THE first three volumes of Mr. Stedman’s Library of American Literature 1 cover the colonial and revolutionary ... hold what is worth preservation in a period usually regarded as barren, in ...

The video discusses the emergence of an American identity through literature during the 18th-century Revolutionary period. It highlights the growth of colonial communities, the role of printing in ...

Bernard Bailyn, an influential and significant historian of the American colonial period, passed away last week at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts. The cause of death was heart failure.