HIST 263 - Founding of U.S. Civilization   Tags: fall10, hebb, history, history_us spring11, schlotterbeck  

This guide suggests resources for researching a person, event, or topic on US history from Columbus to the War of 1812. It covers both reference & secondary sources good for background, and primary sources.

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Thomas Jefferson's drawing of a macaroni machine and instructions for making pasta, ca. 1787.
(Thomas Jefferson Papers) - from the Library of Congress American Memory Project - online here