. M. Bolzius	ECONOMIES 6	National Humanities Center
1705 -1762	On the ethnic and religious diversity of the British American colonies: commentary by Gabriel Thomas, Francis Louis Michel, Robert Beverley, John Lawson, Rev. Hugh Jones, Lewis Morris, Elizabeth Ashbridge, Rev. J. M. Bolzius, Francis Cample, Rev. John Callender, Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Peter Kalm, Gottlieb Mittelberger, Benjamin Franklin, Edmund Burke, Rev. Andrew Burnaby, Rev. Ezra Stiles, and Christopher Schultz	PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1705 -1762	On the variety and characteristics of colonial economies: commentary by Rev. Francis Makemie, John Saffin, Richard Lewis, Rev. J. M. Bolzius, Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, and announcements of merchant ship arrivals and departures in the Virginia Gazette	ECONOMIES 2	National Humanities Center
1705 -1767	On the prospect of the colonies' independence: commentary by Rev. Francis Makemie, Jeremiah Dummer, Rev. Hugh Jones, Peter Kalm, William Smith, Lewis Evans, Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, Rev. Andrew Burnaby, Benjamin Franklin, Rev. Thomas Barnard, and Gov. Thomas Pownall	AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1706	Rev. Cotton Mather, The Negro Christianized, treatise, selections	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1707	A pamphlet war on the governor's power in Massachusetts: selections from - Rev. Cotton Mather, A Memorial on the Present Deplorable State of New-England - Gov. Joseph Dudley, A Modest Inquiry into the Grounds and Occasions of the Late Pamphlet Entitled A Memorial of the Deplorable State of New-England	GROWTH 1 & IDEAS 5	National Humanities Center
1707	Rev. Francis Makemie, A Narrative of a New and Unusual American Imprisonment of Two Presbyterian Ministers, selections	AMERICAN 3	National Humanities Center
1707	Gov. John Archdale, A New Description of That Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina, selections on the taking of Indians' land	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1707	Ebenezer Cooke, "The Sot-Weed Factor," poem	ECONOMIES 3	Renascence Editions
1707 -1760	Merchants satirized in poetry, dialogue, and art: works by Ebenezer Cooke, Lewis Morris, John Greenwood, and George Roupell	ECONOMIES 3	National Humanities Center; Renascence Editions
1707 -1765	On the taking of Indians' land: commentary - Native Americans leaders of the Mohegan, Lenni Lenape, Choctaw, and Chickasaw - Europeans and European Americans: John Archdale, Peter Kalm, Charles Thomson, Rev. Samuel Stoddard, Rev. John Callender, King George III, and the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1709	John Saffin, "New England's Lamentation of Her Present State," poem, selection	ECONOMIES 2	National Humanities Center
1709	Rev. Cotton Mather, Theopolis Americana [God's City: America]: An Essay on the Golden Street of the Holy City: Publishing a Testimony against the Corruptions of the Market-Place, sermon, publ. 1710, selections	ECONOMIES 2	National Humanities Center
1709	John Lawson, A New Voyage to Carolina, Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country - On Charles Town - On the rattlesnake, black snake, buffalo, tortoise, and opossum - On Native Americans - On religious freedom and diversity in Charleston	GROWTH 2 GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 3 PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1709 -1712	William Byrd II, Virginia planter, diary, selections	ECONOMIES 5	National Humanities Center
1710	John Verelst, English portrait painter, oil portraits of four Indian leaders (Iroquois and Algonquin)	PEOPLES 3	Portrait Gallery of Canada
1710	Christoph von Graffenried, Plan of the Swiss Colony in Carolina Begun in 1710, map (enlargeable), drawn ca. 1714	GROWTH 4	New Bern- Craven County [NC] Public Library et al.
