CHRONOLOGY TRACINGS
(Approved for use January 10, 2000)

Scope
Chronology tracings are made for all pamphlets and broadsides published in or about the United States, Great Britain, Continental Europe, and Latin America. Pamphlets are generally works of 100 pages or less, bound or unbound; however the limitation of 100 pages is not rigid. Chronology tracings are made for pamphlets or broadsides that are political, religious, biographical, economic or historical in nature. The intent of the tracings is to provide access to material that deals with contemporary events or issues. DO NOT make chronology tracings for pamphlets and broadsides that are purely literary in content. All items classed in British Tracts, European Tracts, American Tracts, and Latin American Tracts should receive the appropriate tracing. The four types of chronology tracings are:
 

Brit tracts	Tracts published in or about Great Britain.
Euro tracts	Tracts published in or about any country on the continent of Europe.
Lat Amer tracts	Tracts published in or about any country of Latin America
Amer tracts	Tracts published in or about the United States.

• Use the date of publication for the item in hand.
• For questionable dates use the date as it appears in the 260  ‡c field. Drop brackets, question marks, and text such as before, after, between, and ca. Older records using n.d. should be corrected as found to an estimated date.
• If the estimated date is a probable decade or century, use dashes (e.g. ‡y173-). If the estimated date spans a decade, then enter using the date as it appears (e.g. ‡y1723-1735).
• If the work is a photocopy, make a chronology tracing for the date of publication of the original.
• If the date of publication has been corrected use the corrected date.
• If the date of publication is a double year use the second year.

690		4	‡a Brit tracts ‡y 1645.
690		4	‡a Euro tracts ‡y 1784.
690		4	‡a Lat Amer tracts ‡y 1822.
690		4	‡a Amer tracts ‡y 1794.

260			‡a [France : ‡b s.n., ‡c 1712?]
690		4	‡a Euro tracts ‡y 1712.

260			‡a Philadelphia : ‡b Printed by the author, ‡c 1802
690		4	‡a Amer tracts ‡y 1802.

260			‡a [Mexico :‡bs.n., ‡c between 1803 and 1808?]
690		4	‡a Lat Amer tracts ‡y 1803-1808.

260			‡a London : ‡b Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, ‡c 1671/2.
690		4	‡a Brit tracts ‡y 1672.

260			‡a [London : ‡b s.n., ‡c 167-?]
690		4	‡a Brit tracts ‡y 167-.

260			‡a Worcester : ‡b Printed by Henry J. Howland, ‡c [1849?]
690		4	‡a Amer tracts ‡y 1849.

260			‡a London : ‡b Printed for F. Coules, ‡c 1641 [i.e. 1642]
690		4	‡a Brit tracts ‡y 1642.

260			‡a A Parme :‡b Imprime par Bodoni, ‡c 1805.
690		4	‡a Euro tracts ‡y 1805.

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