Top 30 Rag Linen Blog Posts (by pageviews, as of 1/23/11)

1 // The Real First President of the United States

2 // Colonial Newspapers, Unsung Heroes of the American Revolution

3 // Rag Linen’s Twitter Top 50 on History

4 // The Effect of the Royal Proclamation of 1763

5 // The 12 Letters Preceding The Burr-Hamilton Duel

6 // An Unlikely Spy Embedded as a Newspaper Printer

7 // Benjamin Harris and His Publick Occurrences

8 // The Christmas Truce of 1914: “One of the Most Unusual Events in Human History”

9 // Unexpected Consequence of the Boston Tea Party?

10 // The War of the Gazettes and the Dark Ages of the American Newspaper

11 // King Philip’s War: “The Bloodiest War in American History”

12 // 18th Century Advertising, When Brevity Wasn’t Key

13 // William Caslon, Leading 18th Century Typographer

14 // The Stamp Act Teaser of 1764

15 // Frans Hogenberg: Printing 16th Century News

16 // The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661-1662

17 // Calculating Today’s Value of the Tea Destroyed on December 16, 1773

18 // The Only Newspaper Announcing Paul Revere’s 1776 Military Promotion to Lt Col

19 // A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston

20 // The Distinction of 18th Century American Paper

21 // B. Franklin’s Confession to Leaking Hutchinson’s Letters

22 // Paul Revere’s View of the Year 1765

23 // Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America

24 // Milestone Document: Washington’s Farewell Address

25 //J. Franklin Mowery Paper Conservation: Saving Historic Newspapers From Loss

26 // The Irony of the Boston Massacre and the Townshend Act

27 // Understanding the Colonial American Tea Trade

28 // Griswold’s Only Eyewitness Account of George Washington’s 1789 Inauguration

29 // The Colonial Tea Alarm of 1773

30 // The Top 10 Colonial News Sources