1710 -1714	Christoph von Graffenried, Relation of My American Project (also known as Account of the Founding of New Bern [North Carolina]), written ca. 1716, selections - On the first years of New Bern: letters from Swiss-German settlers, 1711 - On the failure of New Bern - On Native Americans	GROWTH 4 & PEOPLES 2 GROWTH 6 PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
ca. 1710	Justus Englehardt Kühn, Henry Darnall III, oil on canvas, portrait of a Maryland planter's young son with his African American slave	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
ca. 1710 -1761	Representations of African Americans in portraits by the European American painters John Greenwood, John Hesselius, and J. E. Kühn	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
ca. 1711	Edward Crisp, A Plan of the Town and Harbor of Charles Town, inset in A Compleat Description of the Province of Carolina, map (zoomable)	GROWTH 2	Library of Congress
1712	John Norris, Profitable Advice for Rich and Poor . . . , Containing a Description, or True Relation, of South Carolina, An English Plantation, or Colony, in America, selections - On the colony of South Carolina - On the "wild beasts" of the region - On slaves and indentured servants	GROWTH 1 GROWTH 8 ECONOMIES 6	National Humanities Center
1715	John Hepburn, The American Defence of the Christian Golden Rule, or An Essay to Prove the Unlawfulness of Making Slaves of Men, essay, selections	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
ca. 1715 -1720	Herman Moll, This Map of North America, According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations, map (zoomable)	ECONOMIES 1	Library of Congress
1717	Sir Robert Montgomery, A Discourse Concerning the Design'd Establishment of a New Colony to the South of Carolina, in the Most Delightful Country of the Universe, selections	GROWTH 6	Library of Congress
1717 -1742	On the founding and early years of Georgia: selections by Sir Robert Montgomery, Gen. James Oglethorpe, the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia, and the colonists of Georgia	GROWTH 6	National Humanities Center; Library of Congress
1718	Rev. Cotton Mather, A Man of Reason. A Brief Essay to Demonstrate That All Men Should Hearken to Reason, essay, selections	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
1718 -1775	On religion and reason: selections from Puritan clergymen Cotton Mather, Benjamin Colman, Andrew Eliot, and Samuel Langdon	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
1720	Daniel Neal, History of New England, selection on Boston	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1720	Gov. Robert Johnson, South Carolina, responses to British queries, queries 3-5 on the Indian, French, and Spanish presence on the western frontier, selections	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1720s -1757	Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, written 1771/1784-1785/1788; first publ. 1791, selections - On initiating the cleaning and paving of Philadelphia streets - On learning the printing trade and establishing his printing businesses - On his "Thirteen Virtues," and on acquiring luxury goods - On Rev. George Whitefield's preaching and his proposed "orphan house" - On the creation of the Junto Club and its subscription library - On the Albany Plan of Union	GROWTH 2 PEOPLES 1 ECONOMIES 4 IDEAS 2 IDEAS 4 AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center; History Matters (George Mason Univ. & City Univ. of New York)
1721	Rev. Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher, treatise, selections - On the heavens, animals, and man (selections from three essays) - On the current state of scientific knowledge (selections from the thirty-two essays)	IDEAS 1 IDEAS 6	National Humanities Center
1721	The paper war over smallpox vaccination during the Boston epidemic, selections from: - Letters and editorials by Rev. Cotton Mather, Dr. William Douglass, James Franklin, and others, published in Boston newspapers - Pamphlets by Rev. Cotton Mather & Dr. Zebediah Boylston, Rev. Benjamin Colman, Rev. William - Cooper, and Rev. John Williams	IDEAS 5 & IDEAS 7	National Humanities Center
1721	Jeremiah Dummer, A Defense of the New England Charters, selections - On the colonists' rights and privileges as Englishmen - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	AMERICAN 2 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1722	Rev. Samuel Stoddard, An Answer to Some Cases of Conscience Respecting the Country, Question VIII on the taking of Indian lands	GROWTH 7 & PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1722	Daniel Coxe, A Description of the English Province of Carolana, selections on the colonies' disunity	AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center
1722 -1764	On the colonies' disunity: commentary by Daniel Coxe, Peter Kalm, Benjamin Franklin, William Clarke, Rev. Andrew Burnaby, and Gov. Thomas Pownall	AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center
1723	Rev. Benjamin Colman, God Deals with Us as Rational Creatures, sermon, selections	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
1724	Christopher Sauer (Sower), Germantown, Pennsylvania, letter to "brothers and friends" in Germany on his transatlantic voyage and arrival in America	GROWTH 3	Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1724	Rev. Hugh Jones, The Present State of Virginia, selections - On the colony of Virginia - On religious diversity in the colonies - On populating the colonies with impoverished emigrants from England - On slaves and indentured servants - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	GROWTH 9 PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 1 ECONOMIES 6 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
