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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)P003042Title page is engraved. Title repeated as caption in each monthly issue. Title and date repeated as running title. Imprint lacks date; year of publication from note to readers at end of annual supplement: Newport, Jan. 31, 1800. Note at end of supplement reads in part: the editor] finds himself obliged to discontinue the publication of the Isle of Wight magazine. Monthly title pages include table of contents. General miscellany, including articles on history, biographical anecdotes, accounts of interesting places, monthly political and agricultural reports, marriage and death announcements, troop movements in the area, puzzles, and poetry selections. The supplement includes additional poetry.Newport Isle of Wight, England]: printed for and by John Albin, 1800]. 1 v.; 17 cm. (12 )