American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection (EBSCO)

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Read 7,600+ American magazines and journals from 1691-1877, organized in five chronological series. See what Americans were reading during the Revolution, westward expansion, and Civil War. Covers advertising, science, slavery, women's issues, arts, and politics.

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