[Letter] 1779 May 25, Philadelphia (PA) [to] Governor Henry/ John Jay.

These resources were identified by librarians and students as part of the Early American Archives project.

Books:

Kail, Jerry. Who Was Who During the American Revolution. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976.

Mayer, Henry.Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic. New York: F. Watts, 1986.

Morris, Richard Brandon. Seven Who Shaped our Destin; The Founding Fathers as Revolutionaries. New York: Harper & Row, 1973

Stahr, Walter. John Jay: Founding Father. New York: Hambledon and London, 2005.

On the Web:

The Papers of John Jay http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives/jay/

The Library of Congress American Memory - Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1774-1789 Journal of the Continental Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html.

Dictionary of National Biography - Accessible through Library Services' Electronic Resources Databases. This Oxford resource is more thorough than some other online biographical resources.

H-Net Book Review Max M. Mintz. Seeds of Empire: The American Revolutionary Conquest of the Iroquois. The World of War Series. New York and London: New York University Press, 1999. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=32079949068186. This brief review is useful as a snapshot of what was happening before and during 1779 in British, Colonial and Native American relations.

"The Founders, Federalism, and Farce: A Litigious Sailor and the Conflict Over Constitutionalism in the Early Republic" (short version) from Columbia Law School - 2004 Law and the Humanities Workshop http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/law_culture/lh_workshop/Workshop2004. The short version of this paper will provide good background on what prompted the Act of Congress related to "the legality of captures on the high seas." This very interesting case finally played out in 1809.

For Jay's contributions to The Federalist: A Collection of Essays see From Revolution to Reconstruction – The Federalist Papers http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/federalist/fedxx.htm. This site also provides a link to Patrick Henry's Anti-Federalist and speeches.