Actually, given the switch from Old Style to New Style calendars, wasn't the 18th century really 'the SHORT eighteenth century'.....?
Kurt A. T. Bodling
Rare Books Librarian
State Library of Pennsylvania
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[mailto:EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU]On Behalf Of Philip Smith
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Though I'll admit I'm not sure what exactly is meant by 'the long eighteenth
century'...
--Philip Smith