ol ars — most ▁of ▁them ▁men ▁of ▁affairs ▁who ▁wrote ▁about ▁their ▁own ▁col ony . ▁They ▁included ▁Robert ▁B ever ley ▁( 1 6 7 3 – 1 7 2 2 ) ▁on ▁Virginia , ▁Thomas ▁H utch inson ▁( 1 7 1 1 – 1 7 8 0 ) ▁on ▁Massachusetts , ▁and ▁Samuel ▁Smith ▁on ▁Pennsylvania . ▁The ▁Lo yal ist ▁Thomas ▁Jones ▁( 1 7 3 1 – 1 7 9 2 ) ▁wrote ▁on ▁New ▁York ▁from ▁ex ile . ▁▁ 1 7 8 0 - 1 8 6 0 ▁The ▁histor i ography ▁of ▁the ▁Early ▁National ▁period ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁and ▁the ▁Constitution . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁studies ▁came ▁from ▁Federal ist ▁histor ians , ▁such ▁as ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁John ▁Marshall ▁( 1 7 5 5 – 1 8 3 5 ). ▁Marshall ▁wrote ▁a ▁well - rece ived ▁four - volume ▁of ▁bi ography ▁of ▁George ▁Washington ▁that ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁bi ography , ▁and ▁covered ▁the ▁political ▁and ▁military ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Revolution ary ▁Era . ▁ ▁Marshall ▁emphas ized ▁Washington ' s ▁virtue ▁and ▁military ▁pro w ess . ▁Histor ians ▁have ▁compl iment ed ▁his ▁highly ▁accurate ▁detail , ▁but ▁note ▁that ▁Marshall — like ▁many ▁early ▁histor ians — re lied ▁heavily ▁on ▁the ▁Ann ual ▁Register , ▁edited ▁by ▁Edmund ▁Bur ke . ▁Mer cy ▁Ot is ▁Warren ▁( 1 7 2 8 – 1 8 1 4 ) ▁wrote ▁her ▁own ▁history ▁favor ing