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Time Period - Eighteenth Century


Age of Industry
http://history.evansville.net/industry.html
This site provides an annotated set of links to web sites covering many different aspects of the industrial revolution. |description|


Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/


American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
The American memory web site aims to provide electronic access to holdings at the Library of Congress which relate to the United States. |description|


An American Time Capsule: Three centuries of Broadside and Other Printed Ephemera
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html
The American Time Capsule web site has been developed by the rare books and special collections division of the Library of Congress to provide access to printed ephemera held by the Library of Congress. |description|


Avalon Project at Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The Avalon Project aims to provide access to documents relating to law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government over the World Wide Web. |description|


British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk

British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.|description|


Canadian Confederation (National Library of Canada)
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confed/e-1867.htm


Canadian Constitutional Documents
http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/


CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts
http://www.ucc.ie/celt

The CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts is an excellent scholarly site, still growing, that contains a vast number of Irish cultural, historical, and literary texts (in Irish, Latin, Hiberno-Norman French, and English). |description|


Centre for Metropolitan History
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/cmh/cmh.main.html
The Centre for Metropolitan History (CMH) was established in 1988 and promotes the study and appreciation of London's character and development. |description|


Chronology of Russian History
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/chrono.html
This chronology of Russian history lists major events of Russian history between 860 and the present. |description|


Concise History of the British Newspaper
http://www.bl.uk/collections/britnews.html


Danish Data Archive
http://www.dda.dk/


Digital Archive of Architecture
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/


Eighteenth-Century Resources
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/
Eighteenth-century Resources, compiled by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University, is an annotated gateway to a wide range of web pages relating to the eighteenth century. |description|



Electric Scotland
http://www.electricscotland.com/
"Electric Scotland's Scottish History" is a large Web site offering information on early Scottish history, battles, culture, literature, and music. |description|



Eurodocs: Irish Primary Historical Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/ireland.html



Eurodocs: Italian Primary Historical Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/italy.html



Eurodocs: Spanish Primary Historical Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/spain.html


Exploring the West from Monticello: a Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/home.html


Finland 500 Years on the Map of Europe
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/mapseng.html
This site takes the form of an online exhibition showing the way in which Finland has been represented in maps over the last 500 years. |description|


Friends of Devon's Archives
http://www.foda.org.uk
This is the website of the Friends of Devon's Archives, an organisation which supports the work of the local record offices for that county.|description|


Historical Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/history_main.html
Historical maps from the University of Texas provides access to hundreds of historical maps from around the world. |description|




AHDS History
http://ahds.ac.uk/history/index.htm
AHDS History 'collects, preserves and promotes the use of digital resources, which result from or support historical research, learning and teaching'. |description|




History of France: Primary Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/france.html
The History of France: primary documents site provides links to over sixty documents relating to French history from the ninth century to the present day. |description|




History of Germany: Primary Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/germany.html
The History of Germany: primary documents site provides links to over one hundred documents relating to German history from the ninth century to the present day. |description|




The History of Mathematics
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/
The History of Mathematics web site created by, David Wilkins of Trinity College, Dublin, concentrates on mathematicians of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. |description|




History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk.html
The History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents site provides links to over one hundred documents relating to the history of the United Kingdom from the eighth century to the present day. |description|




Internet Library of Early Journals
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/
The Internet library of early journals aims to gives access to a twenty year consecutive run of a selection of 18th and 19th century British journals. |description|




James Lind: A Treatise of the Scurvy
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/scurvy.html



Map Collections: 1500-2002
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html



McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca:80/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html
The Archive for the History of Economic Thought web site from McMaster University provides access to a variety of material relating to economic history. |description|




The Medici Archive
http://www.medici.org/



History of the Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5.asp
This site, which forms part of the British Monarchy web site, provides a brief history of all the monarchs of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom. |description|


Mundus: Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK
http://www.mundus.ac.uk
The Mundus Gateway provides an online guide to the archival collections in the British Isles that hold material concerning the history of missionaries.|description|



National Archives of Canada

http://www.archives.ca/
The web site of the National Archives of Canada holds both general and detailed information on their holdings. |description|



National Archives of Ireland
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
The web site of the National Archives of Ireland provides information about their holdings and publications as well as general information for readers. Information for readers includes opening hours, contact and location details and rules and regulations. |description|



National Library of Canada: Knowledge within Reach
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/



Netherlands Historical Data Archive
http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/us/dd_nhda/dd_nhda.htm


