A Curious Way to Start a War or Bring Down a Government
ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED-A good clever argument to prove the approach for a WAR between this country and another.–Whoever inclines to undertake the job will receive a Spanish fleet of four ships to begin...
View ArticleBills of Exchange; or, A Bride Worth Paying for
A humorous Adventure of a Marriage negotiated by a Bill of Exchange, in one of the English West India Islands. A Merchant, originally from London, having acquired a great fortune in this island,...
View ArticleClumsy in their Shape, Awkward in their Carriage
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The following account of the inhabitants of this settlement is given by a late traveller. The education of youth has hitherto been very much neglected: the government never hit upon...
View ArticleWho Caused the America Revolution? A 1789 Appraisal
The following analysis of the causes of the American, and indeed French, Revolution, appeared in the Glasgow Advertiser in November 1789. It is surprisingly similar to how the revolution was taught by...
View ArticleConfession of an Eighteenth-Century Quidnunc; or, How was I to know your...
” Living out of the World” To the PRINTER. Sir, ABOUT two month ago I went to the country to pay a visit to a friend in a remote county; and though I am much of what may be called “a newspaper man,” I...
View ArticleA Number of Sadly Incorrect Predictions on American Prosperity (1789)
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, Aug. 23. “Congress is still sitting at New York, and from the multiplicity of business before them, there is no likelihood of the session’s soon closing. We are...
View ArticleThe Ole ‘Present-Participle Animal’ It Is: A Notice to Publicans on...
IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS AND SINNERS!—We understand, that, in the plentiude of their indignation at the “base, tyrannical, and unconstitutional” policy of the Whig Cabinet towards Ireland the patriotic...
View ArticleA Tale of 15 Cucumbers; or, What ever Happened to Ben Franklin’s Lightening Rod?
The following accounts, appearing on 20 September 1790 in the Glasgow Advertiser, painted a dire picture of North American weather. Then again, considering the the dietary habits of its inhabitants, a...
View ArticleRace, Crime and Punishment in Early Republic Pennsylvania
Extract of a letter from Sunbury, Northumberland County (Pennsylvania), dated Nov. 13. “One of the men who murdered the Indians at Pine Creek, was tried on Saturday evening, and though a number of...
View ArticleTruth Mixed with Lies; or, the Most Difficult Article to Tag thus Far...
The following article appeared on 12 September 1794 in the Glasgow Advertiser. The number of geographical, historical and typographical errors in it made me wonder the just how well informed the...
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