Rob+Davenport+Sources

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This is a link to the Articles of Confederation, which was written in York Town when the continental congress was in session in York Town from September 1777-June 1778. The Articles of Confederation was the document that set up our government before the Constitution.

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This is a link to the letter that was sent by congress to the states urging them to ratify the Articles of Confederation. This letter was also written while the continental congress was in York Town.

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A collection of correspondence of the continental congress including the time the continental congress was in meeting in York Town.

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A famous political cartoon that was attributed to Ben Franklin and printed in the Pennsylvania Gazette. It was published during the French and Indian War but was used as motivation during the revolutionary war for the colonies to come together under one government.

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Letter from Marquis de Lafayette to his wife from Valley Forge just before coming to York Town. The letter alludes to the eventual Conway Cabal where Lafayette is rumored to support George Washington among his colleagues that wanted him to be replaced.

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This is a painting of the second continental congress. This congress is the congress that met in York Town in 1777 and could be used in my project as a visual of the members that were here in York for the 9 months, which my project will focus on.

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This is a painting from 1866 that depicts George Washington and a congressional committee at Valley Forge in 1777. This painting could relate to the Conway Cabal which was played out in York. The painting could be used as a reference as to how George Washington was perceived at the time.

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This painting depicts George Washington taking command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, MA in 1775. The York Rifle Company arrived on July 25, 1775 and marched hundreds of miles to be under Washington’s command. This could be compared to the above painting to determine if the feelings towards Washington changed from 1775-1777.

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This link is to the murals that were painted in York city. One of the murals depicts the drafting of the Articles of Confederation which were written when the second continental congress was stationed in York. This is one of the most important events that occurred when the congress was in York.

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This is a lithograph from 1894 that depicts the drafting of the Articles of Confederation. It relates to my project for the same reasons as the murals above.

I also have personal photos of the gravestones of the two signers of the Declaration of Independence that are buried in York, Phillip Livingston and James Smith. I am not sure if they count as a primary source or not.

Jeanine
 * I am not sure if they would really be considered primary sources but they would definitely be a great asset to your project idea!

All of my links are to music from the colonial time period since I can not find any audio primary sources directly related to York Town during colonial times. I would use all of these pieces to give my students context clues of the time period of when the congress was meeting in York Town from 1777-1778. Some of the songs could also be linked to the feelings towards George Washington. This would be important for my project if I choose to focus on the Conway Cabal and the toast to save the nation which happened while the congress was meeting in York Town.

[] This song was written by Dr. Joseph Warren who was one of the original minute men and the song is about the importance of a free America.

[] [] [] These links are to the popular song Yankee Doodle. The first two are the original versions of the song and the third is the song the traditional children’s song. There are many versions of this song (some even critical of George Washington), but it is believed that the origin of the song was to ridicule the colonial soldiers, but they adopted the song as their own.

[] This song was about Benedict Arnold and the capture of Major Andre. Arnold, upset with George Washington, met with his British contact Major Andre to betray the colonial army and help the British.

[] This song is about the view of some Americans towards the British.

[] This site contains many pieces of music from the colonial time period, including pieces about George Washington. There are no words with the songs, but these could be used to get a feel for the time period and the tone of the songs could give students context clues to what feelings the music was trying to show.

My focus for the video and maps resources will have to be on map since the time period of my local history project is before video.

@http://www.mapsofpa.com/18thcentury/1777fadenatlaspa.jpg

This resources is a map of Pennsylvania from 1775. This map will be useful to show the landscape and the towns of the time period from when the Congress was in York Town. It will be helpful for to see the location of some of the places that are mentioned in various correspondence.

@http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/map1/map.html

This map show General Washington’s battle engagements in 1776. This could be used as background information leading up to events that took place in York Town.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/gmd:@field(SUBJ+@od1(York++Pa++--Aerial+views+))

These two maps are aerial views of the early city of York. These are a little bit past the time period that I will be looking at, but they can give my students an idea as to what the city of York may have looked like close to that time period. They were the oldest maps that I could find.

@http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=1447

This online book contains many early maps of Pennsylvania. Page 41 has a very early map of Pennsylvania (1749) that might be useful as background information to set up the time period that I will be looking at.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pagenweb/map/index.html

This set of maps shows the progression of PA county seats from 1682-1932. This could give students information as to when the county seat of York was established in comparison to the rest of the PA counties.**