Photo Credit: Vivian Yess Wadlin
Books Books
The books we have included here all help to tell the story of the Hudson River and the Valley around it. Many are out of print books or hard to find articles. These resources have been made available with the help of our interns, and made possible in part through the contributions of the D. J. McManus Foundation, Inc.
Expand the drop down menus to see books for: American Revolution, Arts, Colonial History, Dutch History, Hudson River Valley History, Town of Clinton, and Women's History
American Revolution
- An American Loyalist: The Ordeal of Frederick Philipse III (pdf file)
- The American Revolution In New York, Prepared by the New York State Division of Archives and History, 1926
- Battle of Saratoga (pdf file), (Scanned by Rita Popot '04)
- Garrison Town; The British Occupation of New York City, 1776-1783 (8 MB PDF File), by William A. Polf, New York State Bicentennial Commission, Albany 1976 (Scanned by Drew Combs '05)
- Guide to Bicentennial Planning, Vol. 1 (18 MB PDF File), New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
- Guide to Bicentennial Planning, Vol. 2 (15 MB PDF File), New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (Scanned by Drew Combs '05)
- Guide to Bicentennial Planning, Vol. 3 (8 MB PDF File), New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (Scanned by Drew Combs '05)
- Guide to Bicentennial Planning, Vol. 4 (9 MB PDF File), New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (Scanned by Drew Combs '05)
- Guide to Bicentennial Planning, Vol. 5 (8 MB PDF File), New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (Scanned by Drew Combs '05)
- Guide to Bicentennial Planning, Vol. 6 (30 MB PDF File), New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (Scanned by Jessica Baldwin '05)
- Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, by F.B. Heitman (Scanned by Will Salluzo '05)
- The Hudson Valley in the American Revolution (pdf file)
- Landmarks of the American Revolution In New York State (8 MB PDF File), By David C. Thurheimer for the New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
- New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, James A. Roberts, Comptroller. 1897 (Large .pdf file)
- Quaker Hill series Washington's Headquarters at Fredericksburgh (pdf file)
- Rochambeau's Cavalry: Lauzun's Legion in Connecticut 1780-1781, Project Historian: Robert A. Selig
- Rochambeau in Connecticut: Tracing His Journey, Project Historian: Robert A. Selig
- Twin forts of the Popolopen - Forts Clinton and Montgomery New York (26 MB PDF File), by William H. Carr and Richard J. Koke
- The Washington - Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of New York, 1781-1782; An Historical and Architectural Survey, Project Historian: Robert A. Selig
- The Washington-Rochambeau, Franco-American Encampment in the Town of Greenburgh, 6 July – 18 August 1781: A Historical Overview and Resource Inventory,
Project Historian: Robert A. Selig - Ye Cohorn Caravan, William L. Bowne LCDR USNR (Ret.)
Art
- The Horticulturalist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, edited by: A.J. DOWNING
Colonial History
- Sir William Johnson and the Indians of New York (37 MB PDF File), by Milton W. Hamilton
- A Two Years' Journal In New York And Part Of Its Territories In America (8 MB PDF File), by Charles Wolley, A.M.
- Jesse Williams Cheesemaker (26 MB PDF File), by Frederick A. Rahmer
Dutch History
- Henry Hudson and the Dutch in New York (21 MB PDF File), by Milton W. Hamilton
- The Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909, prepared by Edward Hagaman Hall
Hudson River Valley History
- Great River of the Mountains: The Hudson (81 MB PDF File) Photographs and Prose by Croswell Bowen, Introduction by Carl Carmer
- A Guide to West Point and the United States Military Academy (9 MB PDF File), by William Henry Tripp, 1900
- The Manors and Historic Homes of the Hudson Valley, by Harold Donaldson Eberlein
- New York Directory, 1786 (9 MB PDF File), by David Franks
- Palisades & Snedens Landing (17 MB PDF File), by Alice Munro Haagensen
- Facts about the Nicholas Gesner Diary, article from The Rockland County Historical Society's South of the Mountain, April - June 1990, by Alice Munro Haagensen
- The Nicholas Gesner Diary, Volume I 1829-1834, transcribed and edited by Alice Gerard
- The Nicholas Gesner Diary, Volume II 1835-1836, transcribed and edited by Alice Gerard
- The Nicholas Gesner Diary, Volume III 1837-1838 , transcribed and edited by Alice Gerard
- The Nicholas Gesner Diary, Volume IV 1841-1850 , transcribed and edited by Alice Gerard
Town of Clinton
- The Bull's Head Meeting Hall (PDF), by Alson D. Van Wagner
- Clinton: A Bicentennial Review (PDF)
- Clinton Map (PDF)
- The Creek Meeting House Pamphlet (PDF) George B. Greenwood
- Dutchess County Railroads (PDF), by William P. Mc Dermott
- Permelia Feller's "Spending of Days" Volume 1- 1866(PDF), by Permelia Feller (PDF)
- Permelia Feller's "Spending of Days" Volume 2- 1876 & 1881 (PDF), by Permelia Feller (PDF)
- Town of Clinton: An Historical Review 1959 (PDF)
Women's History
- Four Traditions: Women of New York during the American Revolution (15 MB PDF File), by Linda Grant De Pauw (Scanned by Dan Calandro '06)
- The Midnight Ride of Sybil Ludington, by Mary Elizabeth Jones
- Susan Warner ("Elizabeth Wethrell"), by Anna B. Warner
- Susan Warner Journal - loose pages (pdf file), scanned by (Kristin Miller '04)
