THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston, May, 1795  The bulk of the issue is taken up with a wide range of eclectic articles as noted on the full title/contents page. Included are several letters signed in type by John Adams, Samuel Adams, James Madison & others. Also: "Description of a Visit to Mount Etna" among other articles. Near the back is the "Monthly Gazette" with the latest news of the day. Included is; "Revision of Constitution" which has an interesting & accurate commentary: "Alternations of forms of government in Europe have been almost invariably attended by convulsion and bloodshed. It was reserved for America to exhibit to the world an example of a people meeting together peaceably to digest their Constitution, & orderly to alter or abolish them..." with more.
Complete in 64 pages, lacking the plate called for, 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches, full title/contents page, minor loss to two leaves affects some text, various foxing, mostly to the last several leaves.

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.