Includes letters, diaries, and journals of twenty young people from all walks of life, reflecting their experiences in the pivotal period in American history from 1767 to 1789.
Contents
From the Stamp Act to the Boston Tea Party -- Testifying at the Boston Massacre Trial -- Surviving Bunker Hill -- Watching the British surrender at Sarratoga -- At the Yorktown surrender -- Quakers under siege -- On the house party circuit -- The Harvard life and tax reform.