THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston, January, 1789  This is the very first issue: volume 1, number 1, and printed by the famed printer Isaiah Thomas, the founder of the American Antiquarian Society & patriotic printer.
Contains an eclectic mix of articles including: "Essay on Education" "On the Supreme Being" "The Origin of Musical Notes" "A Curious Account of the Nervous System" "Necessity of Forming Religious Principles at an Early Age" "New Discovered Islands in the Pacifick Ocean" which takes over 5 pages & mentions Capt. Cook & others.
Near the back are 3 full pages of music, as well as "Domestick News" with the latest information, including a report from Boston of the number of representatives in Congress by state.
Complete in 64 pages, full title/contents page, lacking the plate called for, 5 by 8 inches, disbound, scattered foxing, some tears at margins.