From July 1741 to March 1744, Samuel Johnson composed speeches based on the actual debates in Parliament for publication in the "Gentleman's Magazine". Because it was then illegal to print any account of parliamentary activities, the magazine published Johnson's contributions as the rather thinly di[...]
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the "Major Problems in American History" series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in American history. The collection of essays and documents in "Major Problems in North American Borderlands" s[...]