American Revolution Documents

The Declaration of Independence - written by Thomas Jefferson and edited, principally, by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams - is depicted here, in its ...

This facsimile image depicts the signatures of the individuals who signed the Declaration of Independence. Click on the image for a better view.

George Washington became the Colonials' Commander-in-Chief in 1775. His Commission, a key document from America's Revolutionary Era, depicts his offic...

In 1774, Thomas Jefferson was a delegate to the Virginia Convention.  Representing Albemarle County, Jefferson drafted this set of instructions f...

About fourteen months before he died, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to Henry Lee.  Dated the 8th of May, 1825, the letter expresses (among othe...

This image depicts the concluding page of Thomas Jefferson's May 8, 1825 letter to Henry Lee in which he describes what was important to him as he dra...

Image of the poem called Major Andre's Arrest and Execution, honored the gallantry of John Andre. Click on the image for a better view.

After all the colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock notified General George Washington.  He enclosed a copy of the Dunlap...

On the 4th of July, 1776, John Hancock sent a letter to General George Washington advising that the colonies had unanimously declared themselves indep...

On the 7th of June, 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed a resolution to assert the independence of Britain's "United Colonies" in America.

Sermons, like this one from clergy like Abraham Keteltas, supported colonial revolutionary ideas by saying that God and Biblical authority backed thei...

Richard Henry Lee's Resolution, declaring that the American Colonies were no longer subject to British control, is one of America's most-treasured doc...