ca. 1724	Hans Hysing (attributed to), portrait of William Byrd II, Virginia planter, oil on canvas	ECONOMIES 5	Virginia Historical Society
1725	Robert Parke, Irish Quaker in Pennsylvania, letter to relatives in Ireland on settling in Pennsylvania	GROWTH 4	National Humanities Center
1726	Lewis Morris, Dialogue Concerning Trade, selections	ECONOMIES 3	National Humanities Center
1726	Henry Brooke, "Modern Politeness," poem	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
ca. 1726	Rev. George Berkeley, "Verses by the Author on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America," written ca. 1726, publ. 1752	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1727	Rev. Cotton Mather, The Terror of the Lord. Some Account of the Earthquake That Shook New-England, sermon, selections	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
1727	Rev. James Allin, Thunder and Earthquake, A Loud and Awful Call to Reformation, sermon, selections	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
1727	Rev. Thomas Prince, Earthquakes the Works of God, and Tokens of His Just Displeasure, sermon, 1727, 1755 reprint, selections	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
1727 & 1755	On God and earthquakes: selections from Puritan clergymen Cotton Mather, James Allen, and Thomas Prince; and Puritan scholar John Winthrop	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
ca. 1727 / 1751	Dr. John Tennent (attributed to), Every Man His Own Doctor: The Poor Planter's Physician, ca. 1727; selections from 4th ed., 1751	IDEAS 7	National Humanities Center
ca. 1727 -1735	Jane Coleman Turell, poems and diary entries, compiled by her husband Rev. Ebenezer Turell in Memoirs of the Life and Death of the Pious and Ingenious Mrs. Jane Turell, 1735, selections	PEOPLES 5	National Humanities Center
1727 -1784	Benjamin Franklin on wealth, luxury, and virtue: selections from his autobiography, essays, correspondence, almanacs, testimony before the House of Commons, and articles in The Pennsylvania Gazette; and from Gentleman's Magazine	ECONOMIES 4	National Humanities Center
1727 - 1784	Benjamin Franklin, correspondence, selections - On the "Negro school" in Philadelphia - On German immigrants in Pennsylvania - On luxury and consumer goods - On science - On the colonies' disunity - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	PEOPLES 4 PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 4 IDEAS 6 AMERICAN 4 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1728	Richard Lewis, "To His Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert, Governour, and Commander in Chief, in and over the Province of Maryland," poem, selection	ECONOMIES 2	National Humanities Center
1728	William Byrd, The History of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, Run in the Year of Our Lord 1728, publ. 1841, selections - On the animals and plants of the northeastern North Carolina - On Native Americans	GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1728	Thomas Makin, "A Discription of Pennsylvania," poem	GROWTH 9	National Humanities Center
ca. 1728 -1738	John Heaten (attributed to), the Van Bergen overmantel, Greene County, New York, oil on cherry wood	PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1728 -1756	Poems on Pennsylvania by Thomas Makin, George Webb, and Jacob Duché, selections	GROWTH 9	National Humanities Center
1729	George Webb, "A Memorial to William Penn," poem, in The Genuine Leeds Almanack for the Year of Christian Account 1730, full text and selection	GROWTH 2 & GROWTH 9	National Humanities Center
1729 -1734	William Moraley, indentured servant in the middle colonies, The Infortunate: Or, The Voyage and Adventures of William Moraley. Written by Himself, publ. 1743, selections - On Philadelphia - On his arrival in America, servitude, and return to England - On enslaved African Americans - On slaves and indentured servants	GROWTH 2 GROWTH 5 & PEOPLES 1 PEOPLES 4 ECONOMIES 6	National Humanities Center; History Matters
1730s	Joseph Breintnall, "A Plain Description of One Single Street in This City" (Philadelphia), poem, selections	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
ca. 1730	Lewis Morris, poem on ethnic diversity in the middle colonies, selection	PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
ca. 1730	John Carwitham (engraver), A South East View of the Great Town of Boston, engraving (zoomable)	GROWTH 2	New York Public Library
1730 -1733	Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (Job ben Solomon) & Thomas Bluett, Some Memories of the Life of Job, the Son of the Solomon, High Priest of Boonda in Africa, publ. 1734, selections	GROWTH 5	National Humanities Center
1730 -1743	Pennsylvania Gazette, edited and printed by Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, selections - On accumulating luxuries; on items stolen from his home - On printers' responsibilities and freedom of the press - Representative collection of articles, notices, and advertisements	ECONOMIES 4 IDEAS 5 IDEAS 5	National Humanities Center
1731	Herman Moll, A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on the Continent of North America, map, detail of beaver dam illustration, with text	GROWTH 8	National Humanities Center
ca. 1731 -1737	John Carwitham, A View of Fort George with the City of New York, engraving (zoomable), depicted date: ca. 1731-1737, publ. after 1764	GROWTH 2	New York Public Library
1731 -1743	Mark Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, drawings and commentary, selections from 1754 edition	GROWTH 8	National Humanities Center
