This guide has been created specifically for an instruction session for History 125. It is intended to help students understand the difference between primary and secondary sources and to provide access to primary sources in the Library's databases as well as public domain web sites.
![By Capt. Thomas Davies, Royal Regiment of Artillery [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/British_flat-bottomed_boat_American_Revolution.jpg)
"The landing of the British forces in the Jerseys" 20 November 1776 By Capt. Thomas Davies, Royal Regiment of Artillery
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