This page offers various resources for students, educators, genealogists, and scholars to access materials, print and digital, to further research and understanding of American Loyalists during the American Revolution. It is in active development by the Loyalist Institute. If there are resources that should be added, please contact Heath Bowen (hbowen@stac.edu) or Christopher F. Minty (cfm6b@virginia.edu).
Archival Resources (not digitized)
Exemplification of the laws of New York relating to the powers of the Commissioners of Forfeitures, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, New York, NY
Digital Resources
Philip Schuyler Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, New York, NY (portions digitized)
William Smith Jr. Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, New York, NY
Published Primary Resources
Catherine S. Crary, The Price of Loyalty: Tory Writings from the Revolutionary Era (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973)
Historical Memoirs From 16 March 1763 to 25 July 1778 of William Smith, ed. William H. W. Sabine (New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1969)
Historical Memoirs of William Smith 1778-1783, ed. William H. W. Sabine (New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971)
Secondary Resources
Greg Brooking, From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2024)
Ruma Chopra, Unnatural Rebellion: Loyalists in New York City in the Revolution (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011)
Christopher F. Minty, Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York City (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023); use code 09BCARD at checkout for 30% off
Philip Papas, That Ever Loyal Island: Staten Island and the American Revolution (New York: New York University Press, 2007)