Selected Special Collections

American Imprint Collection; 1640-1800

Books and pamphlets printed in the United States between 1640 and 1800, (16,990 titles).

Digitized Materials

Barry, John. The Philadelphia spelling book: arranged upon a plan entirely new, adapted to the capacities of children, and designed as an immediate improvement in spelling and reading the English language... Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, 1790.
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