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Science and local sleuthing identify a 250-year-old shipwreck on a Scottish island
When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it ...
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Why 18th-Century Americans Were Just as Obsessed With Their Genealogy as We Are Today
In 1770, when Hannah Waterman was 19 years old, she decided to compile a family history—perhaps because she was feeling very ...
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Just sold: Rare 18th century newspaper featured Benjamin Franklin's ...
Just sold: Rare 18th century newspaper featured Benjamin Franklin’s ‘Join, or Die’ cartoon. By Danielle Arnet, Tribune Content Agency . Aug. 10, 2018 2:21 AM PT .
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British Newspaper Archive publishes your 18th century news today
The British Newspaper Archive has launched a website with millions of digitized newspaper pages available to subscribers for online viewing. Access costs from £6.95 for two days to £79.95 for a ...
A wooden boat from the 18th century was found by chance in the seabed off an old Croatian port
A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia's medieval city of Dubrovnik.
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A Bundle of 18th-Century Love Letters Is Unsealed at Last
A Bundle of 18th-Century Love Letters Is Unsealed at Last More than 100 letters, addressed to French sailors, were never delivered. They remained unopened for nearly 250 years, until a historian ...
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VPM News | Young 18th century black scholars - PBS
A group of free and enslaved Black students attended a formal school in 18th century Williamsburg. ... VPM News. Young 18th century black scholars. Season 2024 Episode 06/18/2024. Fixed iFrame ...