1731 -1780	Robert Witherspoon, Scots-Irish settler in South Carolina, memoir, written 1780	GROWTH 4	National Humanities Center
1732 -1735	Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge . . . Written by Herself, written ca. 1745, publ. 1774 - On her indentured servitude in Pennsylvania - On her decision to become a Quaker - On her prejudice against Quakers before her conversion	GROWTH 5 PEOPLES 5 PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center; History Matters
1733	Rev. Elihu Coleman, A Testimony Against That Antichristian Practice of Making Slaves of Men, essay, selections	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1733	Gen. James Oglethorpe, A Brief Account of the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia, selections	GROWTH 6	Library of Congress
1734	Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck and Rev. Johann Martin Bolzius, travel journals, as published in An Extract of the Journals of Mr. Commissary Von Reck, Who Conducted the First Transport of Saltzburgers to Georgia: and of the Reverend Mr. Bolzius, One of their Ministers, publ. 1736, selections - On the founding of Ebenezer, Georgia, by German Lutheran refugees - On German Jewish settlers in Savannah	GROWTH 4 PEOPLES 2 & PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1734	Paul Fourdrinier, engraver, View of the Town of Savannah as It Stood the 29th of March, 1734, engraving (enlargeable)	GROWTH 4	Digital Library of Georgia
1735	"Rules for the Year 1735," Appendix 3 in An Account Showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia in America, by the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia, 1741	GROWTH 6	National Humanities Center
1735	Gustavus Hesselius, oil portraits of Lapowinsa and Tishcohan, leaders of the Lenni Lenape (Delaware), Pennsylvania	PEOPLES 3	Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia
ca. 1735	John Carwitham (engraver), An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, engraving (enlargeable), depicted date: ca. 1735, created ca. 1778	GROWTH 2	New York Public Library
1736	Robert Byrd, letter to Lord Perceval, Earl of Egmont, selection on the influence of slavery	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1736	Mahomet Weyonomon, Mohegan leader, Connecticut, petition to King George II for protection of Indian land, selections	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1736	Tomachichi, Creek leader, conversation with John Wesley, as recorded by Wesley in his journal	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1736	John Peter Zenger, A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger, Printer of the New York Weekly Journal, selections	AMERICAN 3	National Humanities Center
1736	Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck - On the settlement of Ebenezer, Georgia: drawings and map - On the animals and plants of Georgia: drawings and commentary - On the Native Americans of Georgia: drawings and commentary	GROWTH 4 GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center; Royal Library of Denmark
1737	Benjamin Lay, All Slave-keepers That Keep the Innocent in Bondage, Apostates, essay, selections	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1737 -1742	Francis Cample, Irish settler in Pennsylvania, journal, selections - On settling in Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania - On Native Americans - On Irish Presbyterians in Pennsylvania	GROWTH 4 PEOPLES 3 PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1738	Merchant ship arrivals and departures, York River, Virginia, as reported in the Virginia Gazette	ECONOMIES 2	National Humanities Center
ca. 1738 -1746	Robert Feke, portrait of Benjamin Franklin, oil on canvas	PEOPLES 1	Franklin & Marshall College
1739	On the Stono Rebellion of South Carolina slaves: selections from the report of an unidentified white official (1739) and the WPA narrative of George Cato, the great-great-grandson of a rebellion leader (ca. 1937)	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1739	John Callender, An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America, selections - On the taking of Indian Lands - On Native Americans - On Christian tolerance in the colonies	GROWTH 7 PEOPLES 3 PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1739	"Juventus," "WHITEFIELD! That Great, that pleasing Name," poem, New-York Weekly Journal	IDEAS 2	National Humanities Center
1739 -1742	Poems on the evangelists of the Great Awakening by "Juventus," Sarah Parsons Moorhead, and Phillis Wheatley, selections	IDEAS 2	National Humanities Center
1740s	Samsom Occom, Mohegan Presbyterian minister, memoir, written 1768, publ. 1982, selection	PEOPLES 3	History Matters
1740	Nathan Cole, description of an outdoor revival in Connecticut led by Rev. George Whitefield, in unpublished memoir completed by 1765, publ. 1897, selection	IDEAS 2	History Matters
1740	Rev. George Whitefield, To the Inhabitants of Maryland, Virginia, North and South-Carolina, Concerning their Negroes, essay, selections	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1740	Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians, petition to Pennsylvania officials for assistance in seeking justice after the Walking Purchase of 1737	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1740	T. F. Lotter, A Map of the County of Savannah, map (enlargeable)	GROWTH 4	University of Georgia Libraries
1740 -1762	Eliza Lucas Pinckney, South Carolina, letters and memoranda, selections - On Charles Town - On managing her family plantations	GROWTH 2 PEOPLES 5	National Humanities Center
