1776
Adams, Samuel. "American Independence." 1 Aug. 1776, State House, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Speech.
Reynolds, Joshua. "Discourse VII." 10 Dec. 1776, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, UK. Lecture.
Mason, George. Virginia Bill of Rights. 12 June 1776, article 3.
Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Vol. 1, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776, bk. 1, ch. 11, pt. 2.
Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, edited by Edwin Cannan. The Modern Library, bk. 1, ch. 11, pt. 2.
Adams, John. Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.
Adams, John. "Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies, April 1776." John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1775-1783, edited by Gordon S. Wood. Library of America, 2011.
Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Vol. 2, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1776, bk. 5, ch. 1, pt. 3.
Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, edited by Edwin Cannan. The Modern Library,, bk. 5, ch. 1, pt. 3.
Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Vol. 2, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776, bk. 4, ch. 8.
Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, edited by Edwin Cannan. The Modern Library, bk. 4, ch. 8.
Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 3 Apr. 1776.
Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 26.
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 26.
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
On the Roman emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.
Washington, George. "General orders." 2 July 1776, New York City, NY, USA.
Washington, George. The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series June-August 1776, edited by W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Vol. 5, University of Virginia Press, 1993.
Walpole, Horace. Letter to Anne. 16 Aug. 1776.
Walpole, Horace. "Letter to Anne." Horace Walpole's Correspondence, edited by Wilmarth S. Lewis, A. Dayle Wallace, and Edwine M. Martz. Vol. 32, Yale University Press, 1965.
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 2.
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 2.
Adams, Abigail. Letter to John Adams. 7 May 1776.
Adams, Abigail. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor. Belknap Press, 2010.
Harley, David. Speech before the House of Commons. 1776, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.
Page, John. Letter to Thomas Jefferson. 20 July 1776.
Page, John. Quoted in Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War, written by Michael Kranish. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Mason, George. Virginia Bill of Rights. 12 June 1776, article 1.