In the late 1740s, Samuel Meadwell arrived in London. A “raw country fellow” from Northamptonshire, he had come to work as a distiller’s apprentice and hoped to make his fortune. When a pair of women ...

Introduction. The early modern letter opener / James Daybell and Andrew Gordon -- Part I. Material practices. From Palatino to Cresci : Italian writing books and the Italic scripts of early modern ...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Brian P. Levack, John E. Green Regents Professor Emeritus in History at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss his new book, Distrust of Institutions in ...