American broadsides : sixty facsimiles dated 1680-1800, reproduced from originals in the American Antiquarian Society

American broadsides : sixty facsimiles dated 1680-1800, reproduced from originals in the American Antiquarian Society

Barre, Mass. : Imprint Society, 1971.

1 v. (unpaged) : facsims. ; 37 cm.

973 B257 1971f

(OCoLC)00277718

Broadsides contain some of the most fascinating material relating to life in early America. These single sheets of paper, usually printed on one side only, make it possible to view colonial society from a different vantage point than that usually afforded by the materials of military, political, and diplomatic history. Subject matter of these pieces of ephemera ranges from advertisements to the edifying warnings of criminals' confessions; official proclamations, instructions for school masters, comments on important contemporary events, information for immigrants, ballads and elegies--all found a convenient vehicle in the broadside during its heyday in the eighteenth century. -- Introduction,
76.1.154

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