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 second 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...