Commager, Henry Steele. Documents of American History. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1973. An excellent source of many foundational documents in American history; heavy on political history.

Commager, Henry Steele and Richard B. Morris. The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution as Told by the Participants. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Rich sources on this period, though includes no documents before 1773.

Morris, Richard B. and Jeffery B. Morris, eds. The Encyclopedia of American History. 7^th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. An excellent one-volume guide to key events in American history. A great source to check for questions concerning chronology, people, and events.

Oxford English Dictionary. 20 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Also accessible online through CMU Libraries home page. The definitive source for the meaning of any English word.