Out of the Past: 400 years of Lesbian and Gay history in America
http://www.pbs.org/outofthepast/
Out of The Past explores the importance of history in creating identity, and documents the history of gay men and women in the United States over four centuries. |description|



Pathways in American Planning History: a thematic chronology
http://www.planning.org/pathways/index.htm
This chronology provides a comprehensive overview of American planning and the influences on planning. |description|


The Patrin Web Journal: Romani Culture and History
http://www.patrin.com
Patrin is a web resource which covers aspects of Romani culture and history. A wide variety of material is covered by the site. |description|


Powys Digital History Project
http://history.powys.org.uk/
The Powys digital history project web site provides access to information about the local history of the region. |description|


Project Wittenberg
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html
Project Wittenberg, created under the direction of Bob Smith of Concordia Theological Seminary, provides a gateway to Lutheran texts; texts by Luther, texts about Luther and works of other Lutherans. |description|


Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
http://proni.nics.gov.uk/
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the official place of deposit for public records in Northern Ireland. |description|


Quaker Archives Database
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/quaker/quakint1.htm
The Quaker Archives Database from the University of Leeds special collections department has created a name index of many of the older documents in The University Library's Carlton Hill archive. |description|


Renaissance Forum: An Electronic Journal of Early-modern Literacy and Historical Studies
http://www.hull.ac.uk/Hull/EL_Web/renforum/
Renaissance forum : An electronic journal of early-modern literacy and historical studies
is a biannual refereed full text electronic journal published by the University of Hull. |description|


Scottish Economic History Database, 1550-1780
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~ajgibson/scotdata/scot_database_home.html
This site holds data on crop yields, demographic data, price series, wage series and weather statistics. |description|



Slave Movement during the Eighteenth and Nineteeth Centuries
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/index.html
The Slave Movement during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries web site provides access to data sets. |description|



Statisitical accounts of Scotland
http://edina.ac.uk/StatAcc/
The Statistical accounts of Scotland web site, hosted by EDINA, is a fully searchable and browsable facsimile of the Old Statistical Account (1791-1799) and the New Statistical Account (1845) which were compiled from information supplied largely by parish church ministers. |description|


Storia di Venezia
http://www.storiadivenezia.it/

This web site has been produced by a group of academics at the University of Venice and provides a history of Venice from the city's foundation to the present day.|description|



Studies in the World History of Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~slavery/



The Ascoli Project
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/jb6/archives/index.html



The Napoleon Guide
http://www.napoleonguide.com/



The Nineteenth Century in Print: the Making of America in Books and Print
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/ncphome.html
The Nineteenth Century in Print web site brings together online collections of nineteenth century books and periodicals from the University of Michigan, Cornell University and the Library of Congress. |description|



Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mtjhtml/mtjhome.html
The Thomas Jefferson papers at the Library of Congress web site provides online access to material held by the Manuscripts Department at the Library of Congress. |description|




Tyburn Tree: Public Executions in Early Modern England
http://www.unc.edu/~charliem/index.htm
This site originally created by Zachary Lesser, now expanded and maintained by Charlie Mitchell at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides a wide variety of information about public executions in early modern England. |description|



United States Historical Census Data Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
The United States historical census data browser contains data from US censuses between 1790 and 1970. |description|



Urban Past: an International Urban History Bibliography
http://www.uoguelph.ca/history/urban/citybib.html
The urban past: an international urban history bibliography was compiled by Gilbert Stelter from the University of Guelph and was originally designed as a resource for students at this institution. |description|


Virginia Runaways
http://www.uvawise.edu/history/runaways/
Virginia Runaways, created by Tom Costa at University of Virginia's College at Wise, provides an online collection of press adverts for runaway and captured slave and servants in Virginia from 1736 to 1790. |description|


Virtual Jamestown
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html
The Virtual Jamestown project, hosted by the Virginia Center for Digital History, aims to create an online resource on the history of Jamestown, Virginia in the seventeenth century. |description|


Virtual Library: History - German History
http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p1ges/heidelberg/gh/gh.html


William Hutchinson: A Treatise on Naval Architecture. 1794.
http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Medicine/Hutchinson(1794)a.html


The Workhouse
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/index.html
This site provides a helpful and interesting introduction to workhouses and poor relief in general. |description|


WISE: Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation
http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/
WISE: Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation is a leading research institute based at the University of Hull. It conducts cross-disciplinary research into the history of slavery, its contemporary forms and efforts to eradicate it.|description|


Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
http://www.hull.ac.uk/lib/archives/quaker/

The Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Projects aims to increase access to and awareness of collections of Quaker material relating to Yorkshire. |description|