1741	Tailfer et al., Georgia colonists, A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia, selections on the colonists' grievances	GROWTH 6	Library of Congress
1742	Trustees of the Colony of Georgia, An Account Showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia in America, selections of trustees' reply to colonists' grievances	GROWTH 6	Library of Congress
1742	Eliza Smith, The Compleat Housewife, or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion, London, 1727; 1st American ed., 1742, selections	IDEAS 7	National Humanities Center
1742	Sarah Parsons Moorhead, "To the Reverend Mr. James Davenport," poem, selections	IDEAS 2	National Humanities Center
1742 -1743	On the Great Awakening—the debate among Puritan clergymen: selections from - Rev. Jonathan Edwards, Some Thoughts Concerning the Present Revival of Religion in New-England, treatise - Rev. Charles Chauncy, Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New-England, treatise	IDEAS 2	National Humanities Center
1743	Benjamin Franklin, A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America, proposal for the creation of the American Philosophical Society	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1743	John Bartram, Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, and Other Matters Worthy of Notice, record of 1743 journey in Pennsylvania and New York, publ. 1751 - On rattlesnakes, gnats (mosquitoes), dense forests, and Lake Ontario - On Native Americans	GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1744	Alexander Hamilton (Maryland physician, not the Founding Father), Itinerarium, travel diary of journey from Maryland to New England and return, selections - On Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia - On ethnic and religious diversity in Pennsylvania	GROWTH 2 PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1744	Gachradodow, Iroquois leader, statement to colonial officials during negotiations leading to the Lancaster Treaty	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1745	Shickellamy, Oneida leader, statement to Bishop A. G. Spangenburg, Moravian missionary, as recorded in Spangenburg's journal	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1745 -1756	Dr. Alexander Hamilton, History of the Ancient and Honourable Tuesday Club, written 1750s, publ. 1990, selections	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1745 -1770	Runaway slave advertisements, Virginia Gazette, selection	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1747	Benjamin Franklin, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania, on the College (Academy) of Philadelphia, later the University of Pennsylvania, full text with selected footnotes	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1748	Benjamin Franklin, Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One, pamphlet, selection	ECONOMIES 4	National Humanities Center
1748	John Greenwood, Jersey Nanny, mezzotint, with poem	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1748 -1750	Peter Kalm, Travels into North America, Containing its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of Its Plantations and Agriculture in General, English edition of 1770, selections - On New York and Philadelphia - On the taking of Indians' land - On mosquitoes - On religious diversity in Pennsylvania and New York - On commerce in the colonies - On the colonies' disunity - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	GROWTH 2 GROWTH 7 GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 1 AMERICAN 4 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1749	Rev. Michael C. Knoll, Lutheran minister, petition to the governor of New York on the German refugee settlement in Newbergh, selections	PEOPLES 2	National Humanities Center
1750	Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers, selections	AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1750	Rev. Benjamin Doolittle, A Short Narrative of Mischief Done by the French and Indian Enemy on the Western Frontiers of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, selections	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1750	Rev. Johann Martin Bolzius, Reliable Answer to Some Submitted Questions Concerning the Land Carolina; In Which Answer, However, Regard Is Also Paid at the Same Time to the Condition of the Colony of Georgia, selections - On Charles Town - On the dangerous animals and poisonous plants of the region - On the Carolinas and Georgia: Q&A's for potential emigrants - On Native Americans - On enslaved African Americans - On religious and ethnic tolerance in Georgia - On affairs of trade, the establishment of plantations, etc. - On slaves and indentured servants	GROWTH 2 GROWTH 8 GROWTH 9 PEOPLES 3 PEOPLES 4 PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 2 ECONOMIES 6	National Humanities Center
ca. 1750	Joseph Badger, portrait of Captain-Lieutenant John Larrabee (captain of Castle William, major fortification in Boston harbor), oil on canvas	PEOPLES 1	Worcester Art Museum
ca. 1750	Two poems related to "women's rights": - Susanna Wright, "To Eliza Norris at Fairhill" - Unidentified author, "Carolina, A Young Lady"	AMERICAN 3	National Humanities Center
ca. 1750	Robert Sayer, A New Map of North America, with the British, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danish Dominions on That Great Continent, map (zoomable), full & details	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center; Library of Congress
1750 -1753	Benjamin Franklin & Cadwallader Colden, correspondence on science and scientific experiments, selections	IDEAS 6	National Humanities Center
