Local Primary Resources: Becoming A Nation

Primary Source Documents pertaining to the Revolutionary War era through the presidency of Andrew Jackson.

Andrew Jackson State Park

• PowerPoint presentation

Chester County Courthouse

• Egnew, petition to be a US citizen, 1810
• Kirkpatrick, Petition for Citizenship, 1828
• Kirkpatrick, Citizenship Document
• Hannah Boyd, Guardianship Petition, 1825
• Strait Children, Petition for Guardianship, 1828

Fairfield County Museum

• Letter from Rev. War hero Richard Winn, 1787

Lancaster County Library

• Izard Family Letters describing South Carolina in the early 1800’s, 1811
• Diagram of Young Andrew Jackson Statue
• Jackson's Birthplace: The Murfreesboro Letter in Context
• List of Lanc. Co. Volunteers in the Seminole War of 1836
• Drawing the Border Between the Carolinas

Museum of York County

• Revolutionary War Exhibit, PowerPoint