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Digital Resources for Early American Studies

Westward Expansion

American Journeys, The Wisconsin Historical Society

American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920, Library of Congress

Discovering Lewis & Clark, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, University of Nebraska

Louisiana & Lewis & Clark, Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

The American Experience in the Classroom, Smithsonian Institution

The American Experience in the Classroom, A Clash of Cultures, Smithsonian Institution

Westward Expansion: Encounters at a Cultural Crossroads, Library of Congress

Please note: New Sources are Forthcoming, thank you!

Se-quo-yah

R. T. Se-quo-yah. 1838. Published in Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, 3 vols., Philadelphia, 1837-1844. Hand-colored lithograph. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. To view the full image, please click here or on the thumbnail.

Foster, The Boarding School

[Foster, Mrs. Hannah (Webster)]. The Boarding School: Or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils ... Boston: G. P. Peaslee, 1829. HathiTrust . To view the full image, please click here or on the thumbnail.

The history of the New-York African free-schools

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. “The history of the New-York African free-schools, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time…” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1830. To view the full image, please click here or on the thumbnail.

Specimens of Penmanship

Specimens of Penmanship from Writing Schools in Boston, 1748-1782. Cooper, John. Earthly treasure : autograph manuscript, 1771. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Colonial North America at Harvard Library. To view the full image, please click here or on the thumbnail.