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Item of the Day: Franklin on the Interest of Great Britain (1760)
Full Title: The Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to Her Colonies and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe. To which are added, Observations concerning the increase of Mankind, p… more »
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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Item of the Day: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1768)
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rdresser wrote 12 months ago: Full Title: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania; To the Inhabitants of the British Colonies. B … more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Item of the Day: Mrs. Carter's Epictetus (1768)
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Carrie Shanafelt wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: All the Works of Epictetus, Which are now Extant; Consisting of His Discourses, preserve … more »
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 »
