• "The American Congress in Princeton. 1783" (John F. Hageman, History of Princeton and its Institutions....; vol. 1, 1879)
• A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774 to 1903 (1903)
  The Continental Congress and Biographies.
• By the United States in Congress assembled, a proclamation...[Treaty with Sweden] (Library of Congress)
  Image of the document "Done in Congress at Princeton, this twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three...."
• Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, with the Continental Congress, p. 665 &ff. (1906)
• Capitols Before the Capitol (U.S. Capitol Historical Society)
• Charles Thomson Letters, 1783-1988 (Princeton University Library)
  "Consists primarily of 39 letters by Thomson to his wife, Hannah, in Philadelphia, written while he was attending the Continental Congress in Princeton, New Jersey, from June to October, 1783. "
• The Continental Congress (A Princeton Companion)
• The Continental Congress at Princeton  (Varnum Lansing Collins; 1908)
• George Washington to Princeton, New Jersey Citizens and College
  Correspondence dated August 25, 1783, from the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress.
• History of the College of New Jersey...., p. 335 &ff. (John Maclean; vol. 1, 1877)
• "History of the Selection of the Permanent Seat of Government for the United States," p. 148 &ff. (William Force in The American Journal of Education; vol. 19, 1870)
• Journals of the Continental Congress (Library of Congress)
  The months the Congress met in Princeton are in Volume 24, covering January 1 - August 29, 1783, and Volume 25, covering September 1 - December 31, 1783.
• Journals of the Continental Congress (July, 1783)
  The record for Friday, July 4, 1783 contains a resolution aimed at "the inhabitants of Princeton and its vicinity." From American Memory at the Library of Congress.
• Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789 (Library of Congress)
  Browse the letters for Volume 20 (March 12, 1783 to September 30, 1783) and Volume 21 (October 1, 1783 to October 31, 1784).
• The Life of Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress and Translator of the Bible from the Greek (Lewis R. Harley; 1900)
• The Life, Public Services, Addresses and Letters of Elias Boudinot, LL. D., President of the Continental Congress (J. J. Boudinot; 1896) [ Volume 2 ]
• Nassau Inn History
• Princeton 1783
  The site for the 225th anniversary celebration.
• Princeton, 1783 (The Architect of the Capitol)
• Princeton, New Jersey Citizens and College to George Washington
  Correspondence dated August 25, 1783, from the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress.
• The Writings of James Madison (Vol. 2, 1783-1787)
  Pages 1-27 cover the period when Madison had cramped accommodations in this "obscure village."

Last revised: June 9, 2008