10 Contemporary Accounts of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 18-20 June 1775

Letter (draft) from John Quincy Adams to Joseph Sturge, March 1846

Letter from Peter Brown to Sarah Brown, 25 June 1775

Letter from William Prescott to John Adams, 25 August 1775

Letter from J. Waller to unidentified recipient, 21 June 1775

Nathaniel Ober diary, 15 May - 3 September 1775, with accounts and notes, 1776-1781 ...

Letter from James Warren to Mercy Otis Warren, 18 June 1775

Letter from Joseph Palmer to John Adams, 19 June 1775

A Plan of the Battle, on Bunkers Hill
Map

By an Express arrived at Philadelphia on Saturday evening, last we have the ...
Broadside

Maps and Views of the Battle

"Plan of Boston and its Environs 1775"
Bernard Romans

A real representation of the dress of an American rifle-man
Engraving

Prospect Hill. Bunker's Hill.
Handbill

View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town, June ...
Engraving by Lodge after the drawing by Millar

A view of the country round Boston, taken from Beacon Hill: showing the lines, ...
Ink and watercolor on paper by William Wood after Richard Williams, 1775

An Exact View of the Late Battle at Charlestown, June 17, 1775
Engraving by Bernard Romans

The Battle at Bunker's Hill Near Boston. June 17, 1775.
Engraving by Archer & Boilly, n.d., after the painting by John Trumbull, 1786

A Plan of the Battle, on Bunkers Hill
Map

A Sketch of the Action Between the British Forces and the American Provincials, ...
Map engraved by Thomas Jefferys and William Faden

Prescott and Linzee swords
Wooden plaque with crossed swords

Manuscript map of the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775
Pen and ink and watercolor attributed to S. Biggs, 28 November 1775