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1: Hannah Griffits, "The Female Patriots," 1768
Document 2: Boston Ladies' Boycott Agreement, 12 February 1770
Document 3: Contemporary Account of "Daughters of Liberty," May 1769
Document 4: Edenton Ladies Agreement, Letter from North Carolina, 27 October 1774
Document 5A: Political Engraving, 1775
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5B: Arthur Iredell to
James Iredell, 31 January, 1775
Documents 6A: Esther Reed, "Sentiments of an American Woman"
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6B: "Ideas Relative to
the Manner of Forwarding to the American Soldiers, the Presents of the American
Women," 12 June 1780
Document 7: Esther DeBerdt to Joseph Reed, 18 March 1766
Document 8: Esther DeBerdt to Joseph Reed, 15 June 1769
Document 9: Mr. DeBerdt to the Select Men, at Boston, 2 January 1769
Document 10: Esther Reed to Dennis DeBerdt, 28 October 1775
Document 11: Joseph Reed to Dennis DeBerdt, 24 May 1778
Document 12: "A Letter From a Lady in Philadelphia to her Friend in this
Place," 20 June 1780
Document 13: Marquis de Lafayette to Esther Reed, 25 June 1780
Document 14: Anna Rawle to Mrs. Shoemaker, 30 June 1780
Document 15: "Account of Donations Receiv'd by the Ladies in their Several Districts for the Soldiers of the American Army," June 1780
Document 16: Sarah Bache to Mrs. Gray, 1 July 1780
Document 17: Esther Reed to George Washington, 4 July 1780
Document 18<: "From a Lady in Philadelphia to her Friend in this Place," 6 July 1780
Document 19: George Washington to Esther Reed, 14 July 1780
Document 20: Esther Reed to George Washington, 31 July 1780
Document 21: George Washington to Miss Mary Dagworthy, 6 August 1780
Document 22<: George Washington to Esther Reed, 10 August 1780
Document 23: Sarah Bache to Benjamin Franklin, 9 September 1780
Document 24: Samuel Miles to Anthony Wayne, 31 January 1781
Document 25<: Sarah Bache to her Father, 14 January 1781
Document 26: Esther Reed Obituary, 27 September 1780
Document 27: George Washington to Mrs. Francis Hillegas, 13 February 1781
Document 28: "The Attempt is Praise," 5 January 1781
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