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Connecticut native John Chandler received this military commission in the colonial militia in 1771 and later served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Cartridge boxes like this were a common way for most American soldiers carry their ammunition and was worn over the shoulder or around the waist.

This 1955 Colombian postage stamp shows General George Washington in the company of José Francisco de San Martín (1778-1850) and Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).

An elaborate stamp like this example, which included royal symbols and the word “America,” was printed or attached to the paper under the Stamp Act.

This excerpt by authors Robert Wright and David Cowen reveals how Robert Morris brought order to the early American economy and created the first national bank.

At its April 13 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Museum of the American Revolution elected two new members: David C. Darnell and Morris W. Offit.

The American Revolution Round Table of New York (ARRT) has donated a 27-volume set of the Papers of Alexander Hamilton (Columbia University Press, 1955) to the Museum of the American Revolution. The books were delivered to the Museum by ARRT Chairman David Jacobs.

This original copy of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, published in 1773, was written by Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American woman poet.

This money scale owned by Pennsylvanian James Boone was used to compare weights and values of the coins from many different nations circulating throughout the colonies.

Read an excerpt from Annette Gordon-Reed's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.