Sources
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68 sources from 14 places are listed below, grouped by who publishes them. Each battle page lists its own sources, numbered, next to the story.
Founders Online, U.S. National Archives
22 sources
- George Washington to John Hancock, 20 December 1776 (letter as sent; PGW Revolutionary War Series vol. 7), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0305 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Colonel Joseph Reed to George Washington, 22 December 1776, The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series vol. 7, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0324 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to Colonel Joseph Reed, 23 December 1776 (with source note), The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series vol. 7, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0329 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to John Hancock, Head Quarters at Keith's, 16 December 1776 (letter as sent: LS in Robert Hanson Harrison's writing, DNA:PCC), PGW Revolutionary War Series vol. 7, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0280 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to Robert Morris, 22 December 1776 (ALS, CSmH), PGW Revolutionary War Series vol. 7, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0322 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to John Hancock, 24 December 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0338 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- General Orders, 25 December 1776 (the attack orders, with editorial notes), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0341 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to Colonel John Cadwalader, McKonkey's Ferry, 25 December 1776, 6 P.M., Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0343 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to Robert Morris, 25 December 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0344 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to John Hancock, 27 December 1776 (letter and editorial notes), The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series vol. 7, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0355 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- General Orders, 27 December 1776, The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series vol. 7, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0351 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to John Hancock, 29 December 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0371 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to Robert Morris, 30 December 1776 (hard money 'to pay a certain set of People'; PGW and Fitzpatrick identify them as spies), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0382 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Robert Morris to George Washington, 30 December 1776 (second letter of that date, with the letter-book account of the hard money sent: 410 milled dollars and other coin), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0384 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to the Commanding Officer at Morristown, 30 December 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0385 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Colonel John Cadwalader to George Washington, Crosswicks, 31 December 1776 (the spy's report on Princeton), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0386 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to Robert Morris, 31 December 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0389 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Robert Morris to George Washington, 1 January 1777 (fifty thousand dollars dispatched), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0402 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to John Hancock, 1 January 1777 (letter as sent, with postscript; PGW notes the draft's differences), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0398 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington to John Hancock, Pluckemin, 5 January 1777 (letter as sent; PGW notes the draft's differences), Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0411 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Colonel John Cadwalader to George Washington, 26 December 1776 (two letters, docs. 03-07-02-0347 and 0348, with editorial notes quoting Reed, Rodney and Christopher Marshall), Founders Online, National Archives Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Colonel John Cadwalader to George Washington, 27 December 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, doc. 03-07-02-0353 Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
Internet Archive
16 sources
- John C. Fitzpatrick, ed., The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, vol. 6 (Sept 1776 - Jan 1777) (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1932), letters of 18 Dec 1776 - 7 Jan 1777 with editorial notes. Full text read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- William S. Stryker, The Battles of Trenton and Princeton (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1898). Part II prints the documents: Howe-Donop-Grant-Rall correspondence (Nos. 5-26), Knox's letters (Nos. 85, 95), the 'Officer of Distinction' letter (No. 93), Howe's returns and dispatches (Nos. 99, 118), the Hessian courts of inquiry (Nos. 70-72), Inman (No. 114) and Joseph White (No. 115). Full text read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Johann Ewald, Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal, trans. and ed. Joseph P. Tustin (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979), entries for 20 Dec 1776 - 4 Jan 1777. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Charles Stedman, The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War, vol. 1 (London, 1794). Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Caesar A. Rodney, ed., Diary of Captain Thomas Rodney, 1776-1777 (Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1888), entries 25 Dec 1776 - 4 Jan 1777, pp. 22-38. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- 'Journal of Sergeant William Young, Written During the Jersey Campaign in the Winter of 1776-7', Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 8 (1884), pp. 255-278. Read on Internet Archive (JSTOR Early Journal Content). Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- James Wilkinson, Memoirs of My Own Times, vol. 1 (Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1816), chapters on Trenton and Princeton Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- John Greenwood, The Revolutionary Services of John Greenwood of Boston and New York, 1775-1783 (New York, 1922), written from memory in 1809. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- 'The Battle of Princeton, by Sergeant R—', from The Phenix (Wellsborough, Pa.), 24 March 1832, reprinted in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 20 (1896), pp. 515-519. Read on Internet Archive (JSTOR Early Journal Content). Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Edwin M. Stone, ed., The Life and Recollections of John Howland (Providence, 1857), pp. 69-77. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Benjamin Rush, A Memorial Containing Travels Through Life (ed. Louis A. Biddle, 1905), p. 94; Rush's manuscript dated c. 1800. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, vol. 2 (New York, 1852), pp. 233-234. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Washington Irving, Life of George Washington, vol. 2 (New York, 1855), pp. 473-474. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Worthington C. Ford, ed., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, vol. 6 (Oct-Dec 1776) (Washington: GPO, 1906), pp. 1015, 1026-1032. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- William James Morgan, ed., Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 7 (Washington: Naval History Division, 1976), Dec 1776 - Jan 1777. Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Max von Eelking, Memoirs, and Letters and Journals, of Major General Riedesel, trans. William L. Stone, vol. 1 (Albany: J. Munsell, 1868). Read on Internet Archive. Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
American Battlefield Trust
9 sources
- American Battlefield Trust, 'Lexington and Concord' (battle page) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, 'Bunker Hill' (battle page, with casualty table) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, 'Brooklyn' (Battle of Long Island, battle page, with strength and casualty table) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, 'Forts Washington and Lee' (article) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, 'The Ten Crucial Days' (series overview) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, 'The Ten Crucial Days: A Second Success at Trenton' (updated 21 Dec 2023) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, 'The Ten Crucial Days: Princeton' Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, 'Princeton: Battle Facts and Summary' Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- American Battlefield Trust, '10 Facts: Battle of Princeton' Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
7 sources
- 'Siege of Boston', Digital Encyclopedia, George Washington's Mount Vernon Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- 'Henry Knox', Digital Encyclopedia, George Washington's Mount Vernon Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- David Head, 'Hessians', Digital Encyclopedia, George Washington's Mount Vernon Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Cody Lass (updated by Zoie Horecny, 10 Apr 2025), 'Battle of Trenton', Digital Encyclopedia, George Washington's Mount Vernon Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Joseph F. Stoltz III, 'Battle of Second Trenton', Digital Encyclopedia, George Washington's Mount Vernon Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- Joseph F. Stoltz III, 'Battle of Princeton', Digital Encyclopedia, George Washington's Mount Vernon Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- George Washington's Mount Vernon, '10 Facts about the Battle of Princeton' Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
Journal of the American Revolution (All Things Liberty)
5 sources
- David Price, 'Edward Hand's American Journey', Journal of the American Revolution (May 2022) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- 'Hugh Mercer: Doctor and Warrior', Journal of the American Revolution (Jan 2017) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- 'Johann Gottlieb Rall: Tactical Negligence or Personal Negligence at Trenton?', Journal of the American Revolution (Feb 2023) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- William Conner, 'The American Crisis Before Crossing the Delaware?', Journal of the American Revolution (25 Feb 2015) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
- 'A Brief Publication History of the "Times That Try Men's Souls"', Journal of the American Revolution (Jan 2016) Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
Emerging Revolutionary War
1 source
Library of Congress
1 source
National Park Service
1 source
OpenStreetMap contributors
1 source
Princeton Alumni Weekly
1 source
Princeton University Archives
1 source
Project Gutenberg
1 source
The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
1 source
- 'Distribution of the Troops in New Jersey Commanded by Major General Grant, December 16, 1776, Head Quarters Brunswick', British Library Add. MS 21,687 f. 321 (Haldimand Papers), transcribed by Todd Braisted, The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies Used in The Ten Days That Saved the Revolution
U.S. National Archives
1 source