239, 242, 244, 246-252, 258-262, 267, 273, 276, 278, 282-284, see also freedom <strong>of</strong> the press, free press, and liberty <strong>of</strong> the press press liberty, 96, 114, 150, 191, 226, 230, 234, 236, 245, 250, 251, 263, 264, 268, 284 press licens<strong>in</strong>g, 231, 233, 234 pr<strong>in</strong>ciple <strong>of</strong> negativity, 67, 94, 146 pr<strong>in</strong>t as a commodity, 33, 77, 78, 86, 184, 186, 192 pr<strong>in</strong>t capitalism, 99, 159 pr<strong>in</strong>t competition, see pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g competition pr<strong>in</strong>t culture, 4, 7, 13, 14, 18, 23, 28, 36, 45, 55, 58, 97, 98, 101, 105, 113, 117, 118, 125, 152, 154, 155, 159, 180, 186, 190, 192, 279, 280, 285, 286 pr<strong>in</strong>t shop, 32, 80, 85, 149, 175, 212 pr<strong>in</strong>ted laws, 20, 40, 43 Pr<strong>in</strong>ter’s Introduction, 61, 198, 234 pr<strong>in</strong>ter’s salary, 31, 42, 46, 49, 50, 74, 176, 197, 198, 201 pr<strong>in</strong>ters' daybooks, see pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong>fice journals pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g, 5, 6, 7, 9, 79 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g as bus<strong>in</strong>ess, 33, 34 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g as mass production, 33, 79, 186 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g competition, 5, 10, 26, 33, 49, 79, 85, 129, 152, 186, 195, 196, 198, 205, 208, 209, 213-218, 222, 223 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g license, 15, 20, 21 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong>fice, 46, 81, 175, 192, 197, 202 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong>fice journals, 48, 80, 175, 177, 179 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g press, 5, 9, 14, 17-21, 28, 32-34, 80, 149 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g press, <strong>in</strong>vention <strong>of</strong>, 18 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g process, 32 pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g revolution, 36 317 prior restra<strong>in</strong>t, 8, 9, 21, 227-229, 231, 251, 260, 269, 278, 282, 284 propaganda, 13, 58, 106-108, 112- 115, 130, 131, 163, 200 Protestantd, 14, 22, 28, 29 pseudonyms, 60, 67, 94, 146, 147, 151, 202, 218, 219, 237 public debate, see civic debate public discourse, 44, 52-54, 64, 66, 67, 81, 83, 90, 152, 154, 155, 190, 191, 244, 285, see also discourse, and civic discourse public op<strong>in</strong>ion, 47, 50, 55, 89, 90, 94, 125, 139, 216, 236, 241, 250, 281 public pr<strong>in</strong>ts, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 47, 53, 54, 57, 58, 61, 64, 70, 74, 76, 79, 81, 82, 90, 94, 95, 101, 110, 133, 136, 139, 148, 152, 156-158, 181, 186, 189, 190, 196, 217, 225, 226, 230, 237, 240, 243, 246, 275, 282- 284 public sphere, 52, 53, 55, 67, 82, 125, 139, 155, 192, see also civic public Publick Occurences, 15 publick pr<strong>in</strong>ts, 6, see also public pr<strong>in</strong>ts Purdie, Alexander, 49, 59, 67, 83, 90, 103-107, 127, 148, 151, 153, 154, 175-180, 184, 185, 187, 189, 203, 205, 207, 211-223, 237-246, 248, 251, 256, 275 Puritans, 14, 15, 180, 197, 236 Purvis, Capta<strong>in</strong> John, 39 radical whigs, 9, 97, 109, 112, 131, 235, 236, 238, 260, 277, 284 rags, 34 Ramsay, David, 167 Randolph, Edmund, 254, 263, 265, 268 Randolph, John, 73, 74, 198 Rathell, Cather<strong>in</strong>e, 148 R
318 Rawson, David, 23, 36, 125, 155, 177, 181, 182, 202 readers, 15, 61, 71, 101, 120, 125 read<strong>in</strong>g, 4, 7, 9, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 27, 31, 34-38, 41, 52, 53, 55, 57- 59, 62, 71, 75, 80-82, 91, 93, 94, 97, 99, 100, 103, 108, 109, 111, 114, 116, 120, 124-128, 130, 137- 139, 141, 143, 149, 152, 153, 157, 180, 181, 187, 188, 190, 202, 203, 237, 245, 255, 257, 260, 261, 269, 279, 280, 285 read<strong>in</strong>g revolution, 116 Rector Detected (Pamphlet), 50 religion, 7, 9, 14-21, 25, 28, 37, 38, 44, 48, 49, 52, 58, 95, 106, 119, 123, 192, 226, 231, 234, 238, 258, 268, 269, 273, 278, 281 religious discourse, 66, 83, 85, 278 religious dissent, 189 republic <strong>of</strong> letters, 52, 55, 125, 139 revolution, ii, 4, 15, 18, 22, 26, 33, 36, 37, 40-43, 49, 51, 54, 58, 78, 79, 82, 85, 97-99, 107-109, 112, 113, 116, 118, 119, 122-126, 129, 132, 134, 136, 143, 153, 159, 167- 169, 182, 186, 187, 191, 197, 208, 218, 220, 221, 223, 239, 245, 248, 255-258, 262-264, see also American Revolution R<strong>in</strong>d, Clement<strong>in</strong>a, 150, 151, 157 R<strong>in</strong>d, William, 5, 77, 92, 111, 112, 128-131, 150-154, 164, 165, 170- 172, 180, 184, 195, 203-221, 223, 237, 239, 242-244, 246, 248, 251- 253, 261, 262, 274, 275 Rob<strong>in</strong>son, John, 204, 217 Roman Catholic, see Catholicism Routlidge, Robert, 217, 222 royal proclamations, 37 Royle, Joseph, 48-51, 77, 78, 80, 91, 92, 104, 110, 164-179, 183, 187, 193, 199-205, 212, 216, 220, 222, 223, 240, 246, 248 Rutland, Robert, 257 Rutman, Darrett and Anita, 24, 27, 36 S Scandalum Magnatum, 21 Schles<strong>in</strong>ger, Arthur (the elder), 58, 104, 108, 115, 129, 162-169, 176, 182, 207, 208, 216, 248, 249 schools, 36 Schudson, Michael, 2, 24, 115, 132 science, 19 Scotland, 68 Scottish merchants, 23 sedition, 8, 21, 27, 97, 130, 227, 228 seditious libel, 4, 8, 9, 11, 21, 25, 38, 225, 227-229, 231, 234, 240-243, 247, 248, 250, 252, 253, 261, 276, 278, 282-284 sensational news, 62 Seven Years War, 87, 89, 162, 284 Sharpe, Governor Horatio, 171 Sherman, Roger, 265 shipp<strong>in</strong>g, 6, 34, 62, 67-72, 86, 113, 183, 299 ships, 17, 23 Silence Dogood, 67, 146, 151, 236, 238 slander, 38 slavery, ii, 92, 111 slaves, 7, 23, 24, 32, 67, 72, 73, 84, 93, 104, 105, 109, 111, 112, 157, 178, 185, 266, 279 Smith, Jeffery, 114 social hierarchy, 37, 111 social order, 110, 125 South Carol<strong>in</strong>a, 68, 73, 86, 87, 105, 145, 150, 154, 182, 184, 200, 241, 249, 265 Spectator, <strong>The</strong>, 64, 95, 145, 237 speech, 14, 54, 68, 69, 81, 120, 173, 227, 228, 231, 232, 236, 238, 247, 253, 260, 265, 268-274, 278, 285
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