American museum, or, Universal magazine

American museum, or, Universal magazine

Universal magazine|American museum, or Repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces &c. prose and poetical (Previous)

Philadelphia : Carey, Stewart, and Co., 1790-1792.

6 v. (v. 7-12) : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Monthly

051 A512

(OCoLC)08336587

(title cont'd): containing essays on agriculture, commerce, manufactures, politics, morals and manners. Sketches of national characters, natural and civil history, and biography. Law information, public papers, proceedings of Congress, intelligence. Moral tales, ancient and modern poetry, &c. &c.
Vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1790)-v. 10, no. 6 (Dec. 1791); pt. 1 (Jan. 1792)-v. 12, no. 6 (Dec. 1792).
Volumes 1-6: The American museum: or, Repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, &c. prose and poetical. Philadelphia, 1787-1789.
Editor: Mathew Carey.
One of the first successful American magazines. Beginning in 1790, original short fiction and poetry made up a large part of the contents.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Library has v. 9, no. 1-6 (Jan.-June 1791) only (L2023S1): numerous errors in paging; Appx II. "Address of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode-Island, to the President of the United States of America, August 17, 1790" (p. 40); Ms. inscription on May title (p. 229): Joseph Bloomfield (Governor of New Jersey, an original member of the NJ Society).
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