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Item of the Day: Franklin on the Interest of Great Britain (1760)

Matthew Williams wrote 1 week ago: Full Title: The Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to Her Colonies and the Acquisition … more »

Tags: American Revolution, Colonial America, eighteenth century, Franklin, Great Britain, New England, Political Pamphlets, Posted by Matthew Williams

Item of the Day: Pitt's Political Debates

Matthew Williams wrote 1 month ago: Full Title: Political Debates.  [Featuring William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]  “Upon the who … more »

Tags: Colonial America, George III, Government, Posted by Matthew Williams, stamp act

Item of the Day: "Prior Documents" (1777)

Caroline Fuchs wrote 2 months ago: Full Title: A Collection of Interesting Authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Brit … more »

Tags: 1770's, American Revolution, Colonial America, Commerce, Great Britain, Posted by Caroline Fuchs, Trade

Item of the Day: An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767)

Caroline Fuchs wrote 3 months ago: Full Title: An Essay on the History of Civil Society. By Adam Ferguson, LL.D. . . . Dublin: Printed … more »

Tags: Culture, eighteenth century, Philosophy, Posted by Caroline Fuchs

Item of the Day: A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency Francis Bernard (1766)

Caroline Fuchs wrote 4 months ago: Full Title: A Serman Preached Before His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Governor and Commander in … more »

Tags: Colonial America, Massachusetts, New England, Posted by Caroline Fuchs, Religion, Sermons

Item of the Day: Almon's Anecdotes (1797)

Matthew Williams wrote 5 months ago: Full Title: Biographical, Literary, and Political Anecdotes of Several of the Most Eminent Persons o … more »

Tags: 1790's, Ireland, Politics, Posted by Matthew Williams

Item of the Day: Hogarth Moralized (1768)

Matthew Williams wrote 5 months ago: Full Title: Hogarth Moralized. Being a Complete Edition of Hogarth’s Works. Containing near foursc … more »

Tags: Art, Posted by Matthew Williams, Satire

Item of the Day: Congreve's Way of the World (1761)

Matthew Williams wrote 5 months ago: Full Title: The Works of Mr. William Congreve. Volume the Second. Containing Love for Love, a Comedy … more »

Tags: 1700s, Drama, Literature, Posted by Matthew Williams

Item of the Day: Walpole on Politics, Satire, etc. (1820)

Matthew Williams wrote 6 months ago: Full Title: Private Correspondence of Horace Walpole, Earl or Orford. Now First Collected. In Four V … more »

Tags: 1820's, Letters, Political Commentary, Posted by Matthew Williams, Satire

Item of the Day: Love's Surveying (1768)

Matthew Williams wrote 6 months ago: Full Title: GEODASIA: Or, The Art of Surveying and Measuring Land made Easy. Shewing by Plain and Pr … more »

Tags: Maps, Posted by Matthew Williams, mathematics

Item of the Day: A Dissertation on Antient Tragedy (1766)

Caroline Fuchs wrote 7 months ago: In: The Tragedies of Sophocles, translated from the Greek; (With A Dissertation on Antient Tragedy.) … more »

Tags: Ancient Greece, Drama, Greek/Roman Translations, Posted by Caroline Fuchs

Item of the Day: An Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense (1817)

Caroline Fuchs wrote 11 months ago: Full Title: An Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense. By Thomas Reid. Glasg … more »

Tags: Philosophy, Posted by Caroline Fuchs, enlightenment, Common Sense

Item of the Day: Horace Walpole on the Death and Funeral of George II from Walpole's Private Correspondence (1760)

rdresser wrote 11 months ago: Full Title:  Private Correspondence of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Now First Collected.  In Fo … more »

Tags: England, George II, Posted by Rebecca Dresser

Item of the Day: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1768)1 comment

rdresser wrote 12 months ago: Full Title:  Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania; To the Inhabitants of the British Colonies.  B … more »

Tags: Posted by Rebecca Dresser, American Revolution, Political Commentary

Item of the Day: The Rights of the British Colonies by James Otis (1764)

rdresser wrote 1 year ago: Full Title:  The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. By James Otis, Esq.  Boston, … more »

Tags: Colonial America, Political Commentary, Posted by Rebecca Dresser

Item of the Day: The Administration of the Colonies by Thomas Pownall (1765)

rdresser wrote 1 year ago: Full Title:  The Administration of the Colonies by Thomas Pownall, Late Governor and Commander in C … more »

Tags: Posted by Rebecca Dresser, American Revolution, Great Britain, Colonial America

Item of the Day: Shenstone's "An Opinion of Ghosts" (1764)

Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, Esq; Most of which were never before … more »

Tags: Philosophy, Posted by Caroline Fuchs, Ghosts

Item of the Day: Mrs. Carter's Epictetus (1768)1 comment

Carrie Shanafelt wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: All the Works of Epictetus, Which are now Extant; Consisting of His Discourses, preserve … more »

Tags: Greek/Roman Translations, language, Philosophy, Posted by Carrie Shanafelt, Women

Item of the Day: The Trial of John Peter Zenger -- Andrew Hamilton's Summation (1765)

rdresser wrote 1 year ago: Full Title:  THE TRIAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER, Of New-York, Printer: Who was charged with having prin … more »

Tags: Legal, Posted by Rebecca Dresser, Great Britain, Newspapers, Colonial America


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