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Item of the Day: Rush on Bloodletting (1789)
Full Title: Medical Inquiries and Observations. To which is added an Appendix, containing Observations on the Duties of a Physician, and the Methods of improving Medicine. By Benjamin Ruch, M. D. … more »
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Item of the Day: The State of the Public Debts and Finances (1783)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 month ago: Full Title: The State of the Public Debts and Finances at Signing the Preliminary Articles of Peace … more »
Item of the Day: Rush on Bloodletting (1789)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 month ago: Full Title: Medical Inquiries and Observations. To which is added an Appendix, containing Observat … more »
Item of the Day: Cui bono? (1781)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 month ago: Full Title: Cui Bono? Or, An Inquiry, What Benefits Can Arise Either to the English or the Americans … more »
Item of the Day: Trevett against Weeden (1787)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 month ago: Full Title: The Case, Trevett against Weeden: On Information and Complaint, for refusing Paper Bills … more »
Item of the Day: Mr. Adams Election Sermon May 29, 1782
Caroline Fuchs wrote 2 months ago: Full Title: A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency John Hancock, Esq; Governour; His Honor Thomas … more »
Item of the Day: Travels through Syria and Egypt (1805)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 3 months ago: Full Title: Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Containing the Prese … more »
Item of the Day: Zeluco (1789)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 5 months ago: Full Title: Zeluco. Various Views of Human Nature, Taken from Life and Manners, Foreign and Domestic … more »
Item of the Day: Johnson's Lives: Swift (1781)
Matthew Williams wrote 5 months ago: Full Title: The Lives of the English Poets; and a Criticism of their Works. By Samuel Johnson. Vol. … more »
Item of the Day: Aesop's "The Lion and other Beasts" (1782)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 6 months ago: Full Title: Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into English. With Applications; And a Print befo … more »
Item of the Day: Burney’s History of Music (1789)
Matthew Williams wrote 6 months ago: Full Title: A General History of Music, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. By Charles Bur … more »
Item of the Day: Beccaria's Crimes and Punishments (1788)
Matthew Williams wrote 7 months ago: Full Title: An Essay on Crimes and Punishments The Marquis Beccaria of Milan. With a Commentary by … more »
Item of the Day: Mrs. Piozzi’s Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy and Germany.
Matthew Williams wrote 7 months ago: Full Title: Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy and G … more »
Item of the Day: Dissertations on the English Language (1789)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 7 months ago: Full Title: Dissertations on the English Language: with Notes, Historical and Critical. To which is … more »
Item of the Day: Address and Recommendations to the States (1783)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 8 months ago: Full Title: Address and Recommendations to the States, by the United States in Congress assembled. P … more »
Item of the Day: The Age of Louis XIV (1780)
Matthew Williams wrote 8 months ago: Full Title: The Age of Louis XIV. To which is added, AN Abstract of the Age of Louis XV. Translated … more »
Item of the Day: History of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland (1785)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 8 months ago: Full Title: History of the War with America, France, Spain; and Holland; commencing in 1775 and endi … more »
Item of the Day: The Works of John Fothergill (1784)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 9 months ago: Full Title: The Works of John Fothergill, M.D. . . . with some Account of his Life by John Coakle … more »
Item of the Day: Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin and William Strahan (1775)
rdresser wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not … more »
Item of the Day: History of the Westminster Election (1784)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: History of the Westminster Election, containing Every Material Occurence, from its Comme … more »
