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Noah Webster

1758 - 1843

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  • Cover of: The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English language, for the use of schools in the United States

    First published in 1788 65 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition americanspelling0000webs
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  • Cover of: An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking.

    First published in 1787 50 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A grammatical institute of the English language: part II : a facsimile reproduction

    First published in 1783 34 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An American dictionary of the English language: containing the whole vocabulary of the first edition ... quarto; the entire corrections and improvements of the second edition in ... octavo; to which is prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin, history, and connection, of the languages of western Asia and Europe, with an explanation of the principles on which languages are formed.

    First published in 1828 28 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition americandictiona01websrich Cover of edition americandictiona00websuoft Cover of edition americandiction00webs Cover of edition americandictiona00webs Cover of edition dictionaamerican00websrich
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  • Cover of: The prompter: a commentary on common sayings which are full of common sense, the best sense in the world.

    First published in 1791 25 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Elements of [u]seful knowledge.: containing a historical and geographical account of the United States

    First published in 1802 18 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The elementary spelling book: being an improvement on the American spelling book.

    First published in 1848 17 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition elementaryspelli00websrich
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  • Cover of: Dissertations on the English language: with notes, historical and criticito which is added, by way of appendix, an essay on a reformed mode of spelling, with Dr. Franklin's arguments on that subject

    First published in 1789 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition dissertationsone00websrich
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  • Cover of: Webster's collegiate dictionary: a dictionary of the English language : giving the derivations, pronunciations, definitions and synonyms of a large vocabulary of the words occurring in literature, art, science, and the common speech.

    First published in 1898 10 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition websterscolle00webs Cover of edition websterscollegia00webs
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  • Cover of: An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking: calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth : to which are prefixed rules in elocution and directions for expressing the principal passions of the mind : being the third part of A grammatical institute of the English language

    First published in 1793 9 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: (Circular.) To the physicians of Philadelphia, New-York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Newhaven: Gentlemen, as a malignant fever, has, for three summers past raged in different parts of the United States, and proved fatal to great numbers of our fellow-citizens ... it becomes highly important to take such efficacious steps as human wisdom can devise to prevent the introduction, arrest the progress or mitigate the severity of such a serious calamity.

    First published in 1795 9 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: History of the United States: to which is prefixed a brief historical account of our [English] ancestors, from the dispersion at Babel, to their migration to America, and of the conquest of South America, by the Spaniards

    First published in 1832 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English language, for the use of schools in the United States

    First published in 1787 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: New international dictionary of the English language.

    First published in 1950 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Webster's New international dictionary of the English language: based on the International dictionary of 1890 and 1900.

    First published in 1909 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: High School Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language

    First published in 2018 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words

    First published in 2018 6 editions
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  • Cover of: New international dictionary of the English language

    First published in 1953 6 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition newinternational0004webs Cover of edition newinternational0005webs Cover of edition newinternational0002webs Cover of edition newinternational0003webs
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  • Cover of: Review of the Elementary Spelling Book

    First published in 2018 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: brief history of epidemic and pestilential diseases: with the principal phenomena of the physical world, which precede and accompany them, and observations deduced from the facts stated.

    First published in 1799 6 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
English language, Dictionaries, Early works to 1800, Spellers, History, Grammar, Politics and government, Readers, Orthography and spelling, Juvenile Dictionaries, Anglais (Langue), Pronunciation, Readers (Primary), Textbooks, Yellow fever, Biography, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Fourth of July orations, Orthographe, Syllabaires, Commerce, Conduct of life, Juvenile literature, Bible, Dictionnaires
Places
United States, Connecticut, Confederate States of America, France, New York (N.Y.), Africa, Asia, Europe, Great Britain
People
Noah Webster (1758-1843), Abraham Bishop (1763-1844), Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), John Adams (1735-1826), Charles Richardson (1775-1865), George Washington (1732-1799), John Pickering (1777-1846), Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), Samuel Bishop (1723-1803), Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Webster family, William Currie (1754-1828)
Time
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1865, 1783-1789, 1801-1809, 1797-1801, 1800-1870, Confederation, 1783-1789, Revolution, 1775-1783, Revolution, 1789-1799, 1500-1799, 1500-1800, 1783-1809, 1793, 1798, To 1865

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