The Online Library of Liberty is particularly strong in its collection of material covering the American Revolution, the creation of the Constitution, and the Early Republic. This reflects the interest the Liberty Fund has in the ideals of individual liberty and limited government and the belief that these ideals motivated the men and women who took part in the creation of the American Republic. Many of the books listed below are published in book form by Liberty Fund and we are very pleased to be able to make them, and other important titles, available online.
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title |
pub. date ↑ |
| author: John Adams, foreword: C. Bradley Thompson |
Revolutionary Writings |
1763 |
| author: James Otis |
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved |
1764 |
| author: James Otis |
Considerations of Behalf of the Colonists. In a Letter to a Noble Lord |
1765 |
| author: Edmund Burke, foreword: Francis Canavan |
Select Works of Edmund Burke, 4 vols. |
1770 |
| author: Edmund Burke, foreword: Francis Canavan |
Select Works of Edmund Burke, vol. 1 (Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents; Two Speeches on America) |
1770 |
| author: Josiah Tucker |
Four Tracts on Political and Commercial Subjects |
1774 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 1 |
1774 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, : Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 7 |
1774 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 8 |
1774 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 9 |
1774 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 10 |
1774 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 11 |
1774 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 12 |
1774 |
| author: Thomas Paine, editor: Moncure Daniel Conway |
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I (1774-1779) |
1774 |
| author: Daniel Leonard |
Massachusettensis: or a Series of Letters |
1776 |
| author: Richard Price |
Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America |
1776 |
| author: Thomas Paine, editor: Moncure Daniel Conway |
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. II (1779-1792) |
1779 |
| author: Richard Price, author: Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, author: Charles-Joseph Mathon de La Cour (Fortuné Ricard) |
Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and the Means of Making it a Benefit to the World |
1784 |
| author: Gabriel Bonnet Abbé de Mably |
Remarks concerning the Government and Laws of the United States of America: in Four Letters addressed to Mr. Adams |
1785 |
| editor: Paul Leicester Ford, author: Elbridge Gerry, author: Noah Webster, author: John Jay, author: Melanchthon Smith, author: Pelatiah Webster, author: Tench Coxe, author: James Wilson, author: John Dickinson, author: Alexander Contee Hanson, author: Edmund Randolph, author: Richard Henry Lee, author: George Mason, author: James Iredell, author: David Ramsay, author: Mercy Otis Warren |
Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788 |
1787 |
| author: Joseph Galloway |
The Claim of the American Loyalists |
1788 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 2 |
1788 |
| author: David Ramsay, : Lester H. Cohen |
The History of the American Revolution, 2 vols. |
1789 |
| author: David Ramsay, editor: Lester H. Cohen |
The History of the American Revolution, vol. 1 |
1789 |
| author: David Ramsay, editor: Lester H. Cohen |
The History of the American Revolution, vol. 2 |
1789 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 4 |
1790 |
| author: Pelatiah Webster |
Political Essays on the Nature and Operation of Money, Public Finances and Other Subjects |
1791 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 3 |
1791 |
| author: Thomas Paine, editor: Moncure Daniel Conway |
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. III (1791-1804) |
1791 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, author: James Madison, editor: Morton J. Frisch |
The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794: Toward the Completion of the American Founding |
1793 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 5 |
1793 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), vol. 6 |
1795 |
| author: William Findley |
History of the Insurrection in the Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania |
1796 |
| author: Friedrich von Gentz, translator: John Quincy Adams, editor: Peter Koslowski |
The Origins and Principles of the American Revolution, compared with the Origin and Principles of the French Revolution |
1800 |
| author: St. George Tucker, foreword: Clyde N. Wilson |
View of the Constitution of the United States with Selected Writings |
1803 |
| author: Mercy Otis Warren, : Lester H. Cohen |
History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution 2 vols. |
1805 |
| author: Mercy Otis Warren, editor: Lester H. Cohen |
History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution vol. 1 |
1805 |
| author: Mercy Otis Warren, editor: Lester H. Cohen |
History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution vol. 2 |
1805 |
| author: William Findley, editor: John Caldwell |
Observations on “The Two Sons of Oil” (LF ed.) |
1812 |
| introduction: George W. Carey, introduction: James McClellan, author: James Madison, author: John Jay, author: Alexander Hamilton |
The Federalist (Gideon ed.) |
1818 |
| editor: Jonathan Elliot |
The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 5 vols. |
1827 |
| editor: Jonathan Elliot |
The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 1 (Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Journal of Federal Convention) |
1827 |
| editor: Jonathan Elliot |
