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The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment, 1789–96
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1789–96
Serial publication, illustrated; 8 vols.; H: 9 1/2 in. (24 cm)
Purchased with income from the Library Fund (018 M38)
"The Massachusetts Magazine," an early colonial journal, includes illustrated articles and observations on agriculture, poetry, music, biography, history, physics, geography, morality, criticism, philosophy, mathematics, agriculture, architecture, chemistry, novels, tales, romances, translations, news, marriages, deaths, and meteorological observations.

 

The Watson Library has volumes 1(1789) to 8 (1796) (vol.8 incomplete).

 

 

Illustrated: engraved illustration, vol. 1, no. 8 (August 1789), "Southwest View of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R. I."