1750 -1754	Gottlieb Mittelberger, Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750 and Return to Germany in the Year 1754, 1756, selections - On Philadelphia - On the transatlantic crossing and arrival in Philadelphia - On the hummingbird, fireflies, and dense forests of Pennsylvania - On the colony of Pennsylvania - On the hardships of German immigrants in Pennsylvania - On religious toleration in Pennsylvania	GROWTH 2 GROWTH 3 GROWTH 8 GROWTH 9 PEOPLES 2 PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center; History Matters
1750s -1760s	Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself, publ. 1789 - On the Middle Passage (transatlantic voyage) - On the dehumanizing influence of slavery - On hearing Rev. George Whitefield in Philadelphia	GROWTH 3 PEOPLES 4 IDEAS 2	National Humanities Center; History Matters; Documenting the American South (UNC-CH)
1750s -1760s	Venture Smith & Elisha Niles, Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, publ. 1798 - On his capture, enslavement in Rhode Island, and self-purchase - On the dehumanizing influence on slavery	GROWTH 5 PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center; History Matters
1751	Gov. James Glen, An Attempt towards an Estimate of the Value of South Carolina, selection on enslaved African Americans	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1751	Benjamin Franklin, Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c., written 1751; publ. as appendix in William Clarke, Observations on the Late and Present Conduct of the French, with Regard to their Encroachments upon the British Colonies in North America, 1755	ECONOMIES 1	National Humanities Center
1751	Documents relating to the "Old Tenor" paper currency controversy in Massachusetts, and the resulting arrests for the publication of a poem critical of the governor and legislature, selections	AMERICAN 3	National Humanities Center
1752	Atiwaneto, Abenaki leader, statement to colonial negotiator Phineas Stevens during Montreal conference, as recorded in conference minutes	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1752	Benjamin Franklin et al., Pennsylvania Assembly Committee, Report on the State of the Currency, selections	ECONOMIES 2	National Humanities Center
1752	William Smith, Some Thoughts on Education, selections - On siting the college of New York in New York City - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	IDEAS 4 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1752	Benjamin Church, "The Choice: A Poem," written 1752, publ. 1757, selections	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1752	Nicholas Scull, A Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent, map (zoomable)	GROWTH 2	Library of Congress
ca. 1752 -1758	John Greenwood, Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam, oil on canvas	ECONOMIES 3	National Humanities Center
1753	Charles Hansford, "The Country's Worth," poem, lines on enslaved African Americans	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1753	"A Dissenting Protestant," A Letter to a Gentleman, Containing A Plea for the Rights of Conscience, in Things of a Religious Nature, selections	AMERICAN 3	National Humanities Center
1753 -1755	Moravian Brethren, "Bethabara Diary," selections on the founding of Bethabara, North Carolina	GROWTH 4	National Humanities Center
1754	Benjamin Franklin, Plan for Settling Two Western Colonies in North America, selections	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1754	William Clarke, Boston, letter to Benjamin Franklin, selection on the colonies' disunity	AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center
1754	Benjamin Franklin, "Join, or Die," illustration and accompanying remarks in The Pennsylvania Gazette, 9 May 1754	AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center; The History Carper
1754	Benjamin Franklin, "Reasons against partial Unions," in Reasons and Motives for the Albany Plan of Union, unpublished manuscript	AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center
1754	Benjamin Franklin, Albany Plan of Union, as adopted by the Albany Congress, selections	AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center
1754	A Letter from Benjamin Jones, in Alexandria in Virginia, to John Jones, in Pennsylvania, Taken from a Late Newspaper, on the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1754	Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, A Sermon Preach'd in the Audience of His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; . . . , selection on the French threat to British territorial claims	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1754	Rev. John Woolman, Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes, essay, selections	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1755	Edmond Aitken, Report and Plan to the British Board of Trade, selections - On Native Americans - On the British-French competition for territory and Indian alliances	PEOPLES 3 AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1755	William Clarke, Observations on the Late and Present Conduct of the French, with Regard to their Encroachments upon the British Colonies in North America, selections, with full text of appendix: Benjamin Franklin, Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c., written 1751 - On the value of the American colonies to Britain's global trade - On the British-French competition for dominance in North America	ECONOMIES 1 AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1755	Lewis Evans, Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays. The First, Containing an Analysis of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, selection on the prospect of the colonies' independence	AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1755	John Mitchell, A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America, map (zoomable)	GROWTH 9	Library of Congress