The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 2 (Mass., Conn., NH, NY, Penn, Maryland) |
1827 |
| editor: Jonathan Elliot |
The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 3 (Virginia) |
1827 |
| editor: Jonathan Elliot |
The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 4 (Nth. and Sth. Carolina, Resolutions, Tariffs, Banks, Debt) |
1827 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Jonathan Elliot |
The Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution in the Convention held at Philadelphia in 1787, vol. 5 (Debates in Congress, Madison’s Notes, Misc. Letters) |
1827 |
| author: Daniel Webster, author: Robert Y Hayne, author: Thomas Hart Benton, author: John Rowan, author: William Smith, author: John M. Clayton, author: Edward Livingston, editor: Herman Belz |
The Webster-Hayne Debate on the Nature of the Constitution: Selected Documents |
1830 |
| author: John Marshall, author: George Washington, editor: Paul Carrese, editor: Robert Faulkner |
The Life of George Washington |
1838 |
| author: Lysander Spooner |
The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, prohibiting Private Mails |
1844 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 2 (Diary, Notes of Debates, Autobiography) |
1850 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 3 (Autobiography, Diary, Notes of a Debate in the Senate, Essays) |
1851 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 4 (Novanglus, Thoughts on Government, Defence of the Constitution) |
1851 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 5 (Defence of the Constitutions Vols. II and III) |
1851 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 6 (Defence of the Constitutions Vol. III cont’d, Davila, Essays on the Constitution) |
1851 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 7 (Letters and State Papers 1777-1782) |
1852 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 8 (Letters and State Papers 1782-1799) |
1853 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 9 (Letters and State Papers 1799-1811) |
1854 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 10 (Letters 1811-1825, Indexes) |
1854 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, 10 vols. |
1856 |
| author: John Adams, editor: Charles Francis Adams |
The Works of John Adams, vol. 1 (Life of the Author) |
1856 |
| author: Lysander Spooner |
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery |
1860 |
| author: Lysander Spooner |
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Part Second |
1860 |
| author: Lysander Spooner |
No Treason. No. I |
1867 |
| author: Lysander Spooner |
No Treason. No. II. The Constitution |
1867 |
| author: Lysander Spooner |
No Treason. No. VI. The Constitution of No Authority |
1870 |
| author: Gouverneur Morris, editor: Anne Cary Morris |
The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, 2 vols. |
1888 |
| author: Gouverneur Morris, editor: Anne Cary Morris |
The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, vol. 1 |
1888 |
| author: Gouverneur Morris, editor: Anne Cary Morris |
The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, vol. 2 |
1888 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, 14 vols. |
1889 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. I (1748-1757) |
1889 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. II (1758-1775) |
1889 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. III (1775-1776) |
1889 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. IV (1776) |
1889 |
| author: John Jay, editor: Henry P. Johnston |
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, vol. 1 (1763-1781) |
1890 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. V (1776-1777) |
1890 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. VI (1777-1778) |
1890 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. VII (1778-1779) |
1890 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. VIII (1779-1780) |
1890 |
| author: John Jay, editor: Henry P. Johnston |
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, vol. 2 (1781-1782) |
1891 |
| author: John Jay, editor: Henry P. Johnston |
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, vol. 3 (1782-1793) |
1891 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. IX (1780-1782) |
1891 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. X (1782-1785) |
1891 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. XI (1785-1790) |
1891 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) |
1891 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. XIII (1794-1798) |
1892 |
| author: John Jay, editor: Henry P. Johnston |
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, 4 vols. |
1893 |
| author: John Jay, editor: Henry P. Johnston |
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, vol. 4 (1794-1826) |
1893 |
| author: George Washington, editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford |
The Writings of George Washington, vol. XIV (1798-1799) |
1893 |
| author: Thomas Paine, editor: Moncure Daniel Conway |
The Writings of Thomas Paine, 4 vols. |
1894 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: John P. Foley |
Extract from The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia (Illustrations and Topical index) |
1900 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: John P. Foley |
The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of Thomas Jefferson |
1900 |
| author: Christopher G. Tiedeman |
A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, 2 vols. |
1900 |
| author: Christopher G. Tiedeman |
A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, vol. 1 |
1900 |
| author: Christopher G. Tiedeman |
A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, vol. 2 |
