Additional & Subscription Resources
The resources listed below are not freely available, and can either be purchased from providers below or accessed via the University of Richmond Library. UR Library access is restricted to UR students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
A view from the Colonial Belle as it travels east on the Erie Canal in Pittsford, New York, this month. The canal connects Buffalo in western New York to Albany, the capital, in the east. (Matt Burkhartt/For The Washington Post)
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The Erie Canal is turning 200. New York is throwing a summer-long party. (May 26, 2025)News article from The Washington Post.
*For non-UR members, please contact the Revolutionary Crossroads staff for access to a gift version of this article (accessible only through July 4, 2025).
Books
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"American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860" by Edward L. Ayers
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"Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America" by Russell Shorto
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"Waterways of War: The Struggle for Empire, 1754-1763" by Steve Benson and Ron Toelke
Accessible via Lakes to Locks Passage: https://passageport.org/brochures-guidebooks/waterways-of-war-a-travelers-guide-to-the-french-indian-war-forts-and-battlefields-along-americas-byways-in-new-york-and-pennsylvania/ -
"Waterways of War: The Turning Point of the American Revolution" by Steve Benson
Accessible via Lakes to Locks Passage: https://passageport.org/brochures-guidebooks/waterways-of-war-turning-point-of-the-american-revolution/
Articles
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"A New, Historic Canal: The Making of an Erie Canal Heritage Landscape"Article by Camden Burd published in "IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology" in 2016.
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"Battle of Fort William Henry, 1757"Article by Henry T. Jarrett published in "The Military Engineer" in the September-October 1960 issue.
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"Benedict Arnold: American Hero, American Villain"Article by Jessica Robinson published in "On Point: A Journal of Army History" in the Summer 2012 issue.
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"Could the British have won the American War of Independence?"Article by Jeremy Black published in the "Journal of the Society of Army Historical Research" in the Autumn 1996 issue.
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"Pelts and Prosperity: The Fur Trade and the Mohawk Valley, 1730–1776"Article by Nolan M. Cool published in "New York History" in the Spring 2016 issue.
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"Religion, Wealth, and Geographic Location: The Loyalists of Newburgh, New York"Article by Kieran J. O'Keefe published in "New York History" in the Spring 2018 issue.
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"Surviving the Wilderness: The Diet of the British Army and the Struggle for Canada, 1754-1760"Article by George Yagi published in the "Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research" in the 2011 issue.
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"The Numbers Game: Health Issues in the Army that Burgoyne Led to Saratoga"Article by Paul Kopperman published in "New York History" in the Summer 2007 issue.
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