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Rag Linen’s Twitter Top 50 on History - 28. Jul, 2010 - 3 comments
The Colonial Tea Alarm of 1773 - 05. May, 2010 - 2 comments
Calculating Today’s Value of the Tea Destroyed on December 16, 1773 - 01. May, 2010 - 4 comments
Advertising the Launch of Royal American Magazine - 01. May, 2010 - 0 comments
“The Reason of the King’s Wearing a Wig” - 01. May, 2010 - 2 comments
The Beginning of the End: Cornwallis Trapped at Yorktown - 01. May, 2010 - 0 comments
The Distinction of 18th Century American Paper - 01. May, 2010 - 5 comments
New Collection: The Battle of Lexington and Concord - 12. Apr, 2010 - 0 comments
King Philip’s War: “The Bloodiest War in American History” - 11. Apr, 2010 - 0 comments
The Arrivial of the Second Continental Congress - 11. Apr, 2010 - 6 comments
Unexpected Consequence of the Boston Tea Party? - 02. Apr, 2010 - 1 comments
Gen. George Washington’s Arrival in Cambridge: The Public and Private Exchanges - 30. Mar, 2010 - 4 comments
Tory Retaliation for Nathaniel Freeman’s March on Barnstable Courthouse? - 30. Mar, 2010 - 6 comments
Sons of Liberty: An Intercolonial Network of Organized Resistance - 28. Mar, 2010 - 0 comments
Pre-Revolutionary War Betting Odds - 27. Mar, 2010 - 3 comments
William Caslon, 18th Century Typographer - 22. Mar, 2010 - 8 comments
April 15, 1865 Lincoln Assassination Newspaper - 21. Mar, 2010 - 0 comments
Kennedy Assassination in November 23 Dallas Morning News - 21. Mar, 2010 - 0 comments
1783 Gentleman’s Magazine Bound Volume - 21. Mar, 2010 - 0 comments
Complete 1865 Harper’s Weekly Bound Volume - 21. Mar, 2010 - 0 comments
Colonial Newspapers: Unsung Heroes of the American Revolution - 19. Mar, 2010 - 1 comments
The First National Report of Lincoln’s Assassination - 14. Mar, 2010 - 1 comments
The Christmas Truce of 1914: “One of the Most Unusual Events in Human History” - 14. Mar, 2010 - 0 comments
Frans Hogenberg: Engraving 16th Century News - 14. Mar, 2010 - 7 comments
The Perfect Laptop Case for Rare Book Lovers - 14. Mar, 2010 - 0 comments
The Rag Linen iPhone App in 1770 - 08. Mar, 2010 - 2 comments
A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston - 03. Mar, 2010 - 2 comments
The Effect of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 - 28. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
B. Franklin’s Confession to Leaking Hutchinson’s Letters - 27. Feb, 2010 - 5 comments
The Stamp Act of 1765 Collection - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Stamp Act Collection – Video Supplement - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Pennsylvania Gazette – May 10, 1764 - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Pennsylvania Gazette – April 18, 1765 - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Boston Gazette – January 27, 1766 - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Boston Gazette – February 17, 1766 - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Pennsylvania Gazette – March 20, 1766 - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Boston Gazette – June 16, 1766 - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Providence Gazette – August 30, 1766 - 25. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Paul Revere’s “View of the Year 1765″ - 21. Feb, 2010 - 5 comments
The First Pony of The Pony Express - 14. Feb, 2010 - 2 comments
The Salary of a King - 14. Feb, 2010 - 6 comments
The First General Interest Magazine in History - 14. Feb, 2010 - 1 comments
New Collection: 1776 - 09. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
1776 Collection - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
The Glorious Cause (Video) - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Pennsylvania Evening Post – January 11, 1776 - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Annual Register – 1776 (Dorchester Heights) - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Connecticut Journal – June 5, 1776 - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Annual Register and London Magazine – 1776 (Declaration of Independence) - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Annual Register – 1776 (George III Statue) - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Annual Register – 1776 (Battle of Long Island) - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
New-England Chronicle – August 29, 1776 - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Pennsylvania Evening Post – September 28, 1776 - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Annual Register and London Magazine – 1776 (Articles of Confederation) - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
Gentleman’s Magazine – March 1777 - 08. Feb, 2010 - 0 comments
18th Century Advertising, When Brevity Wasn’t Key - 04. Feb, 2010 - 6 comments
The Stamp Act Teaser of 1764 - 03. Feb, 2010 - 11 comments
The Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson - 31. Jan, 2010 - 2 comments
Benjamin Harris and his Publick Occurrences - 30. Jan, 2010 - 11 comments
The Arrival of Royal Governor Samuel Shute - 27. Jan, 2010 - 1 comments
The Charters of Freedom: No Photos Allowed - 25. Jan, 2010 - 1 comments
The First Tax on Newspapers - 25. Jan, 2010 - 3 comments
Murderous Manners of 17th Century Europe - 24. Jan, 2010 - 3 comments
Three Cheers for Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address - 23. Jan, 2010 - 3 comments
The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661-1662 - 20. Jan, 2010 - 8 comments
New Collection: Treaties of Peace 1783 - 17. Jan, 2010 - 2 comments
The Originial Flag of the Thirteen United States - 17. Jan, 2010 - 3 comments
Treaties of Peace 1783 - 17. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Gentleman’s Magazine – February 1783 - 17. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Newport Mercury – May 10, 1783 - 17. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
London Chronicle – September 27 to 30, 1783 - 17. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Connecticut Journal – October 1, 1783 - 17. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Pennsylvania Packet – November 1, 1783 - 17. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Milestone Document: Washington’s Farewell Address - 17. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
The 12 Letters That Preceded The Burr-Hamilton Duel - 16. Jan, 2010 - 4 comments
An Unlikely Spy Embedded as a Newspaper Printer - 10. Jan, 2010 - 3 comments
The Real First President of the United States - 10. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Get Rag Linen on Your iPhone - 03. Jan, 2010 - 1 comments
The French and Indian War Collection - 03. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
The First Three Collections - 03. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
French and Indian War – Treaties of Peace - 03. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Gentleman’s Magazine – June, July and September 1754 - 02. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
New-York Gazette – April 7, 1755 - 02. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Gentleman’s Magazine – April 1756 - 02. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
New-York Gazette – September 13, 1756 - 02. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
London Gazette Extraordinary – August 22, 1758 - 02. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
Gentleman’s Magazine – March and April 1763 - 01. Jan, 2010 - 0 comments
The Chance of Getting a Good Wife in 1755 - 31. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Welcome to the Rag Linen Blog! - 31. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
The Beginning of Newspapers - 29. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Leaf Printed by Wendelin Da Spira – Circa 1470 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Spanish Fury Illustrated News Broadside – November 4, 1576 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Printed News Letter – 1614 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Vox Populi, Newes From Spayne – 1620 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Swedish Intelligencer – 1633 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Perfect Diurnall – November 7, 1642 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Mercurius Aulicus – January 29, 1643 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Mercurius Britanicus – April 1 to 8, 1644 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Moderate Intelligencer – September 25 to October 2, 1645 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments
Mercurius Publicus – April 3 to 10, 1662 - 26. Dec, 2009 - 0 comments

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