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Publications and literacy spread in the eighteenth century. In Britain twenty-five periodicals were published in 1700 and 158 in 1780. The first daily newspaper was published in London in 1702. In 1780, 37 English towns had daily newspapers. In France, 30 titles were published yearly in 1750 and 1,600 in the 1780’s. ................
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