Biographies
Hall, Charles S. Life And Letters of Samuel Holden Parsons Major General in the Continental Army and Chief Judge of the Southwestern Territory 1787-1789. Binghamton, NY: Otseningo Publishing Col, 1905.
Loring, George B. A Vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons against the Charge of Treasonable Correspondence during the Revolutionary War. Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1888.
Memoirs and Papers
Parsons Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Life and letters of Samuel Holden Parsons: major-general in the Continental Army and chief judge of the Northwestern Territory, 1737- 1789 / Hall, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), b. 1827. — Binghamton, N.Y.: Otseningo Pub. Co., 1905.
A vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons against the charge of treasonable correspondence during the revolutionary war / Loring, George Bailey, 1817-1891. — Salem, Mass.: Printed at the Salem press, 1888.
Vindications of patriots of the American Revolution / Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844-1919.; Woodward, Joseph Gurley, joint author. / Sons of the American Revolution. Connecticut Society. — [Connecticut?] :: Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution,, 1896.
Journal Articles
Dacus, Jeff. “General Samuel Parsons and the Tory.” Journal of the American Revolution, January 29, 2018. https://allthingsliberty.com/2018/01/general-samuel-parsons-tory/.