The Pennsylvania magazine, or, American monthly museum
1775
051 P415
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Title
The Pennsylvania magazine, or, American monthly museum
Variant Title
American monthly museum
Published
Philadelphia R. Aitken 1775-1776
Description
v. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Frequency
Monthly
Call Number
051 P415
System Control No.
(OCoLC)01762061
Note
Edited by Thomas Paine.
Vol. 1 (Jan. 1775)-v. 2 (July 1776).
Library has v. 1, Feb. 1775 (L2012G163), Mar. 1775 (L2012F180), Apr. 1775 (L2012F166), May 1775 (L2012F181), June 1775 (L2008F156.2), July 1775 (L2011F127.2), Aug. 1775 (L2010F115.1), Sept. 1775 (L2012F167), Oct. 1775 (L2012F36.2), Dec. 1775 (L2012F136) & v. 2, Jan. 1776 (L2010F115.2), Feb. 1776 (L2015F33), Mar. 1776 (L2012F137), Apr. 1776 (L2012F142), May 1776 (L2015F36), July 1776 (80.1.399) only; also has supplement 1775 issue.
V. 1, Mar. 1775: publishes words & folded plate of music for a song "Death of General Wolfe"; May 1775: includes "An Irishman's epistle to the officers and troops at Boston"; "An essay on Military first Principles by Thomas Bell"; June 1775: includes "Anecdotes of John Churchill, Duke Marlborough" (p. 249-254); "Select passages from New British publications. Military instructions for officers, detached in the field ..." (p. 270-273); "Poetical essays for June. An elegy to the memory of the American volunteers, who fell in the engagement between the Massachusetts-Bay militia, and the British troops. April 19, 1775" (p. 278-279); "Monthly intelligence. Philadelphia. Appointments by the Hon. Continental Congress: George Washington, Esq, of Virginia, General and Commander in Chief of all the American forces ... " (p. 284); "The following is the most circumstantial account of the engagement on Bunker's or Breeds-Hill ..." (p. 284-287 [i.e. 285]) "An eulogium sacred to the memory of the late Major-General Warren ..." (p. 287 [i.e. 285]-289); numbers 285-286 omitted in paging; accompanied by the map "A new plan of Boston Harbour" that had been removed from this issue (cataloged separately: call no. MAP L2008F156.1); July 1775: includes "Account of the siege and surrender of Louisbourg by the New Englanders" (p. 310-311); "Account of the Battle at Ticonderoga last war" (p. 315-317); "A true account of the officers of the ministerial troops, killed and wounded at the battle of Charlestown, June 17, 1775" (p. 337); accompanied map "A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp" cataloged separately (call no. MAP L2011F127.1m); Sept. 1775: includes the full text of the "Rules and articles for the better government of the troops raised, or to be raised … of the twelve united English colonies of North-America" the act of the Continental Congress which formalized the regulations of the Continental Army; "A correct view of the late battle at Charlestown June 17th 1775" on frontpiece half excised; Oct. 1775: accompanied by the map "A map of the present seat of war on the borders of Canada" that had been removed from this issue (cataloged separately: call no. MAP L2012F36.1); Dec. 1775:includes "Monthly intelligence" (p. 578-586) with news of the war, including a report from Benedict Arnold in Canada awaiting the arrival of General Montgomery; Mar. 1776: includes a detailed report on the taking of Dorchester Heights and publishes the text of a letter of General Washington to Lord Stirling reporting on the departure of the British from Boston; Apr. 1776: includes "A dialogue on civil liberty" (p. 157-167) & the publication of the poem on George Washington by the "African poetess" Phillis Wheatley (p. 193).
Vol. 1 (Jan. 1775)-v. 2 (July 1776).
Library has v. 1, Feb. 1775 (L2012G163), Mar. 1775 (L2012F180), Apr. 1775 (L2012F166), May 1775 (L2012F181), June 1775 (L2008F156.2), July 1775 (L2011F127.2), Aug. 1775 (L2010F115.1), Sept. 1775 (L2012F167), Oct. 1775 (L2012F36.2), Dec. 1775 (L2012F136) & v. 2, Jan. 1776 (L2010F115.2), Feb. 1776 (L2015F33), Mar. 1776 (L2012F137), Apr. 1776 (L2012F142), May 1776 (L2015F36), July 1776 (80.1.399) only; also has supplement 1775 issue.
V. 1, Mar. 1775: publishes words & folded plate of music for a song "Death of General Wolfe"; May 1775: includes "An Irishman's epistle to the officers and troops at Boston"; "An essay on Military first Principles by Thomas Bell"; June 1775: includes "Anecdotes of John Churchill, Duke Marlborough" (p. 249-254); "Select passages from New British publications. Military instructions for officers, detached in the field ..." (p. 270-273); "Poetical essays for June. An elegy to the memory of the American volunteers, who fell in the engagement between the Massachusetts-Bay militia, and the British troops. April 19, 1775" (p. 278-279); "Monthly intelligence. Philadelphia. Appointments by the Hon. Continental Congress: George Washington, Esq, of Virginia, General and Commander in Chief of all the American forces ... " (p. 284); "The following is the most circumstantial account of the engagement on Bunker's or Breeds-Hill ..." (p. 284-287 [i.e. 285]) "An eulogium sacred to the memory of the late Major-General Warren ..." (p. 287 [i.e. 285]-289); numbers 285-286 omitted in paging; accompanied by the map "A new plan of Boston Harbour" that had been removed from this issue (cataloged separately: call no. MAP L2008F156.1); July 1775: includes "Account of the siege and surrender of Louisbourg by the New Englanders" (p. 310-311); "Account of the Battle at Ticonderoga last war" (p. 315-317); "A true account of the officers of the ministerial troops, killed and wounded at the battle of Charlestown, June 17, 1775" (p. 337); accompanied map "A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp" cataloged separately (call no. MAP L2011F127.1m); Sept. 1775: includes the full text of the "Rules and articles for the better government of the troops raised, or to be raised … of the twelve united English colonies of North-America" the act of the Continental Congress which formalized the regulations of the Continental Army; "A correct view of the late battle at Charlestown June 17th 1775" on frontpiece half excised; Oct. 1775: accompanied by the map "A map of the present seat of war on the borders of Canada" that had been removed from this issue (cataloged separately: call no. MAP L2012F36.1); Dec. 1775:includes "Monthly intelligence" (p. 578-586) with news of the war, including a report from Benedict Arnold in Canada awaiting the arrival of General Montgomery; Mar. 1776: includes a detailed report on the taking of Dorchester Heights and publishes the text of a letter of General Washington to Lord Stirling reporting on the departure of the British from Boston; Apr. 1776: includes "A dialogue on civil liberty" (p. 157-167) & the publication of the poem on George Washington by the "African poetess" Phillis Wheatley (p. 193).
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