THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston, January, 1792   

* Benjamin Franklin's will 

The bulk of the issue is taken up with a wide range of eclectic articles as noted on the full title/contents page.
The issue begins with: "Extracts from Dr. Franklin's Will" which takes over a full page and provides many details on various beneficiaries.
Also within: "Thoughts on Dueling" "The Child Trained up for the Gallows" "A Description of the Dismal Swamp in Virginia" "The Distresses of a Frontier Inhabitant" "Fourteen Causes which Enrich a Country" "On the Climate of South Carolina" and much more.
Near the back is a: "Collection of Publick Acts Papers, etc." including 3 Acts of Congress, each noted as: "Approved by the President...", and also: "Abstract of the Proceedings of Congress" taking several pages. Then: "Domestick Chronicle" with news of the day, state-by-state and which includes much on Indian troubles. 
Complete in 72 pages, 5 by 8 inches, full title/contents page, nice condition.

Background: The January 1792 issue of The Massachusetts Magazine captures a pivotal moment of transition and vulnerability for the infant United States as it navigated the post-Revolutionary era. The inclusion of Benjamin Franklin's will underscores a collective sense of reflection on the passing of the Founding generation, emphasizing his visionary, long-term investment in the nation's working class. Concurrently, the magazine's "Domestick Chronicle" and essays on frontier distress document a defining national crisis: the fallout from St. Clair’s Defeat in November 1791, where a confederation of Native American tribes inflicted the worst military defeat the U.S. Army would ever suffer proportional to its size. By publishing these reports alongside early Acts of Congress signed by George Washington, the magazine functions as a real-time archive of a fragile republic grappling with expansion, national security, and the consolidation of federal power under the newly ratified Constitution.

Eighteenth century American magazines are increasingly scarce in today's market. This title was published by the famed Isaiah Thomas, the patriot printer from the Revolutionary War & founder of the American Antiquarian Society.