1755 (?)	Emanuel Bowen, An Accurate Map of North America. Describing and Distinguishing the British, Spanish and French Dominions on This Great Continent, map, detail of cartouche with four animals of the continent	GROWTH 8	National Humanities Center
1755 -1756	On God, earthquakes, electricity, and faith: a discussion between Rev. Thomas Prince and Prof. John Winthrop, in pamphlets and letters to The Boston Gazette	IDEAS 1 & IDEAS 5	National Humanities Center
betw. 1755 & 1760	Henry Overton, A Map of the British Plantations on the Continent of North America, map (zoomable), full & details, with selected text - On the growth of the British Atlantic colonies - On the British-French competition for dominance in North America	GROWTH 9 AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center; Library of Congress
1756	Jacob Duché, "Pennsylvania: A Poem": By a Student of the College of Philadelphia, selections	GROWTH 9	National Humanities Center
1756	Elizabeth Sprigs, indentured servant in Maryland, letter to her father John Sprigs, London, England	GROWTH 5	History Matters
1756 -1765	John Adams, diaries, selections on the pursuit of knowledge and virtue as a young man in his twenties	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1757	Edmund Burke, British statesman, An Account of the European Settlements in America, selections - On the importation of German immigrants to Pennsylvania - On the value of the colonies to Great Britain	PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 1	National Humanities Center
1757	Martha Wadsworth Brewster, "An Acrostic for My Only Son," "An Acrostic for My Only Daughter," in Poems on Divers Subjects	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1758	Landon Carter, Virginia planter, diary, selections - On enslaved African Americans - On maintaining a plantation and slaves	PEOPLES 4 ECONOMIES 5	National Humanities Center
1758	David Lindsey, Ireland, letter to Thomas or Andrew Fleming in Pennsylvania, 19 March 1758	GROWTH 3	National Humanities Center
1758	French Catholics in Nova Scotia (Acadians), petition to the governor of Massachusetts Bay to be allowed to remain in Nova Scotia after the forced removal of most French Acadians, or to be given refuge in Massachusetts, selection	PEOPLES 2	National Humanities Center
1758	Delaware Indian leaders, statement to colonial negotiator Christian Frederick Post, as recorded in Post's journal	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1758 -1780s	Mary Jemison, Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, ed. James Seaver, publ. 1823, selections	PEOPLES 5	Bruce Dorsey, Swarthmore College
1759	Anthony Benezet, Observations on the Inslaving, Importing and Purchasing of Negroes, essay, selections	IDEAS 3	National Humanities Center
1759	Charles Thomson, An Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British Interest, And into the Measures Taken for Recovering their Friendship, selection	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1759	Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, sermon for the public day of thanksgiving after the British defeat of the French at Quebec, Canada, in Two Discourses Delivered October 25th, 1759, selection	AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
ca. 1759	Boyrereau Brinch & Benjamin F. Prentiss, The Blind African Slave, or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nick-named Jeffrey Brace, publ. 1810 - On the transatlantic sea voyage and arrival in America - On his treatment after arrival in Barbados	GROWTH 3 PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1759 -1760	Rev. Andrew Burnaby, Travels through the Middle Settlements in North-America. In the Years 1759 and 1760, publ. 1775, selections - On Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City - On the, skunk, osprey, and bald eagle - On the potential for discord among the colonists - On the commerce of the colonies - On the colonies' disunity - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	GROWTH 2 GROWTH 8 PEOPLES 6 ECONOMIES 1 AMERICAN 4 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
mid to late 1700s	Unknown poet, "An tOileán Úr" ("The New Island"), Irish poem/folksong	GROWTH 3	National Humanities Center
1760	Rev. Ezra Stiles, A Discourse on the Christian Union, selection on religious tolerance	PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1760	Gov. Cadwallader Colden, New York, address to the Council and General Assembly of New York, 22 October, selection on the British defeat of the French in Canada	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1760	Benjamin Franklin, The Interest of Great Britain Considered, With Regard to Her Colonies, selections - On the territorial claims of Britain during the French and Indian War - On the colonies' disunity	AMERICAN 1 AMERICAN 4	National Humanities Center
ca. 1760	George Roupell, Mr. Peter Manigault and His Friends, ink drawing	ECONOMIES 3	National Humanities Center
1760 -1763	Thomas Hutchinson, The History of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, publ. 1828, selections on Massachusetts before and after the French and Indian War	GROWTH 9	National Humanities Center
1761	John Winthrop, Relation of a Voyage from Boston to Newfoundland for the Observation of the Transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, selections	IDEAS 6	National Humanities Center
1761	John Hesselius, Charles Calvert and His Slave, oil on canvas, , portrait of a Maryland planter's young son with his African American slave	PEOPLES 4	National Humanities Center
