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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)P003017Caption title is engraved. Title and date of issue repeated as running title. Imprint from colophon; imprint lacks date. Years of publication from dates of issues. Note below title: To be continued monthly. Price three-pence. Printed in three columns; text begins with factotum initial; issue format changes after 1788. General news and commentary on the state of Britain, Ireland and the East India Company, with naval analysis of the Dutch War, reports on the seige of Gibralter and commentary on other military activities; includes anecdotes, correspondence, poetry selections--with several contributions from William Cowper. Also includes essays entitled: Academician and Moralist.Salisbury England]: printed by B.C. Collins; and sold by all the booksellers, newsmen, &c., 1786-1792]. v.; 27-22 cm (4; 8 )