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Item of the Day: The Honourable Charles James Fox (1801)
Found In: Public Characters of 1798-9. The Third Edition. Enlarged and Corrected to the 20th of April, 1801. To Be Continued Annually. London: Printed for R. Phillips, No. 71, St. Paul’s Church … more →
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Why I Love Philadelphia, Part 3: Trinity Houses
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cara wrote 9 months ago: “Trinities,” in Philadelphia parlance, are three-room, three-story houses — one ro … more →
Item of the Day: The Honourable Charles James Fox (1801)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Found In: Public Characters of 1798-9. The Third Edition. Enlarged and Corrected to the 20th of Apri … more →
Item of the Day: Journal During a Residence in France (1794)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: A Journal During a Residence in France, from the Beginning of August, to the Middle of D … more →
Item of the Day: The History of the American Revolution (1791)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: The History of the American Revolution. By David Ramsay, M.D., of South Carolina. Vol. I … more →
Item of the Day: Speech of the President of the United States to Congress (May 16, 1797)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Found In: State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States from the Accession of George Washi … more →
Item of the Day: Aristotle's Ethics and Politics (1797)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics, Comprising his Practical Philosophy, Translated f … more →
Item of the Day: On Vocal Music (1787)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Found In: A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings. On Moral, Historical, Political and Literary … more →
Item of the Day: A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings (1790)
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Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings. On Moral, Historical, Political and Literar … more →
Item of the Day: Almon's Anecdotes (on Wm. Knox) (1797)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: Biographical, Literary, and Political Anecdotes of Several of the Most Eminent Persons o … more →
Item of the Day: Rights of Man (1791)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution. Se … more →
Item of the Day: The Revolution in France (1794)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: The Revolution in France, Considered in Respect to Its Progess and Effects. By an AMERIC … more →
Item of the Day: Proceedings... Abolition Societies (1797)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Fourth Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Soci … more →
Item of the Day: The Universal Merchant (1797)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: The Universal Merchant, in Theory and Practice: Improved and Enlarged by W. J. Alldridge … more →
Item of the Day: Franklin on the Slave Trade (1790/1836)
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Matthew Williams wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not I … more →
Item of the Day: Gallatin's Sketch of the Finances (1796)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: A Sketch of the Finances of the United States. By Albert Gallatin. New York: Printed b … more →
Item of the Day: Pye's Poetics of Aristotle (1792)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: A Commentary Illustrating the Poetic of Aristotle, By Examples Taken Chiefly from the Mo … more →
Item of the Day: Gibbon's Decline and Fall (1797)
Matthew Williams wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq. Volume t … more →
Item of the Day: John Adam's Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (1794)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against th … more →
Item of the Day: Josiah Whitney's Sermon Addressed to a Military Company (1800)
Caroline Fuchs wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: A Sermon, Addressed to a Military Company belonging to the 13th Regiment of Infantry in … more →
