Published in 1784, John Smyth Stuart's book, A Tour in the United States of America, journals his meandering travels through the newly independent United States. This book is the first of his two volume set. "Containing an account of the present situation of that country;...
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...