The following links are to periodical literature which is relevant, in
various ways, to the study of the early American Republic. The records
of the Congress are very well represented for the period. There are
a number of magazines of the period, as well as some earlier English periodicals,
showing some of the stream of ideas that formed the mindset of the early
Republic.
LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD AND NEAR OR RELATED PERIODS
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Annual Journal (British
Literary Magazine. Partial - 1858-78)
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Annals
of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College by Harvard University
(partial - 1856-76)
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
(partial - 1843-63)
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Debow's
Review (partial - "many issues" from 1846-1862, 1866-1869)
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The Gentleman's Magazine
(partial - 1731-50)
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Harper's
Magazine (partial - 1850-1899)
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The
Ladies' Repository (full - 1841-76)
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Littell's
Living Age (partial -1844-1900)
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The
New Englander (most - 1843-92)
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The
North American Review (partial - 1815-1900)
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Notes and Queries
(partial 1849-69)
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The
Occident, and American Jewish Advocate (partial - 1843-46 +
parts of other issues)
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Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society of London (partial - 1757-77)
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The
Princeton Review (full - 1830-82)
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Scientific
American (partial - 1845-69)
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Southern
Literary Messenger (full - 1834-64)
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The Southern
Quarterly Review (full - 1842-57)
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The United
States Magazine and Democratic Review (most - 1837-59)
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Vanity
Fair (humor weekly of the 1860s) (partial 1860-62)
RECORDS OF CONGRESS:
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Congressional
Globe by United States Congress (partial 1833-37)
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The Debates
and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States by United
States Congress (full - 1789-1824)
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Journal
of the House of Representatives of the United States by United
States House of Representatives (full - 1789-1805)
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Journal
of the Senate of the United States of America by United States
Senate (full - 1789-1805)
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Register
of Debates in Congress by United States Congress (full - 1825-37)
RELEVANT HISTORICAL JOURNALS AND COLLECTIONS
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Archives
of Maryland (Full? 196 volumes, published 1883-2000, covering Proceedings
and acts of the general assembly from 1637, and other governmental records)
Christian
History (partial - 1996-2000. Some relevant material; at
least there is
Issue #53 William Wilberforce and the Abolition of the Slave Trade)
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Collections
of the Minnesota Historical Society by Minnesota Historical Society
(Partial - Scattered volumes between 1872 and 1915)
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Collections
of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin by State Historical
Society of Wisconsin (Partial - Scattered volumes between 1888 and 1918)
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Commonplace: The Interactive
Journal of Early American Life - Just Launched; a meeting ground
for academic historians, "history bufs", historical novelists, and others.
Starts off swinging at "The Patriot".
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The Early
America Review (Published online from 1996-2000. Looks more
like popular than academic history)
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The William
and Mary Quarterly (all issues from 1892-1821)
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Yearbook:
Supreme Court Historical Society by Supreme Court Historical Society
(1976-1977, 1981, 1985, with pointer to The
Supreme Court Historical Society web site)