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On religion in the Constitution... George Washington... The French Revolution....
On religion in the Constitution... George Washington... The French Revolution....
Item # 668872 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, (Philadelphia), September, 1789 Content includes: "American Anecdote" "Dr. Barnaby Relates the Following Anecdote of Dr. Franklin"; an address: "To the President of the United States" by the ministers of the German Reformed church, to which he responded, signed in type: George Washington; "On the Impracticability of a Passage into the Pacific Ocean, Round the North West Part of America"; "Remarks on the Amendments to the Federal Constitution..." by the Rev. Nicholas Collin, concerning the matter of religion in the Constitution; "Account of the Climate of Pennsylvania...by Benjamin Rush..." and so much more.
Under: "Foreign Intelligence" is a report on the French Revolution, noting in part: "...The power of the king is daily abating...The populace have seized the arsenal & taken from it all the arms & ammunition...The king has dissolved the meeting of the national assembly...The university is leveled to the ground...The Bastille is burned & all the prisoners set at liberty; the hotel...& several other edifices are destroyed by fire. Many people have been killed in the affrays & skirmishes...It is said the king himself is gone from Versailles."
Complete in 88 pages, disbound but with untrimmed margins, full title/contents page, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches, very nice condition.
One of the more successful magazines from 18th century America.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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