THE POLITICAL MAGAZINE, London, May, 1783

• Revolutionary War aftermath
• Loyalists in America question

Certainly one of the less common magazines of the 18th century, formatted very much like the more common 'Gentleman's Magazine' of the day.
Inside includes: "The Fate Of the Loyalists" "Sir G. Carleton and Adm. Digby Letters to Secretary Livingston" "Letters From America on the Terms of Peace" "Indian War in America" "Rebel Financier Resigns" being Robert Morris; "Loyalists Settle in Nova Scotia - State of Loyalists" plus a letter concerning: "...the state of the Loyalists who Remained behind at New York...", and then further on is: "West Florida Memorial to Lord George Germain".
No maps or plates called for are present.
Complete in 80 pages, full title/contents page, 5 by 8 1/4 inches, great condition.

Background: Published by John Bew in London during the immediate aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, the May 1783 issue of The Political Magazine is a rare and historically vital primary source that mirrors the layout of its longer-running contemporary, The Gentleman’s Magazine. Running for less than a decade (1780–1789), The Political Magazine is significantly scarcer today than mainstream 18th-century periodicals, making survival copies prized by collectors and archivists. Content-wise, this specific issue captures a pivotal moment of transatlantic crisis just months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris, featuring primary dispatches and correspondence regarding the chaotic Loyalists' exodus from New York, their resettlement in Nova Scotia, and the desperate petitions of British settlers in Spanish-ceded West Florida to Lord George Germain. Furthermore, it records critical structural strain in the nascent United States, detailing ongoing Indian border wars, diplomatic negotiations, and the politically explosive resignation of Robert Morris—the "Financier of the Revolution"—over Congress's failure to pay Continental troops, offering an extraordinarily dense, real-time snapshot of the geopolitical realignment reshaping North America.