HIST 311: Becoming America, 1688-1776 (Fall 2024)

The Main Library catalog can also be used to find primary sources. You can use the exact same searches previously used to find secondary sources, just limit the publication date range. This will search about 50% of our databases, so it's a good starting point.

Examples:

• The inoculation debate in Boston, 1721
  • "inoculation" AND Boston
• The Walking Purchase in Pennsylvania, 1737
  • "Walking Purchase"
• The Zenger Affair in New York, 1734-39
  • "John Peter Zenger"
• The 1741 New York slave conspiracy
  • "New York" AND slave* AND conspiracy
• The Albany Conference, 1754
  • ("Albany Conference" OR "Albany Congress" OR "albany convention")
• The Parson’s Cause in Virginia, 1758
  • "Parson’s Cause" OR "two-penny act" OR "two penny act"
• Tacky’s War in Jamaica, 1760
  • Tacky AND (rebellion OR war OR revolt)