53rd Annual Virginia Conference for Social Studies Educators
Williamsburg, Virginia
October 25, 2019
In 1775 British army captain John Gunning wrote “this Country and its Inhabitants” are “habituated by Notions of Independence.” This collection from the American Revolution Institute’s library catalogue features patriot letters home chronicling the influence of the Declaration of Independence.
![La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck by André Basset [possible], ca. 1776](https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/La_destruction_de_la_statue_royale_a_Nouvelle_Yorck_New_Yorkers_pull_down_George_IIIs_statue_engraving-2.jpg "Click for a larger view.")
La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck [New Yorkers pull down George III's statue]
André Basset, publisher [possible]
ca. 1776The Society of the Cincinnati
On July 9, 1776, after hearing the reading of the Declaration of Independence, New Yorkers tore down the gilt equestrian statue of King George III located on the Bowling Green.
John Gunning to Alexander Dick
July 17, 1775The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
page 1Written by a captain of the British army during the siege of Boston, expressing contempt of the American "habituated by notions of independence... the same spirit shews itself from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas . . ."
John Gunning to Alexander Dick
July 17, 1775The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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John Gunning to Alexander Dick
July 17, 1775The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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Jonathan Birge to Priscilla Birge
August 15, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
Series of letters by Jonathan Birge to his wife, Pricilla Birge, regarding the role of him and his company of troops during the 1776 New York campaign.
Jonathan Birge to Priscilla Birge
September 1, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
Jonathan Birge to Priscilla Birge
September 24, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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Jonathan Birge to Priscilla Birge
September 24, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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Jonathan Birge to Priscilla Birge
October 6, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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Jonathan Birge to Priscilla Birge
October 6, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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Jonathan Birge to Priscilla Birge
October 20, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
Edward Paine, Nathaniel West and George Hubbard to Priscilla Birge
November 17, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
page 1Edward Paine, Nathaniel West and George Hubbard to Priscilla Birge, regarding the death of Jonathan Birge.
Edward Paine, Nathaniel West and George Hubbard to Priscilla Birge
November 17, 1776The Society of the Cincinnati, The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
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