Revolutionary War

NARA M866. Journals of proceedings, early drafts, and other papers relating to the formation of the US Constitution. more

NARA M332. When the records of the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834, these documents were not included. more

NARA M247. The correspondence, journals, committee reports, and records of the Continental Congress (1774-1789). more

These slips serve as an index to final and last payments to over 65,000 veterans of the Revolutionary War and some later wars. more

NARA M2079. Final pension payment vouchers for Revolutionary War veterans residing in Delaware. more

NARA M1746. Final pension payment vouchers for Revolutionary War veterans residing in Georgia. more

NARA M61. Copies of letters sent from the U.S. Department of State and The Continental Congress to ministers and consuls abroad. more

NARA M570. Copies of letters sent by President Washington to secretaries of state John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and others. more

These reports document casualties of Navy personnel, whether by enemy action, accident, imprisonment, or disease. Deaths in both wartime and peacetime are covered. more

NARA M853. Numbered record books include indexes, records of military operations and service, records of accounts, and supply records. more

The Pennsylvania State Archives published 10 series of historical records (138 volumes) covering the initial colonial settlement through the Civil War. more

View images of original documents representing some of the most historic milestones of the American Revolution. more

NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. more

NARA M162. Prize cases heard on appeal from Colonial and state courts by the Continental Congress and the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. more

NARA M246. Muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83. more

Two sets in this series list men sent to England's Forton and Old Mill prisons during the Revolution. A third set pertains to men who served under John Paul Jones. more

NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. more

NARA M880. Compiled service records of naval personnel and members of the Departments of the Quartermaster General and Commissary General of Military Store. more

NARA M905. Compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served between the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. more