The following books contain published extracts from the diary of John Rowe:

• Edward L. Pierce, "Diary of John Rowe," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 2d series, vol. 10, (1895–1896).

• Letters and Diary of John Rowe, Boston Merchant, 1759–1762, 1764–1779, edited by Anne Rowe Cunningham (Boston: W. B. Clarke Company, 1903).

• John Rowe. Diary entry, 18 July 1776. John Rowe Diaries, Massachusetts Historical Society.