"The Slave" (anonymous), a poem from the slave state of Maryland...

THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE OR MONTHLY MUSEUM, Boston, June, 1789 This is the 6th issue of this uncommon magazine by famed publisher Isaiah Thomas. The first article in this issue is over 1 1/2 pgs. titled "Description of the Federal Edifice at New York" and begins: "The citizens of New York, desirous of testifying their attachment to the new national government, &  of making their city the place of the permanent residence of the Federal Legislature, have enlarged & repaired their city Hall & made it a convenient & elegant structure worthy of the respectable body for whose use it is designed..." and it goes on to describe this important building (see photos for portions). Obviously their efforts were to little avail as the capital would soon more to Phila. as a temporary location while Washington, D.C. was being constructed.  Note: this issue does not have the plate called for.
Among the other articles in this issue as noted on the title/index page are: "American Natural Curiosities" "Major Washington's Journal" which is over 5 pages on his efforts during the French & Indian War (see for portions); a fullpg. chart of the: "Population of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" "Sketches of the Cape of Good Hope" and more, plus near the back among many poems is one: "On Doctor B. Franklin". Three pgs. are taken up with music.
Also included is the poem, "The Slave," which is an interesting anti-slavery poem printed in the slave state of Maryland.
Complete in 64 pgs., scattered light foxing throughout but more so to the title/index page, measures 5 by 8 1/4 in., generally very nice. Eighteenth century American magazines are rarely offered.