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British Fiction 1800–1829: Homepage Boston 1775 After the Boston printerThomas Fleet died, his 1759 estate inventory didn’t include his slavePeter, suggesting that that woodcut carver had already died as well. But that estate did include two boys: thirteen-year-old Pompey and ten-year-old Caesar. Isaiah Thomas also mentioned those boys in his history of printing, saying: DNSA - Home Old Bailey Online - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - Central Criminal Court Rag Linen | Online Museum of Historic Newspapers Reporting the Revolutionary War claimed victory—as the best book of 2012 on … Read More The official website for Reporting the Revolutionary War has launched. Videos, book details, reviews, speaking calendar, ordering links, articles, lesson … Thought I’d change things up a bit today and share full front pages of newspapers rather than cropped article excerpts.

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation How does translation affect how we understand the past? In this roundtable, historians discuss the translation and reception of the Declaration of Independence in Japan, Mexico, Russia, China, Poland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Israel. In addition to these reflections, the site includes actual translations of the Declaration into several different languages and “retranslations” back into English to illustrate the effects of translation on how a key historical document has been understood.

The Victorian Web Papers of the War Department Fire destroyed the War Department office in 1800. For decades historians believed that its files, and the window they provide into the early federal government, had been lost forever. This collection unites copies of the lost files in a digital archive that reconstitutes this invaluable historical resource. Read more about the restoration of the collection » Researching the House of Commons, 1832-1868