1761	Minavavana, Chippewa leader, statement to colonial fur trader Alexander Henry, as recorded in Henry's memoir	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1762	Saghughsuniunt, Oneida leader, statement to colonial negotiators, Pennsylvania, as recorded in conference records	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1762	James Kenny, journal entries on Native Americans in Pennsylvania	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1762	John Woolman, itinerant Quaker preacher, journal, publ. 1774, selections - On Native Americans - On frontier trade	PEOPLES 3 ECONOMIES 2	National Humanities Center
1762	Nathaniel Ames, An Astronomical Diary: or, Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1763, selections	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1762	Charlestown Library Society, The Rules and By-Laws of the Charlestown Library Society, Introduction	IDEAS 4	National Humanities Center
1763	Religious Society of Friends Quakers), Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting, statement on the purchase or settlement of Indian lands, selection	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1763	King George III, Royal Proclamation of 1763, selection on the taking of Indian lands	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1763	T. Webb et al., advertisement for the proposed colony of New Wales (Ohio River valley), The Pennsylvania Gazette	GROWTH 6	National Humanities Center
1763	Rev. Thomas Barnard, A Sermon Preached before His Excellency, Francis Bernard, selection on the prospect of the colonies' independence	AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1763	A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries (cartographer unidentified), The London Magazine, vol. 32, map (zoomable), representing territorial claims before the Treaty of Paris	AMERICAN 1	Library of Congress
1763	Richard Seale, A New and Accurate Map of North America, map (zoomable), representing territorial claims after the Treaty of Paris	AMERICAN 1	Library of Congress
1764	William Smith, An Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians in the Year 1764, including military accounts of Ohio Indians' return of war captives, selections	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1764	Gov. Thomas Pownall, The Administration of the Colonies - On the commercial relationship between the colonies and Great Britain - On the colonies' disunity - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	AMERICAN 2 AMERICAN 4 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1764	Unidentified author/paper carrier, New Year's Wish ("A happy year to my generous customers"), poem, broadside, Boston, 1 January	AMERICAN 1	National Humanities Center
1765	Pelatiah Webster, travel diary of a journey from Philadelphia to Charles Town, May-June 1765, selections on Charles Town	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1765	Choctaw Congress, Mobile [West Florida, now Alabama], statements of Supt. John Stuart and Choctaw & Chickasaw leaders, on the taking of Indians' land	GROWTH 7	National Humanities Center
1765	John Grimes, indentured servant, statement before being hanged, 1765, in The Last Speech, Confession, Birth, Parentage and Education, of John Grimes . . .	GROWTH 5	National Humanities Center
1765	L. Delarochette, A Map of North America, map (zoomable)	GROWTH 9	Library of Congress
1766	John Montrésor, A Plan of the City of New-York & Its Environs, map (zoomable)	GROWTH 2	Library of Congress
1766	Benjamin Franklin, testimony before the British House of Commons relating to the repeal of the Stamp Act - On the colonists' attitude toward British consumer goods - On the prospect of the colonies' independence	ECONOMIES 4 AMERICAN 5	National Humanities Center
1768	Benjamin Franklin, "On the Laboring Poor," Gentleman's Magazine, London, selection	ECONOMIES 4	National Humanities Center
1768 -1773	Mary Cooper, farmwife, Long Island, New York, diary, selections	PEOPLES 5	National Humanities Center
1769	Christopher Schultz, letter to Carl Ehrenfried Heintze, selection on religious and ethnic diversity in Pennsylvania	PEOPLES 6	National Humanities Center
1769	"Capt. Martin, captain of a Man of War," untitled poem on Charles Town	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center
1769	William Price, A New Plan of the Great Town of Boston in New England in America, map (zoomable), full and details, with text selection	GROWTH 2	National Humanities Center; Library of Congress
1771	Peter Bell, A New and Accurate Map of North America, map (zoomable)	GROWTH 6	Library of Congress
1771	Rev. Andrew Eliot, A Discourse on Natural Religion, sermon, selections	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center
1771 -1773	Phillis Wheatley, poems - "On Being Brought from Africa to America" - "An Elegiac Poem on the Death of That Celebrated Divine, and Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and Learned Mr. George Whitefield"	PEOPLES 4 IDEAS 2	National Humanities Center
1774	John Harrower, indentured servant from Scotland, journal selections	GROWTH 3	History Matters
1774	Thomas Leitch (engraver), A View of Charles Town, the Capital of South Carolina, engraving (zoomable), depicted date: 1774, created 1776	GROWTH 2	Library of Congress
1775	James Adair, The History of the American Indians, selections on equality among the Native Americans	PEOPLES 3	National Humanities Center
1775	Rev. Samuel Langdon, The Co-incidence of Natural with Revealed Religion, sermon, selections	IDEAS 1	National Humanities Center

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