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At the Edenton Tea Party, fifty-one women, largely of North Carolinian, upper-class backgrounds, signed a declaration supporting the non-importation of tea. The Edenton women attempted to replicate the 1773 Boston Tea Party, but were largely ignored…

Map of Newport, RI published in September of 1777.

A layout of the city plan of Albany, particularly including military fortifications. Includes a map of Albany's central fort, Fort Frederick.

A short obituary for Alexander Petrie, a Silver-Smith in Charleston, in 1768

Last will and testament of Alexander Petrie

The first autobiography printed by an African in Britain and the first known slave narrative, this text recounts the life of Ukawsaw Gronniosaw beginning with his capture and sale into slavery.

Map-maker James Cook draws out the geography of the Province of South Carolina for government officials in 1773, focusing in on metropolitan areas such as Charleston.

A loyalist newspaper in New York published a list of members of Continental Congress in 1779, stating them to be members of the "rebel congress."

The account of the Siege of Gibraltar written by Samuel Ancell, clerk to the 58th Regiment of Foot stationed on Gibraltar.