1900 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, 9 vols. |
1900 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 1
(Correspondence 1769-1783) |
1900 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 2
(Correspondence 1783-1787) |
1901 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 3
(1787, The Journal of the Constitutional Convention, Part I) |
1902 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 4
(1787, The Journal of the Constitutional Convention, Part II) |
1903 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Henry Cabot Lodge |
The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), 12 vols. |
1904 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 12 vols. |
1904 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 5 (Correspondence, 1787-1790) |
1904 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1 (Autobiography, Anas, 1760-1770) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 2 (Correspondence 1771-1779, Summary View, Declaration of Independence) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 3 (Notes on Virginia I, Correspondence 1780-1782) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4 (Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 5 (Correspondence 1786-1789) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 6 (Correspondence 1789-1792) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 7 (Correspondence 1792-1793) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 8 (Correspondence 1793-1798) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson vol. 9 (1799-1803) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 10 (Correspondence and Papers 1803-1807) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 11 (Correspondence and Papers 1808-1816) |
1905 |
| author: Thomas Jefferson, editor: Paul Leicester Ford |
The Works of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 12 (Correspondence and Papers 1816-1826) |
1905 |
| author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton, editor: John Neville Figgis, editor: Reginald Vere Laurence |
Lectures on Modern History |
1906 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 6 (Correspondence, 1790-1802) |
1906 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 7 (Correspondence, 1803-1807) |
1908 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 8 (Correspondence, 1808-1819) |
1908 |
| author: James Madison, editor: Gaillard Hunt |
The Writings of James Madison, vol. 9 (Correspondence, 1819-1836) |
1910 |
| editor: Max Farrand |
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 3 vols. |
1911 |
| editor: Max Farrand |
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 1 |
1911 |
| editor: Max Farrand |
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 2 |
1911 |
| editor: Max Farrand |
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 3 |
1911 |
| author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky |
A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, vol. IV |
1913 |
| author: Carl Lotus Becker, author: Thomas Jefferson, author: Misc (Declaration of Independence) |
The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas |
1922 |
| author: John Dickinson, author: Richard Henry Lee, editor: Forrest McDonald |
Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson). Letters from the Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee) |
1962 |
| author: Trevor Colbourn |
The Lamp of Experience |
1965 |
| author: M.J.C. Vile |
Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers (2nd ed.) |
1967 |
| editor: Charles S. Hyneman, editor: Donald S. Lutz |
American Political Writing During the Founding Era: 1760-1805, 2 vols. |
1983 |
| editor: Charles S. Hyneman, editor: Donald S. Lutz |
American Political Writing During the Founding Era: 1760-1805, vol. 1 |
1983 |
| editor: Charles S. Hyneman, editor: Donald S. Lutz |
American Political Writing During the Founding Era: 1760-1805, vol. 2 |
1983 |
| author: George Washington, editor: William B. Allen |
George Washington: A Collection |
1988 |
| author: James McClellan |
Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government |
1989 |
| editor: Ellis Sandoz |
Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. 2 Vols. |
1991 |
| editor: Ellis Sandoz |
Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. Vol. 1 (1730-1788) |
1991 |
| editor: Ellis Sandoz, author: William Emerson |
Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. Vol. 2 (1789-1805) |
1991 |
| editor: Donald S. Lutz |
Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History |
1998 |
| editor: Colleen A. Sheehan, editor: Gary L. McDowell |
Friends of the Constitution: Writings of the “Other” Federalists, 1787-1788 |
1998 |
| editor: Bruce Frohnen |
The American Republic: Primary Sources |
2002 |
| author: Harry Jaffa, interviewer: Edward J. Erler |
The Intellectual Portrait Series: A Conversation with Harry V. Jaffa |
2003 |
| editor: Lance Banning |
Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle |
2004 |
| introduction: David Womersely |
Liberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth Century |
2006 |
| author: James Wilson, editor: Kermit L. Hall, editor: Mark David Hall, collector: Maynard Garrison |
Collected Works of James Wilson, 2 vols. |
2007 |
| author: James Wilson, editor: Kermit L. Hall, editor: Mark David Hall, collector: Maynard Garrison |
Collected Works of James Wilson, vol. 1 |
2007 |
| author: James Wilson, editor: Kermit L. Hall, editor: Mark David Hall, collector: Maynard Garrison |
Collected Works of James Wilson, vol. 2 |
2007 |
| author: Alexander Hamilton, editor: Richard B. Vernier, foreword: Joyce Oldham Appleby |
The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton |
2008 |
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