Drawn from MHS collections, our primary source sets promote learning in U.S. history and civics and are supported by teaching activities and guiding questions.

primary source sets
 

 

Carved wooden sign with red, blue, and gold leaf accents
Massachusetts Loyalists: Revolution and Exile
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A black and white photo of a number of women marching in the street, wearing matching white outfits and dark sashes while crowds look on
Women Debate the Right to Vote
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A short handwritten letter in cursive writing on aged yellowed paper
Witnessing the Siege of Boston
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A framed portrait of a Black woman wearing a blue dress with drawstrings at the neck and waist, a white fichu tucked into her dress at the neck, a white cap, and a gold beaded necklace.
Portraits of enslavement and freedom
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a piece of blue and white checked cloth arranged in folds with the cursive intials "LD"
Women and Nonimportation
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A framed portrait of a young woman with dark hair. She wears a blue dress with lace around the neckline, a pink wrap, a pearl choker necklace, and a pink ribbon in her hair.
Revolutionary Abigail Adams
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Funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Mass Cultural Council, the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, and an anonymous grant supported this project.

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