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George Washington's journal... Pay for the President...
George Washington's journal... Pay for the President...
Item # 685615 THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston, July, 1789 The issue begins with a: "Description of the Seat of His Excellency John Hancock, Esquire, Boston" with the report taking 1 1/2 pages. The plate of it is lacking. This is followed by: "Commencement at Cambridge".
Further on is the continuation of: "Major George Washington's Journal" from 1753 which takes about 6 pages & is signed by him in type at its conclusion: G. Washington.
Also: "Useful Observations Deduced from Electricity, From Dr. Franklin's Experiments, etc." "Various Sketches of the Japanese" & near the back is music for: "Ode for American Independence".
At the back is: "The Gazette" which includes a report that: "Congress, on the 16th inst. agreed upon the compensations, vis. To the President, 25,000 dollars per annum--Vice President, 5000 ...The Senators & Representatives, 6 dols. per day--Speaker, 12 dols. per day--Twenty miles travel, equal to one day's pay..." with more.
Complete in 64 pages, 5 by 8 inches, very nice condition.
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.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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